If a fellow is broadened at all by coming to college, he will soon become conscious of the confusing complexity and many-sidedness of life and its occupations. He will find himself surrounded by such a mass of things which by some desire he is impelled to do, that the truth is soon forced upon him that he cannot hope to accomplish them all, but must pick and choose, and be content with the accomplishment of the most important of them. This is apropos of the choice of electives. The same principle is at work in both cases. We find ourselves placed before a distracting labyrinth of knowledge, and the command given us, "Choose!" Some of us want to take so many different courses that we cannot easily condense our desires. Others, without any particular wish for any knowledge, fail to see which courses out of the multitude they ought to select. What is there to guide us? Who shall say what departments of knowledge are more important than what others? The only important thing is that we pursue well those branches of it which we do choose. But under our limitation of study, some branches more than others will be applicable to us individually To find out which these are is only possible by a close study of our own needs, and by consulting those who thoroughly know what our peculiar needs and conditions are. We should steer clear of all petty influences, such as the consideration that our friends are going to take such and such courses, or the more childish one that such a course will demand little work from us, and make our choice of electives for the coming year like rational men who have some high aim in life.