Boston University School of Management - Syllabus Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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1, T Wm-+cruq,E aL- 5 SYLLABUS 1925 Freshman Class Officers EVENING DIVISION Miss EMERSQQN, DARLING, MISS GREEN Seated: KENNEDY FRISSHIVI AN OFFICERS FRANK B. KENNEDY, Prcsidenl IVIYRTIS B. IQMERSON, Vice-President GEORGE O. DAHLING, Treasurer ETHEL D. GREEN, Sccrelary 126

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I- . ..L... V.- 1 ' ' T K ww'-'HUGE T- '- T I EVENING DIVISION T lIe Special Student The Special Student is always interesting, he is always useful,-both 'to him- self and the college. He combines the infinite variety of Cleopatra with the dogged tenacity of Franklin. .He hails from lVlissouri, but is investing equally in castles in Spain and corner lots on Washington Street. Ile worships dcvoutly at the shrine of Education, but, like the African savage, he soundly berates his idol if it is slow in granti-ng his requests. A The Degree Student is a kind of Bumble-Bee, growly and sturdy, working at his honey business in a Inethodical way, sucking out the last drop of sweetness Qonly a 'figure of speech, Dear Readerj from his Economics, Accounting, or Business English. But the Special Student, a sort of 1'iil1lIlllllI1g Bird, flits freely hither and yong here he samples a rose Cwhat course is thatill, now he rests on an apple blossom, and next sticks his inquisitive proboseis into a prickly pear Cand what course is thatilj. . Now, our Great God Pan has decreed that he loves both the Bee and the BiI'd. But then this is all an analogy, and the ruthless Bhadamanthus of E-3, 4- crushingly announces that analogies are only half-truths. But the Special Student is no half-truthg he is a fact,-often, a rather dis- turbing fact to the careless lecturer Cif such could for one moment be supposed to exist in C. B. AJ. This Special Student comes into class as a confessed know- nothingf' He seats himself before the feet of Camaliel and says: You are the Potter and l'm the Clay, go to it, But if the instructor runs his potter's wheel with cxasperating slowness or seemingly without much purpose, the Clay is likely to startle him, not like Omar's with, Gently, Brother, pray, but rather with the American adaptation: Say, where do we go from here, and when do we start? This is, of course, a rhetorical question, and if the reader doesn't know that as such it requires no answer, well, sign up for E-13. But the Special Student is surely a stimulant, and such things are doubly WClCOIIl0 since the desiccation of OIIlHT7S Bubaiyat. Then the Special Student is a Wl'l0l0SOIIl0 protest against too IIlLlCi'l standard- ization. Wise students of our system of education say that if we are not careful we shall inevitably arrive not later than the year two thousand nine hundred and twenty-four at innocuous similarity. They say that by that time all business Inen will develop on the left side of the face a curious kind of cash .register effect, and on their teeth a check-punching device. Stenographers will lose their arms, and their chins will elongate into a projection similar to the finger-like proboscis of an ant-eater or sloth, with which they will both talk rapidly and run their typewriters at lightning speed. At fifty, the right arm of every man will change into a golf driver and his left into a putter. At forty, every woman,- but time forbids following the picture into more details. But seriously, the Special Student is an excellent palliative against over- standardization. Efficiency, after all, IHl1Si1 not eliminate individuality. From the Dean to the newest instructor, everybody on the C. B. A. Faculty thoroughly believes in the Special Student. He is one of our lively and loyal advertisers. We are all pleased if he finally decides to go up for the degreez His group counted, men and women, last year 1,500 strong. Such a group of earnest seekers for knowledge is a powerful factor in our college life. On the Dean's door and on the door of every lnstructor's office is written plainly to a bright-eyed Special Student this sincere greeting: Come inf' . -Roy Davis. 125

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.. n u m Q A - ? ,mwnuqz :- I EVENING DIVISION , 4, 'E 1929 We of the Class of '29 are beginning to feel that we belong, During the past few months we think we have succeeded in acquiring that bored, intellectual expression that seems necessary to all successful students. We find that we can even pass the censors on the entrance steps without undue tremors. This, in itself, is an achievement. V On the 17th of January, the class met for organization. flft is 'yet a question in our minds whether we were brought together by the Juniors primarily for our interest, or because of the opportunity oll'ered by such an unprotected gathering for a sales talk on the Syllabus. We were greatly impressed by the oratory ol' Mr. Koehler, Mr. .lnlarnedy, and Mr. Selig,--in fact, had it not been for the dis- tance to our homes and the lateness of the hour, a record would probably have been established. by this class on the sale ol' the book. Nevcrtheless,-seriously,-we thank the upperclassmen for their interest and their good advice,-and we acknowledge that we ought to have organized long before we did. But,-now that we have at last Inade a start toward being a regular class, just watch us! -M. B. E. 127