Education: At Notre Dame: 77%

Universities are created to educate. But few universities can afford to be too particular about their standards of education until they have expanded to profitable size. For this purpose they must establish a reputation and popularity among young people; no better means exists than to have successful, famed football teams for a number of years. Last week University of Notre Dame (founded 1842) which has had pre-eminent football teams for a decade, announced a new standard of scholarship: to enter, high-school students must have stood in the first scholastic two-thirds of their classes; to be graduated, Notre Dame students—footballers included— must maintain a general grade of 77%.