University of Utah Student Newspapers | 1941-01-09 | Page 4 | Let's Junk It

Let's Junk It Now that it has been tried we hope the administration policy of begin- ning the college year in October and the fall quarter to within three shopping days of Christmas will be abandoned when the university opens again next The numerous weaknesses of the plan are First of three days are not enough time in which to Christmas especially when non-student Pers nave nad a chance to purchase the pick of gift many students are forced to give up plans to work a few days before Christmas in der to study for test week or to finish jfe term papers and Of there is always the old arg- that by opening the university Jp year a week later in the students are able to work longer at summer The fact that collegians will be held in classes one week longer next spring while stu-dents from other universities snap up the best summer jobs seems to cancel that It is surprising to what extent one week can throw the whole year Not only were Christmas jobs and shopping but the revised schedule also jumped behind the football causing all sorts of confusion when lacking activity tried to attend the Utah-Santa Clara game without paying the full admission as was their