PRES. LOWELL ADDRESSED 1917 SMOKER LAST NIGHT

President Lowell addressed the members of the Junior class who gathered at the smoker in the Union last night on the question of Senior Dormitories, giving a brief history of the custom. Until 1910 a great deal of dissatisfaction arose every year about the dormitory question; but in that year Lothrop Withington '11 led the movement which resulted in the occupation of Stoughton, Hollis, Holworthy, and Thayer by members of the Senior class. Since that time the custom has been kept, and the rooms allotted by a class committee. Showers have been put in, and other improvements have been made by the University.

"The greatest advantage of the system," President Lowell said, "is that you meet men whom you are glad to know in after life, and with whom you would not have been thrown in contact but for the Senior Dormitory system. The system has brought about a greater spirit of democracy among Harvard men than existed before it was established, and a valuable chance to form friendships. This is one of the things that makes college worth having; and if it is worth having, fill it to the brim and quaff it off."

W. H. Meeker '17, chairman of the Dance Committee, outlined the rules for the dance, urging more Juniors to take an interest in it and send out invitations.

W. J. Bingham '16, First Marshal of the Senior class, said that the classes of 1916 and 1917 are facing a double problem. "The cry in all the colleges now is for class unity," he said, "but here we need to know not only our classmates, but the other men in our dormitories. You can't do this scattered all over Cambridge, but in the Yard dormitories we all know each other."

Bingham urged all the Juniors to go into the Yard, and to fill every entry of each building.