1944_09 The Daily Collegian September 1944

              |To *he Freshmen
E     We wish ro ask a^cjuesrion. Why are you
r coming to college?
' During the next four years you, as freshmen,
haye the right 10 expect the best time of your
life. You will probably choose the partner with
whom you will spend the rest of your life. You
will develop the distinguishing traits of your
' character. You will become the intimate friend
of many whom you meet.
Yet these arc things which might  just  as
'    well be obtained at some other place than college, and with a great deal less expense. There
ist'bc Something else, then, which we have
overlooked in our search for the intrinsic values of higher education
Do you expect fame, fortune, and prestige
to come your way? Are you enrolled because
you expect an education to make a man of you?
Or ate you here simply because Mom and Dad
sent you?—If you are.in college for any of
these reasons and nothing
ing backwards into the future! You will always
be turning to your old friends and acquain-
s, expecting tbem io solve your problems
in the future. You.have never learned to think
for yourself.
Strange as it may seem, however, thinking
• is one thing that college cannot reach you how
to do. You can always get by somehow, copying your friend's papers, pretending that you
know the answers, accepting the cajoli
your parents and teachers. But at the*end of
each semester you will feel a tinge of regret;
and in the end yqu will discover that college is
' not the place for complacency, not the place for
those   who   depend   upon   others   for   their
ength. •   .
. Self-sufficiency is the only thing necessary
for survival in college;   yet   the  one   thing
—The - Fresno State College  Collegian—
which you must find out for yourself. It is this
necessary quality which chaeges the'vociferous
youngster, full of crculity in his thinking, jnto
an educated, matured adult. We wish that wc
could hand it out to you on a platter, but wc
cannot. If is something thai you must learn for
yourself. Wc can only say that wc hope you
will remember college as the happiest days of
your life.' Wc can only say thar, whatever your
ultimate goal in college, you will (irst have to
learn to think.—Cosgrave.
FSC Wakes Up
Part-time Jobs
Available lor Girls
Fresno State is beginning 10 don
blancc to its old self. The very atmosphere of I
the campus and classrooms seems to have acquired a "new coat of paint," so to speak".
It is true thlat for several years we have had
to forego the pleasures of sports and other intercollegiate activities, which in itself is enough
to depress and undermine the morale of college life, but due to the increase in this year's
male enrollment there is great promise for the
of sports and activities on a much larger scale than wc have had in the past two years.
With the ending of the war in the European
Theatre, and the release of ft
it is.quite possible that Fresno State will again
be in the midst of the collegiate "limelight."
New students entering State   for  the   first
time, and those who have not had
college like before the war, Will not noti
radical change which has taken place, 1
previous  Staters,  the  transformation   is
To the many students who have given
fngly of their time and effort:
and activities, wc are deeply indebted. Without
Uicm wc would probably have continued in the
inder these headings are asked to
names^addrrases. and type of work
Enrollment Highest
Since Pre-War 1940
ipproilmately 45 limited, 45 Jui
Nursery School
Education Given
-The  Fresno  State  College  Collegian—
- Page thrasj
<t
■fit*
Behavior Rufes Bring Forth
Groans From Frosh Greenies
Here's a Lovely
Jr. Suit
*25
We've pictured one ol them in
popular pin check. There are others . .
N1-, in f'se shetlsndj. smirt tweeds, soft
flannels snd other fabrics in Ordigan
or collared styles. Sizes 9 to 15. All
the wanted colors, too. High School
and College girl* will go wild over these.
/US'IOR SHOP SECOND FLOOR
PATRONIZE   OUR  ADVERTISERS
THEY   ARE   THE   REAL   BACKERS   OF   YOUR   COLLEGE  AND  YOUR   COLLEGE   PUBLICATIONS
Without them, the Collegian might be half today's size .... Without them, today's Collegian
might be mimeographed .... Without them the Collegian might not be.
THEY MAKE YOUR STUDENT BODY CARDWORTH MORE ,>^      ■ • :1"
YOU   CAN   MAKE   THEIR   BUSINESS   WoRTH\MORE!