THE PRESS

In an interview printed in yesterday's issue of the News Dean Gauss of Princeton says that it is a mistake for one who is not bright to attempt to work his way through college, since he is subjected to both physical and mental handicap. The bare statement sounds with a harsh note....

It is difficult to ascertain the exact physical and mental handicaps undergone by the average undergraduate working for his living. Certainly he encounters fewer difficulties than if he were struggling alone; here he finds others interested in his own cause. True, undergraduate self-support means addition to the effort of maintenance to the effort of education, which naturally lends to decrease efficiency of education but given greater appreciation of its value. But self-supporting groups composed of only the so-called bright would signalize the failure of democratic education.

Dean Gauss' suggestion that the needy undergraduate borrow sufficient funds for his demands, to be repaid when he is financially competent, is heartily commendable. Too great emphasis cannot be placed on increased aid through scholarships and greatly magnified student loan funds. Yale News.