"If I had my way about 'it, I would make one week in jail a part of the education of every college man." In this rather startling fashion a contemporary American writer of considerable fame voiced his version of the opinion that an integral part of education is to be found in actual physical contact with the life outside the classroom and outside of books--and not only that, but also in knowledge of the social fabric outside the sphere of campus life, in understanding the points of view and philosophies of life of those in every circumstance and every social plane, even to the dregs.

One angle of the conventional criticism of the present-day college is that it is too much detached from the ordinary, prosaic life beyond the pale of campus or club. Is this criticism just? Perhaps the logical reply is that the college in order to serve its proper function must be 'quite detached from the narrowness and pettiness of everyday existence; that it should not wallow in the muck of sordid partyism, but that it should cling to a rational idealism, attempting to apply its formulas worked out in the experiment station to the unscientific and illogical conditions of an unreasoning world outside.

But a counter reply might be that the student should have a speaking acquaintance with the world, at least, for it is that very world which he will have to meet, to work with, or perhaps against, when he leaves college. Unless he keeps in touch with pulse beats of the greater world beyond his own habitual sphere of activity, he can have no sound basis for the building of formulas to be applied outside.

Is life outside an entirely alien thing? One remedy suggested and practiced by many college students is to work at some useful occupation during the summer months. This is one way to earn money for the ensuing year and at the same time to learn from a teacher who accepts no excuses. --University of Washington Daily