In case of the refusal of the corporation to undertake the management of Memorial, which seems more than probable from their previous attitude in the question, there does perhaps remain one expedient to be adopted, if indeed the college is now at last ready for a final settlement of this much-vexed question. This plan is not altogether a new one; but we understand that it has received the approval of several members of the college government, and it seems, next to the scheme for a regular university commons, to be the most feasible of any yet suggested. It is that a contract be made between the corporation and some experienced and responsible person, by which the latter shall be allowed to conduct a students' dining hall in Memorial, furnishing (under certain restrictions) board to those members of the university who desire it. Under this plan satisfactory board at varying rates, adjusted to the requirements of all classes, could and would undoubtedly be furnished, provided due care were exercised in selecting the contractor, and the requisite guarantees and pledges were exacted of him by the college. But if there is any general desire for the present experiment of a cooperative dining association to continue longer after all that has already happened, it will no doubt be a comparatively easy thing to devise some scheme to that end. But the cautious observer will be inclined to doubt of any ultimate success in that case. For what new grounds of hope has the Memorial Hall Dining Association further to offer?