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To the Editors of the CRIMSON:

It seems to be the general opinion among Seniors who have the privilege of rooming in Hollis or Stoughton that the obsolete custom of having prolonged bell-ringing at seven A. M. is a nuisance, and that as such it should be discontinued. It is unkind to oblige an octogenarian bell-ringer to be disturbed unnecessarily early every morning, and it is certainly unreasonable to oblige him in turn to disturb all the students of those two dormitories by a noise which has no object and no excuse. Most men in College do the bulk of their work not in the morning early, but in the evening late, and most Seniors refrain from 8 o'clock recitations, and have therefore no need and no inclination to be awakened at 7. Moreover, in exceptional cases, alarm-clocks are used, and prove quite efficient. This custom, then, which served a purpose a few generations ago, and which has, in modern times, out-grown its usefulness and become inconsistent with the liberties accorded in other ways to the members of the University, is entirely out of place, and should, for the comfort of the community, be abolished. SENIOR.