Today and tomorrow the Juniors and Sophomores will elect their respective officers. In both cases such an occasion is one of vital importance, but the Juniors need to use even more circumspection than the Sophomores, for their officers will represent them through a considerable portion of the Senior year.

An ideal class election is one which is attended by an overwhelming majority of the class; which excites a free discussion of the merits of the various candidates; and at which everyone shows his freedom from all previous affiliations, and casts his ballot for the man who seems to him best fitted to fill the office for which he has been nominated. Unfortunately, ideal elections are rare, but the practical obstacles are by no means insurmountable, and can be overcome gradually, if not at once.