To the Editors of the Crimson:

The newly-issued Elective Pamphlet for 1897-98 brings to light a radical change in a very popular course, which must prove disappointing to a number of the present Junior class. The course hitherto known as Philosophy I will next year be given in two sections-Philosophy 1a (Logic and Psychology), and Philosophy 1b (History of Philosophy). The statement in the pamphlet reads: "Either of these courses may be counted as one full course by any student not a Senior; but a Senior may count either of them as one-half course only."

This restriction seems to me very hard upon those '98 men who have been intending to take up the study of Philosophy next year. I know of many men who have purposely reserved Philosophy for their Senior year, under the impression that it would prove more attractive and advantageous after the completion of other courses in History, Government and Literature. Are such men, who must be surprised by this new regulation, to be disappointed in their hopes of studying Philosophy and Psychology, two of the most interesting and important subjects in the whole range of our electives? The time of a Senior is valuable, at least to the Senior himself, and he rarely feels like consuming it in the pursuit of full courses which count for him only as halves.

NINETY-EIGHT.