We would impress strongly upon Seniors the necessity of carrying out to the letter the regulations of the Class Day Committee concerning the distribution of tickets, for upon strict observance of these rules the success of Class Day in great part depends. There is nothing unjust or arbitrary in the restrictions that have been imposed. They are founded on the experience of many past years, and the success of Ninety-five's Class Day has shown clearly how beneficial they are.

It is essential that the College Yard and the two dancing halls be kept free from an obnoxious class of outsiders on this day, and every man in Ninety-six should feel responsible to his class for the distribution of his tickets. After what the Committee has said, for a man to sell one of his tickets to any one else, whether he knows him or not, would be a betrayal of trust, if not an absolutely dishonest action. But it is to be taken for granted that the men of Ninety-six are gentleman and loyal to their class, and that they are willing to support their Class Day Committee in whatever measures it deems necessary.

There is one other thing that should be impressed upon the Seniors concerning the coming Class Day, and that is the necessity of going in the scrimmage about the Tree. This is a very old and a very good custom. Members of the graduating class who are physically able to join in the contest should feel it a privilege to join around the Tree in the battle for the flowers, and an honor to carry away these trophies. Of late years too many men have thought it easier to go to the Tree with their friends and watch the scrimmage from a comfortable place on the stand, than to don a football suit and themselves join in the struggle. This is a poor spirit in which to take the old custom. The ceremony at the Tree is unique in American College life. Harvard men everywhere are proud of it, and they like to see the old tradition remembered and honored from year to year.