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In being deprived of the privileges of the House Libraries dropped Freshmen are placed under a serious and unnecessary handicap. Except for Widener, they have access only to the Freshmen libraries, which naturally are stocked with books for Freshmen courses alone. Since the dropped Freshman seldom takes more than one or two Freshman courses, he is forced to get most of his work done in the afternoon at Widener. This is unfortunate for men whose scholastic condition is precarious and who should be given every opportunity possible to regain their standing.
Taking it for granted that they will continue to be segregated outside the Houses for the immediate future, one answer to the difficulty would be to allow them the privileges of the House libraries. By assigning them proportionately to each House library, the danger of having the nearest library's capacity overtaxed by crowding could be eliminated. While it is to be hoped that the future will see a complete revision of the present methods of dealing with dropped Freshmen, there should be some immediate change in their opportunities for study. Even though not all of them would take advantage of such an opportunity, there are many who are seriously intent on becoming regular sophomores. Certainly the plan would be an excellent and simple way of helping those who are willing to be helped.
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