Instead of having to condemn a silly custom as has been the usual thing on the first Monday of the year, we take the greatest pleasure in giving our hearty support to a new movement which will eventually supercede this other. Certainly no step has been taken of late by the University authorities which will meet with such general approval as the movement for the reception of new members. Years ago, and even within a short time, a new student found himself, for the first few days, in an exceedingly chilly atmosphere. This was partly because of the size of the place; partly, perhaps, because the men did not put themselves forward sufficiently; partly, probably, because the college authorities made no special move to welcome them. Tonight every new member of the University will have an opportunity to meet a very large portion of the Faculty and representatives of the Corporation and Board of Overseers. Everything has been done by the authorities to make the affair pleasant and profitable and its success or failure is now in the hands of the new comers. They can make it or spoil it as they choose to attend or stay away. The man who purposely stays away is either so snobbish that he won't go or so timid that he's blind, and in either case he's much better outside of such a gathering and outside the college. Every man who is not blind to his opportunity and and who has his welfare at heart will find it well worth his while to attend the reception tonight and begin there the friendships which are to mean so much to him during the remainder of his course.