One warning which was left off the study card for the second half year (due today before 6 o'clock in University C) is something like the following:

"In case of the death of a student, his roommate or nearest relative must hand in his study card, with a statement to that effect, written legibly or typewritten, at University C on or before Tuesday, December 14, in order to avoid liability for the charge of $5 for late filling of the study card."

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Harvardmen were pretty shocked three years ago when they found that to get many of their classmates on the telephone they would have to dial "ELI", but it seems now that to get the Boston office of either the A.F. of L. or the C.I.O. you have to dial "CAPITOL".

It is rumored that Professor Copeland does not like the use of the word "party" employed by telephone operators. According to the dictionary the word means "a number of people united for amusement," and criticizes the operators for saying in so confident a tone, "Here is your party."

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A neglected Leverett House Senior looked in his mailbox a week ago and found the first bit of mail he had gotten in eleven days. It was an announcement of reduced airplane rates to Chicago and other of the larger cities; but he was going to spend the vacation in Manchester, New Hampshire. Justifiably annoyed, he thought, "I'm gonna write myself a letter," and did. He mailed it from Wayland.

Yesterday he got another letter. This time it was from the post office asking him to bring over five cents for special handling, along with one cent postage due, for a letter addressed to him from Wayland. He had put a two cent stamp on it.

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The Eliot House court is brightened up for Christmas time as a result of the generosity and enterprise of the occupants of suite E-43, who have set up a real Christmas tree, complete with colored lights, in their wide window overlooking the court. As yet Kirkland and Lowell Houses are the only ones to have blossomed forth with full size trees in their respective courts.