SENIOR SELFISHNESS.

It is a peculiar fact that by the time Senior year comes around a College man feels that everything good that is coming to him from his academic life, both in the way of learning and pleasure, is all but over. He retires to his selfish pursuits, thoroughly convinced that, unless he has already "made good" in athletics or some other undertaking, further effort for the College or class will be of little avail. The same spirit is evident in the small number of Seniors who join in at such an informal gathering as was held in the Union last evening in the slow response that answers the repeated calls of the class Secretary and Class Committee; in the half-hearted interest that is taken in nearly every class enterprise.

On the other hand, here at Harvard at least, there is a small group of Seniors who are working harder and more earnestly for the College than they ever worked before; who have made use of their four years of experience to guide their efforts into profitable channels. They are no longer working for any personal glory or advancement, but because they are the natural leaders and enjoy working in a good cause as much as their more careless classmates enjoy their theatre trips, canoeing parties and quiet loafs.

If the whole Senior class could be made to feel the same responsibility that inspires the efforts of the few, there is no doubt that class enterprises would be more satisfactory and more enjoyable. If Seniors could be persuaded to hang together and follow the leader, their personal enjoyment would scarcely be lessened, and they would be given the College the full benefit of four years of valuable experience.