OFF TO ANOTHER START

With the beginning of the second semester, the 1937 editorial and news directorate, headed by Edward Francis Ryan of New York City, took over the editing of the daily Dartmouth.

The new editor started his regime with a promise to visualize The Dartmouth more in its relation to the College and the growth of the College, continuing: "We shall be interested more in the application of ideas than in the ideas themselves, more intent upon treating problems in their relation to the College than in emphasizing them because they are problems."

For several years Dartmouth editors have been drifting into the philosophy that the primary purpose of the paper, editorially at least, is to bring and interpret "the outside world" to Hanover. Interpreting Dartmouth has been a necessary but secondary aim.

A great majority of the undergraduates, in our opinion, are opposed to this policy. What they expect and want from TheDartmouth is not national politics and analyses of world affairs (Hanover subscribes heavily to metropolitan papers) but "Dartmouth" itself and trends in the collegiate world.

It is highly commendable for college editors to take a lively interest in current events and social problems, but they are too prone to let this interest run away with the editorial column. When it comes to this sort of analysis they are lacking in the maturity and experience necessary to command the confidence of their readers.

The new directorate has framed its policy wisely, and it is to be hoped that this pledge will not prove to be mere empty words.