BELATED WISDOM.

Undoubtedly, as the Junior dance approaches, more than a few Juniors who have always held themselves "above" the Union will join. Then will come a revelation. They will learn that the Union has points of attraction for them which they had not suspected; and which will draw them to it long after the dance itself has become history.

To be sure, the social advantages of the Union can often be obtained even more fully at other clubs. But the Library cannot be duplicated. It has been said to be the best selected collection of books for the "youthful cultivated reader" in America; and the number who use the library show that that is not a contradiction in terms. There is no "red tape" connected with its mechanism. The reader can browse around the shelves at pleasure, can pick out books personally and enjoy them in quiet, while smoking the Union's cigarettes. With the possible exception of that of the city public library, there is in Cambridge no collection of newspapers from all parts of the country at all comparable to the of the Union. And the lecturers who speak from time to time offer a treat, intellectual and inspirational. If more men would appreciate these advantages early in their college life, the University, the Union, and the classes, as well as the individual, would profit greatly.