Although some of the objectionable details of the Class Day scrimmage are to be done away with, its essential features are to remain the same; for the whole Senior class is to scramble for one wreath of flowers at the same tree which has been used for this purpose since 1815. Indeed, the fact that the old tree is to be kept is, to the great majority of Harvard men, doubtless the most agreeable thing in the outcome of the whole affair. To hold the scrimmage about this particular tree is one of the most generally recognized traditions connected with the University, and until some valid reason is advanced showing why the exercises at this tree are dangerous or out of place, they will mean more to the average Harvard man if held where they have been held for the last eighty years.

The plan of holding a Senior Dance the night before Class Day is move in the right direction. If, as is probable, a ball game is arranged for the afternoon before, the interval between this and the dance will be the most natural time for many of the spreads which have heretofore come on Class Day and have made the day too crowded. At the same time the Class Day exercises proper, comprising the exercises at Sanders Theatre, the Tree Exercises, and the illumination of the Yard in the evening, will remain the same as in former years.

As for the Cap and Gown question, it must be decided by each class for itself. It a class is not decidedly unanimous on the subject, however, it would seem that the cap and gown ought not to be worn except, perhaps, on state occasions; for in that case, the advantages claimed for it, namely, the "democratic uniformity," the means of distinguishing Seniors, and the strengthening of class feeling, would not be attained. Now that Ninety-seven has voted to adopt the cap and gown after the spring vacation, it is expedient for every Senior to do his part in giving it a thorough trial.