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AT last, thanks to the honorable feeling of the Senior Class, the revolution in the manner of electing class officers which was begun last year has been completed, and we shall soon behold the unusual spectacle of an election which has not been made a mockery by previous coalitions or distribution of offices. Under the old system the offices were regarded as the just reward of any artifice or violence, by which one or two elements of the class could overreach the others and secure for a part the privilege of choosing representatives for the whole. Now, however, the societies, which, as already organized bodies, have hitherto found it very easy and profitable to form coalitions, have voted in favor of a bona fide open election, - to throw open all the offices without any distinction to the whole class, - and we sincerely hope that the result will be seen in a wise choice of the best man for each place. Of course, this result will not be reached unless the old jealousies are entirely thrown away, and it is equally certain that the experiment of this year will not be repeated by succeeding classes unless the issue proves that better officers, and therefore a more successful Class Day, are possible under the new system than under the selfish wire-pulling which used to be thought necessary. We hope that it is unnecessary to warn Seniors that in their caucuses each body should be guided by a wise spirit of forbearance from taking undue advantage of its embracing a majority of the class, or from discontent if its members are too small to entitle it to the lion's share. It must be remembered that all do not have an equal interest in the success of Class Day, nor do all contribute equally to that success, so that it is but fair that those men should be chosen for the more important places to whom the success of the arrangements is of the greatest importance. If petty jealousies are subdued, we may be sure that the "Reform Act of '76," as some one called it, will long be remembered as making an honorable change in the history of College politics.

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