TO THE FRESHMAN CLASS.

This evening President Lowell, Professor Perry, and Professor Moore will address the Freshman class in Appleton Chapel. The CRIMSON strongly believes that it is the duty of every Freshman, no matter what his religious belief may be, to attend and hear what these men have to say. No special subject has been given out, but we understand the speakers will talk on "The Freshman and Appleton Chapel."

To some of our readers such a subject may appear grotesque, to say the least. At Harvard, most Freshmen, at first surprised at, then pleased by, Harvard's religious freedom (a condition, by the way, unknown at Yale or Princeton) go through their first year utterly ingnorant of what Appleton Chapel has to offer. Because Appleton represents in their minds the College form of the preparatory school compulsory morning chapel, they avoid it as an irksome task no longer required by the curriculum. The same idea is apt to remain fixed in the Sophomore mind. Perhaps, as a Junior, the individual may be compelled to attend an 8.15 o'clock training table. In order not to seem odd, he may some day go to Chapel with the rest of the team or crew. Gradually it becomes a custom. He begins to like this opportunity to get away for a few minutes from the busy bustle of the undergraduate world, to be able to think in peace, to hear a few quiet words from the thinkers of the country. The pity of it is that this introduction to Appleton Chapel comes so late, sometimes not at all.

To remedy exactly this defeat is the object of tonight's meeting. It is an attempt to make men realize two or three years before their Baccalaureate Sermon that Appleton has a positive moral influence which every man sooner or latter would regret having missed.

But far be it from the CRIMSON to preach a sermon; the speakers tonight will emphasize the religious side of Appleton's influence. What we wish to point out here is that every man owes it to himself at least to become familiar with his opportunities; and under such a name we place Appleton Chapel. Whether the individual wants to grasp this opportunity, he can decide for himself after the has heard the President and the other speakers. But let no man be so narrow as to refuse to listen.