My Education

Abstract

At four o’clock we filed into the Senior English Exam, to met question number one, “What have you learned at Iowa State College?” My Education A FOUR o'clock we filed into the Senior English Exam, to meet question number one, "What have you learned at Iowa State College?" What have / learned at college? Well, only last week I learned that if a puffy omelet turns green it is due to a slight chemical reaction in which ferrous sulfide is formed and that it is formed more readily in omelets to which water has been added than in those containing tomato juice. I have learned how to manage time efficiently. It takes fourteen minutes to walk to Beardshear, seventeen minutes to Home Economics, and forty-five minutes to check out a book at the library loan desk. If I allow seven hours for sleep, two hours for meals, seven hours a day in various labs, I have left eight hours a day in which to participate in two activities, show a vital interest in college and world affairs, create life-long friendships, write an occasional letter home, and study for eight hours of classes the next day. I have learned the art of living with other people, and believe me, it is an art to live with three other girls in a 9 x 12 room. I have been handed neatly formulated opinions on religion, music, and art; and I can repeat those formulas in brief, correctly punctuated paragraphs. I have these things to give the world— a jeweled pin, a degree, and a tired heart. Norma Barkley, H. Ec, Sr.