Rollins College - Tomokan Yearbook (Winter Park, FL)

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The Seniors OF ROLLINS HAVE RECEIVED WITHIN FOUR YEARS A WELL-ROUNDED AND WELL-BALANC- ED EDUCATION. THEY HAVE HAD EVERY ADVANTAGE WITH MIND ALERT FOR KNOWLEDGE TO GROW IN CONVINCING PERSONALITIES FOR GENUINE SERVICE IN THE WORLD BEYOND. i 7 M M», T

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history. ' I lie Herculean Historians, and majors. ' The Kighting I ' inanciers. he economics II li It 1 I I BEGOLE — Leisure Time II nothing else, this social ami economic unpleasantness known as The Depression lias -houn to the world one of its greatest inadequacies — ignorance of the wise use of leisure time. Civilized man. trained to the harness and to regard leisure as a rare blessing, is fouling that when the master, work, stops « I i ( I : : I i 1 1 u to the mind and hands, they are apt to lie in unendurable idleness. So, while books, lectures and essays are being franti- cally written to correct this newly discovered discrepancy, Rollins is working to train its students to use their leisure hours to the best possible advantage. The classroom, with its small group of members, has become a sort of research laboratory in which the student and professor probe together — analyzing, questioning, criticizing. Every subject — vital — thus might easily be- come a form of avocation, if not a potential vocation. In order that the accumulated knowledge, the results of great- er experience and larger years of study, may be even more accessible to the student, these men combine their own free time with that of the students — pursuing hobbies, sports, Deep in Study discussions, or social activities. Such ■■onlacl inspires real interest — and eagerness to lea in ue er ii :e- nn-ali-lied. Alexander Pope says, Education forms the common mind. As the twig is bent, the tree ' s inclined. Uollin- education seeks not to bend the twig but to cultivate ami guide worthwhile interests, that no student will fail to realize and fulfill his own significant potentialities. Experimentation The Conference — 25 —

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