EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON: A correspondent advocates in your Tuesday's issue a University Club. Mr. Barrett Wendell's suggestion in this matter is undoubtedly, as he says wise and timely. But what would be the functions of such a club and how could it be fitted for performing those functions?

It's only possible sphere of utility would be so far as I can see, to bring professors and students into closer contact, and to do away as far as possible with that system of cliques which many say obtains at Harvard - in other words bring the students into closer relation with each other.

So far, so good. The idea is wise, is it practicable? Few could desire more sincerely than I a more ready interchange of thought, a more frequent and perfect contact of professors with students; because the influence of such matured men on our uncrystallized character could not but be good, and also because I think we, the undergraduates, are rather inclined to let matters take their course, do not see fully or fully appreciate the far-reaching fore sight and careful wisdom that is changing Harvard from college to university, and are rather passive, not caring to co-operate very enthusiastically with the faculty. The proposed University Club would do great good by allowing undergraduates and professors to meet easily and often. But would it really offer the necessary opportunities? I think not.

Again Mr. Barrett Wendell says that cliques are in the very nature of things, if society is to remain unchanged; and evidently their existence postulates a community of interests, of opinions, of friendships in the members. As far as I can see, given a University Club, the result would be a number of wheels within its containing wheel - imperia in imperio.

A man who belongs to some Club where members, manners, opinions, expenditures, are all to his taste, will confine himself almost altogether to that club, or, if I may so use the phrase, the active membership of the proposed University Society will consist of those students who prefer loafing in public to loafing in private in some friends room, of those professors who have time to give to the club, and of those students who come to meet the professors.

Given a membership of a thousand and suppose a daily attendance of a hundred; any given hundred would return to the club only once in ten days, and this if all the thousand frequented the club. As a matter of fact, only a small proportion would use the club at all and in either case its clique-demolishing work would be small.

There would be no difficulty I think in getting a long list of members, but it would be very had to pursuade men to make the most of the club. The members would mostly he sleeping-members I am afraid; for the difficulty is to provide a motive to bring men regularly, often to the club, and what motive is there. Their friends they can see in their own rooms and there be more at home; - acquaintances they can meet in the playing fields, anywhere, - and what is the chance of meeting any given person among so many? Books, they are unsociable things, and besides there is the Library, Papers? The reading soon had to be given up. And how many professors could spare time to be often in such a clu

The idea is doubtless good, and these objections are details, but in the details are the difficulties.

Y.