,illustration3 ,,helpful ,,donts ,transcriber's ,notes3 ,the original text had some words superscripted on this page4 ,those words have been surrounded by curly braces to signify this4 ,t,,he ,,college ,,freshman',s ,,don',t ,,book ,,in ,,the ,,interests ,,of ,,freshmen ,,at ,,large ,,especially ,,those ,,whose ,,remaining ,,at ,,large ,,uninstructed ,,unguided ,,appears ,a ,,worry ,,and ,a ,,menace ,,to ,,college ,,university ,,society ,,these ,,remarks ,,and ,,hints ,,are ,,set ,,forth ,,by ,g4 ,f4 ,e4 7,a4 ,b47 ,a ,,sympathizer ,,the ,,illustrations ,,by ,,charles ,,frank ,,ingerson ,,the ,,decorations ,,initials ,,by ,,raymond ,,carter ,illustration ,,paul ,,elder ,,and ,,company ,,publishers 333 ,,san ,,francisco ,,to ,h4 ,h4 ,c4 ,,together ,,we ,,were ,,small ,,frogs ,,in ,,that ,,great ,,academic ,,puddle ,,the ,,oldest ,,in ,,our ,,land ,,and ,,in ,,memory ,,of ,,the ,,polliwog ,,stage ,i ,,dedicate ,,to ,,you ,,this ,,plunge ,copyright1 #aiaj by ,paul ,elder and ,company ,san ,francisco ,,contents ,page ,as to the ,place #a ,as to ,settling ,down #c ,as to ,dress #aa ,as to ,dining #ae ,as to ,lectures and ,studies #ah ,as to ,college ,organizations and ,friends #bf ,as to ,things in ,general #cb ,,illustrations ,opposite ,helpful ,don'ts1 ,frontispiece ,page ,the weather is generally the only thing about a ,college ,town not yet educated #b ,don't overdo the decoration of your room #h ,don't dress too sporty #ab ,don't monopolize the conversation at the table #af ,don't fail to keep in mind the steps of descent #bd ,don't answer back if the ,coach speaks harshly to you #bh ,don't pawn your watch during your first year #cd ,,as ,,to ,,the ,,place ,sidenote3 ,,the ,,college ,,town ,,don',t imagine that you own the ,college ,town from the moment you strike it4 ,remember1 there are prior claims1 and you're not the first squatter4 ,sidenote3 ,,its ,,weather ,don't expect the ,college ,town to furnish you with good weather2 because it won't4 ,the weather is generally the only thing about a ,college ,town not yet educated4 ,of course1 if you happen to have come from ,lapland or ,patagonia1 and do not know what good weather is1 the weather here may suit you4 ,the oldest inhabitants in a ,college ,town live to be very old2 this is to be accounted for by the fact that they are kept alive by their curiosity to see what kind of weather is going to develop next4 ,sidenote3 ,,the ,,college ,,sights ,don't forget that sight-seeing relatives and others coming on a visit to the ,college1 must see the ,library1 the ,gymnasium1 the ,dining ,hall1 and the ,athletic ,field4 ,these1 and the ,campus1 are generally all the sights there are4 ,it is well to get this list carefully in mind early1 as it saves you from a panic at the last minute4 ,you often think that you will explore the place and get something new to show people2 but this you never do4 ,the above list is a fairly accurate one1 and it suffices4 ,those whom you are guiding about always pretend they are dreadfully interested and excited about every thing in turn4 ,on your first trip as official guide1 you yourself see a great deal2 on your fiftieth1 you try not to4 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,weather ,,is ,,generally ,,the ,,only ,,thing ,,about ,a ,,college ,,town ,,not ,,yet ,,educated ,,as ,,to ,,settling ,,down ,sidenote3 ,,your ,,arrival ,,don',t think that your mere arrival at ,college has made you able to relieve ,atlas in holding up the ,world4 ,the ,world's idea of you at this point is1 that you're something like a gold-fish just let loose in a glass globe4 ,it will begin to expect something of you when you're dumped into the big ,ocean4 ,sidenote3 ,,your ,,residence ,don't1 if you can possibly side-step it1 begin to live in a place which you do not like4 ,the ,blue-,willies may lurk in the corners4 ,many a ,freshman changes his residence about the mid-year1 because he has not made a careful selection at first4 ,the moving often entails cracked wash-bowls1 broken pictures and casts1 stifled oaths1 and a sense of great unrest not appropriate to the season4 ,sidenote3 ,,your ,,landlady ,don't treat your ,landlady shabbily if you happen to live in a private house4 ,some ,landladies are the best souls in the world4 ,all of them are proud and descended from the best early families 7you have only to take their word for this74 ,though they are often inquisitive1 their inquisitiveness often comes from their genuine interest in you4 ,sometimes1 the more they know