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Each year a committee from the Student Council appoints Seniors who are to serve as advisors to the incoming Freshmen. This is not a new institution, but of late years at least, a majority of the appointees have not shown as much interest in the new men as they should.

The entering class is new to College life and customs. Its members are embarking on strange seas where a little counsel from men who know the ropes would be of inestimable value. Most of the mistakes a man makes in College are due to ignorance, and it was to eliminate this sort of mistakes that the advisory system was evolved. Provided the new men will meet them half way, the advisor can generally be trusted to do his part, and if both men really make an effort to come closer together the benefit is sure to be mutual.

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