According to the prevailing custom, the freshman class will meet this afternoon to elect their class officers and the captains of the various class teams. In former years these offices have been permanently filled at this election. If the subject be considered a little, it will be readily seen that this method of electing the athletic officers, at least, is not to be recommended to the incoming class, and is, in fact, a method not practised by any other large college.

Freshmen, of necessity, cannot be well acquainted with their classmates; they practically know nothing about the men whom they are voting for and run the risk of electing a man, whom no one can depose, to an office, the responsibility of which is felt by the whole college.

We strongly advise that the class of Ninety-two, in its meeting today, elect only temporary captains for their athletic teams, having it fully understood that each permanent captain is to be elected by the individual teams whenever they may see fit. A few weeks later on the men will have become better acquainted with each other, and it will be easy to discover who is best fitted to fill each position. Not only will the class, by adopting this method, avoid the risk of having a wrong man to fill a captaincy, but also it will induce greater exertions on the part of all the men trying for the various teams.