The mass meeting urging the election of the yard committee, the election itself, remarkable for the paucity of the votes cast, and the resignation of the committee have followed in rapid succession, and the college has now ample opportunity for retrospect. The faculty of late years have shown a spirit of liberal action in their treatment of the students, and the students have responded in a manly spirit. But on Tuesday a severe blow was dealt to progress at Harvard. The undergraduates have been given one more privilege, and this time they have been found wanting. Hereafter the faculty we fear will remember the mistake which has been made, and curtail further advance toward student government.

The committee has resigned, and the control of the yard is now in the hands of the students as a body. Let the true manliness and sober good-judgment of the undergraduates guide the celebrations of the future. We must feel the weight of the trust that is given to us by the faculty.