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An editorial in this week's Alumni Bulletin comments on the increasing tendency of the student body to interest itself in the administration of the College. It points to some recent editorials in the CRIMSON as illustrations of this tendency. The proposal that the Office no longer keep the attendance of the two upper classes at lectures, it regards as especially significant.

This spirit is by no means surprising, especially when it is remembered that in many of the western universities there is almost complete self-government. But Harvard is by no means ready for so radical a change. Such a system can be successful only when the student body actually feels the need of it. It cannot be brought about as the result of an edict from University 4. Present tendencies are, however, in the direction of increasing participation by undergraduates in the councils of the University.

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