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Men need to be reminded at this season of the year that a course is not irrevocably chosen because it has been written down upon the colored card. It is seldom that an intelligent selection of courses can be made from reading the elective pamphlet alone. Particularly are snap judgments inadvisable,--a selection made on the assurance of a classmate that the course is "easy," a sudden whim, or even at times the advice of a Faculty adviser. Trial visits, careful consideration of both subject-matter and instructor are necessary. In spite of the annoying but necessary "red tape" involved, the Committee on Electives readily allows intelligent changes. And in a matter involving one's intellectual development it pays to go slowly,--and carefully.
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