The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-12-12
,n instead of the $ were 300 Sopho-

$ were 300 Sopho-
 ie first elections of
 oyered by this state
 i, 250 were residents of
 5ophomoro private dormi-
 4 all resident in the general
 section, and but "A taken
 , Campus proper.
 increasing concentration of so-
 sophomores in the sophomore
 etion is shown by the fact that for ly-three of the first election men from the class of 1907 roomed in the Hutchinson dormitories, fifty-two of the class of 1908, sixty-five of the class of 1909, and seventy of the class of 1910, an increasing ratio, which at the present rate of increase bids fair to number for the Hutchinson dormito- ries in the near future all the first election men to the four fraternities.
 That the present condition is not en- tirely the fault of the undergraduates themselves is evident to anyone who appreciates the position in which the more active of these men are placed. If the campus dornlitories open to under -classmen were attractive and there were enough of them, the two lower classes would unquestiopably room there and the problem would settle itself. But the sophomore have to choose largely between unsanitary rooms and the outside houses. The freshmen have no other choice except Pierson, which cannot hold them all. The result is enforced segregation which produces results unsatisfactory to the college authorities and to the leaders among the men themselves. The solution of the question lies in more campus dormitories, at least as attractive as the outside houses, and with sufficient room to accommodate the men who are now forced outside.
 There are those who incline to the belief that In the last few decades there has developed at Yale disinclination for the simple college life of the con sulship of Plancus and tendency tc surround the undergraduate days with luxury In other words there are those who see in the rise of the private dor mitories a tendency toward the estab- lishment of conditions characteristic of Harvard at the present time, where the richer undergraduates have forsaken the Campus dorinitories for what is euphoniously called the Gold Coast a block of luxurious private houses, suggestive of prosperous metropolitan clubs with liveried attendants and ep- erated with more than Oriental splen- dor. But to any close student of the situation the rise at Yale of the private dormitories is not primarily, if 1t all, due to the personal preference for lux ury on the part of Freshmen and Soph- omores. If it were true the fact would hold good for the two final years which 1t does not The two upper clas- ses room on the Campus.
 History of Private Dorlnitories at Yale The underlying reason for the rise of the private dormitories for the two lower classes was originally nothing more or less than the lack of properly equipped and sanitary Campus dorn1i- tories for them to live in. It Is that to-day with the added factor of prece- dent and tradition, How far the indi- vidual taste for outside living has been developed since the tide in the two first years turned to York and College streets is another question, the gravity of which is admitted. But that is a question which can be solved when the first and most important matter is set tied. Dean Wright has given 1t as his opinion that the dangers to Yale's so- 'ciaI,. class and scholarship life due to the private tiorInitory system "can be averted, by increasing our dorrnitory accommodations. If he said, "the College can have It's own dormitories sufficient to accommodate all or nearly all the members of the four classes, the problem of the location of the Fresh men and sophomores will settle itself. When the college has room to receive the Sophonlores and Freshmen, members of these classes will cease to locate in expensive quarters of the city in the hope thereby of gaining social recognition"
 The need of new dormitories for the academic department is, without doubt, one of the most important if not the most imporant question at Yale to- day. Other questions--or organization, courses of study, preparation in college for professional postgraduate work, the standard of scholarship incident to Q Yale degree, and the important mat ter of keeping Yale entrance eXamina- tions above the level of the average llbral arts institution-are each impor- tant in it's place. But no one of them can be met and solved with efficiency until the ground is prepared for their successful working. As long as a situ- alton exists in the academic depart ment, by which freshmen and sopho-