Policy Applauded

Reaction to dartmouth's policy of not accepting applicants for admission unless the secondary-school program has been fully completed, as announced recently by Dean Strong, has been distinctly favorable. Principals and headmasters of high schools and preparatory schools have expressed appreciation for Dartmouth's stand in maintaining high standards of admission.

One comment, from among many received, stated: "I have just read your circular letter under date of November 27 and wish to congratulate you and Dartmouth College on the stand which you have taken. The suggestion that boys from secondary schools might be admitted to college from the middle of their senior year, to say nothing of the close of their junior year, has seemed to me and my colleagues to be intrinsically dangerous to American education. In my judgment, Dartmouth will in the long run gain immeasurably by insisting that no student should begin his college work until he is ready to meet the usual requirements of the College. You deserve a warm vote of thanks by persons sincerely interested in real educational values."

In his announcement to secondary schools which normally send boys to Dartmouth, Dean Strong stated, "We are not willing to accept students who have had only half of the senior year of work, for our freshman program will be maintained as in the past and we believe that in wartime it is particularly essential that no student begin his college work unless he is fully equipped and ready to meet the usual academic requirements of the College."