Results of the Chinning Season

After the unsuccessful attempt of last year for the, fraternities of the College to arrive at an agreement concerning the rules governing "chinning" for this year, College opened in the fall with the fraternity men on the ground early and in an uncertain frame of mind.

The night before College opened a meeting of the representatives of the various fraternities was called by Palaeopitus to arrive at some temporary agreement until the fraternities could decide upon a definite course of action. The rules prepared last year and rejected by the fraternities at that time were declared in operation until the beginning of the next week. When the second meeting of authorized delegates was held, these rules were adopted with some additions. In general, they provided for a shortened preliminary season for calling, and for a two week's period of open chinning, to commence the Monday after Dartmouth Night which had been set for the second Saturday night after College opened.

Under this agreement, calling began immediately, to the considerable detriment of the usual activities of the Freshmen and their relation to the College at the beginning of the year. As the season progressed, dissatisfaction with the provision for two weeks of open chinning increased, until the day before "pledge day," at a meeting of the Interfraternity Council lasting but five min- utes, the provision was modified to but one day of chinning, as has been the custom in former years.

Although, as a rule, the fraternities secured satisfactory delegations, the general sentiment of the College seems to be that the system was not an unqualified success and should not be again adopted. That the freshmen should be treated as prospective fraternity material immediately upon their arrival in Hanover unduly interferes with the administration of those salutary lessons calculated to improve their dispositions and inspire them with a due regard for the Dartmouth Spirit.