THESE EDUCATIONAL BANS

The Christian Science Monitor, like many another thoughtful organ of public opinion, is greatly concerned for the nation's educational facilities. The policy of permanent limitation of enrollment at Dartmouth and Williams, and the recently announced preference of Yale for the sons of Eli, have provoked this Boston journal to come out openly for the education of the masses against all schemes to educate classes. "Education," they say, "Will never become too general; it will never be made too available."

All thinking people will agree with this statement. in a democracy education of the people--all of them, not simply a class--is necessary to its very existence. But it must be remembered that college education is distinguished from education in general by the term "higher," which is its peculiar characteristic. And the very fact that there are masses and classes distinguishes socalled "education" as a general term, from the peculiar product of the colleges. Their function as colleges is to dispense a species of education above the capacity of the masses.

Those college who have already taken definite steps to limit enrollment have taken definite steps to realize their true function as institutions of higher learning. There seems to be a general agreement to misunderstand Yale's recent action. The sons of Yale graduates are to be given preference only if they can fulfill the entrance requirements. Such limitation must, of course, debar the unfit and open limitless possibilities to those who can and will profit by their advantages. On the whole, this is the present trend in American colleges.