Belmont College - Milady in Brown Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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BooKs And this our life, exempt from public haunt. Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, And good in everything. — Slmkespeare. ARLYLE has very wisely said that a collection of books is a real university. Indeed, it is a fact that books are the reser ' oir of inexhaustible wisdom. It is probably super- fluous for me to give Belmont girls advice on this subject, but as our school-days will soon be over, and we will then be occupied with society ' and affairs d ' amour, resulting in our becoming queens of a kingdom called Home, it certainly cannot be amiss to offer some suggestions on reading. An old philosopher has said: The firefly only shines when on the wing. So it is with the mind. When once we cease cultivating the mind, to which the fountains of knowledge are opened, we wiU deteriorate. Therefore education must not cease when we leave college walls, so it would be advisable for us to pursue a systematic course of reading. What incalculable comfort and pleasure there is in a well-selected library. Macaulay, who had wealth and fame, position and talents, often said he derived his greatest happiness from his books. How fortunate that we live in the present century, when books are inexpensive and accessible. Our ancestors experienced the greatest diffictilt} ' in obtaining books, and a hundred years ago many of the most charming productions —