To the Class of '86.

Your attention is earnestly called to the efforts which your Class Day Committee is making to remedy certain evils which in the past have marred Class Day.

Class Day, as the name implies, should be a day for the members of '86 to entertain their friends. There has been a very noticeable tendency in past years to convert this day into a general holiday for the public of all classes of Cambridge and Boston. That the many objectionable characters who have thronged the yard on Class Day evening should not be allowed among our relatives and friends, needs of course only to be asserted.

A change can be brought about only by the exercise of greater responsibility by every member of the Class in the distribution of his tickets. In the sale of Class Day tickets, your committee will understand that each man buys tickets for his own private use. The free list of the committee includes everyone - goodies, janitor's assistants, etc., who deserve a ticket on account of any services rendered. No one is forgotten, and every man who gives away a ticket aids in destroying the character of Class Day. Last year a goody was overheard boasting that she had twenty yard tickets. She had gone to each man in her entry and asked for "just one for herself." Tradesmen's clerks about Harvard Square employ the same tactics. No word of reproof is needed in regard to such carelessness.

A number of instances have come to the notice of your committee of men in the class who have openly stated that they would not be in Cambridge on Class Day; but, nevertheless, intended to buy their package of tickets in order to speculate on them. The only excuse for such action can be pure thoughtlessness as regards its result. As a result of this speculation, the most objectionable class in the community is enabled to enjoy Class Day. In no case are the tickets supposed to be sold to any one who will use them for this purpose.

Your committee is powerless except as it is supported by public sentiment, which ought to be heard distinctly on this question. There is no excuse for giving away a single yard ticket to any one whom you would not be willing to introduce to your friends.

We ask your aid in this effort to make a radical change in the character of our guests on Class Day.

ADAMS DAVENPORT CLAFLIN,

Chairman.WILLIAM COWPER BOYDEN,

AUGUSTUS HUGO VOGEL,

Class Day Committee.