Advice to freshmen
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Part of Forestry Leaves
- Title
- Advice to freshmen
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- English
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- 1953
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- Advice to Freshmen By ~ENJAMIN M. BATOON '55 The forestry campus is beautiful but life on it is not a joke. Seriousness of purpose and great determination are great essentials. Like a loving m.:>ther she opens her arms in welcome. Take advantage of her healthful environs. Like most college students here, you will have to work and study hard through the course. You must carefully budget your time. A student who succeeds is one wbo plans out his work and follows the schedule strictly. He is one who undertakes the tedious task ·of learning something; understands his duties and responsibilities; believes in advance preparation to insure good results in the work he does and knows why he is in college. Be courageous. There are many obstacles MALARIA ... (Continued fr~ page 15) body? Won't a person get stomach disorder taking this drug? A. A physician could very well explain the answer to your first question. With regard to the second question, provided you take it regularly you will have no gastric trouble. Q. Can we use quinine in blackwater fever? A. According to Dr. Watson, we can use it. Q. Is it true that a drunkard does not get malaria? A. Maybe he gets malaria, but because he is drunk perhaps he cannot feel it. Foggin4 & Sprayin4 Equipment As per arrangement made by Technical Department with the National Merchandising Corporation, their Mr. Fabian also gave an on-the-spot demonstration on malaria and other insect control with their Microsol fogging and spraying equipment. Page _26 on the way waiting to challenge you. Accept the challenge. Roll up your sleeves and tackle the task you have to do. Don't envy the upperclassmen. They have gone through the same situations that you face now. They took up the challenge and fought. They expect you to do the same. The good assets which you have built in the years past · must be guarded well Life in this college is entirely different from the easy home life that was yours before you came here. Subjects are brainwracking and field work is back-breaking but always bear in mind that there is no rosy path to success. The tougher they come the stronger you should be. You may not like your professors and instructors but later on, you will leam to like and love them. The skull cap on your head is without doubt, a bother. Traditions are part of this college; they really belong, you must follow them. To become the Foresters that you dream to be, at the very start, mold and train yourselves; be diligent and persevering in your studies; observe traditions and follow regulations; engage in healthful recreations. Follow all these and your dream will become a reality NATURE'S BEST "If I were to choose the sights, the sounds, the fragrances I would want to see, hear, and smell, among all the delights of an open world on a final day on earth, I think I would choose these: the clear ethereal song of a white-throated sparrow singing at dawn; the smell of the pine trees in the heat of noon; the lonely call of the Canada g-; the sight of a dragon fly glinting in the sunahine; the voice of a hermit thrush far in a darkening woods at evening; and-moat spiritual and moving of sight&-· the white cathedral of a cumulus cloud floating serenely in the blue of the sky." E.W. Teale FORESTRY LEAVES