To the Editors of the Crimson:

During the meeting for the election of class officers it was voted to hand down the '97 yell to 1900, the only other proposition having been to give it to '98; why was '99 left out? There are three good reasons for handing down our yell to the Sophomores. The first is that the syllables ninety-nine fit the rhythm of the yell incomparably better than the syllables nineteen hundred; the second is that Seniors have been traditionally most in sympathy with Sophomores, Juniors with Freshmen; and the third is that the '99 Freshman crew by winning the class races performed the very feat for which '91 originated the yell in question. Are there any better reasons why 1900 should have it?

R. LOGAN '97.