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"The Campus Echo” Extra—Curricula Activity •’ In recent years there- has been quite a howl set up by the Ameri can Colleges concerning the exaggerated e'nlphasis placed on extra- curricula activities in our- institutions. - V/e, in our colleges,, tend to ,do too much joutside the clas^s-room', and-one magazine writer has be come so presump^tous as to assert that" these outside activi'ties are more important than class-room routine. Wfe cannot agree with this, but we do agree that extra-curricula activities, in spite of the re cent opposition which has decended upon them, do have a rightful place in -college, life.. The next question, then naturally is, what is’ the best extra-curricula activity? When one hears the phrase extra-curricula Activity one immedi ately thinks of intercollegiate foot ball and basket ball, and often times one does not consider that there may be activities more desir able and beneficial to the student than these athletic contests. I am thinking particularly about one extra-curricula activity which is more dr less overlooked by the average college man. It is an activity which does not have the glamour and ostentation of a thrilling game, but one which will ‘jgive to the one who participates a deeper, more larting, and more satisfying pleasure than any other activity can pos sibly do. This activity is "Creative IVriting." Perhaps this does not sound enticing, but I ivant to assure that there is no thrill greater than the thi-ill which comes from turning out a good poem or a good short story; there is always a feeling of delight which comes from seeing one's ovm work in print. Moreover this activity is broadening culturally. The student is really creating, and no -matter what the quality of his work is, it is his, it is original, end thats an achievement. And, finally the practice in writing which one gets f^'om such activity will be invaluable in subsequent life. If the Student learns only one thing from this activity, thc,t is, to express himself clearly and for cibly he has achieved mu6h. , Remember then, students, this form of creative ?.ctivity is always open to you. The collcg* magazine is always most glad to l^.eceive 0.ny efforts from any one of you. If you feel the "writers itch" even just the least, 'bit in your"littlest" finger--write. --A.P. Davis -^5-
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