(We invite all men in the University to submit communications on subjects of timely interest.)

To the Editors of the CRIMSON:

At a meeting of the Governing Board of the Union last year the motion was passed

"That any member of the Union who takes a book from the library of the Union out of the building shall have his name posted in a prominent place in the clubhouse, and that such member be suspended subject to Article 9, Section 1, of the constitution."

This vote was passed at the request of the Library Committee, who feel it to be necessary in some way to put a stop to the taking of books. The library is run for the benefit of all students who are members of the Union, and it seems inconceivable that anyone could be so thoughtless of the rights of others as to take away a book. Yet the fact remains that annually some sixty or seventy books are removed from the shelves and are not returned.

The committee intends in the future to put into operation the penalty imposed by the vote of the Governing Board in the hope that the rights of all the students may be protected. We certainly hope that it may never be necessary to punish anyone, and that the statement of this vote will have the effect that was intended, of making all students understand the purpose of the Union library, and the fact the committee intends to make the library as widely useful as possible. W. R. CASTLE, JR.,   Chairman of the Library Committee.