The Dean of the College in his annual report mentioned gradual improvement in the class of special students which has taken place within the last few years. He notes that this class of students now do as honest work as the members of any College class, and need no longer be looked on with suspicion. "The body of special students," The Dean says, "may already point out among its members men worth all the labor expended on them."

It is well known that not very long ago this class contained many men who were unable to enter one of the regular college classes and who looked upon the special student system as a means by which they could enjoy most of the pleasant social life of the college without doing much work. At one time the privileges extended to men who wished to specialize were so abused that it brought the whole class into suspicion. This is what the Dean says has been done away with, and the change is a gratifying one. Every action that is taken to discourage men from entering college without any serious intention of getting an education, but simply for the pleasure that is to be gained from a thoughtless college life, tends to raise the standard of work and to add to the reputation of the University.