of your family history1 the less they will charge you for oil and gas1 at the end of the month4 ,sidenote3 ,,her ,,rights ,don't begin too early in the term to make your ,landlady's house a noisy abode4 ,she may get impatient and do something hasty1 such as even demanding your key1 payment and evacuation4 ,in such an event you see the full meaning of her appellation4 ,whereas1 before you may have thought that the word land in her title meant to catch1 as to land a fish1 you now see that it is primarily derived from her ability to come down hard on a special occasion4 ,sidenote3 ,,the ,,dusting ,,lady ,don't be discouraged if you can't find anything in the right place after the dusting lady has put things in order4 ,it's a way they have4 ,sidenote3 ,,your ,,room ,don't neglect taste in your room4 ,how do you know but that somebody may judge you by the way you decorate your study8 ,presumably1 you were not raised in a barn1 and there can be no harm in letting the appearance of your room bear out this as fact4 ,sidenote3 ,,fitting ,,it ,,up ,don't try to make a royal residence of your room4 ,your taste may alter4 ,a ,college man's taste often undergoes rapid and violent revolution for the better1 within the first year4 ,sidenote3 ,a ,,word ,,about ,,rugs ,don't think that you must have ,turkish rugs4 ,generally1 a ,freshman cannot tell the real article when he sees it4 ,the man at the sale may try to make you believe they'll never wear out4 ,never mind4 ,you have only to get them to know what he means4 ,just get some old1 reliable patterns4 ,there is a secret connected with this4 ,the older and dirtier they get1 the more ,oriental they look4 ,you've no idea how much sweeping this saves4 ,sidenote3 ,,about ,,bric-,a-,,brac ,don't go in for a lot of fine china1 the first term4 ,how can you tell but that your neighbors or visitors may not care as much for that sort of thing as you8 ,remember1 that in a room where costly china lies about in profusion1 a rough-house may be a more expensive variety of entertainment than ,grand ,opera with seats for the family4 ,sidenote3 ,,about ,,decorations ,don't get angry if a ,senior comes into your room and looks about and smiles4 ,probably1 he's only remembering that he once decorated his room the way you now do yours4 ,just keep your eyes open when you go into older fellows' rooms4 ,you'll soon learn that two crossed college flags1 a vile plaster copy of the ,venus de ,milo1 and a copy of the ,barye ,lion as sole decorations may be lived down1--or later pulled down4 ,if you wish to be exceptionally original1 don't go in for either the flags or the casts4 ,yet1 in following years1 these things may become good old friends to remind you that you were once a ,freshman4 ,sidenote3 ,,about ,,furniture ,don't overdo with respect to furniture1 even if you can afford it2 it may make some of your visitors uncomfortable4 ,if you can't afford it1 you'll be made uncomfortable yourself4 ,sidenote3 ,,the ,,college ,,color ,don't mistake the color of your ,college4 ,a good many ,freshmen do this2--it is especially pathetic1 by the way1 to see a ,freshman waving a flag which is off-color at a big game4 ,sometimes the mistake is attributed to color-blindness4 ,this is a charitable interpretation4 ,sidenote3 ,,about ,,that ,,study-,,desk ,don't buy a roll-top desk or an iron safe during your first year4 ,you know1 you may not care to occupy one room all through ,college4 ,we heard of one house having to be torn down1 that a ,freshman might move out with his roll-top desk4 ,not only this1 but when he failed to find another place1 a house had to be built up around his cumbersome furniture4 ,it was a case of this or his rooming in the desk4 ,illustration3 ,,dont ,,overdo ,,the ,,decoration ,,of ,,your ,,room ,sidenote3 ,,getting ,,on ,don't think that you have fairly got on to things while the tray of your trunk is still unpacked4 ,sidenote3 ,,taking ,a ,,hazing ,don't look too sober if hazing happens to be in vogue1 and the ,sophomores order you about4 ,remember that you can make the affair either a funeral or a farce2 and it's pleasanter to be the leading man in a farce than to be the principal at a funeral4 ,the best way to get along with ,sophomores is to take them good-naturedly4 ,don't be nauseatingly saccharine1 for that's just about as bad as getting mad about it4 ,just fool them into thinking you're enjoying yourself1 and they'll stop4 ,sidenote3 ,a ,,trick ,,about ,,receiving ,,visitors ,don't neglect to receive