SECOND-HAND FURNITURE

In the June of a normal year when a large Senior class has commenced to go out into the world, many of these same Seniors have become merchants for a few days in an attempt to dispose of their furniture. Lower classmen were inveigled into Yard dormitories to look at the wares which had stood years of battering. The departing student who pushed his business succeeded in selling but the majority of men were too busy with festivities to be energetic, and the furniture either stayed where it had been until it mysteriously disappeared or it was given away. With the complete furnishing of the Freshman Dormitories it has become unnecessary to invest until one's Sophomore year, but then demands come thick and fast.

There are many men to whom this has been a great burden. Everyone enjoys living in a comfortably, if not an elegantly, furnished room. To some this has been denied. Would it not have been a wise plan for the College to have bought a great deal of this furniture and placed it in College-owned dormitories for the use of needy men? Chairs, tables, book-cases, beds and what-nots could be picked up at a most reasonable figure. The University would not be strenuously taxed and many students would be greatly aided.

Right after the present mid-years a large exodus will take place of students who are going into fields of national service. They would be only too glad to dispose of their belongings in this way. They would be much more inclined to sell cheaply for such a cause than to a second-hand dealer in whom they had no personal interest. The plan may be worthy of consideration.