EDITORS HARVARD HERALD : I have just seen a letter in this morning's HERALD in which the secretary of '83 is taken to task by one of the class for not having begun the canvass for subscriptions to the class fund. This letter seems to me in questionable taste for several reasons. In the first place, if the secretary received a salary any member of the class would have a right to find fault, but instead of this a secretary does an immense amount of work for the class, and gets no return. His office is no sinecure, and the class should meet him with cordial support instead of with unfounded criticisms. In the second place, if the class have no confidence that the man they have chosen for secretary will do his work without nagging they should not have elected him.

As to the substance of the complaint I can only say that I got my first subscription to the class fund in March, and still found time to see every member of the class before commencement day. I do not think that class secretaries usually begin this part of their work very much before this time. Our fund was a large one, and there is no reason yet why '83's should not be as large.

CLASS SECRETARY OF 1880.Cambridge, March 21, 1883.