IT is evident, from an inspection of the list of rooms recently issued from the Bursar's office, that a large number of the best rooms have been reserved for those who enter next year. Now, we have no wish to compel Freshmen to room outside the College Yard, but we do claim that every undergraduate should have a chance to apply for every room not re-engaged. If, after their wants are satisfied, any rooms remain that are not disposed of, the sub-Freshmen should be allowed to draw for them; they should not be allowed to draw for rooms which many men in college would be glad to get. It does not seem to us that it is anything but just to ask that men who have been in College for from one to three years, and have contributed to its support during that time, should have some advantages given them in a matter of this sort over those who are just entering. But the fact probably is, that considerations of justice have probably never been thought of by the authorities. The reasons which induce the College to offer good rooms to sub-Freshmen are of course perfectly evident; the extortionate prices which are charged for rooms in the Yard make it difficult to let all of them, and so good rooms must be offered to those who enter next year, or else they will room outside. Viewed in this light, there is no ground for surprise at the retention of rooms, however much there may be for dissatisfaction.
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