About Burners of Midnight Oil.

To the editors of the CRIMSON:

The writer wishes to express his dissatisfaction with the steam heating of the Yard dormitories. The heat is turned on at about 4.30 o'clock in the morning--perhaps three hours before most students are up--and goes off at 10 o'clock--at least some little time before many fellows turn in. A saunter through the Yard any night at 11.30 o'clock will show that dozens of fellows are still lucubrating, though as the temperature declines, the habit will be decreasing in popularity. It ought hardly be necessary to remark that according to the College Catalogue, steam heat is included in the price. If this neglect of students' comfort is due not so much to the desire to avoid "mollycoddling" as to avoid expense, it seems to the writer it would be much more sensible to economize in the early morning hours than late at night. AN INHARITANT OF THE YARD.