your visitors as if you were glad to see them4 ,this is not encouraging hypocrisy1 inasmuch as the recommendation need not include the laundryman or the tailor's collector4 ,you couldn't fool them1 anyway4 ,it is not polite1 when visitors come1 always to be found with a green shade over your eyes4 ,when a visitor calls1 look as if you had just been waiting for some one to talk to4 ,if you improve your time between visitors1 they ought not to cause you to waste any valuable time4 ,sidenote3 ,,musical ,,temperance ,don't play the piano at all hours4 ,have a regular time for practice2 then your neighbors may protect themselves4 ,if you play the violin or the trumpet1 don't overdo it2 you are tempting ,fate4 ,sidenote3 ,,the ,,proctor ,don't incur the anger of your ,proctor by noisy conduct or disrespect4 ,proctors--especially young ones--are apt to feel their oats and to report you on slight provocation4 ,but a friendly ,proctor is a friend worth having4 ,,as ,,to ,,dress ,sidenote3 ,,varsity ,,and ,,prep-,,school ,,fashions ,,don',t wear your ,prep-school hat-band1 or flash your ,high-school ,fraternity pin upon your almost manly chest4 ,these are stock idiosyncrasies of the ,freshman4 ,just remember that ,school fashions do not prevail at ,college4 ,sidenote3 ,,the ,,sporty ,,dresser ,don't dress too sporty1 during the first term4 ,the effects you try to imitate at this period of the game are apt to be only the superficial and amusing ones4 ,sidenote3 ,a ,,short ,,word ,,about ,,long ,,hair ,don't wear long hair4 ,hair1 if left to grow as it listeth1 may attain to a surprising length within a single season4 ,the ,freshman year is not the time to test the accuracy of this statement4 ,wait till you are a ,sophomore2 then you won't care to4 ,remember that long hair is the ,poet's privilege 7though not always proof of a ,poet74 ,to wear long hair1 you had better take out a ,poet's license4 ,in this respect a dog-license will do if you fail to qualify as ,poet4 ,sidenote3 ,,whiskers ,,and ,,such ,don't feel it incumbent upon you to wear a beard or a moustache1 if you happen to have raised one on the farm or in ,england1 during the summer4 ,whiskers are the plus sign of masculinity4 ,upper-classmen do not appreciate them in ,freshmen4 ,sidenote3 ,,about ,,those ,,sparklers ,don't wear too much jewelry2 as an over-amount of it suggests trips to places where they loan money4 ,sidenote3 ,,horsy ,,ornaments ,don't affect stick-pins bearing large horses' heads or horseshoes1 thinking these will demonstrate that you keep a gig4 ,the horsy ornament connotes the coachman's white tie and the odor of the stable4 ,illustration3 ,,dont ,,dress ,,too ,,sporty ,sidenote3 ,,that ,,cane ,don't carry a cane in your ,freshman year2 something is very likely to happen to it4 ,sidenote3 ,,that ,,tall ,,hat ,don't be found displaying a tall hat4 ,a tall hat is a mighty nice thing for ,sister's wedding at home2 but better leave it there4 ,its dignity is liable to fade1 like the glory that was ,greece and the grandeur that was ,rome4 ,it was only because those nations got too chesty1 you remember1 that the ,vandals of old worried them4 ,sidenote3 ,,crazy ,,men--,,crazy ,,clothes ,don't think that crazy or odd clothes are necessarily ,college clothes4 ,lots of ,college men do wear crazy clothes2 but it isn't so much because they're ,college men1 as because they're crazy4 ,sidenote3 ,,sane ,,dress ,don't forget to dress neatly and up to your means4 ,you owe it to yourself to dress as well as you can4 ,i don't mean that owing this to yourself should necessitate your continually owing something to your tailor4 ,you do not owe it to yourself to owe anybody4 ,,as ,,to ,,dining ,sidenote3 ,,your ,,dining ,,place ,,don',t begin by resorting habitually to the ,quick ,lunch4 ,nobody ever made friends at a ,quick ,lunch1 except with the waitresses4 ,select a good place where there are lots of fellows whom you will see continually4 ,you ought to pick out some good friends from among them4 ,sidenote3 ,,your ,,table ,don't attempt1 in a large dining hall1 to get a place at a society1 club1 or athletic table for which you have not yet qualified4 ,you are liable to queer yourself from the start4 ,sidenote3 ,,table ,,talk ,don't try continually to air the sum of knowledge which you are just assimilating4 ,there are few things more pathetic than the first-year chemist who keeps asking you at table to pass the ,na,cl1 or the fledgling psychologist who would try to prove that