THE NEW SYSTEM

During the fourteen years in which he has been Dean Mr. Hurlbut has accomplished much for Harvard College, which has not always been evident to the undergraduate body. Investigation shows that the standard of scholarship in the college today in far higher than fourteen years ago, and that the amount of academic work done by the average student is noticeably greater. These simple facts give evidence of the improvement in the standard of college work which has resulted from the persevering efforts of Dean Hurlbut. His resignation brings a feeling of regret from all those interested in the welfare of Harvard, and also an expression of high commendation for his past work.

Under the new system of three Deans the same advantages of the old system are retained and a few further advantages included. The appointment of two younger men as assistants to Dean Yeomans should result in a more natural relationship between student and dean. Since Dean Little and Dean Mayo have only the power of recommending their disciplinary and scholastic decisions to Dean Yeomans, who is a member of the Administrative Board, undergraduates ought to feel more willing to regard the Deans as their real advisors and helpers. Also, the fact of the Deans being nearer the students own age will help materially in breaking down that imaginative barrier of non-sympathy for the undergraduate's point of view, which unconsciously the younger generation holds. If this new system does succeed in producing a normal relationship between the student in difficulties and his logical helper, the dean, the advantageous results will fully justify the change.