Advertisement

None

No Headline

THE question of adopting a system of late dinners seems destined to thorough discussion, and it certainly merits debate, for such a change would involve an alteration in the daily regime of every man in College. A rough sketch of the arguments thus far brought forward would give, for late dinners, the consideration of health; of convenience to the crews, etc., in gaining the time from 2 to 4; and the argument that a man can do his three hours' work in the evening better, if he has already had an hour's exercise, than if he puts that hour's exercise at the end, that is, from 10 to 11. On the opposite side it is argued that late dinners are unhealthy; that the time from 2 to 4 is gained at the expense of that from 6 to 8, and, by the change, hard students, to do their three hours' work in the evening, are forced to sit up till eleven; and, finally, that there would be need of more gas at the Hall, and that more meat would be required at lunch than is now needed at tea, in consequence of which the fare would not be so good. Of course, some of these questions can be argued, but the upholders and opposers of the proposition seem to consist respectively of those who take exercise and those who do not, so the decision will probably rest, in the end, on individual convenience. We can only ask for fairness on both sides, and suggest that it may be harder for the boating-men, etc., to give up their exercise, outdoors or in, or to take it at inconvenient times, than for the hard students to make a different disposition of their hours of study.

Advertisement
Advertisement