TOMORROW

Tomorrow there will be no classes; and a great number of Freshmen who have not had the good fortune of a codfish origin will wonder why there are no classes. Some few of these will have heard of Patriot's Day something as they have heard of Bastille Day; but to others the Lexington-Concord commemoration will be a complete novelty in the way of vacation alibis. To all, whether they admit it or not, the holiday will constitute a nuisance and an undesirable distraction.

About three months age Dean Hanford stated that it was his opinion "that the extension of the Christmas vacation to cover two weeks, and the elimination of some of the one-day holidays to make up for such an extension would be desirable." About the same time members of the Student Council said that that body intended to consider a proposed reapportionment of holidays, with an eye toward recommending the suggested change. Yet it appears that neither University Hall nor the Student Council has taken any steps on the matter.

It is not even legally necessary that the superfluous and whimsical one-day holidays should punctuate our semesters. Unquestionably they should be transferred into an extension to the Christmas vacation which is shorter than at almost any other college in the country. Of course the University has many matters to consider which are more momentous than this; yet these little improvements are not to be ignored.