In another column we clip a letter from the Advertiser, in regard to the voluntary attendance at prayers and church, showing the position which many influential men are last taking on this subject. It has come to be regarded as only a question of time when the present rules in regard to attendance at prayers and at church must be abolished or changed in such a way as to give much more freedom for the students to follow their inclinations in such matters than they have at present. It seems to be a step in the right direction to find out the views held by the candidates for the board of overseers, so that the alumni can vote for men who hold satisfactory opinions on the subject. If "voluntary prayers" are ever to become the rule at Harvard, they will probably come in some such way.
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