UNION OPENED THIS MORNING

Beginning at 7.30 this morning the Union will be open to all members of the University, whether they are as yet members of the Union or not. The Library is now ready for use and the Dining Room will be started today.

Until October 7 the Union will be open to all members of the University for inspection, but after that time only Union members will be admitted. Any student enrolled in a department of the University during the current academic year is entitled to become an active member on payment of the annual dues of $10. This sum may be charged on the term bill if desired. Officers and former members of the University residing within 25 miles of Cambridge may become associate members upon the payment of the annual dues of $5 in advance. Associate members are not permitted to vote at the election of Union officers; otherwise their privileges are the same as those of active members.

A new plan will be followed this year in accommodating men who wish to dine at the Union. Regular board will be offered in the Training Table Room, and members of the Union who desire may start tables there. The large Dining Room will again be used and meals will be served a la carte and table d'hote as previously. The new room for regular boarders will not be ready before Monday. Below is printed a copy of the blanks which members sign for the week; "I hereby sign on for regular board at the Union for one week, at seven dollars a week, and agree to give two days notice when I desire to discontinue. (Failure to give such notice means that the boarder will be charged seven dollars for the succeeding week. Persons can not sign on for less than one week).

Meals in the large Dining Room will be served at the following hours: breakfast, 7.30 A. M. to 12 M.; luncheon, 12 M. to 2 P. M.; dinner, 6 P. M. to 8 P. M. Light refreshments may be obtained through the bell-boys from 12 M. to 8 P. M.

Union's Place in the University.

The following statement of the purpose and status of the Union is intended especially for new students. The Union was founded in 1899 by Major Henry Lee Higginson '55, and was intended by him to be "a house open to all Harvard men without restriction and in which they all stand equal." It has proved to be far more than this for it is now the recognized meeting place for many organizations, and mass meetings and smokers are usually held there. The restaurant furnishes excellent fare at a nominal price. It is also a reader's resort with a library and files of newspapers and periodicals, from all sections of the country. The basement and third floor provide offices for the undergraduate papers, the CRIMSON, Advocate and Monthly. In short the Union is an institution aiming not only to supply many material needs of the students in the University, but also to foster the best ideals of comradeship, loyalty and unity in college life.