see it tumble. Yet we are not so radical as to believe it can be done away with at once and for good. However, we do not see any reason why the "carnage " should last for several hours. We believe that a time limit, say thirty minutes, would cause merit to be more prominent and save the spectacle of men struggling armored only with smiles and—well—a rag or two. We would be very glad to see something done to establish some definite rules in regard to this, and we suggest the members of the Senior and Junior classes as the proper people to take the matter in hand. COMMENCEMENT week with its various functions will soon be with us. Our chapel is small and inadequate for the large number of welcome visitors we usually have. Graduation Day brings us the very pleasant task of entertaining our friends and guests in increased numbers. This is a more than pleasant duty as long as we can secure the most comfortable seats for—well—and mother. In the reservation of seats for the exercises this Commencement we respectfully suggest that preference be shown our friends and visitors to the younger generation of our honorable faculty and the usual picnickers from rural regions of the vicinity. POSSIBLY in the condition of compulsory chapel we have a case where the many have to suffer ,for the acts of the few. When a person cannot be made to understand that he is one of the minute organisms which constitute the body society, and is not willing to govern himself accordingly to the best interests of the body to which he belongs, laws or rules have to be made to compel him to move to its best interests. We are not going to discuss whether, or no, this condition is for our best interests, for at any rate it is only one case of a great number one would meet in the best forms of government, where the many suffer the loss of a freedom, which they would not have abused, for the acts or probable, instinctive acts of the few. Such losses are necessary. In this case as well as the others we must make the best of it, therefore, we do not see any reason why some of those who have the honor to sit on the right, in our chapel on Sunday, should show lack of common training of the homes which we suppose they undoubtedly have. TH meritorious performance of our Relay Team at the Univer sity of Pennsylvania's athletic carnival has shown that here The Free Lance. [ MAY,
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