Yale Can Do It

A great hue and cry has been raised at Harvard because of the high cost of living in the new House Plan units there. Not only are the rooms in the new buildings some 25 per cent more expensive than the average in the old dormitories, but the prices are raised by this percentage in those old buildings which are modern enough to be converted into Houses under the new system. Thus a student living in such a place as McKinlock Hall is apt to find, when this is considered as a House, that his room next year will cost a hundred dollars or so more than previously, in spite of the fact that no improvements have been made during the Summer. This is a distinct disadvantage to the well-rounded development of the House Plan, as it prevents self-supporting students from voluntarily taking up residence in the new units.

It is a relief to learn that the new Colleges at Yale will start under no such handicap. The prices of rooms in the old buildings will remain as they are, and the lodgings in the new units will cost proportionately the same; that is, between two and three hundred dollars, depending on the size of the room. Thus it will cost no more to enjoy the benefits of the Colleges than to live outside the sphere of their influence, and they may be expected to contain a true cross-section of the student body. There is good cause to be thankful to Yale's large endowment fund, and to the administration's careful apportioning of it, for in these days the undergraduate mind can imagine little worse than raising the price of a college education. Yale News.