The Dining Association has on the whole been a decided success this year. There have been occasional causes for complaint, such as the streak of bad butter two or three weeks since, the over-flavored ice cream a few days ago and others, doubtless, that did not affect the whole hall. Only constant vigilance on the part of the directors, and a willingness to learn from such mistakes on the part of the steward, can prevent these mishaps. Accidents will happen in the best-regulated families, whether they number 8 or 800. The students do not realize what a big thing Memorial is, and how great a credit it is to Harvard college that the students have been able to manage the hall successfully.

The success of the hall depends to no small extent on the members themselves. The two things that have hurt the hall more, perhaps, than any others have been a failure on the part of members to make just complaints, and indiscriminate fault-finding. At $4.25 a week personal supervision cannot extend to the food and service of 720 boarders, and a member can do the management no greater favor than to report at once and fairly, any just cause for complaint. But unreason-fault-finding merely spoils the waiters and sets every one on edge.

One thing must be borne in mind however, the hall is run in the interest of those who cannot pay more than $4.25; and although by means of the order list the board is made elastic so that members can get $8.00 board if they choose, it has been found impossible to make the service elastic. They can't put waiters on the order list. So members should remember before they complain about the waiters, that $4.25 wont pay swell French waiters any more than it will buy porter-house steaks.