To the Editors of the Crimson:

GENTLEMEN:- I write to suggest the possibility of building the proposed "University Club" next to the new dining hall, which is to be built by the Corporation, so that the kitchen shall be common to both institutions. Such a union would do away with the necessity of maintaining a separate kitchen and corps of servants in the "University Club," and a series of rooms somewhat similar to the "Commons Rooms" in colleges in English universities would supply the needs of the new association.

Indeed, it seems that the word "Club" might be dropped, and the institution called the "Harvard Commons Rooms."

The experience of club managers has always been that the restaurant is the most difficult department to maintain, and that it is almost always a source of loss. By such a union as is proposed above, the cost of service would be greatly diminished, and the only unprofitable department would be eliminated; while the dining hall management could do the larger business to greater advantage than a smaller.

The great saving in initial cost of the building should be considered if the kitchens, offices, etc., are eliminated. Such an institution can be maintained for a small annual fee, while a club with a restaurant is an expensive affair.

I do not mean to suggest anything more than a connection by which the restaurant facilities of the new dining hall can be used by the "club" in its own dining room. Such an arrangement was successfully carried on for many years between the Temple Club of Boston and a restaurant in the vicinity.

CLASS OF 1876.