Comment on the Class Day Elections.

To the Editors of the CRIMSON:

The Senior elections yesterday are deserving of comment in view of the very significant fact that, notwithstanding the unprecedented avalanche of nominations by petition, the men elected were in every case those originally nominated by the committee. This conclusively proves that the deliberations of a committee are much more likely to result in acceptable nominations than the flightly decisions of individual petitions. There can be no objection to a petition in which only the names of those appear who will vote for the candidate, but this indiscriminate petitioning which is fostered by the thoughtless signing of anyone who is requested to do so, which forces complications such as those which arose this year is decidedly detrimental to the class and unfair to the candidates. Everybody cannot run for office. Why not leave the choice to the committee, which is selected so as to be as representative as possible, and accept their decision as final? If there seems to be very crying need of additional nominations, then make use of the provision for petitions, but let only such men sign as really intend to back the candidate, the then there will be no more of this confusion. If this sort of thing continues it will soon be easier for nominating committees to reverse their present custom and decide who ought not to be nominated.

Another thing which seems to be brought out by the election is that the true sentiment of the class is thoroughly opposed to the unsavory ward politics of which we have had such an overdose. A CONVARTED PETITIONER.