CARELESSNESS.

The free, irresponsible spirit of college men shows itself most conspicuously in an utter disregard for the appearance of college grounds and buildings. It is not unusual to see a man walk through the Yard on his way to a nine o'clock, tearing up his morning's mail and scattering the bits of paper over the grass. Or a student will bring a newspaper to some recitation and leave it crumpled up on the floor. These are trifling instances of carelessness, perhaps, but the results are untidy recitation rooms and slovenly looking grounds.

Mr. Lane in his communication asks that students using the library be more careful where they throw cigarette stubs and refrain from throwing ink on the marble floors. The Widener Library is considered the finest college library in America, and the easiest way undergraduates can show their appreciation of this magnificent gift is to help preserve its beauties instead of trying to deface the interior decorations. In many German cities the scattering of papers or other refuse in public parks is punishable by a fine and even imprisonment. Such measures are obviously not necessary to impress upon the gentlemanly undergraduates of Harvard the untidy result of their carelessness. A second's thought on the part of each man in the future will help to make college surroundings more pleasant to the eye.