THE UNION.

"What is the Harvard Union?"

That is the question that many a new student has asked himself and others during the past two days as he heard from various sources of the mystic changes which had taken place in the building on Quincy street.

"How does the new club system on which the Union is run differ from the old?" is the query put forward by those who have known the building in the days of its dingy quiet three years ago and those who have seen it also the seat of bedlam while used as a general dining hall during the war.

The new Union is hardly recognizable. It seems almost as though an entirely new building had been erected. But the reformation does not stop with the many improvements and additions,--it goes far deeper in its plans to co-operate with the wishes of the University students.

In their preparations to make the Union a comfortable place for eating and for lounging, the officers have left no stone unturned. Where it was formerly a large edifice in which meals were served and arm-chairs placed about, it is now an attractive club, with a well run restaurant; the library and writing rooms, with a profusion of comfortable chairs and writing desks, invite perusal of the current periodicals; the game room, with its card tables and chess boards, vies with the pool room below for the largest number of contestants.

The Union has taken, as it rightly should, its place as the centre of University affairs. It is duplicating in immediate circles, the larger Harvard Clubs throughout the country, and will become the common interest of graduates, undergraduates, and members of the Faculty. It will be there that all its various members will meet to combine their efforts for the good of Harvard.