The New York herald., 1922-06-18

commodated and properly taught,
number which reaches approximately
1000 with the present resources.
THE result of the college entrance
examinations will still be of primary
importance. In addition to taking
these examinations, candidates for
admission will be required to file
certificates of good character and
statements signed by the principals
Of their school, together with tteir
personal record.
Besides considering the result of
the entrance examinations and the
statement of the candidates record.
the committee on admissions is to be
guided by the following further pro-
visions: Candidates recommended for
scholarships shall be admitted, and
candidates whose records show un-
usual promise, seriousness of purpose,
or achievement under difficulty shall
receive particular consideration"
lhese Are the Ways
Dartmouth Keeps Down
The president of Dartmouth has
indicated, at considerable length, in
a recent address, the methods pur-
sued by that college. Among the
methods which he names are:
Dartmouth College is a historic
colonial college in the New England
north country. Its graduates in some
cases represent successive genera
tions, and the college wishes to pre-
serve within its body the atmosphere
and the influence Of these men.
Likewise, it wishes to preserve
the factor of geographical distribu-
ton. Since in the natural course of
things it has been found that the
men who come from the long dis
tances are likely to average higher
in initiative and determination, and
since for the sake Of the widest pos
sible contacts it is desired to inter-
pose no obstacles that make il diff
cult for these men removed from in
innate touch with the college to
come to Dartmouth, we have pro-
vided for the time being that all
applications of men scholastically
prepared from west of the Missis-
sippi River and south of the Mason
and Dixon line shall be accepted.
Complementary to this. we are
likewise expecting tn take the entire
group of those qualified who apply
from New Hampshire, since New
Hampshire is the nome State of the
college and since its men are in a
particular sense men of the Dart
mouth neighborhooG.
Finally, there is ore added provi-
sion in regard to which there has
perhaps been moro curiosity than In
regard to anything else connected
with the project, namely, that at
tention shall be given to the voca-
tional background of the homes from
which the students come This pro-
vision is designed again to break up
any tendency toward a standardized
group and to insure that the college
shall have not only the sons of pro-
fessional men but the sons of farm
ers, while at the same time it is to
be insisted that we do not sacrifice
that group of serious minded men
who, under the necessity of earning
their own way. seek help from the
college in the form Of scholarships.
What Right Has a College
To Limit Its Students?
The consideration of the methods
of limitations brings to view the
question of the right of the college to
limit its members. Such a question
has been seriously asked, and in
asking this question Of the right it
has been said "the eventual remedy
is, of course, more colleges. For i'm
mediate remedy one can only hope
that a change of heart, of which
there are signs on the far horizon.
may speedily overtake the govern
ing bodies Of the smaller colleges,
that they may come to feel it their
duty to expand, not indeed as fast
as they comfortably can, but, liter
ally, till it hurts.'"t
The increase in numbers has gone