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A Girl's Student Days and After By: Jeannette Augustus Marks (1875-1964) |
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By JEANNETTE MARKS, M. A. ( Wellesley ) With an Introduction by
MARY EMMA WOOLLEY, LL. D.
President of Mt. Holyoke College New York Chicago Toronto
Fleming H. Revell Company
London and Edinburgh Copyright, 1911, by
FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY New York: 158 Fifth Avenue
Chicago: 125 North Wabash Ave.
Toronto: 25 Richmond Street, W.
London: 21 Paternoster Square
Edinburgh: 100 Princes Street Inscribed
to
MARY EMMA WOOLLEY, LL. D.
Introduction
The school and college girl is an important factor in our life to day.
Around her revolve all manner of educational schemes, to her are open
all kinds of educational opportunities. There was never an age in which
so much thought was expended upon her, or so much interest felt in her
development. There are many articles written and many speeches delivered on the
responsibility of parents and teachers it may not be amiss occasionally
to turn the shield and show that some of the responsibility rests upon
the girl herself. After all, she is the determining factor, for
buildings and equipment, courses and teachers accomplish little without
her coöperation. It is difficult for the "new girl," whether in school or college, to
realize the extent to which the success of her school life depends upon
herself. In a new environment, surrounded by what seem to her
"multitudes" of new faces, obliged to meet larger demands under strange
and untried conditions, she is quite likely to go to the other extreme
and exaggerate her own insignificance. Sometimes she is fortunate enough
to have an older sister or friend to help her steer her bark through
these untried waters, but generally she must find her own bearings. To such a girl, the wise hints in the chapters which follow this
introduction are invaluable, giving an insight into the meaning of
fair play in the classroom as well as on the athletic field; the
relation between physical well being and academic success; the
difference between the social life that is re creative and that which
is " nerves creative"; the significance of loyalty to the school and to
the home; the way in which school days determine to a large degree the
days that come after. These, and many other suggestions, wise and
forceful, I commend not only to the new girl, but also to the "old
girl" who would make her school and college days count for more both
while they last and as preparation for the work that is to follow. MARY E. WOOLLEY. Mt. Holyoke College ,
South Hadley, Massachusetts.
CONTENTS
A WORD TO THE WISE 13 I. THE IDEAL FRESHMAN 17 II. THE GIRL AND THE SCHOOL 25 III. FRIENDSHIPS 33 IV. THE STUDENT'S ROOM 41 V. THE TOOLS OF STUDY AND THEIR USE 54 VI. THE JOY OF WORK 61 VII. FAIR PLAY 70 VIII. THE RIGHT SORT OF LEISURE 78 IX. THE OUTDOOR RUNWAY 88 X. A GIRL'S SUMMER 99 XI. FROM THE SCHOOL TO THE GIRL 107 XII. THE WORK TO BE 115
A Word to the Wise
We train for basket ball, golf, tennis or for whatever sport we have the
most liking. Is there any reason why we should not use the same
intelligence in the approach to our general school life? Is there any
reason why we should make an obstacle race, however good and amusing
exercise that may be, out of all our school life? We don't expect to
win a game with a sprained wrist or ankle, and there really is no reason
why we should plan to sprain the back of school or college life by
avoidable mistakes. The writer believes in the girl who has the capacity for making
mistakes, that headlong, energetic spirit which blunders all too
easily. But the writer knows how much those mistakes hurt and how much
energy might be saved for a life that, with just a pinch less of
blunder, might be none the less savoury... Continue reading book >>
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