HARVARD FARMERS

One is inclined to shudder at the addition of yet another club to the already long role of Harvard's non-social organizations. Almost every conceivable interest and movement finally results in the birth of a formal association. Some of these last six months, some struggle faintly for a year or so against the tide of more powerful attractions, and a few become permanent. It seems at last as though there were no room for more organizations.

Yet next Tuesday will see the beginning of an association of Harvard farmers. About two years ago, the Undergraduate Economics Society held its first meeting, and has since flourished remarkably. It has filled a genuine need, --and one which curously enough was scarcely recognized at all before the formation of the Society. So may it be with the new association of farmers. Agriculture is a most important branch of economics, with interests certainly vast enough to support a virile fraternity. The nature of the association gives warrant in advance that it will be successful.

The term "Harvard farmers" may at first sound a bit unusual; but we venture to hope that the founders will not squeamishly label the association "Harvard agriculturalists" or "Harvard husbandmen".