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. of a typical Forty-fiver. So Varied are his interests, so unpre- dictable his whims that they cannot all be covered. But certain things We know about a Yale Freshman, be he Naughty-naught or '45. En route to clam O11 bencled knee Instirzztiovml food, but who zfefufey it?

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The College Plan BY AN UNDERGRADUATE N about four months, you of the Class of 1945 will be asked to make a decision of great importance-you will be requested to give your preferences as to the College in which you would most enjoy living during your last three years at Yale. It is a problem which should be answered only after con- siderable thought. lf you are interested in Yale, you will be interested in the College Plan. For it has been the saving factor, as Yale increased in size, which has preserved a certain cohesion among the undergraduate body and has pre- vented it from becoming merely an amorphous mass. In earlier days Yale was a small col- lege, and as President Charles Seymour, 1908, has expressed it, it was a family the members of which, Faculty aswell as students, were intensely conscious of the bond that held them together. The students, following the natural tendencies of youth, emphasized the social rather than the intellectual aspects of the bond, and developed that sentiment of solidarity that came to be called Yale Spirit. Four years on the Yale Campus pre- pared the undergraduate not merely for in- tellectual power but for a sense of social responsibility. As Yale increased in size and as the curri- culum became more complex, the original single-unit organization became inadequate. Graduate and professional schools were found- ed. Another undergraduate unit, the Sheffield Scientific School, was set up. The University spirit permeated the institution before the oflicial name College was changed to Univer- sity. But always the undergraduate body was regarded as the soul of Yale. Changes in organization were developed to meet changed conditions. The Class, now as large as the old College, became an undergraduate unit, with its own highly developed erprit :Ze corps, bound always to the other Classes by the sense of loyalty to tl1e larger all-embracing Yale. But as the Classes continued to grow in size, the integrity of the Class as a unit broke down-a return to the principle of the 8 original small College seemed not merely de- sirable but possible, provided it could be given physical expression. It was the generosity of the late Edward S. Harkness, '97, that made this idea possible. In 1930 he provided funds for the building and educational endowment of those Eve quadrangles which are known today as Berke- ley, Calhoun, Davenport, Pierson, and Timo- thy Dwight Colleges. He also gave funds for the remodeling of the Memorial Quadrangle, which had been built from the gift of his mother, Mrs. Stephen V. Harkness. In 1933 the southern portion of Meinorial Quadrangle became Branford College and the northern portion became Saybrook College, and the interiors of some of the dormitories were re- modeled to provide rooms for Fellows, a library, common room, dining hall, and a Master's house for each College. The build- ings which completed Jonathan Edwards College in 1932 were also the gift of the late Edward S. Harkness. Dickinson and W'hee- lock Halls, now part of Jonathan Edwards College, had been constructed in 1926 from the bequest of Robert M. Judson. A ninth College, Trumbull, was ready for occupation in 1933 through a gift provided from the Ster- ling Fund, the Estate of john William Ster- ling, '64. In 1939 work began on the tenth and last quadrangle, Silliman College, made possible by the bequest of Frederick W. Van- derbilt, '76S, and Silliman was opened as a College for the first time in September of 1941. Thus the hopes and dreams of yesterday have become reality. Menubers of the three upper Classes in Yale College, the Sheffield Scientific School, and the Engineering School are now admitted to the various Colleges so far as possible in ac- cordance with their individual preferences. Your preferences cannot always be followed, and you may not be admitted to the College of your first, second, or third choice, but it is also true that the Allocations Committee makes a sincere and thorough effort to follow out your desires.