bread-and-butter is matter for the mind and not for the stomach4 ,sidenote3 ,,local ,,egotism ,don't keep telling how they do things in that part of the country which you come from4 ,the assumption is1 that since you came to ,college1 you are willing to learn something of how they do things here4 ,sidenote3 ,,listening ,,to ,,others ,don't monopolize the conversation at the table1 especially if there are older men around4 ,you'll get yourself snubbed if you talk too much about yourself4 ,fellows don't care much whether your grandfather kept a brake and ten horses1 or drove a shay over the plank-road4 ,be a good listener4 ,then1 too1 older men like to be listened to4 ,the chances are you will learn a sight more by hearing them than they will by hearing you4 ,illustration3 ,,dont ,,monopolize ,,the ,,conversation ,,at ,,the ,,table ,sidenote3 ,,knocking ,,the ,,grub ,don't continually find fault with the things you have to eat4 ,act as if you were used to eating away from home4 ,half the time the jokes you make at the expense of the food come merely from an uncontrollable desire to air your wit4 ,knocking the grub doesn't require half so much brains or individuality as shutting up about it4 ,,as ,,to ,,lectures ,,and ,,studies ,sidenote3 ,,attendance ,,at ,,lectures ,,don',t forget to attend a large per cent4 of your lectures4 ,the information dispensed in lectures is often to be found invaluable in passing the ,examinations4 ,sidenote3 ,,choosing ,,courses ,don't let yourself be mesmerized into taking a lot of things you feel a positive disinclination for4 ,many a ,freshman has spoiled his first year in this way2 and1 failing to pass1 has left ,college and become a street-car conductor or a clerk4 ,sidenote3 ,,snap ,,courses ,don't mistake the willingness to accept a snap course for a startling aptitude for a subject4 ,sidenote3 ,,elective ,,system ,don't abuse the ,elective ,system if you are privileged to be at a ,college where it is employed4 ,it is a system which presupposes your own interest in your intellectual welfare4 ,it is too easy to fill up with a lot of unrelated subjects4 ,you may say1 ,but ,i desire a broad education4 ,very good4 ,did you ever go to a circus8 ,there the prettiest feats are performed upon the broad1 spacious back of one horse4 ,the rider gets the broadest-backed critter he can find that will keep moving4 ,those who ride two and three horses take a risk4 ,in ,college you may find that when you try to do the intellectual split1 you're liable to fall down between your horses4 ,sidenote3 ,,about ,,meeting ,,professors ,don't neglect any honest opportunities you may have to make friends with an ,instructor or a ,professor4 ,meeting ,teachers represents a privilege and not always necessarily a pull4 ,as for knowing ,professors intimately1 few do1 except other ,professors4 ,as for their knowing us intimately1 it might seem as if this seldom happens1 until it comes time to expel us4 ,sidenote3 ,,malingering ,don't try to fool the ,college ,doctor into believing that you can't go to lectures1 or are going to die1 because you've sprained your left thumb4 ,generally1 the ,college ,doctor is a shrewd man1 or he would not be the ,college ,doctor4 ,sidenote3 ,,about ,,required ,,reading ,don't fail to make a list of the required reading in any course4 ,and do some of it--say1 a little more than will enable you merely to pass the ,exam4 ,it is barely possible that the reading you have done in connection with your ,college courses will some day prove you an educated man4 ,as for doing all the reading that all the ,professors require--well1 a fellow must sleep and eat4 ,sidenote3 ,,working ,,for ,,exams ,don't think that ,exams can be passed without any preparation4 ,it takes some4 ,the minimum has not yet been determined2 nor has the maximum4 ,the middlemum has even been known to vary1 according as the instructor imagines that the crowd is or is not taking the course as a snap4 ,the little birdies are surely in league with the ,faculty4 ,sidenote3 ,,intellectual ,,narcotics ,don't rely upon special tutors to pass all your courses4 ,it's lazy and not entirely self-respecting4 ,when our friend ,gulliver went to ,laputa1 he met certain ,teachers who gave their pupils small intellectual wafers4 ,these they swallowed upon empty stomachs4 ,as the wafers digested1 the tincture mounted to the pupil's brain1 bearing the proposition along with it4 ,the same system of cramming exists today2 only it doesn't always work as advertised4 ,a