Our correspondent from '86, who takes exceptions to the HERALD'S report of the visit of some forty freshmen to the theatre last Thursday evening, has, we fear, entirely mistaken our meaning in that article. It was certainly furthest from our purpose to interfere unwarrantably in the private pleasure or business of any student or body of students of the freshman class. Our aim was entirely philanthropic and patriotic, and in exercising a certain scrutiny in the manner complained of we acted with the best intent. In common with the entire body of upper class men, the HERALD considers it of the utmost importance for the general welfare of the college that the harmful custom of freshman theatre-going be totally abolished. Of course, if any party of freshmen, however large, chooses to visit the theatre and act in a quiet and gentlemanly manner, it is a matter that, under ordinary circumstances, would concern these freshmen alone. But in the present case other considerations necessarily arose. It is but a short time since the last freshman theatre party occurred. In many respects the party of Thursday night looked like an attempt at a revival of the custom. So much so, indeed, that the sophomore class considered it a matter of sufficient importance to call a class meeting Thursday afternoon, and endeavor to dissuade the freshmen from their project. The safer course would seem to be for succeeding freshman classes for some years to come to abandon all attempts at going to the theatre in a body until the tradition in the matter has entirely died out.