THE COLLEGE YEAR
We can, however, take inventory of the year past, with a review of the most important events and some consideration of the changes taking place on the campus. This college year seems on first observation to be characterized by a sane mediocrity. Nothing startling, nothing unusual, shows on the surface. There have been no events of unusual significance, no noticeable change in the curriculum or the social life, no great athletic victories to arouse widespread campus enthusiasm, and no fatalities or tragedies to depress campus morale. There has been no stealing of Senior ballots, no "red" uprising, no "Lady Godiva," and the winter has been mild.
Yet beneath the apparent averageness of the year are found trends that presage both change and progress on the campus. Increased undergraduate interest in the political and economic problems outside Hanover, and an evidenced desire to meet and help solve these problems, mark the emergence of this college generation from an age characterized by apathy and cynicism. The recognition of the fraternity problem, and the appointment of a committee to investigate and report upon it, indicates that fraternal bonds in Hanover have been weakening and that a change in social organization is not only possible but likely in the years to come. The delegation of Carnival and house party regulation to Palaeopitus, and the turning over of dormitory supervision to student control, mark a most definite change in the placing of responsibility for student conduct and behavior.
More visable phases of campus activity likewise are of note. The 25th Winter Carnival was the largest and most successful on record, and the increased interest in winter sports shows that Dartmouth is more and more realizing the marvelous potentialities offered by its climate and location. Campus publications have made rapid strides. The Dartmouth, with extensive innovations in editorial policy and make-up, has gained a prominent place among the college dailies of the country. Jack-o-Lantern has extended its scope and raised the standard of its humor, and it ranks with the country's best collegiate humor magazines. The two new college organizations, the Junto and the Union, have become more firmly established, and look forward to increased participation in the college life of the future.