fellow resorts to special tutors when he has lost confidence1 and needs an intellectual narcotic4 ,special tutors represent the drug-capsule of learning4 ,why be a dope-fiend8 ,sidenote3 ,,in ,,the ,,exams ,don't try in your ,exams to make a hit by writing long papers4 ,the ,exam is not an endurance contest4 ,somehow1 long papers don't take1 unless there is some sense in everything you have written4 ,if you don't believe this1 try it and find out4 ,sidenote3 ,,predigested ,,information ,don't rely wholly upon typewritten notes to get through your courses4 ,many ,college ,professors show no quarter to those whom they ascertain to be addicted to this predigested form of information4 ,often the ,professor's life-specialty is the tracing of literary works to their sources2 so be careful4 ,better take notes in lectures2 if this serve no other purpose1 'twill keep you awake4 ,sidenote3 ,,putting ,,off ,,work ,don't put off that long piece of written work till the night before it is due4 ,a piece of work about which you have been warned months beforehand1 can't be done between #h p4m4 and #c a4m4 ,here rush orders1 contrary to the rule1 spoil4 ,if you come up to the scratch as you should1 in the matter of long pieces of written work1 the ,instructor will almost forget how dog-goned lazy you have been all along in the little things4 ,sidenote3 ,,idling ,don't idle away time to such an extent that you get a reputation as an idler1 either among your friends1 or with the members of the ,faculty4 ,you'll find such a reputation hard to live down4 ,notwithstanding the fact that everybody is supposed to come by a love of ,learning in ,college1 there are some things which the ,faculty will not take for granted4 ,with the ,faculty1 the chronic idler will find that his name is anathema1 or ,dennis at least4 ,sidenote3 ,,the ,,descent ,,to ,,avernus ,don't fail to keep in mind the flight of steps which represents the descent from the plane of regular work4 ,it goes something like this3 work1 slack work1 probation1 special probation1 then1 ,i am sorry to inform you that the ,faculty has decided that you are no longer needed to ornament the ,college1 etc4 ,after which1 it is the greased-slide1 down and out1 so to speak4 ,in other words1 you are about to feel the thrill of ,academic life along your keel for the last time4 ,facilis descensus ,averni3 ,avernus being the cold1 cold world1 and the bother of having to explain to one's relations and friends in the home town how it all happened4 ,illustration3 ,,dont ,,fail ,,to ,,keep ,,in ,,mind ,,the ,,steps ,,of ,,descent ,sidenote3 ,,the ,,college ,,office ,don't show disrespect or contempt for the ,college ,dean1 or for the retinue within his gates4 ,once you queer yourself with the ,college ,office1 you are on dangerous footing1 and the ,college ,degree you seek is no longer seen to be constant as the northern star4 ,keep the ,degree in mind2 hitch your wagon to it4 ,but don't get too ambitious in the way of ,degrees4 ,we once heard of a fellow who was called up and given the ,third ,degree by the ,faculty1 without ever being graduated4 ,,as ,,to ,,college ,,organizations ,,and ,,friends ,sidenote3 ,,trying ,,for ,,things ,,don',t hesitate to go out for any teams or papers or musical clubs which you think you'd like to make4 ,the mere trying for things shows you're not a dead one4 ,if you are good enough1 you'll find these things mean more than you ever had thought they could2 if you fail to make them1 you'll never regret having tried4 ,as you grow older1 you will see that you never could have done certain things you thought you could1 and you'll have a first-rate opinion of your former self and your ambition4 ,sidenote3 ,,sorting ,,out ,,your ,,interests ,don't be surprised or disappointed1 if you find you have neither time nor inclination to keep up with everything you thought you would1 when first coming to ,college4 ,your interests naturally needed a sorting out4 ,sidenote3 ,,one ,,way ,,not ,,to ,,make ,a ,,team ,don't think that offering suggestions to an athletic ,coach is the way to make a team4 ,and don't answer back if the ,coach speaks harshly to you2 be thankful for any of his attention1 even if it be gruff4 ,with some ,coaches1 swearing is more than a liberal art2 many think that the oftener they send their men to ,hell during practice1 the surer they are of sending them to ,victory in the contest4 ,sidenote3 ,,about ,,social ,,clubs ,don't1 for ,heaven's sake1 ask people how one ought to go