all go well. Every nation that has accepted this philosophy has begun to ride to its own destruction. I do not know what is the solution of the divorce problem. I wish I did. But I do know that the worst thing about divorce at present is that so many people regard marriage as a thing to be made and unmade for purely selfish reasons; and when this conception fully takes root, the days of a nation are numbered. I do not know what is the means of doing away with lynch law. I wish I did. But I do know that the most serious aspect of all the lynchings of which we hear, North or South, is the evidence of weakened authority of legal procedure, when brought face to face with the preconceptions and passions of the crowd. When any nation looks upon law as a thing which the individual may use when it suits him and evade or defy when it does not suit him, that nation is losing the main bulwarks of social order. To any man, whatever his position in the state, it has become the paramount political duty to defend the sacredness of law, not only against the active assaults which threaten to overthrow it, but against the more subtle and dangerous attacks of a selfish philosophy which works to undermine it. He must regard, and must persuade others to regard, liberty and the privileges which go with it as trusts to be used only in the public interest, and in behalf of the nation as a whole.

TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION AND PRACTICE IN WRITING

1. What do you understand to be your duty as a citizen with respect to government, local, state, and national? 2. "To be indifferent to the evils in the body politic is only one remove from being indifferent to the sins in one's own life." Discuss. 3. Why should much be expected of the college graduate in the political life of the nation? 4. How are you informing yourself of the public questions and problems of the day, local and general. 5. Name some of the urgent political and social questions that must be settled by legislation and concerning which you should be informed? 6. Select one of these questions and inform yourself upon it. Make an oral or written report about it.

APPENDICES

LIST OF ESSAY SUBJECTS

As a further aid in passing from the reading and discussion of the selections given in the body of this book to the writing of compositions in connection with them, the following list of essay subjects is included. It gives some titles which have been well handled in the past and which may prove available or may suggest other subjects. In assigning these subjects, the objects were to stimulate the student's thinking, to encourage his independent judgment, and occasionally to lead him away into a field of interesting research. As far as possible, application of a topic should be made to the student's personal experience or to the individual college.

Some instructors might prefer to have all the selections of a division of this book read before the composition writing is done. In this case, this list will afford a convenient means of finding subjects. Instructors who prefer to have the writing follow each selection will find that the groupings of subjects indicated by the Roman numerals will afford a ready guide to their connection with the selections, in a given division of the book. The last group of essay subjects under each division, however, is more general in character and does not relate to any specific selection.

PURPOSE OF THE COLLEGE

I. What I Hope to Get from College. Motives for Going to College. Recent Critics of Our Colleges. The Requisites for Success in College. The Average Man's Estimate of the Value of College Education. What is a College? What is a University?

II. Newman's Idea of Liberal Knowledge. Newman's Ideals and the Education of the Twentieth Century. Is Over-education Possible?

III. The Distinction between Cultural and Other Studies. The Liberal College distinguished from Professional and Technical Institutions. Ought the College Course to be Shortened? College before Business or Not? Should a Liberal Education Precede the Professional Course?

IV. Why our Ideals of Culture are Changing. Matthew Arnold's Ideal of Culture Compared with President Eliot's. Some Famous Definitions of Culture. Vocational Aspects of the College Curriculum. Should Manual Training be a Part of the College Curriculum?

V. Extent of College Education in the United States. Are there Too Many Colleges? Reasons for the Growth of My College. A Brief Account of the Development of the American College. State Universities, their Rise and Development. Social Conditions in the Early American Colleges. Service of the Early American College to the Nation.

THE COLLEGE CURRICULUM

I. Huxley's Distinction between Science and Art. A Classification of the Curriculum into Sciences and Arts. The Essential Subjects of Education,-What are They?

II. The Practical vs. the Cultural Value of Science. Advantages of Laboratory Work in Science. The Difference between Inductive and Deductive Sciences. The True Purpose of Scientific Education. III. What can Literature do for Me? The Value of the Study of the Classical Literature. The Contribution of Greece to the Modern World.

IV. The True Office of Art. The Distinction between Fine Arts and Useful Arts. Should a Novel Teach Something?

V. The Curriculum of the Early American College. Are too Many Courses Offered by the Modern College?

CHOICE OF COURSES

I. Is my College a "College of Freedom" or a "College of Discipline"? Advantages and Disadvantages of the "College of Freedom."

II. The Elective System at my College. Principles that should Govern in the Choice of Electives. Should One Study only What interests Him? Studies Most Needed by a Lawyer (or other professional man).

III. The Dangers of Specialization. The Advantages of Specialization. Is Specialization begun too Early?

IV. My Course of Study. Should Woman's Education be the Same as Man's? The Value of the Study of Latin (or any other subject). Should the A.B. be the only Degree given by a College?

