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...papers are as follows: The Yale News, The Daily Princetonian, The Cornell Sun, The Dartmouth, The Brown Daily Herald, The Penn, State Collegian, The Michigan Daily, The Tech., The Kausas State Collegian, The Pennsylvanian, The Purdue Exponent, The Tar Heel, The Williams Record, the Daily Texan, The Oregon Daily Emerald, The Amherst Student, The Daily Maroon, The Columbia Spectator, The Syracuse Daily Orange and The Daily rowan...
...Princetonian in volunteering an interesting series of editorials on the question of enrollment limitation, states that Princeton's aim is "not so much to turn out scholars as to mould men". For that reason it feels confident that "the majority of undergraduates, as well as a considerable section of the alumni, are absolutely opposed to any system of admission based solely on the record made in entrance examinations". Such a sentiment must of course result in a plea for the abandonment of scholarship as the fundamental test of entrance; personality is suggested instead...
...plan outlined seems to lay primary stress on examination grades, for the Princetonian advocates a system whereby "all who pass the entrance examinations with an average grade of, say, 80 or 85', should be admitted without further examination, providing, of course, they are of good moral character." If enough scholars applied the enrollment limit might be reached but the fact is that most of us are too dull to enter so easily. Although the university's aim may be to mould men, under this plan the scholar is still given the place of honor...
...does nothing else the attempts of the Princetonian to suggest a means of limiting enrollment, points clearly to the difficulties which Princeton is about to face. We hear a great deal these days about democracy in the colleges, about scholarship and extra-curriculum activities and about the value of college education. The method which Princeton adopts in limiting her enrollment will be of more than passing interest...
...financing such a proposition, but even in the event of being unable to borrow money for payment at the time of purchase, the backers would find many men who would prefer a reasonable price in the fall to selling their possessions for a song three months earlier. --The Daily Princetonian...