EVERY few weeks there appears tacked up in the vestibule of Memorial Hall a notice which states that a meeting of the Directors of the Memorial Hall Dining Association will be held in the afternoon at such and such a time. After every appearance of a notice of this kind hope has risen within our breasts, and for several days we have eagerly awaited the signs of the changes which we supposed would take place in consequence of the meeting. As we have every time been doomed to disappointment, we have now given ourselves up to the reflection that the ways of Directors are dark, and "one of those things no fellah can find out." We are now asking ourselves, "Why did we ever appoint the Directors?" and "What good are they now that we have appointed them?" These questions we have never been fully able to answer, but, thinking that perhaps Directors were rather a good thing to have in the house, we have hitherto been silent. We probably should have remained so had it not been for last Friday's dinner. This went a trifle too far, and so stirred up our bowels (of wrath?) that we must enter a protest. Friday was fish day, and fish we had. The recollection of it is as fresh now in our minds as the taste was strong in our mouths for the two or three days following. The fish was mackerel, and it was cooked in oil, - at least we suppose so from the fact that it was brought on swimming in that liquid, and that it was impossible to taste anything else. That the dinner was not wholly acceptable to the colored gentlemen who attend to our wants, we have evidence from the remark of our own waiter, who said that "he could n't eat that fish noway." Upon hearing this we banished all fears of seeming too fastidious, and came to the conclusion that if the darkies could n't eat what was set before us, we were justified in making a complaint.

We would suggest that the quantity of fish, if it is absolutely necessary for us to have fish every Friday, be reduced one third or one half, and that some kind of hot meat be substituted, for the benefit of those students who dislike fish. A similar change might be made on other days. Heretofore we have been accustomed to partake of mutton once a week, and have had veal quite a number of times. Now some persons dislike mutton exceedingly, and a great many consider a mouthful of veal hardly preferable to a dose of castor-oil. When the dinner, then, is composed of one of these meats, they have but two alternatives, - to eat what is set before them, or go hungry. We see no reason why we cannot have two kinds of meat as well as one, for our meat is purchased in such large quantities that the difference in expense, if any, would be very slight, and the advantage of having every one suited would very probably be gained.