EDITORS HARVARD HERALD : In laying our plans for the Christmas recess, which begins four weeks from today, the question of railroad fares is one of general concern.

Here we ask, why is it that Harvard men are obliged to pay full fares on the railroad, while the students from most other colleges get large reductions from the regular rates? That we do not get the reduction given to other colleges can be no fault of the railroads, for it is their business to make money; and if we do not ask for the reduction, it is not very reasonable to suppose that they are going to extend it to us.

In the past few years, there have been men in college whose connections with the railroads were of such a nature as to enable them to secure for themselves and their friends a reduction from the regular rates. But this has not always been the case : nor have the advantages of the reduction been extended to all members of the university.

Now, I see no reason and, in truth, there is no reason - except our own lack of business enterprise - why we should not get the same accommodations from the railroads that other colleges get. All that is necessary, in this matter, as it seems to me, is to lay the question in its proper light before the railroad authorities; and, I think, we shall receive a satisfactory reply. But who is going to submit the question? It might be done by petition, or better, if some member of the faculty would kindly consent to confer with the railroad officials. For the solicitation of the faculty, in behalf of the students, would undoubtedly have more influence, in a matter of this sort than the students could have for themselves. By this means, regular students rates might be secured, and the question finally settled to the advantage of all of us.

M.