The educational system in effect at Chicago University has been the subject of much criticism pro and con since its recent adoption. The system, briefly, is the omission of compulsory attendance requirements and the abolishing of all marks in courses. Students may take comprehensive examinations at the end of the "Junior" college course, which is a preliminary portion of the total four years work. Another comprehensive follows the "Senior" college course. Attendance and marks are disregarded. The courses are not designed for marks or for a minimum of knowledge to be crammed down the undergraduate throat, but as an aid to intellectual development.

Results, as published by Dean C. S. Boucher of Chicago in the New York Times, have been most satisfactory. Students who took examinations without full time attendance turned in better records than the large body of those attending regularly. The first group had five percent more A's, twelve per cent more B's, six per cent fewer D's, and seven per cent fewer failures, than those who attended most classes.

This record speaks well for the system. On the basis of this report one would certainly advocate its adoption at Yale. The emphasis on marks and its attendant evils has long been deplored here by student and faculty alike, but few definite and progressive steps have been taken to abolish them. Here we have concrete proof of the success of a more liberal system which should influence the authorities toward some definite action.

The evils of extra-curricular activities, long bewailed in these columns, would certainly be minimized under this plan of study. Less of the childish preparatory school attitude among undergraduates and faculty alike would prevail, and more genuine interest in things academic would arise. Conversely, this would bring about a more even balance between the present over-emphasis of the extra-curricular and the purely intellectual side of university life. The benefits of this plan can even be traced to their influence upon college entrance exams, allowing more latitude and freedom of preparation before coming to college.

Again we urge the college authorities to use this proof of success in casting aside the out-worn, out-moded, and detrimental mark system and compulsory attendance as we know it today. --The Yale News.