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To the editors of the CRIMSON:

I write concerning Dr. Fitch's talks to Freshmen, held every Monday evening in Phillips Brooks House. It is to be supposed that the amount of good done by these meetings is, like that done by the college chapel, roughly proportionate to the attendance. That a large attendance is desired, is shown by the fact that every week a notice is sent to each Freshman. I believe that the length of the walk to Phillips Brooks House keeps many Freshmen from attending Dr. Fitch's talks. Many busy students feel that they can afford to spend thirty-five minutes at the meetings, but not the twenty minutes needed to walk to and from the meeting place. To spend this twenty minutes seems to me entirely unnecessary. In each of the new dormitories there is a common room, at once conveniently located and large enough to comfortably handle the "crowd". Why cannot the talks be given in one of these common-rooms, or possibly in each, every third week? Moreover, the winter will presently be upon us, and will deter still others.

In view of these facts, I would suggest that after the Christmas vacation, Dr. Fitch's talks be held in the dormitory common rooms, rather than in Phillips Brooks House. HENRY STARK FERRISS '18.