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Communication.

A Remedy Suggested for the Present Conflicts of Courses.

By A. WALKER Blakemore.

To the Editors of the Crimson: Will you allow me a s a graduate to say that in the discussion over the disposition of the seats for the Yale game my sympathies are entirely with the undergraduates' point of view. I do not mean that I wish to complain of those who have charge of the distribution of tickets this year, because we must realize that their methods have been put to a test far beyond precedent; and however regretable, it is perhaps not surprising that they should have found themselves overpowered in consequence. But the principle which gives graduates the preference over undergraduates in the right to seats seems tome both unfair and impolitic, and I for one should be glad to see it changed hereafter. The game is primarily an undergraduates' affair. We rely upon them to make up the team, and the team and its managers rely mainly upon them for the enthusiasm which helps to success. It would be easy to imagine what would become of college football if their interest in it should be discouraged. The undergraduate has a personal interest in the game which it is impossible that he should continue to keep to the same extent in later life. The players are his friends, his classmates or his contemporaries. Their record is a part of his college experience in which he has a very natural pride. It seems to me only just, therefore, that for his three or four years in college he should have the best opportunity to watch their play and to encourage it, and then that he in turn should give way to the next generation. However ready we graduates may be to take advantage of the privileges which have been given us, I am much mistaken if there are not many who feel that, when it interferes with the interests of the undergraduates, the present system is unjust and ought to be reformed. Edward Robinson '79.

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