THE COLLEGE

THROUGHOUT the winter and spring a number of private colleges have announced that in order to produce funds for higher faculty compensation, tuition charges would be raised next fall. On May 4 President Dickey announced that Dartmouth, too, will increase its tuition and that the added operating income "will be heavily committed to the prime, immediate purpose of strengthening faculty and staff compensation."

An increase of $190 a yeas, was approved by the Dartmouth Trustees at their spring meeting. The combined fee going into effect next fall will be $1170, replacing the present tuition of $900 and the general fee of $80 covering the health service and certain other student charges. The 1957-58 figure is roughly comparable to the increased tuition fees at other Eastern private colleges, being slightly lower than some and slightly higher than others.

Higher tuition always means a bigger financial gap for the scholarship man and serves to push borderline cases into the group needing aid. Dartmouth's scholarship grants will be increased next year, President Dickey announced, to protect those men who depend upon financial aid from the College as a supplement to their own resources and efforts. The higher tuition has been taken into account in assigning aid to members of the incoming Class of 1961. In addition, President Dickey said, men not receiving aid and now attending college without any financial margin may apply to the Committee on Scholarships and Loans for help in meeting this increased cost.

There will be no change in charges for board at Thayer Hall next year. Increases in dormitory room rents, amounting on the average to $50 a year, were announced in February.