Seth Reeves
In the book, American Higher Education, by Christopher Lucas, he explains that in the early parts of the 1900s, college students were less concerned about their grades, and all about having a good time. He gives even more information saying that back then, intense study was frown upon, and it was "poor form" to earn anything better than the "Gentlemen C." Now times have definately changed since then, but is this sort of college lifestyle still relevent among college students of today?
I believe that this lifestyle is still around today, but not nearly as much as it was back then. For instance, being a student at Georgia Tech, I have noticed that mostly every single student puts a lot of their time into their grades. They all really care about their grades because they want to earn a good job in a particular field that interests them. I also, think that students at colleges and universities around the country care a lot more and have been putting more and more time into their academics. So I definately think this is a big difference from the lifestyle back in the 1920s.
However, it is still quite obvious that students see college as a place to have fun. There are many ways for college students to enjoy themselves. For instance, there are always a lot of parties to go to on a college campus. Many students like to join clubs or be apart of greek life. Also, many students today enjoy going to sporting events to cheer on their school. One thing that colleges today, is that they provide many ways for students to enjoy themselves aside from academics.
In conclusion, I believe that students do go to college to have a good time similar to students in the early 1990s. Although, students today take their academics very seriously. Especially now since jobs are hard to find, students today are putting academics before "fun time," and that is the biggest diffence between today's students and students in the early 1900s.
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