According to the terms of the articles of the proposed Cooperative Society it will require the signature of at least four hundred members before actual business operations can be commenced by the managers. That such a precautionary provision should have been made was undoubtedly necessary to insure reasonable chances of success in case the undertaking be actually begun. And if the required number of names be secured, as there seem grounds to hope will be the case, it will be possible for Harvard once for all, and under the most favorable conditions, to make a practical experiment in the matter of cooperation. Success or failure then will depend almost entirely upon the degree of active support given to the scheme by the members of the society. The plan at least merits a thorough trial by the university. Positive success or probable failure can safely be predicted by no one; the event alone can decide.
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The Serenade to the Princeton Nine.
