There are those students who, seemingly, have a natural intelligence which allows them to flash A's every quarter not having taken a book home more than once or twice, and there are, those who must study in the narrow confines of their rooms three to four hours a night just to remain "average." All too often, most of us are in the latter group, wishing, perhaps even wasting our time away hoping that the great light will shine down upon us, blessing us with instant genius. Unfortunately, most will waste their lives waiting for that miracle to happen.

Grades must be achieved, not just handed to us on the proverbial "silver platter." Even those lucky few who seem super-intelligent earn the A's that decorate their report cards. They earn them by paying close attention to what the teacher is saying to them, not what Sue or Tom is saying to Judy about Bill and Penny. They earn them by taking careful and detailed

notes in class, while their neighbors are busy drawing caricatures of the "tyrant" at the head of the room. They earn them by doing their homework in study halls while others dream of how successful they could be if they were as fortunate as the one who is studying.

The first semester is past history. Perhaps to many, the only reminder of the past two quarters' work will be a neat row of grades, whether they be good or poor, on file in the Personnel Office. Maybe this reminder will be enough to spur many of us on to better studying habits and grades in the next semester. To those who care about their future, to those who want more for themselves than their predecessors had, nothing except their absolute best efforts will be satisfactory. They will try even harder this semester to achieve even better grades. To them, the ambitious and self‑conscious, belongs the future.