WE come back to College to realize more fully than hitherto that '74 has left us; and it is with no inglorious record at College that they have gone forth to a life of honor, we hope, both to themselves and our University. Personally, we all miss them; and they will be missed still more at the bat, at the oar, and in the editorial sanctum. It is true that since they entered College we have won no University race; but that this failure was owing more to our ill-fortune than to their want of skill and determination, will be made evident by the difficulty we shall have in filling their places. In base-ball they added three more successful years to our long record of victories; and we should be the last to forget that it is to them we owe the establishment of a new, and we hope we may say successful, venture in College journalism. Add to these their successes social and intellectual, and we hope all will join with us in wishing them a hearty farewell.

It is to our youngest class that we turn to fill their place; and it may not be out of the way, in this connection, to say a few words regarding the duties we expect them to perform.

It becomes more evident every year that success at the bat and oar is only to be attained by persevering and enthusiastic labor. Let no petty or local dispute interfere where the honor of our University is at stake. The careless and cynic spirit should be frowned down; and every one should seek to contribute, in the way most suited to his abilities, to the honor and eminence of Harvard. Let those who are blessed with a good biceps grasp the bat or the oar; let those who have not that too common holy reverence for a pen seek to relieve the prevailing dearth of contributions for the College papers, - nor does he do the least who leaves College with a general average of ninety-plus per cent, - but let us have no drones among us.

In conclusion, we would call the attention both of the Freshmen and the higher classes, to the fact that such conduct as would be expected from boys is not that which is hoped for from cultivated young men. We print below a Circular from the Dean, which exactly expresses our opinion on the subject of hazing; and we have a word to say in relation to the new Commons in Alumni Hall. Let howls and bread-fights become things of the past; and let allowance be made for the jars which must occur in the working of so new and vast an institution. Much expense has been incurred in fitting up a dining-hall worthy of the College; we must now show that the students are worthy of the dining-hall.