Owing to the innumerable boards of officers required to conduct properly the no less numerous clubs, societies, and class and athletic organizations, the Harvard student is required to cast a vote for somebody or other, on an average, twice a week during the college year. Now this practice in the exercise of the American citizen's chief prerogative is a good thing, - but it is apt to become monotonous, as may be seen by the decidedly slim attendance at many of these constantly recurring elections. One sort of election, however, never fails to bring out a large vote; we refer to the balloting for Memorial Hall officers. It may be that there is, after all, some subtle connection between "bread and the ballot." It may be that the student of to-day deems it of more importance to have a hand in the election of those who are to superintend the choice of the food which is to go into his mouth, than to exercise equal care in the selection of those who are to choose the men who are to go into his class crew. At any rate, the fact remains that the election of a Memorial Hall director will result in a vote reaching well into triple figures.