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Yesterday autos were here, today they have gone; thus in a week is exemplified the change which the edict of the trustees accomplished in a year in 1927. But there is this significant difference: that two years ago a great shout was raised against what the campus was pleased to call paternalism; but this year there is silence and compliance.

Doubtless there is regret at relinquishing such a convenience as one's own car, but in general it appears that the wisdom of the auto ban is recognized. It is likely that considerable desultory week-ending and cruising has has been thereby eliminated, and a potential cause of deaths has been greatly curbed. The number of colleges which have adopted such a ruling since Princeton's action gives to it a popular acceptance. --The Daily Princetonian.

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