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higher degree of sharing in the extra-curricular life of the campus.

Goucher reported that the Scholars took a more active part in extra-curricular activities and held more campus offices than their classmates. "The College considers them a most desirable leaven in the student body," the dean observed in her report. The University of Wisconsin also reported that its Scholars were on the average more active than their classmates, citing their participation in the band, orchestra, theater group, campus paper (of which two Scholars were associate editors), humor magazine, and yearbook.

Yale was the only institution to report that its Scholars may have been less active than their classmates, but it noted that the difference was slight. Fisk reported that the 1951 Scholar group was less active in extra-curricular organizations than succeeding groups, but that the leadership of these latter groups "has stimulated these organizations very distinctly."

Utah, Oberlin, and Shimer reported that the Scholars' extra-curricular activity was about equal to that of their classmates. At Oberlin, one 1951 Scholar was elected president of the Student Association in his senior year. At Columbia, one 1951 Scholar was editor of the humor magazine Jester, another was managing editor of the Spectator, and a third was co-manager of the football team. Lafayette also reported a high degree of extra curricular activity. Scholars there were members of eight varsity athletic squads. One was a Deacon and Elder of the College Church, another was business manager of the choir, and many participated in radio, debating, and dramatics. Chicago reported that the leadership of the Scholars was felt in every major area of extra-curricular activities.

FACULTY RATINGS OF OVER-ALL ADJUSTMENT

Each of the participating colleges and universities was asked to have faculty members who were most familiar with the Scholars and Comparison students appraise their over-all adjust