Harvard Union.

In years past membership to the Union has been obtained with little difficulty. The signing of the constitution and the payment of a small fee was all that was necessary to constitute membership. To be a member therefore meant nothing, In order to remedy this which seemed to be a defect in the constitution, a committee was appointed last spring to consider the advisability of making some change. The amendments made by the committee were accepted. We give below the several articles of the constitution which explain the object of the Union, the conditions of membership, and other information.

ARTICLE I. "This society shall be called the "Harvard Union." Its primary object shall be to debate questions of public interest. The regular debates of the society shall be public, and all members of the university shall be invited to participate in them."

ARTICLE II. "Any member of the university who shall have spoken in the debates of the society, and shall have been proposed by the executive-committee, shall be eligible to election as a member. A four-fifths vote of the members present taken by ballot shall constitute an election. Upon the payment of one dollar and signing the constitution of the society, the person elected shall become a member."

ARTICLE III. The officers shall consist of a president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer."

ARTICLE IV. "There shall be an executive-committee of five members, of which the vice-president shall be chairman ex-officio. The remaining four members of the committee shall be appointed by the president. During the first half year two members of the committee shall be appointed from the senior class, and one each from the junior and sophomore classes. During the second half year, one member of the committee shall be appointed from each of the four college classes."

ARTICLE V. "It shall be the duty of the executive-committee to appoint principal desputants, suggest questions for debate, select books referring to subjects for debate to be reserved in a suitable place in the library, arrange for the meetings of the society whenever they have not been provided for by a vote of the society, make a report to the society at the beginning of each half year, and at each semi-annual meeting prepare a list of candidates from which the new members of the society shall be elected."