May I, as a student of Princeton University, add some new light to the recent examinations in a course labeled "An introduction to History and Economics," which has caused such a stir on the campus and spelt doom for so many of the very young?

This knowledge was supposed to have been imbibed by the freshmen along with their five other courses in the space of two months.

The following are from the November and December examinations:

"Define the following terms: Loess, rain-shadow, equinox, cyclone, dry-farming, phylloxera, water table, solstice, Gregorian calendar.

"Locate the Wasatch Mountains, the Lachine Rapids.

"Name and locate an important seaport in China; one of the world's largest cities not situated on navigable waters; a source of electric power in Africa; a mountain range of the complex type; the seat of an ancient civilization in Central America; a powerful city of ancient Syria, now fallen into decay; a country at the headwaters of the Nile; a region in the Southern Hemisphere with a monsoon climate; a French possession in the West Indies.

"What part did climatic conditions play in the rise of Mohammedanism? Why do regions having an equatorial climate have two wet and two dry seasons?

"A ship's captain observes the noonday sun on December 22, 65 deg. 30 min, from the southern horizon. His chronometer registers 1 A. M. What is his latitude? What is his lougitude? In what ocean is he sailing?

"What is the effect on international politics of the discovery of petroleum deposits in weak States?"

Are we to make our minds lumber yards?

Princeton Freshman, in N. Y. Times.