Voting by Dormitories

To the Editors of the CRIMSON:

In view of past elections, it must be admitted that student interest in class affairs is at a low ebb. This lack of interest, moreover, has been betrayed not only in upper-class elections, but in those of the Sophomores as well. That men come here from preparatory schools without this interest is improbable. It is during the Freshman year, than, that Harvard indifference takes root. A new plan for yearling elections may therefore be quite in order.

The real social unit of Freshman life is not the class, but the dormitory. After living together under a common roof for five or six months, men have formed a pretty fair estimate of each other. Why not take advantage of this by investing the governing power in a body which will by representative of the dormitories? Let the Student Council, instead of nominating usual class officers, nominate men from each of the three halls for members of a Freshman interdormitory council. Each hall would elect a fixed number from its nominees. After organization, this body would select a president, vice-president, and secretary-treasurer from its number and the remaining members would serve as heads of the various committees. Thus, while still retaining the advantages of Senior supervision, the administration of class affairs would be in the hands of a body in which practically every Freshman would have a personal interest.  G. MACLAREN WOODLEY '24.  JOHN WASSERMAN '24.