Today the active work of the college will begin, when the courses are fairly under way and the college is settled for the year's duty. Tonight would probably occur the annual childish battle between the sophomores and the freshmen known as the "rush." We trust that a little reflection on the part of Ninety-five and Ninety-six will lead them to consider this objectionable feature in a sensible manner and to start a reform by ignoring it.

The rush is manifestly an objectionable feature. It consists of a childish hand to hand conflict between two sets of men, raising uproar and confusion for above an hour, disturbing the peace and attracting to the yard a large crowd of muckers and loafers. For the past year or two it has fortunately grown less demonstrative, but it is time now to stop it altogether, following the example of the English and other colleges. The better sentiment of the university is against it and always has been, and though it may have been a part of the old time hazing, the argument that it is "according to custom" has nowadays no force. We have made too many advances and improvements to take the conservative "according to custom" for our motto, Here is a needed improvement; one which cannot be made by any action of the authorities, but must be left to the sober judgement and the sense of the college. More especially must it be left to the sense of the lower classes, and this year we trust that their right judgement will be forthcoming.