A Vassar senior writes in the Williams Argo: "Coasting and skating are very popular amusements and would be more generally pursued if gymnastics were not compulsory or took less time. Mr. Blaikie roused much enthusiasm for running last year, but it has gradually died out, and the nightly run of a quarter of a mile, required from the evening gymnastic classes, satisfies most of us. Class and club sleigh-rides, candy-pulls and 'spreads' make up the sum of our more informal winter festivities. Hallowe'en is celebrated as a time-honored custom. No amount of opposition has ever been able to do away with its mystic rites."