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yvALE ALUMNI NAY En ee 1 THE SOCIETY SYSTEM. A Suggestion that Junior and Soph- oOmore Societies Change Places. OCTOBER 23, 1899. To the Editor of YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY: Dear Sir: On the question of changing the Yale Society System, I have a plan to suggest which is concrete, seems to me practical, and will make the system sym- metrical, and one that will more certainly secure that “survival of the fittest” at which it aims. I would have the Junior and Sophomore Societies change places, ‘H. Bovdy, H. 9, and K. ¥. becoming Junior Societies and A. K. E.,¥. Y.,and A. A. &. becoming Sopho- more Societies, or at least selecting their first quota of members from the Freshman class. This plan could be readily put in practice as follows: Suppose this is to be done next Spring, in 1g00. ‘H. BovAy, H. ®., and K. ¥. would not select their quota as usual from 1903, the Freshman class, hut the members from 1902, active members this year, would con- tinue as active members next year also, making the societies at once Junior Socie- ties, and then in the Spring of Igcr would select their usual quotas from 1903, then Sophomores. On the other hand. A. K.-E.¥. Y., and A, A. ®, would next Spring not only elect their usual quotas from Igo2, then Sopho- mores, but also an equal number from 1903, then Freshmen, and then in Igo!, and thereafter would always elect their main quota from the Freshman class as the Sophomore Societies do now, electing also from time to time, as they do now, from the Sophomore, Junior and Senior classes such few men as may be deemed worthy of an election. It seems to me that neither set of socie- ties should object to this change. ‘H. Bovay, H.®, and K.¥. should welcome it, as it vould enhance their dignity and make em more truly, and to better purpose, hat they really are, and under this plan ould rightly be, the stepping-stones to enior Societies. A. K.E., ¥. Y., and A. A. ®. should at least ot object to the change. An election to hese Societies would be much more appre- iated than now, when the Sophomore Society man takes it as a matter of course, and others not as just what they would like to have had, but as what they.can get. The Societies would gain much in the loyalty of their members, who in their first year of membership would have no divided allegiance, their influence in the College would be much greater and their members could get from them during the second year and perhaps later years of their course much more than they are offered now, just how much depending on the members themselves and what they might desire to make of their Society. This plan will give a system that can readily be expanded now, or whenever the growth of the College may demand it. Very truly yours, JAMES ARCHBALD, JR., ’87. Pottsville, Pa. ><> Me Ft Junior Prom Officers. The election for the Junior Prom- enade Committee was held in Osborn Hall on November 3. On the prelim- inary ballot the following fifteen were nominated, H: S. Curtiss, receiving 86 votes; P. L. Mitchell, 85; A. Kep- pleman, 74; hi Oy 66° * Harold Chappell, Bo. 3.8. Wear, 60;. 1D, JS. Blossom, 48; L. M. Thomas, 45s: 48, LL, Atkinson, 44; A. F. Yeixzgy, 34; Julian Day, 25; H: -Christian,. 24, J: Be ehon 24: W. R. Hitt, BO & Brown, I9. On the final ballot the following were elected: Paul Lincoln Mitchell, Chair- man, Cincinnati, 103; Henry Stiles Curtiss, Cleveland, 1co: Sherman Lock- wood Coy, Lakeville. Conn., 99; James Hutchinson Wear. 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