The vote of the directors of the Dining Association, by which the gallery in Memorial Hall will be closed on Thursday afternoons is pretty sure to provoke some discussion. Not a few people have questioned seriously the propriety of permitting a throng of curious visitors to crowd the gallery for the purpose of watching students at their meals, and there are some men in the hall who we know would like to see the gallery closed for all time, disturbance or no disturbance. We believe, however, that this is taking an extreme view of the case. Provided there be no misconduct on the part of either visitors or students, we believe that it is quite proper that visitors be admitted. But there has been a tendency among members of the association for the past few years to seize upon any opportunity to create a disturbance. Practically the only means of preventing such occurrences as the directors complain of, aside from that which has been adopted, would have been through the expulsion of members, - a punishment altogether too severe for the offense. As all warnings had failed to accomplish anything there was really nothing to do but that which has been done. We hope, however, that it will not be necessary to adhere permanently to the decision, but that when the members of the association realize that the directors are in earnest in their efforts to preserve order, they will avoid any ungentlemanly conduct in the future.