IT is seldom that the Crimson expresses an opinion on the manner of conducting a society, but we feel called upon to take some notice of the action of the Phi. B. K. at the Commencement dinner. This society has recently expressed fears of a too rapid increase in numbers, and to remedy this matter it has decided to admit but twenty-five men from the graduating class. If the Phi. B. K. were nothing more than an ordinary college society, we should say not a word, but admittance to that body has been regarded as a touchstone for ability in scholarship. We do not intend to enter upon an invidious comparison between '81 and '80, from which thirty-nine men were taken for the Phi. B. K., but we cannot consider it otherwise than unfortunate that a society that in 1854 elected sixteen men from a class of forty should cut down its proportions at the graduation of a class with the high average scholarship which prevails in the class of '81.
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