A Girl's Student Days and After

By

JEANNETTE MARKS, M. A.

(Wellesley)

With an Introduction by
MARY EMMA WOOLLEY, LL. D.
President of Mt. Holyoke College

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Introduction

The school and college girl is an important factor in our life to-day.Around her revolve all manner of educational schemes, to her are openall kinds of educational opportunities. There was never an age in whichso much thought was expended upon her, or so much interest felt in herdevelopment.

There are many articles written and many speeches delivered on theresponsibility of parents and teachers—it may not be amiss occasionallyto turn the shield and show that some of the responsibility rests uponthe girl herself. After all, she is the determining factor, forbuildings and equipment, courses and teachers accomplish little withouther coöperation.

It is difficult for the "new girl," whether in school or college, to[Pg 8]realize the extent to which the success of her school life depends uponherself. In a new environment, surrounded by what seem to her"multitudes" of new faces, obliged to meet larger demands under strangeand untried conditions, she is quite likely to go to the other extremeand exaggerate her own insignificance. Sometimes she is fortunate enoughto have an older sister or friend to help her steer her bark throughthese untried waters, but generally she must find her own bearings.

To such a girl, the wise hints in the chapters which follow thisintroduction are invaluable, giving an insight into the meaning offair-play in the classroom as well as on the athletic field; therelation between physical well-being and academic success; thedifference between the social life that is re-creative and that whichis "nerves-creative"; the significance of loyalty to the school and tothe home; the way in which school days determine to a large degree thedays that come after. These, and many other suggestions, wise and[Pg 9]forceful, I commend not only to the new girl, but also to the "oldgirl" who would make her school and college days count for more bothwhile they last and as preparation for the work that is to follow.

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CONTENTS