A peculiar incident occurred in connection with the recent election of directors of the Harvard Dining Association. Among the candidates was a special, although on all the ballots it was expressly stated that specials could not vote. It may well be asked, first, why specials should be candidates in a ticket of regular students; secondly, since they are, why they are not allowed to vote, and thirdly, why the special students at Memorial Hall are not entitled to an acknowledged director of their own, as well as the students of the Divinity School whom they outnumber four to one. There is absolutely no reason why specials should not have a voice in the management of the Dining Association, with which they are connected as intimately as the regular students. But, at the same time, we object to the classing of specials among ordinary students at Memorial any more than in the catalogue. They are not men in regular standing, and any attempt to bring them forward under false appearances is an injustice to the great body of students. Specials are welcome at Harvard as specials; they are still more welcome if they are able, by fulfilling the requirements, to take full standing. But as long as they remain specials they should be strictly classed as such. Therefore they should have a director of their own in the Harvard Dining Association.