GRADUS AD PARNASSUM

FINALE IS THE WORD for Professor Gazley's authorship, at our request, of the article in this issue describing the objectives of Social Science 1-2. The course is required for freshmen and was the central object of the critical and stimulating writing of Mr. Francis M. Qua '11 in our January number, in his article OldGrad Looks At SiWash. Professor Gazley is chairman of the staff of teachers in the social sciences who plan and conduct the work of Social Science 1-2. His willingness to explain again the background and several purposes of the course we greatly appreciate.

With this issue we suggest that the so-called Qua controversy be concluded. We will welcome almost anything in the way of a new debate next fall, except perhaps the murals. Decorations on the walls of Baker Library and Thayer Hall are viewed as works of art, as colorful and innocuous, or as evidence of low and suppressed desires released through a projected impulse—You either like them, or you don't, or you don't care. Minds made up will not be moved by objective discussion. Check two controversies off the list.

Mr. Qua and Professor Gazley met each other. During the luncheon in Hanover it is reported that no one threw any biscuits or discovered ground glass in their spinach. Mr. Qua is a good-natured and highly intelligent critic of academic affairs. Mr. Gazley is equally if not more objective and replies to the Qua thesis in thoughtful and informative fashion. From January to June Dartmouth men have been moved by the discussion to write numerous letters to the editor of quality and interest. These are the ingredients, both in substance and texture, of the monthly dish that your editors wish to serve along with others more unanimously digestible.