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Show EVIL OF YALE. Segregation of Kich Students Works Harm. NEW HAVEN. Conn., July 15,Ooan Wright of the Yale academic department, depart-ment, in a report to President Hadley, says that one of tho worst evils in Yale is tho segregation of rich students stu-dents in expensive dormltorlec He said: "Perhaps the most serious evil connected con-nected with this segregation of the well-to-do students Is that it is bringing bring-ing together, especially ln the sophomore sopho-more year, those who aim to form the society sets, whose chief purpose in college col-lege is popularity and social recognition recogni-tion and to whom for thls-reason, tho claims of scholarship become secondary. second-ary. "So many of the men who have been members of the Junior and senior societies so-cieties have roomed in these sections that there is moro or less prevalent feeling that to room thcro helps one's chances for social advancement, and this is undoubtedly true. "If the social honors of college are to have any value, all men should have an equal chance to gain them. Tho Yale spirit of falrnoss is offended when honors are bestowed upon an Inferior man who, b.ecauso of wealth or superior super-ior location or tho influence of friends, has had an unfair advantago over his fellows." |