TO PRESERVE CLASS RECORDS.

As an aid to the various class committees which are called on each year to arrange for dances, spreads, class pictures, class days, smokers, and a hundred other things of greater or less importance, it has been customary in many cases to call upon the committee chairman for a detailed report of the work involved. The following year the committee is thus enabled to profit by the experience of its predecessors, to avoid their mistakes and improve upon their suggestions. But only too often, when the actual work of the committee is over, the chairman either neglects this duty altogether, or draws up his report long after he has forgotten all the finer points that his experience has taught. Reports of the more conscientious committeemen are not infrequently mislaid, simply because there is no place, where they may be stored for reference in future years.

In order that class affairs of all kinds may be systematized to the greatest possible extent, it has been suggested that a cupboard be built, preferably in the Union, where class records of all kinds may be kept under lock and key. Each year, when a new committee is appointed, the chairman can then lay his hands instantly on a store of experience of past years. He will know just when is the right time to begin work, just what expenses he may expect to meet, and, in short, will be relieved of the chief responsibility in working out the problems of his task.

It is needless to add that the sooner such a collection is started the more value it will be to classes of the immediate future. There are probably a good many reports scattered throughout the University, which may be collected as a starter and an incentive to keep the file strictly up to date in the future.