AVOIDING HOLIDAY CONFLICTS.

An act of significance to the alumni even more than to undergraduates is the project of an agreement between Yale, Princeton, Cornell, and Harvard to eliminate conflicts in the Christmas schedules of their musical and dramatic organizations. The need of a conference such as the one planned at the Harvard Club of New York was emphasized by the disastrous holiday season of 1914-15 when, for instance, Chicago had seven college concerts, St. Louis had four on four successive nights, and altogether Harvard conflicted with Yale on four of the eight cities in its itinerary. Such a situation necessarily dampens the reception which the undergraduates get in the West and South, and thus handicap these student organizations. The greatest good, however, may accrue to the alumni. Instead of having their purses drained and their hospitality taxed to the limit, the graduates of the four universities will be able to support each other's activities, with the result that Christmas tries in the future will be more uniformly successful.