There are a certain number of ancient customs yet in vogue here at Harvard-nobody knows just why-which it would be well to do away with as soon as possible; and among these "antiques" there is none perhaps which needs attention more than the ringing of the "rising bell." There seems to be absolutely no reason why it should be rung day by day, except the fact that it has been rung each morning from time immemorial, while there are many reasons for silencing its loud-sounding tongue until chapel time. It is first not a rising bell for most, if for any, of the students; it is an annoyance, not only to students, but to the residents of Cambridge who are unfortunate enough to be within sound of it. While it is not loud enough to be an effectual rising bell, it makes enough noise to be a disturbance, paradoxical as the statement may seem. Such a useless, and yet such an annoying custom ought most certainly to be put an end to at once, and we feel sure that every undergraduate would greet with satisfaction the announcement that future generations would be spared the infliction of listening to its notes in the early morning.