It has been suggested to us, and the suggestion seems an excellent one, that we endeavor to interest the students in the matter of starting a fund to be used as a memorial to the late Secretary Bolles. There is no question but that the undergraduates of the University, to very many of whom Mr. Bolles was a personal friend, will support the idea with the greatest enthusiasm when once they see the appropriateness of such a fund; and we are assured by a prominent graduate that men who have left the University in the last few years will be deeply interested in the matter. Mr. Bolles had as the central idea and the chief motive of his life here at Harvard, the support of everything which tended to build up the University and to make it better and nobler. And in his support he included movements started by the authorities, by the graduates, and by the undergraduates; but it is fair to say that to the latter class, the undergraduates, he attached his greatest sympathy and affection. To help the undergraduates, no matter how much self-sacrifice it called for, was the great joy of his life here. Considering the love which he felt for the students, nothing could be more appropriate than a spontaneous move on their part to show by some memorial the love which they in turn felt for him; and no memorial could be more appropriate than a fund, the proceeds of which should be given along the line of Mr. Bolles' own work, the help of needy students. This movement should be primarily an undergraduate one, but subscriptions should be received from the graduate departments and from graduates who are not now in the University.

As to the details, we can only suggest a few things. In the first place the point of prime importance should be to make the fund general; the size of it will take care of itself, but every man should have a chance to give with the assurance that no matter how small his gift may be it is welcome. Indeed the men who can give the least are likely to be most anxious to give, for to them Mr. Bolles gave most. Unless we are very much mistaken, enough money would readily be subscribed to found a scholarship, to be named after Mr. Bolles. It has been suggested that the CRIMSON receive subscriptions to this fund; this we shall be glad to do unless the students have a better plan. We invite the students to communicate to us any suggestions which they may have on any of the points we have taken up. Till a better plan is suggested, subscriptions from undergraduates and graduates may be paid to any editor of the CRIMSON. Checks, payable to the president of the board, and sent to 3 Linden street, will be promptly acknowledged. We ask the students to spread the news of this fund that everybody may hear of it and have an opportunity of contributing to it.