THE EDITOR'S DRAWER.

IT is rather interesting, when one has nothing else to do, to look over the archives of one of the college papers, and see what the undergraduate mind is at times capable of producing. As we have always been of an unselfish nature, we think it is but fair to give our readers a share of the pleasure we experience in opening such contributions as these we have selected.

The first is a communication that betrays plainly the writer's class. It is a kindly attempt on the author's part to offer a few hints to the Faculty for which they will doubtless be grateful.

TO THE EDITORS OF THE CRIMSON.

DEAR SIR, - You said a little while ago that it was very kind of the Faculty to let us know so early when the dreadful examinations were coming. Do you suppose the Faculty would mind if I made a modest suggestion about the arrangement and order of the examinations? I once thought of calling on the President and telling him of it verbally, but some one said I need not be discovered if I wrote to your letter column; and I prefer to be incog, at any rate until I see whether the Faculty will adopt my plan or not.

Now my plan is this - Don't you think, Mr. Editor, it would work? Of course examinations cannot be arranged so as to please every one; but to me it seems very unjust that some men should have so much less time to prepare them than others have. I know of one case (my own) where the poor fellow has five exams in three days, and the first three days of the first week. Now my cousin has five examinations in three weeks, with plenty of time to prepare them, and time to go to the theatre, too. I don't say this out of jealousy, for of course I am fond of him; but it does seem unfair that two fellows, in other respects equal, should be treated so differently.

Now what I would suggest is, that the Faculty in future omit recitations during three or four days or even a week before the examinations begin, thereby giving ample time of preparation for all. This is not perhaps the best plan, but under the present system I see no other solution of the question.

X.The next is a poem - a touching strain - by a gentleman of the same class. We readily understand how it is that Freshmen should be the butt of the upper classes, but why they butt at themselves is beyond comprehension.

A PLEA FOR A FRESHMAN.WHAT right has a Freshman to love?

'T is the question I would ask.

He may love, he may worship,

But always his passion conceal with a mask.

Consider his four years in college,

Mayhap three in the School of Law;

All these long years must he wait

Before he can declare how he doth adore.

Wretched is the lot of such a Freshman :

Can there be misery greater than this?

Seven long years must he love

Before he can venture a kiss.

O, where, where is the maiden fair

That would not a man despise,

Who, though he has all encouragement,

Simply looks his love with his eyes.

O maiden dear, be kind, and cheer

The miserable lot of such a one;

And try and do not encourage him

Just for a passing moment's "fun."

And do not, without a thought,

Receive his love with severe contempt,

But remember some day from the

Non-matrimonial rule he 'll be exempt.

Putting our hand into our drawer, we next chance on a piece in blank-verse. Perhaps it would be well enough to give its title.

HARVARD TWENTY YEARS HENCE.Scene : roof of the Chapel. Time : midnight, June 20, 1898. (The spirit of the present and the spirit of the future sit conversing in the moonlight.)

We have taken a page from a long speech made by the spirit of the future.

"PHAETONS, barouches, and landaulets wait

In crowds without the recitation hall

To convey the students to their chambers.

The Advocate and Crimson are dailies;

The Lampoon has enlarged its page of wit,

And has rivalled Punch for many a year.

Yale has now become a first-rate school, and

Sends three hundred graduates once a year

To enter into Harvard's Freshman class.

Our men are Oriental in their dress,

With silk'n coats and low Byronic collar;

No more do Freshmen, as when you were here,

Parade the grounds with yellow, pie-crust suits,

But even Freshmen are now civilized."

Among other odds and ends we have thirteen "Suggestions," of which eight are on the marking system, three on changing the College bell for one of richer tone, and the other two on drainage.

Decidedly men's minds at Harvard run in the same channels.