To the Editors of the Crimson:

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Of all the suggestions that have been made with regard to the location of the Harvard Union, none have pointed out sites at once central and commanding. If we were willing to part with Dane Hall or Wadsworth House, should we also be willing to put what is to become the centre of all College life in a position where it would be cramped for space and where even the handsomest building must appear at a decided disadvantage? A man who has the proper conception of what the Harvard Union should be, cannot, on reflection, wish to put it off in a small corner, however central its location may be. As for the College House site, sufficient space might be made there for an imposing structure. But this location, on the other hand, is distinctly outside the charmed circle of College activities. It is "across the street" from everywhere. We want our Union within the fence if possible, and in a position that will be worthy of it. One such precious site is still open, --the ground just south of Sever Hall. The private houses situated there at present need not interfere seriously with the proposed building. The ample space and the rising of the ground, would show off any fine building to splendid advantage. Though in reality not far from the Quincy street site, to which so much objection has been taken, and rightly, it is for practical purposes very far removed from it. It is on one of the main routes leading from the populated district south of Massachusetts avenue to Memorial Hall, it is opposite the Library, it is nearer, if anything, to the club centre than College House; best of all, it is to all intents and purposes "in the Yard." If in a general plan for the future development of the University, this piece of ground has been reserved for other purposes, could not a change be made? Should any building be treated as of more importance than our new Harvard Union? JUNIOR.   February 7, 1900.