We are asked by the management of the Latin Play to make an explanation in regard to the seats which have just been sent out. They were not assigned wholly by lot, and for good reason applications were received from many alumni,- graduates of classes ranging from that of 1893 to that of 1827; applications also came from men who have attained high academic rank, and from others who have rendered distinguished public services; and, besides, there are a number of ladies who have purchased seats. All such applicants were entitled to consideration in the assignment of seats, and it would obviously have been wholly out of place to force them into the background in order that the undergraduates should enjoy the best seats.

Assurance is given that every seat in the theatre which has been sold is good, and will furnish a satisfactory view of the play. The undersirable seats, those in the end sections of the balcony and the gallery, will not be used. With this arrangement we believe undergraduates will be content. To yield the most desirable seats is, under the circumstances, the plain bidding of courtesy.