North Georgia College - Cyclops Yearbook (Dahlonega, GA)

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LIZZIE SHED, A. B. Lizzie Shed, Hoschton, (ia., has been in every class from B to Senior. She is very studious When elected class historian she was very much elated, thinking it was an easy job. Before finishing, however, she was forced to call on her classmates for assistance. She is especially devoted to holidays and idle periods. Euter- pean

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G. K. RICH, B. Atrr. G. E. Rice, Flowery Branch, Ga., commonly known as ' ' Grits, has had a very checkered career at the N. G. A. C. Once, wishing to weigh two bushels of corn, he went to Prof. Gaillard and asked for his analytical scales. He is very brave, and not afraid to face danger in any form. It has been told, however, that he changed roommates three times trying to get away from the mumps and then took them. He is very much in love with the ladies. Al- though very small, he makes up in quality what he lacks in quantity. He talks all day and never gets tired, and says he wants to be commander-in-chief of something — anything, it does not matter what.

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Nature and Value of Education. N tliL ' final analysis, education is the aim anti end of life anti livini;. It iiol onU ' adapts one III) liis en ironment. but also develops within the indisitlual the capacil) ' and cajiahilily to modify and control it. In the large it presents the universal solvent for all problems, theo- retical or practical, that confront man in his irrepressible c]uest after truth. Ultimately as has been characteristically obseryed by one of earth ' s most inspired prophets and seers, salvation in the broad sense of the term depends upon the understanding of Life and the Universe, including man. Confessedly, then, the serious question of education is one about which all should be vitally concerned. This 1 call tragedy, says Thomas Carlyle, that there shfiuld one man die ignorant who had ca- pacity for knowledge. No loved and loving parents should suffer the one entrusted for a little while to their kindly care and benign protection to enter the arena of life with any less preparation than the best they can give. Kntailed estate may be lost by fire and flood, but the royal bequest of an education is an endowment inalienable that abides vvith us still, even beyond the confines of this material existence. 1- en from a financial view-point the educated man has the greatest capacity and competency to conserve, mullipi ' and in fine to enjoy his wealth. For sovereigns may purchase the choicest libraries, but it takes the refined and cultivated mind to hold high converse with departed aLithors; may procure sublime art galleries, but beauty is only half canvas; may employ orchestras, but it requires a delicacy trained faculty within to appreciate the dulcet harmonies without. Thus education brings man in tune with the Infinite and dis- covers to him all that is real and eternal. To-day as never before there is admittedly a great demand for the educated man. In every realm (if Iniman activity and endeavor there is found a premium upon brain p:nver. For the young especially, just entering upon life ' s journey, the future is radiant indeed with the colors of hope. Heir of all the rich and ennobling legacies of the past, blessed with the glorious advantages and opportunities of the present, dominated by lofty ideals and disinterested motives with the ision splendid leading e er upward and onward, the student ' s career is inevitably attended by high achievement and grand success. F ' rom the world of insensate matter man is turning his thought toward the universe of mind. Ihe object at the smaller end of the telescope is a greater mystery than the infinite host of flaming orbs brought within the range of vision — the wonderer is the wonder. Ideals are now recogni ced as implacable facts