The Class Day election committee has submitted the following report to the president of the Senior Class:

Mr. J. H. Perkins, President Class of '98.:

DEAR SIR:- The committee on the class election wishes to make the following report:

A plan for inaugurating a new system of election has been brought to their attention. This plan has been thoroughly considered by the committee. Its details have been published in the CRIMSON, and it is therefore unnecessary to discuss them here in full.

Two main purposes are embodied in the plan. First it is intended to provide a means of publishing before the election names of all men nominated and supported by a fixed number of signatures. Secondly, it is proposed to vote according to the Australian ballot system, the place of voting being kept open for a number of hours during the day. The objects of both measures are, to place all men in the class upon a more equal footing (irrespective of organization), than has been the case in the past, and furthermore to obtain a larger vote.

These objects the committee heartily endorses, and it strongly favors any practicable means of obtaining the same.

As to the first part of the plan, which concerns the manner of nomination, the committee recommends its adoption, and is of opinion that it will prove to be an excellent change.

After examining the second part of the plan, consisting of the secret ballot system of election, the committee considers this portion also to offer a desirable improvement. Certain practical difficulties have, however, suggested themselves at this point. The chief of these is, that no man who is defeated as a candidate at the top of the ticket can be nominated for a place lower down, since no man can be nominated for more than one place.

The committee therefore feels that since it seems necessary to sacrifice something, no matter whether the election is held at a class meeting or as proposed, it is advisable that the class as a whole should discuss the question, and decided for itself. When the committee was appointed it was not expected that it would have to deal with matters of such far reaching importance. Moreover the time for considering the matter is unfortunately limited. For these reasons the committee desires to place the matter before the class, in the hope that some means may be suggested of obtaining the evident benefits of the proposed system. and at the same time avoiding the practical difficulty mentioned. If no such result is possible, it is evident that the only satisfactory course will be to have a decision reached by the class as a whole.