about getting into ,social clubs4 ,it isn't considered polite4 ,just why1 ,i can't tell you2 but you'll learn why1 some day1 if you are the right sort4 ,sidenote3 ,,acquaintances ,,and ,,friends ,don't hesitate to accept all chances for making friends1 especially among your ,class4 ,don't think that you can always control the making of friends2 you can't4 ,friends are ,heaven-sent4 ,hold the ones you make1 and count yourself lucky if you make half a dozen very good friends your first year4 ,there is a difference between acquaintances and friends1 by the way1 just as there is a difference between fellows to whom you'd casually offer a cigarette and those to whom you'd gladly offer your pocket-book4 ,sidenote3 ,,useless ,,prejudice ,don't rely too much on prejudice in deciding what certain fellows may or may not be good for4 ,you may or may not be right4 ,your standard may or may not be the only small stone on the seashore4 ,illustration3 ,,dont ,,answer ,,back ,,if ,,the ,,coach ,,speaks ,,harshly ,,to ,,you ,sidenote3 ,,about ,,visiting ,don't invite everybody you meet to your room4 ,it doesn't pay4 ,but make a point of accepting as many invitations as possible which come from men you like4 ,visit any upper-classman who takes the trouble to offer you his hospitality4 ,it may help you to get on1 later4 ,sidenote3 ,,that ,,hand-,,shake ,don't shake hands like a clam4 ,the flipper-shake is not popular1 and may make you distrusted4 ,you'll need a good hand-shake all through ,college4 ,sidenote3 ,,the ,,woman ,,question3 ,,the ,,questionable ,don't be one of those who continually pick up anything on the street that wears a bonnet and high heels4 ,there are lots of girls who are willing1 at any time1 to be seen with a ,college man4 ,the varieties differ4 ,some are genuinely pretty2 others wear the deliberate as distinguished from the natural complexion1 being perhaps not so well preserved as carefully preserved4 ,maybe you think it is great fun to take a partner into the small hotel dining-room with an ,i-do-this-every-evening kind of air4 ,but you may find out1 after smoking your brandy and drinking your cigarettes1 that it isn't pleasant to be played for a good thing4 ,sidenote3 ,,the ,,unquestionable ,don't1 however1 neglect any opportunity to meet ladies of your own station4 ,you are sure to require their society from time to time4 ,the ,monastic life is not profitable for a man at ,college4 ,the purr of pretty women and the occasional exchange of amicable nothings will preserve your social soul and keep the little blood-pumping organ in good condition4 ,sidenote3 ,,the ,,art ,,of ,,shutting ,,up ,don't hesitate to hear other people's opinions4 ,the ,world did not begin1 nor will it end1 with you4 ,sidenote3 ,,where ,,success ,,fails ,don't strut or look patronizing1 if you happen to have success2 it makes people feel sorry for you4 ,sidenote3 ,,the ,,little ,,things ,don't forget the little things2 fellows notice them4 ,some will even judge you by the way you give or receive a match or cigarette4 ,sidenote3 ,,summing ,,up ,,the ,,club ,,problem ,don't imagine that your entire success in ,college will be finally measured by the number of ,clubs you make during your first year4 ,always remember1 that it is the standing of the ones you identify yourself with which counts4 ,don't join any final ,club or ,society until you feel pretty sure you could not do better4 ,,as ,,to ,,things ,,in ,,general ,sidenote3 ,,saving ,,and ,,wasting ,,don',t expect to lay up a bank account by what you save from living inside your allowance4 ,there are lots of unexpected things coming up which cost money4 ,only be careful and choose the things that seem necessary4 ,you can't save much money2 but you don't have to waste a cent to live and be a gentleman4 ,sidenote3 ,,writing ,,home ,don't forget to write home once every so often4 ,mama and ,papa are always glad to see the ,college-town postmark2 and1 like as not1 ,papa is paying your way through ,college4 ,think how you'd feel1 if he forgot1 sometimes1 to send that check6 ,sidenote3 ,,when ,,father ,,comes ,,to ,,town ,don't treat ,father or ,uncle ,john shabbily if one of them happens in town unexpectedly4 ,maybe you'll have a son or a nephew in the old place one day2 and then you'll like to take a run out1 once in a while1 and see how things are getting on4 ,sidenote3 ,,showing ,,off ,,at ,,home ,don't swagger when you go home for your first ,thanksgiving or ,christmas vacation4 ,it doesn't make your friends