A. T. O. CHARTER WITHDRAWN

It is natural to watch with interest what effect, if any, the report of the Committee on Social Life will have on fraternity rushing. The houses have already started on intensive two-week programs. Several local developments that may turn out to be significant are too recent to comment on at the time of writing. Chief among these is the withdrawal of the national charter from Alpha Tau Omega, ostensibly a resuit of the majority report favoring eventual dissolution of national affiliations. Alpha Sigma Phi, now recuperating in the old Dragon tomb on College Street after the disastrous fire last winter, has announced its decision to dissolve national bonds.

Alpha Sigma Phi contemplates a new house on the site of the old one, and Phi Gamma Delta has undertaken to remedy the long recognized need for a new building. The century old building on West Wheelock Street was razed during the summer, and a contract signed which calls for a brick house to be completed by next spring. Meanwhile the Fijis have taken over the old Beta House behind South Mass.

Indications are that none of these developments is particularly significant to the fraternity question at Dartmouth. The emotional reaction aroused by the report has subsided, and undergraduates tend to view it in the same light as the administration, as a body of recommendations and suggestions how to make the houses more valuable to the campus and the individuals concerned. This attitude was materially strengthened by President Hopkins' assurance that no precipitate action will be taken, and that the problem is for national fraternities to justify themselves in view of Dartmouth's recognized individualities. Any eventual action of the administration will be influenced primarily by the undergraduate attitude.