The two Cambridge Assemblies held in the gymnasium have proved a doubtful success. Without wishing to reflect at all upon the managers, for the lack of management displayed, we do desire to register our disapproval of the use of the gymnasium for such a purpose in the future. The invitation to a few of the students, a sop to Cerberus, will not lull the students in general to overlook the inconveniences arising from the preparation of the gymnasium for general social purposes, the danger from a slippery floor, and the misplacement of apparatus. We do not wish to grumble, or seem unreasonable; we would simply uphold the old mixim, of "a place for everything and everything in its place." If the general public of Cambridge desires a social reunion, let the public spirited among them give, for such purposes, a hall commensurate with their purses.
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