What intriguing possibilities are present for every college student in Goethe's words to a youthful poet,
A talent is formed in quietude,
A character built in the stream of life.Torquato Tasso, Act I, Scene 2;
One may long to realize this double promise, but where is there uninterrupted quiet to explore his inmost powers and resources? Or, plunging into the stream of life, how can he avoid total submergence?
