Getting acquainted is the first permanent need which occurs to the average Freshman's mind. After the first rush of paying term-bills and choosing courses, he is sure to feel out of place in his new surroundings. He wants to make friends. The difficulty lies in knowing how.
Although studies cannot on any account be neglected, especially at first, one of the very last ways of getting into touch with the College is to stick to one's books too consistently. Some few always go to the "activity" extreme, others to the scholastic. But it is a well-established fact that the solid majority of each class at Harvard proves thoroughly capable of riding both horses at once, and doing it well. In fact, the maintenance of a constant balance between these two phases of college life is the truest criterion of a successful all-around college career.
Go out for a team, a managership, a competition for one of the papers. By so doing you will grow to like Harvard and will make Harvard like you.
