1925 HEARS DR. W. L. SPERRY

In a talk to Freshmen yesterday evening in Smith Halis Common Room, Dr. Willard L. Sperry drew a distinction between two types of education. He explained that one type aims to fill the mind during the years in college, with enough "salted" information to last the whole life. The other type has for its purpose the training of the mind in a method of thought. The latter type, Dr. Sperry pointed out, was not conductive to the formation of the "rubber stamp" mind as was the former.

The "standardized" mind itself was the subject of a special warning as being a psychological state frequently induced in an intelligent and active brain by four years in college. Dr. Sperry emphasized in conclusion that to avoid falling into this state should be one of our chief aims in college.