Editors Daily Crimson:

A year or two ago there existed in this university a club, apparently in a flourishing condition, which has now disappeared entirely. I refer to the Harvard Society of Amateur Photographers. In 1886, this society had on its books a membership of nearly thirty, with a dark room and gallery in the museum grounds. Since that time the society has entirely died out and now if a man wants to take pictures and develop them himself, he is forced either to put up with the very insufficient accommodations attainable in his room, or to go in to Boston, and there avail himself of the dark rooms which some of the dealers in photographic outfits furnish for their customers. It seems to me that there is no reason why the old society should not be revived or a new one for the same purpose, started. The spring is the time of year when the most work is done and I am sure there are enough men in Harvard University who are interested in photography and who would sustain a society if started, to make it worth while for some man to take the lead and call a meeting of those interested in the matter. There is no reason why a club could not be formed and got into good running order before the spring recess, and if interest enough were shown rooms might be obtained and fitted up, so that when the men return from the recess they might at once avail themselves of the benefits of the club. I sincerely hope some move will be made in this matter, for as I have before said, I see no reason why it should not be eminently successful.

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