THE posting of a list of Commencement parts in an order "which means nothing" is an unfortunate act on the part of the authorities. Far from meaning nothing, this perverted order means a great deal. Men are congratulated by their friends on standing in the first ten, who are really, perhaps, not in the first twenty; and faithful students who were elected into the first eight of the &t;. B. K. have the mortification of knowing that their friends believe that they have somehow deteriorated in their work, and lost their position. In former years the list has had the names in the order of rank for the first three years, - the obviously natural and proper method. Such a list should at once be posted, in place of the present one, to put a stop to the elation of some parents at their sons' supposed rise, - whose disappointment would be most bitter if they were not undeceived till Commencement, - and the regret of others at their sons' apparent falling off. There is no need of pointing out that justice should be done to the students, and true information given to their parents, without any delay.

IT is not out of place again to call the attention of the College to the exorbitant price asked for many of the rooms, - a price which not only exceeds that asked by other colleges, but which seems to follow no fixed rules. For instance, one hundred and seventy-five dollars is asked for a room on the ground-floor of Thayer, and also for one on the fourth floor. Considering the best of the rooms are cold, comfortless and undesirable, such a price is simply out of all proportion. As a result, there are now vacant nineteen rooms in this one building; for no one - not even a Freshman - will pay so dear, when he can be much more comfortably lodged elsewhere for half the price. This is true, not of this building alone, but of nearly all those owned by the University, which through the years of hard times has not abated its price in the least. Consequently the number of students who room outside the Yard is annually increasing, and it will not be surprising if the number of vacant college rooms increases proportionately, unless a fairer policy is instituted. The College, with its many endowments and its untaxed property, should be contented to realize a moderate income from the students, and should not expect a return of twelve or more per cent on buildings given by benefactors for the convenience of the students.