The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-05


 gravated the problem of keeping in college as many self-supporting students as are now trying to earn their way. This, MT Crawford points out, is because vacation em- ployment offers almost the only means by which students can &C., cumulate actual cash in hand against future college expenses.
 The report emphasizes that the present difficulties of self-support- ing students at Yale are not mere ly local problems, as is evidenced universities. "In fact, Yale students in this respect, have suffered less than have those at many institu- tions where campus employment has been relatively, less stabilized" nevertheless extremely unfortun- reflects condition which has be- years. It seems undeniable that the the proportion of students at- tempting to work their way at Yale is decidedly greater than the re- sources of the university can ade- quately care for, and greater in fact than is for the best interests of the self-supporting group as g whole"
 Yale To Assist More
 As result of findings made by a committee appointed by Presi- dent Angell to study the entire question of financial aid for stu dents of limited means, Yale this year is dividing number of cus- tomarily individual grants among several applicants, and more stu dents than ever before will receive some assistance. According to MT Crawford, no member of this larger group Is expected to receive more than the least amount of aid which will enable him satisfactorily to complete the yeaA which will re- duce almost all of the scholarship group to minimum subsistence level. This Is temporary reversal of the university's tendency toward concentrating it's aid among the best applicants, rather than distrib- uting it more widely among less highly selected group as had been the practice in earlier years.
 "The presidents committee, in suggesting such modification of ex- isting scholarship procedures, spe- officially designated this as an inn mediate relief measure, not as lasting change of policy" MT Crawford says. "In fact, the com mittee advocated eventual institu- tion in the near future of an even more rigorous selection of scholar ship recipients than has hitherto been made, with increased stipends for students of outstanding prom ise-both scholastic and otherwise as soon as the present great dis crepancy between the facilities for aid and the number of applicants can be brought under more satis- factory control. To that end fur ther recommendations were made to the board of admissions, with view to limiting the proportion of self-supporting stuGents entering the undergraduate schools.
 Bureau to Study Situation
 'The method has not as yet been satisfactorily determined by which this limitation can be made effec- tive, so that men of limited means may henceforth have a reasonable assurance that, if admitted, they can find opportunities not only for mere subsistence by for their par ticipation on a satisfactory basis in the total life of their respective classes and colleges. It is the con- viction of those who have devoted particular attention to this complex and difficult question that real democracy at Yale is to be achieved and maintained only through some means of adjusting the proportion of students needing aid to the uni versity's facilities for their adequ- ate assistance. How this aim may best be realized, with justice to the students best qualified to receive such assistance, and without dis regard of those less outstanding but nevertheless deserving, will de- mand careful and continued study. The bureau is fortunate In It's as- surance of thorough-going co-op- eration upon this problem from the faculty, administration, and student body.
 Needless to say the policies pro- posed by this committee are of deep significance to many phases of the student-aid problem. They will be-and indeed, already have been--challenged and criticized by graduates and others who fear that these suggestions threaten Yale's traditional democracy. One can sympathize wholly with this point of view. Yet, if these very critics will thoroughly study the problem as 1t now exists in fact rather than as they recall it's aspects during their own student days, they win a 0raa am astra wtth fha rana. sity for modifying current proce- dures in this respect to meet pres ent conditions"