The Record recently contained the following very interesting Harvard note: "Several instructors omitted their lectures to-day." This note suggests to us perhaps one of the pleasantest features of a college course. Where the Record euphoniously says "omitted," the ordinary college student would murderously say "cut." Without "cuts" the college man would find his life almost, perhaps quite unbearable; a statement, which is well proved by the fact that where cuts are not given occasionally, the student is very likely to take them semi-occasionally. Of course the conclusion follows at once that it is policy for instructors to do some "omitting" once in a while to forget to appear at their lecture rooms. In this way a real evil is averted and a decidedly pleasant feature of Harvard life brought into its due prominence. The CRIMSON itself has not been lacking in this matter, and learns with pleasure that a recent announcement in its columns, concerning a contemplated (?) cut, had the very desirable effect of keeping both students and instructor from the lecture room. This custom of "cutting" on the part of instructors is a good one, and cannot be too strongly encouraged.