We print to-day an article which advocates a change in the time-honored custom of the senior class of wearing dress suits at graduation. We see no reason why the present senior class should institute a departure from an old custom, especially as by so doing they would make an innovation which is "decidedly English," and which is wholly out of place in our American institutions. The gowns in question would never, in all probability, be be brought into requisition after graduation. Here, then, is an extra expense from which no adequate return can be derived. The expenses of graduation are heavy enough now without adding to the list this seemingly unnecessary item. Then, again, we all know the state of air in Sanders during the exercises is such as to render it expedient that the audience be lightly clad, and not be smothered in a mass of frills and ruffles. The cap itself adds no little warmth to the body. For this reason alone this departure from long usage would be inadvisable. All the distinction which is necessary between members of the graduation class and those of the lower classes, is made by the dress suit. Any further distinction is superfluous. We cannot yet see why Harvard should ape the manners and customs of Cambridge or Oxford, especially as we consider our American ways fully equal to any which may be imported.