Communication.

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To the Editors of the Crimson:

When the matter was first broached of having Mr. Irving come to the University and give an address to the students, those who had the arrangements in charge took pains to inquire at the office if Sanders Theatre could be had at the time. It was made plain that there was a possibility that Mr. Irving could not lecture except in the forenoon. In reply to this no discouraging answer was given. In fact, there was no intimation that any objections whatever would be raised. Not long after, a letter was sent to Mr. Irving begging him to set the hour in the afternoon if possible. He replied that it was very difficult to get out to Cambridge at all, and that the only convenient hour was twelve o'clock. Two days after this note was received the managers of the affiair were notified from the office that they would not be given the use of the hall until 4.30 p. m.

If this prohibition is carried out the committee of arrangements will be in a very unpleasant predicament, while the students in general will not have an opportunity to listen to Mr. Irving.

The committee would respectfully ask that in view of these facts they be allowed to have the use of Sanders Theatre at noon on March 15, to allow the students of Harvard to hear a lecture by the greatest living exponent of dramatic art.

NEW HARVARD UNION.