p. 464 | College Notes by Sidney Brownsberger

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jul 31, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 29.

College Notes.

By Sidney Brownsberger

OPENING OF THE NEW YEAR.

THE new college year will begin Monday, Aug. 4. The first day will be devoted to the classification of those who enter the school for the first time. All should make an effort to be present at the opening. Those who come early, have many important advantages over those who are late, not only in respect to their studies, but also in regard to the selection of rooms, etc.

There are two trains to Healdsburg daily. The boat leaves the Market Street wharf at San Francisco at 7:40 A. M. and at 5 P. M., and the trains connecting with this boat arrive in Healdsburg at 10:45 A. M. and 7:55 P. M., same day. Students announcing their coming in advance, will be met at the depot upon their arrival at Healdsburg. The fare after Aug. 1 between San Francisco and Healdsburg is $2.50.

The new year comes with increased responsibility for teachers and students. Before entering upon their work, they should consider well their mutual obligation, for such obligations do exist. A very narrow and selfish idea upon this point exists in the minds of many students in the popular schools. They recognize no obligation on their part to any one except as it contributes directly to their own profit, ease, or pleasure. The idea of doing something directly for the good of the school, the teachers, or their fellows, is not entertained with any degree of favor. Such consider the teachers the only responsible party in the success or failure of the student.

Suffice it to say that the Healdsburg College is not that kind of a school, and that such sentiments are very unpopular among our students. They are inspired with the thought that to acquire the habit of doing good to others, and of making themselves generally useful, will insure their success in the practical affairs of the world, secure the greatest good to the greatest number, and thus accomplish the object for which the college was established.

We cordially welcome all to these halls who want to make this the active principle of their lives. The student must take a broad view of his relation to the teacher and his work. While the teacher's instruction is designed to shape the life and mould the character of the student, the latter is made the medium of good to the world. The teacher and learner must not be antagonized, for the latter is then counteracting the influence of the teacher over himself and his fellows instead of exalting it and insuring the efficiency and success of the school.

S. BROWNSBERGER.