[We invite all men in the University to submit communications on subjects of timely interest. The CRIMSON is not, however, responsible for the sentiments expressed in such communications as may be printed.] To the Editors of the CRIMSON:

As today is Thursday, I should like to call the attention of the members of the Harvard Dining Association to a ridiculous custom which has been instituted of late at Memorial Hall.

On Thursday afternoons, ladies are very apt to appear in the gallery, during dinner.

Promptly some Freshman, staring fixedly at the gallery, starts tapping on a dish. This is taken up all over the hall and is accompanied by cheers. The performance is repeated as each new person arrives, until when the Hall is filled, the uproar is general, loud and continuous. The staring is not only extremely rude, but very embarrassing for any one subjected to it, and the noise and tapping is silly and cheap.

Now it may be a great thing to give the impression that we are "dare-devil college boys", "great practical jokers", and so forth. But I think any lady who comes into that gallery will feel that the exhibition given is ungentlemanly, and absolutely unworthy of a man who takes pride in his connection with Harvard. SENIOR.