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WE differ wholly from the Advocate as to the duty of each Senior in subscribing to the Class Fund. In all previous classes it has been held obligatory for every man to contribute to the full extent of his means; and we trust that the members of the Class of '80, who have always been so liberal in their contributions to subscription-lists, will not fall behind in subscribing to the Class fund, the last and most pressing call upon the liberality of the present Senior class. The fund is a class fund, for the purpose of defraying all future class expenses; and by the liberality of the subscriptions is shown the interest that the each man takes in the future prosperity of all the under takings of his own class. It seems a very selfish way of looking at the matter for a man to consider only the amount of future benefit he expects to receive out of it himself, and to determine his subscription by the amount of food that he expects to eat and printing that he expects to read. Every man should contribute with a view to the good of the whole class, as well as his individual benefit; and it is not too much to say that '80 should set a good example to the less generous under-classes in College by rolling up a large fund. It may be added that the Advocate's plan of subscription seems quite impracticable, and likely to discourage generous contributions.

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