RECEPTION OR DINNER?

Two celebrations are scheduled this week in honor of the triumphant football team,--a reception and a dinner. In view of the facts that those in charge of the dinner have made it plain that it is "primarily for graduates" and that the Union entertainment this evening has been arranged for the purpose of showing undergraduate appreciation to the men who defeated Yale, it is quite evident where the choice of most undergraduates will fall. True, there are draw-backs for non-members of the Union, but then it should be considered the dinner will cost almost half as much as a Union membership, and dinners are ephemeral things. Coupled with the imminent disappearance of Union smokers for the Sophomore class if more 1917 men do not join, and the early appearance of the time-honored Junior Dance question, it may be well to think over joining.

Moreover, the men who, all fall, have worked for the football honor of the University must not be left out of consideration. At the graduate dinner, speeches of appreciation are to be made by men of former classes; necessarily, undergraduate sentiment will be subordinated. On the other hand, a reception for undergraduate athletes by an undergraduate institution offers but one inference -- it must be supported by undergraduates. The spirit of any Harvard man when it comes to expressing his admiration for the team is not to be doubted but in this case there is a choice to make, especially for non-members of the Union.