envious of you4 ,it's apt to make them sore4 ,sidenote3 ,,running ,,bills ,don't think that because you can charge things at almost any store in the ,college ,town1 it is your duty to have your name on the books of every firm4 ,you don't need to back every enterprise2 besides1 most every firm has a habit of rendering monthly bills1 and a few of these make even a fair allowance look washed out and faded4 ,sidenote3 ,,that ,,automobile ,don't think that it is your ,father's duty to present you with an automobile4 ,in ,father's day1 it was possible for a boy to go through ,college without one of these things4 ,remember that it cost a few pence to repair them and run them2--or rather run them and then repair them2 and ,father's twenty years in business have taught him a few things4 ,many a father would as soon buy his son an auto1 but is not willing to endow one4 ,sidenote3 ,,about ,,pawning ,,your ,,watch ,don't pawn your watch or sleeve-links during your first year4 ,this privilege is limited to upper-classmen who do ,society4 ,a pawn-ticket is a very compromising thing if found by some of your close relatives4 ,you don't know what it is8 ,it is a thin slip of paper somewhat resembling a check2 only it weighs more heavily on the mind4 ,no matter how funny a story you make at home of pawning your ,grandfather's watch1 the heads of the family never see the joke4 ,when you rake in the price of exchange for your pawned watch1 it seems just like finding money1 but when you pay it back out of a slim allowance at the end of the month1 it seems like losing the same amount1 plus4 ,illustration3 ,,dont ,,pawn ,,your ,,watch ,,during ,,your ,,first ,,year ,sidenote3 ,,getting ,,hooked ,,on ,don't buy cigars in wholesale quantities from mysterious-looking foreigners1 who say they have just done a neat little job of smuggling from ,havana1 and are willing to let you in on a good thing4 ,they may even flatter you by telling you that you look trustworthy4 ,they really mean that you look easy4 ,it's your move4 ,sidenote3 ,,beggars ,don't give money to able-bodied beggars4 ,some may even speak good ,french or ,german4 ,if you happen to be taking ,french or ,german1 you will imagine that you are the only one in the world who can help them4 ,but don't yield4 ,as for crippled or blind and deaf beggars1 help them now and then4 ,you don't have to listen to their reminiscences of ,life in a ,saw-mill to do this1 unless you care for that sort of thing4 ,sidenote3 ,,questions ,,of ,,conscience--,,your ,,own ,,business ,don't kill your conscience in regard to matters which you have been brought up to see in certain definite lights4 ,if you think playing cards for money and the drinking of beer wrong1 then don't play and don't indulge4 ,you'll never be thought less of in ,college for hanging on to principle4 ,just be sure that your principles are worth sticking up for1 and then stick4 ,a wise old ,englishman puts it this way3 ,obey your conscience2 but just be sure that your conscience is not that of an ass4 ,illustration3 ,,the #eb ,,pasteboards ,don't get into the little game too often4 ,under certain conditions it's as easy as rolling off the decalogue4 ,sometimes you get in because you're afraid others will think you are afraid to play4 ,this is really not courage4 ,a word more3 when you're in1 often the time when you think you can't afford to stop is just the time when you can best afford it4 ,take this advice2 it is better than that of ,r4 ,e4 ,morse4 ,sidenote3 ,,spending ,,money ,don't keep spending money for a lot of things that you would hardly care to itemize in the account you send to ,father4 ,remember how he said1 ,i'll keep you decently1 only ,i don't want ,college to make only a sport of my boy4 ,sometimes1 when you are pressed1 you think of asking ,father to lend you money to be paid back with interest1 when you get older4 ,don't be surprised if he refuses and asks1 ,where's your collateral8 ,remember that the ,business ,world1 hunting about for something to which to attach its respect and admiration1 does not single out the ,undergraduate in ,college4 ,sidenote3 ,,earning ,,money ,don't be ashamed of chances to earn money in ,college1 if you need it4 ,more fellows earn their way through ,college than you have any idea of4 ,college men have lots of respect for a fellow who isn't ashamed to work4 ,sidenote3 ,,the ,,dead ,,game ,,act ,don't be a ,sport or a ,snob4 ,either is fatal4 ,the dead game act plays itself out sooner than those who work it