OPEN WINDOWS.*

THERE does not seem to be any very strong desire among the students for fresh, well-aired rooms to begin the day with, as may be seen

from the following statistics, in which the first column of figures shows the number of rooms occupied by students in the different buildings, the second the number of rooms in which windows were open at 8 A. M. on November 19 (clear weather, thermometer 25 F.), and the third column the number of rooms in which windows were open at the same time on November 20 (partly cloudy, thermometer 23 F.).

Thayer Hall 68 17 11

Holworthy Hall 24 7 9

Stoughton Hall 27 12 6

Hollis Hall 28 11 14

Matthews Hall 60 11 15

Grays Hall 51 9 9

Weld Hall 54 13 10

College House 67 11(Nov. 21) 11

Holyoke House 47 4 3

Little's Block 22 1 0

Dolton's Block 17 1 0

*For a good statement of reasons for airing chambers, see "Air and Rain," by R. Angus Smith, pp. 521 - 543. Longmans, Green, & Co. 1872.