INTELLECTUAL IDEALS

I. Independence in One's Thinking. The Preservation of Individuality in College. Academic Freedom of Thought. Freedom of Speech in a Democracy.

II. College Students as Thinkers. Studies that Develop Thinking Power.

III. Attitude of the Students of my College toward Study. Can Scholarship be made as Attractive as Athletics? Should Students with High Class Standing be exempt from Examinations?

IV. What College Grades Represent. Credit for Quality is it Practicable? Working for Grades,-Advantages and Disadvantages. V. Some Pioneer Fields in Chemistry (or any other subject). The Lure of Knowledge. Future Achievements of Science.

VI. Intellectual Characteristics of Americans. Other American Characteristics. Notable Intellectual Achievements of the United States. Causes of Periods of Intellectual Brilliancy.

VII. My Theory of How to Study. The Value of Routine in Study. The Proper Amount of Study for a College Student. Concentration of Mind as a Key to Success in Study. Methods of Memory Training. How to Take Notes. Value of Instruction by Lectures. Evils of Examinations. Causes of Failure at College.

ATHLETICS AND RECREATION

I. Growth of Athletics in American Colleges. The True Purpose of Athletics. Unsettled Problems of Intercollegiate Athletics. Athletic Ideals at my College. Athletics and College Spirit. Is it Possible to be a True College Man without an Interest in Athletics? The Distinction between Amateur and Professional in Athletics. The Dangers of Professionalism. The Supervision of Athletics at my College. Are the Dangers of Football Exaggerated? Limitations of Gymnasium Exercise.

II. Athletics and Scholarship. Athletics as an Advertisement of the College. How to Turn Out a Winning Team. College Athletics and the Secondary School.

III. Athletic Courtesy. Fair Play in Athletic Contests. Evils of Intercollegiate Athletics for the Student Body. The English Ideal in Athletics Compared with the American.

IV. Exercise and Health. Dangers of Over-exercise. The Best Outdoor Exercise for a Business or Professional Man. The National Game of Baseball. Value of a Country Club to a Community. Dangers to Health in the Present Form of Civilization. Care of the Eyes. Is Smoking Injurious? The Value of an Open Air Gymnasium. American Hurry, its Danger. The Daily Care of the Body. Sunday Baseball for Workingmen. Dancing, is it a Wholesome Amusement? The Value of Lawn Tennis (or any other game) as an Exercise. Should the Student Spend his Recreation Time in General Reading? The Advance of Preventive Medicine. The Student and Sunday Observance. Athletics for Women. Victories

and Defeats of the Past Season and the Lessons Therefrom. How to Take a Vacation.

GENERAL READING

I. What Books do College Students Read? How to Tell a Good Book from a Worthless One. Do College Students have Time for General Reading? The Value of the Personal Ownership of Books. Books I have Bought during the Past Year. A Professorship of Reading. A Book for an Idle Hour.

II. The Advantage Gained by the Student who Reads over the Student who does not. Some Famous Lists of Best Books. Value of Notes in Connection with One's Reading. Novels of the Past and Novels of the Present. The Value of Reading Fiction. The Student and Modern Books.

III. The Newspaper as It is and as It Should Be. How Much Time Should the Student give to Newspaper Reading? How to Read the Newspaper. Influence of the Press in America. Dangers of Magazine Reading. Opportunities of Journalism as a Profession. IV. The Utilization of Mental Waste Products. The Vocabulary of the American Student. College Slang. The Art of Conversation.

COLLEGE ORGANIZATIONS

I. The History of College Fraternities. Is Secrecy Necessary to a Fraternity? Causes of the Extensive Development of Fraternities. Should Fraternities be Abolished at my College? Is Fraternity Life at my College too Expensive? A Criticism of Prevalent Practices of Rushing. Fraternity Initiations. The Relation of Fraternities to the College Administration.

II. Literary Societies of the Past and those of the Present. Are the Literary Societies in my College Effective? Benefits of Literary Society Membership. College Credit for Literary Society Work. Public Speaking of To-day.

III. Types of Student Societies at my College. The Y. M. C. A. in College Life. Phi Beta Kappa,-its Influence. The Value of Departmental Clubs. Famous Literary Clubs at English Universities.

COLLEGE GOVERNMENT

I. The Relation of the Student and the Faculty. The Relation of the Faculty and the Student. The College Professor of Fifty Years Ago. The New Type of College Professor.

II. The Attitude of the Students of my College toward College Regulations. Changes in Ideals of College Discipline since 1850. A Freshman's Responsibilities to College Discipline.