suppose1 and serves oftener to point a weakness than adorn a virtue4 ,sidenote3 ,,imitating ,don't imitate the manner of some one else4 ,when you try to be like some one else1 you only succeed in being unlike yourself4 ,people don't expect or want you to be like them4 ,sidenote3 ,,the ,,fancy ,,income ,,pose ,don't pretend that you have a fancy income1 if you haven't4 ,it's a cheap1 expensive pose4 ,lots of fellows get money regularly from home4 ,all they have to do1 it would seem1 is to rip open letters and sign their names on the back of what falls out4 ,if you aren't in this class1 don't pretend you are4 ,it isn't how much money you've got1 but how you make what you've got do1 that shows you up a good one4 ,sidenote3 ,,that ,,bank ,,account ,don't fail to keep one eye on that bank account4 ,it slowly and surely dwindles4 ,it needs watching especially1 about the time the elms put on their new leaves1 and the undergraduates their new flannel trousers4 ,to end the year with an over-drawn bank account is risky4 ,no fellow can afford to have his credit go below par4 ,sidenote3 ,,exercise ,don't neglect the health habit4 ,substitute the tennis racquet for the cigarette1 one of these days1 and note the difference4 ,it may make you feel like a ,king in the pink of condition2 after which you'll probably try it again1 which won't hurt you a bit4 ,sidenote3 ,,jokes ,don't repeat all the jokes that come into your head4 ,avoid especially jokes that may be old4 ,many a fellow's popularity may hinge on the fact that he'll listen to a funny story without insisting on telling another that isn't quite so funny4 ,sidenote3 ,,showing ,,off ,don't1 if you are from a large well-to-do ,preparatory ,school1 talk too much about it1 or think that the ,college must be run on the same plan as your school4 ,your views may not be appreciated4 ,sidenote3 ,,swaggering ,don't aspire to be taken for an upper-classman by cultivating a walk or a swagger or an air4 ,you can work this so hard1 that finally you are the only one deceived4 ,sidenote3 ,,rowdyism ,don't be rowdyish1 or get the reputation of being a drunken fellow4 ,the real fun you get out of ,college need not be a continual round of batting4 ,sidenote3 ,,about ,,being ,,snubbed ,don't think it is always entirely the other man's fault if he fails to speak to you4 ,if you have not the ability to make an impression worth another's remembering1 look to yourself4 ,sidenote3 ,,college ,,habits ,don't be a fool4 ,this is the sum and the substance of all that herein precedes4 ,a fellow shows himself a fool or not a fool by his habits4 ,college habits are funny things4 ,the sooner you form your ,college habits the better1--or worse4 ,to put off the sensible resolve till the time of your last exam may be as useless as the call of the doctor after the minister has left4 ,sidenote3 ,,about ,,being ,,the ,,ass ,don't imagine for a moment that coming to ,college enables you to act in a superior way to others who have not enjoyed the same privilege4 ,a ,college career is a grand1 good thing2 but its object is to enable you1 if possible1 better to understand the ,world1 not to lift you at all above it4 ,the ,world hates a fool2 but a ,college-bred fool1 it thoroughly despises4 ,don't let your ears grow long1 and don't bray4 ,sidenote3 ,,about ,,being ,a ,,gentleman ,don't imagine that the ,college ,catalogue1 or even this book1 can tell you all the things you need to know concerning how to make a man of yourself4 ,after all1 its really up to you4 ,look about1 and be a gentleman4 ,you say1 ,but these few remarks hardly begin to solve the problem4 ,and echo answers1 ,,verbum ,,sap4 ,,here ,,ends ,,the ,,college ,,freshman',s ,,don',t ,,book ,,by ,g4 ,f4 ,e4 7,a4 ,b47 ,a ,,sympathizer4 ,,decorations ,,and ,,initials ,,by ,,raymond ,,carter ,,illustrations ,,by ,,charles ,,frank ,,ingerson ,,published ,,by ,,paul ,,elder ,,company ,,and ,,printed ,,for ,,them ,,by ,,the ,,tomoye ,,press ,,under ,,the ,,direction ,,of ,j4 ,h4 ,,nash ,,in ,,the ,,city ,,of ,,san ,,francisco ,,during ,,the ,,month ,,of ,,may ,,and ,,year ,,nineteen ,,hundred ,,ten 99 99 99 99 99 ,transcriber's ,notes3 ,all of the illustration captions omit the apostrophe in the word ,,don',t4 ,this was retained4 ,all other punctuation was corrected if wrong4 ,page #i1 you changed to your 7your trunk is still7 ,page #ai1 repeated word to deleted from text4 ,original read 7liable to to fall down4447 ,page #bi1 varities changed to varieties 7,the varieties differ7