"The Reins Change
"The 1925 Board of THE DARTMOUTH moves into office today and assumes the responsibilities of supplying news to the College and of raising and directing discussion. Emphasis will be laid on the news department of the paper. There will be a concerted effort to give the College all the news of the day and to present the news in the best newspaper form. And there will be another effort to make the news accurate in every detail.
Not that the new board intends to slight the editorial department. It does not. But it does intend to put news service in the primary role. The editorial department will continue to raise discussion and to promote ideas with an intellectual outlook. There will be no organized crusades until fall—if then. For the rest of the spring the College will be able to play golf or paddle on the Connecticut without much worry over the editorial of the day. Spring is here to be enjoyed.
There will be just one change in editorial policy, and that a minor one. No editorials will be signed with initials unless written by the past editor-in-chief. The new board believes in reflecting personality into the paper indirectly and not directly. The editorial of the day is apt to come from the typewiter of the editor-in-chief, a candidate for that position next year, any other member of the board, or any person who cares to write one. The appearance of an editorial in this column will mean simply that it has the backing of the editorial department. The new board hopes for co-operation from the College in its effort to run a superior newspaper, 'but it makes no apologies. If it fails, give it the criticism it deserves. It intends "service" with more meaning to the word than the neighborhood grocer ever thought could be put into it. And it postpones all crusades until the enjoyment of spring is over."
It is needless to say that the undergraduate body welcomes the change aibout to take place,—that of being allowed to settle down and do some constructive work—bring results out of the year of pot-boiling. Also, it will be more interesting and desirable to spend next year reading THE DARTMOUTH of the mornings and finding it. such an impersonal paper of news as is needed. The alumni may rest assured that the paper wil'i carry the news of the day for them, according to the new directorate.
The campus was treated to a "prom that wasn't a prom" the week-end of May 9 and 10. when about 300 guests visited the houseparty. The occasion was unfortunate in that it rained each day several hours, but the usual tea dances and evening dances at the houses were pleasant affairs. The Players presented a "Revue", composed of several original vaudeville numbers, which were very well received. The only difference from the former prom was that no class sponsored the party and there, was no single big dance,—also there was little drinking.
