Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1920 — CLASS WORK FAILURES INCREASE IN COLLEGES [ARTICLE]

CLASS WORK FAILURES INCREASE IN COLLEGES

Lafayette, Ind., February 23.— The nurrtber of students leaving colleges because of delinquencies in ever before in the history of Americlass work is greater at present than can institutions of - learning, accordong to Stanley Coulter, dean of Purdue University, who returned today from a conference of deans of men, held at the University of Illinois, at Urbana. The average number of failures among fraternity men, he added, exceed by far the average among ’ nonfraternity men. The interest taken in social affairs and student activities outside of classrooms was found to exceed that of air previous years. A great diversity of interests appears to be taking students* minds from their work, but real achievement is lacking, Professor Coulter said.' Extravagance prevails to an amazing degree, according to the reports because of xthe multiplicity of projects that students are attempting to finance. Housing conditions in the college communities are regarded as fairly good, but there is need of modern dormitories. Purdue was found to have the lowest cost of living rate of any of the universities - represented at the conference. At some of the colleges room rent aflone sometimes amounts to as much as <lO a week .a student. Professor Coulter said that much of the restlessness, which is responsible for poor scholarship, comes as the aftermath of the war, the state of mind of the student who has been in service being such that he is unable to concentrate on any particular Object.