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....PART II COLLEGE LIFE. This is the third in a series of articles designed for the high school senior. ♦ There are, for many freshmen, new social groups in this colleg iate world. It seems that the va rious fraternities, sororities, clubs, eating houses, to which stu dents belong, often evoke a fierce loyalty which is less common in the more democratic life of high school This loyalty gives rise to snobbery, campus politics, and other species of unfortunate be haviour, even as it brings about some worthy fruits. You join Eye Phi Eye fraternity. All your ‘‘brothers” go to class barefoot and drink beer for breakfast. You feel you must be loyal to the ideals of the clan. Much against your better judgement (and your taste) you accept the tradition; or refusing to accept it, do so violently and are ostracized for the rest of the semester. Clubs and fraternities take under standing, and the understanding requires both a sensative and a bold touch. These and other matters cause a variety of freshmen reactions ranging from the garden variety -of homesickness through the big show-off stage to dark and bitter resentment at the world in gener al and Old Siwash Tech in par ticular. Be yourself, unless yourself is a guy who puts his feet on the coffee table. When you enter the new campus, do not put on the dog, or try to be somebody you were not intended to be. Don’t make believe you are a better athlete, musician, or gay blade than you know yourself to be. All the world despises a fake, espec ially when he is a freshman. Don’t wear all your high school honor pins, badges, and gold foot balls down the front of your coat, dress or pajamas. It is not chic— according to collegiate custom. Especially do not weaT a Sunday school pin on your lapel. Let your saintliness show in your daily acts of Christian virtue. Though it is a hard blow to halfback Joe Freshman, college upperclassmen assume that high school football teams are not worth bragging about. The as sumption is probably correct. The fundamental and quite serious point here is that humility is ap preciated; the unassuming high school football star without any gold hanging from his bosom wins a victory as soon as he hits the campus. Don’t run around asking how to Join a fraternity, or in any way appear as though you wanted to join, until you are invited. One of the surest ways not to be In vited is to fall all over yourself trying to be popular with the boys. Maintain a “calm and self respecting demeanor.” Seriously, again, there is some doubt in the minds of many wise people whether fraternities are (worth preserving. True or false, fraternities and similar social clubs tend to assume an impor tance, especially to freshmen, far exceeding their real value. If you are invited and want to join, you probably will enjoy the life with lin’i .„ - ■■ m Available at all LIQUID MAKE-UP lS| drug and cosmetic * N on-oily * Moisture-proof l| Wffl Counters. * 7 Wonderful Skin Harmony * O ,. wm. blades: Honey Bee, Honey Bun, I akomoce Bronze Angel, Sugar Hill, Warm Glow. J^&VnV* 0 ' Copper Tan, Mink Brown. —* r °* ’* " T> . . . Patrolling The Campus Beat . . . . By KELSIE “KIT” COLLIE n such a grohp. If you are not invited, do not think the heavens /ill fall and that you are cut out to be the “most unsuccessful man n the class.” Dont get drunk the first week Your first week in college you •nay be urged to drink heavily ind given the necessary liquid if you acquiesce. You may think it . away to win friends and in luence people quickly. It isn’t. 'Jnderneath the surface hardness collegians respect integrity, re straint, and the dignity of a man even though he is a freshman. Don’t assume a familiarity or ellawship which doesn’t exist. It is difficult for a lonely, homesick, slightly bewildered freshman to naintain poise, restraint, self a.surance, and humility but it has to be done in some reason .ole measure or his goose is cooked. Don’t worry unduly if your first axam is marked E, provided you tudied the work. It is sometimes aard to catch on to the new mthods of teaching, grading, and so forth. The first E will not iunk you out of college. Don’t hesitate to go see your rofessor if you are not getting -our work, and go see him early jefore you get hopelessly behind ’hat’s what he is there for and le cannot help •if you are a hrinking violet blooming in a room in lonely and anxious gran deur. Don’t assume your professors White Man Kills Negro; Wounds Wife in Love Tryst GRIFFIN, *Ga. (ANP) An enraged white man here shot to death a 16-year-old Negro youth and critically wounded his wife last week in a flash of gunfire that ensued after the husband found his attractive 31-year-old mate in the arms of the youth on the sofa in his home. Spalding County Sheriff Bur son said young James Hollis was killed instantly by a shotgun blast and Mrs. Floy Nahlik, wife of Leo Nahlik was seriously wound ed by her irate husband when he pumped four shotgun blasts into her body. Nahlik, a former Atlanta de tective and police chief, was ad mitted to the hospital after the incident reportedly because of shock and aggravation of the heart. The dead youth reportedly had worked as a yard boy at the Nah lik farm home seven miles east of Griffin. Sheriff Burson said the shoot ing occurred 10 p.m. Sunday night when he found Mrs. Nahlik adorned only in a housecoat and the body of the youth, partially c.aa, in the living room. Burson quoted Nahlik as saying he told his wife tthat he had taken a sedative at 7 p.m. and retired. Mrs. Nahlik was admitted to Spaulding County Hospital in are out to crush your faith in God, sin, and the Republican party. Generally they know what they are doing and aTe trying to make you think. Some of them are agnostic, some may be Demo crats or even Socialists. But most of them are earnest, humble, and trying) to find and to interpret the world and what is in it. Don’t run home if you get homesick. This sickness is com mon to many freshmen. Go see a faculty member or your coun selor, and take your mind off your temporary depression. Don’t be shocked at new ideas or actions on the part of fellow students or faculty members. Or if you are shocked, don’t reveal it. Talk it over with a frie’nd or go see the college chaplain and talk it over with him. The world in college or out is filled with strange characters and more strange events. To be aware of that is a part of .maturity. The person who is always shocked at the sinfulness of somebody else is never popular and doesn’t de serve to be. Don’t treat your work lightly. Your primary vocation in college is to be a student, and with few exceptions college studies are much harder than anything you have had before. Dig in and keep digging. Don’t forget your Christian heritage. In the midst of anxieties, wonderment, intellectual confu sion, the Church offers a reason able interpretation of man, his place in the world, and his rela tionship with God. NEXT WEEK: We will continue with college and tell you some thing about financing and the best schools to attend. * QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “For nost coeds, life seems to be a marry chase.”—Scripts ‘n’ Pranks. critical condition after suffering wounds in the leg and upper part of the body. Nahlik was quoted by Burson as saying he awoke three hours after 'going to bed to find his wife and the youth together on the couch. Burson said the man said he grabbed a shotgun from the rack in the hall and began firing. He then called the sheriff’ office. A Spaulding County coroner’s jury found that young Hollis came to his death by a shotgun •wound at the hands of a police man. They made no reconrwnen dation for Nahlik, and neither has any charges been placed against him. Nahlik, a one-time new.paper reporter and photographer, join ed the Atlanta police force in 1932. The 52-year-old Nahlik and his wife have two small boys. Talladega Club Talladega Club held its month ly meeting with Mrs. Doris Turn er, 5721 NW 19th ave. The meeting was of importance in that it was the first since the pulf Coast Regional in Decem ber. First on the agenda was busi ness and disbursements. Every one was pleased with the success of the first attempt at silch an or ganization in Florida. The hostess served a delightful luncheon of baked ham, egg salad olives pickled, home made caike and soft drinks. 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