Long heralded in verse and prose, the Prom finally is upon us. The weaker sex is arriving to get the thrill of her life. The dancing men are spending their first week-end in New Haven in many a moon.

But the Prom should not be taken too lightly. It is by far the most important social event on the college calendar. It is a great occasion, wreathed in tradition and garlanded with significance. To realize its bigness, one needs only to think of the misfortune that would be its passing.

There are not many occasions during the year when the undergraduate body or even individual classes can get together to achieve a feeling of cohesion. The few that do exist must be preserved if the name Yale is to signify anything. Nor are there many traditions which have survived the axe of sophistication and growth.

By adjusting itself to the latest conditions, the Prom has preserved itself, and will continue to preserve itself if it follows the same sane policy. The Prom is dead. Long live the Prom! --Yale News.