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ACTIVITIES AND PUBLICATIONS THE NEWS URING its year of office the 1955 News board Was confronted with a series of issues of more than ordinary interest. The de- velopment of individual and tutorial education, the dilemma of the fraternities under the College Plan, the social and cultural develop- ment of the colleges themselves, the football coaching staff problem -these and many others passed in a colorful parade before the eye of the casual News reader. Throughout the year the News endeavored to maintain an intelli- gently critical attitude, to determine its stand on any problem, not by the ephemeral diem of campus opinion, but rather by the use of such objective analysis as could be obtained. Attempts were continu- ally made not to agree with undergraduates, but to provoke them to thought on every issue. With this objective in mind, any policy other than that pursued would have been inconsistent and impossible. Commotion over the fraternities received by all odds the most publicity of the year. Fraternities in the College lost much of their justification when the eight new residential units Were constructed, and the Depression brought on financial agonies. While the News was sympathetic with such fraternities as attempted to reorganize in line with new conditions, it was obvious that there Was no simple solution to many of the problems. To the less dramatic but more significant problems of University education the News devoted much of its space and a large part of its time. Attention was particularly focused on the general problem of examinations and the tutorial system. A more efficient distribution of educational resources was frequently advocated, such as a diver- sion of funds from the uninterested loafer to the man with a vital interest in his Work. The two-year general comprehensive examina- tion, set and corrected by an outside authority, was also the object of strong commendation. The existence of a plan to extend such cornprehensives to the entire student body and to introduce a gen- eral application of the tutorial system was uncovered by the News and vigorously supported. Several other specific suggestions were made along this line. A more extensive use of the open book examination was proposed.
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256 CLASS OF NINETEEN TI-IIRTY-FIVE S. AND E. A reform of the reading period to bar rigid assignments and to pro- mote independent investigation was advocated. Schemes were ad- vanced to correct the glaring inconsistencies and inequities in the marking system, both as between the College and the Scientific School and between the different departments of study. A possibly somewhat over-ambitious re- view of every undergraduate course in the Catalogue was printed just before students made out their courses of study. With regard to the widely discussed College Plan, the N ews confined itself largely to occasional constructive criti- cism. Some doubt was cast on the validity of certain objectives commonly attributed to the new system. The dangers of confining educational facilities of any type to members of a particular college, a tendency which had appeared from time to time, were pointed out. A study of the House Plan at Harvard revealed the inherent limitation of house activities and strictly intra- house friendships, there was every reason to believe that the same conditions would prevail in the Yale colleges. Several widely desired changes in dining hall regulations were also advanced, but no action was taken. In the athletic line the only issue of importance to raise its head during the year was the selection of a head football coach. An edi- torial was written advocating a change, but urging that at least the head coach be a Yale graduate. Although most undergraduates, and probably a majority of the alumni, were against this compromise solution, it was adopted by the A.A. Owing to the marked success of the system the question did not arise again. National and international affairs were particularly stressed in the News columns, with especial emphasis on active student interest in current political developments. Government policies were critically analyzed not only in the editorials but also in the Views on the News and ECOn0W2iCd columns. The Anti-War League was attacked for its ineffectual and unrealistic approach, and an attempt was Editors' 5anz'tarz'14 m.
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