Union the Proper Place for Forum.

To the Editors of the CRIMSON:

I fully agree with your correspondent of November 5 that no "detached Forum can be a success" in the University and that "the Harvard Union should be the permanent home" of the Forum here, as the Oxford Union is of the very successful Forum in Oxford. But both of these Unions must depend on their membership fees for annual support. The annual fee of the Oxford Union is $40, if I remember correctly, and none but members may attend the debates or lectures, or other functions of the Union, except as occasional guest of a member. The annual fee of the Harvard Union is but $10 and was fixed at this small amount with the hope that all members of the University would become members of the Union and thus guarantee its adequate financial support. On these terms the Forum could find its permanent home at the Union here, as it does in Oxford.

As to the Social Centre idea of the Oxford Union my experience was that it had steadily advanced each year. I found men of all ages, positions, and classes mingling cordially and freely. The same will transpire in the Harvard Union as soon as this is generally recognized as an important feature and all members of the University understand this is a common ground for social greeting and interchange. MARTIN K. SCHERMERHORN.