THE VARSITY DRAG

The sophomore popularity contest is now in progress. The "Class of 1934 Elections" on the post-cards conveys no meaning to most of the electors, for the functions of Junior and Sophomore class officers are so lacking as to be virtually unimportant. The Freshman officers serve definite functions in class activities; Senior officers are necessary for Class Exercises and Alumni activities; but Sophomore and Junior officers are as vain as protest against them.

The annoying part of the election is the modest way in which it is held. There is no flair, no life, no appeal to the imagination. Suppose it were handled by a genius with a sense of the theatrical values of the contest, who would assure everyone a good time. He would hire cars with amplifiers to cruise the streets of Cambridge blaring the virtues of the candidates beneath the Georgian walls. The contestants, dressed in the height of fashion, blazing in House colors, hold banquets, giving away cigars, speeches, and spreading their ineffable personalities. Good spirits should not be forgotten, either. And then, after a week of Bacchanalian ballyhoo, the election is held viva voce.