SEMI-PUBLIC ORGANIZATION

The Dartmouth has a complete monopoly on the news of the College communitywhether it be official notices and releases, sport news, or news of the organizations. In addition it is the only daily paper in the village. And although it is a privately incorporated newspaper, the terms and conditions under which it is owned and operated together with its dependence upon the College for continuity make it definitely a semi-public organization, a fact which its editors seem to have become less and less aware of during the past few years.

It may sound strange for a member of the editorial staff to be talking this way about his paper in another publication. At least it should be a novelty for old readers of this column who have listened patiently in former years to Dartmouth editors bombarding Jacko and vice versa. In writing this column we are writing for the alumni (though we shouldn't mind if some of our remarks strayed back to Robinson Hall) and shall try always to view The Dartmouth objectively as the average undergraduate sees it and as it affects campus groups and activities. We are in opposition to many of the current editorial policies of The Dartmouth, and to the slip-shod way in which the news columns have recently been managed, but all of the members of the Directorate are our warm friends. What follows should be in no way construed as an attack upon individuals or their beliefs but only upon functionaries as they have failed their constituents.