General Information PROBLEMS OF CHOOSING A COLLEGE Many
their high school courses
to
will enter the life of the
people upon the completion of make an important decision. They
an
or they will continue their education in learning.
Those who have found
institution of higher
their high school
yond
their capacity will not find college
those
who have been
able to do the
have
world
work
work required
work almost beBut
less difficult.
in the high school'
with a reasonable degree of effort should find that they can do the
work required in college with about the same degree of effort. Those who have found high school activities interesting probably would find the activities of the college likewise interesting. The first thing that the high school graduate has to decide is whether or not he will continue on a higher level in a wider field the kind of life he has led in the high school. If he should decide to continue his education in the college, he should then make a study of his capacities and interests and the opportunities offered for service in the various fields of
life.
After
such a study of himself and the opportunities that are available and
what
he should conhe has not quite decided what he intends to do in life but still wishes to continue his education in the meantime, he should attend some institution that supplies a liberal background in many fields. If he decides definitely to enter a particular profession, he should attend after deciding in
direction he wishes to travel
sider the kind of education that
is
best suited to his needs. If
the type of institution that will enable
him
to
make
the necessary
For instance, the student who expects to study medicine should enter an institution which enables preparation for this profession.
him
to get the best preliminary education preparatory to entering
medical college. If on the other hand he expects to teach he should enter an institution
which
will provide for
him the kind
of education
that leads to the teaching profession.
PURPOSE OF THE TEACHERS COLLEGE In some respects the teachers college
is
like
any other
college.
Its
primary business is to prepare teachers for various types of service in the high schools and the elementary schools. It is therefore a professional institution.
But
it is
more than
that.
In order to be a pro-