COLLEGE papers of that class which delight their readers with articles on "Character," "Fame," and the "Whole Duty of Man," have been greatly distressed this year because our papers have given up so much space to matters relating to Memorial Hall, and the Yale papers even have failed to find interesting some of our discussions on the commons. These papers probably do not know how great an institution our Dining Association is, and how intimately the students are connected with its management. They do not know that the Hall, which in a year does a business as great as the largest hotel, is altogether in the hands of the students; consequently they cannot appreciate that its affairs make a suitable subject for the columns of an undergraduate organ. We must ask the pardon, therefore, of our editorial friends at Yale and elsewhere for making one more allusion to the Hall. We have not always been so fortunate as to agree in every point with the Board of Directors, but, looking at their labors as a whole, we confess that their year's work is very creditable to them. They took the Hall embarrassed by an incompetent steward, and with a small membership; they leave it flourishing, with a fair membership, and its management in the hands of a steward who gives very general satisfaction. The price of board has been brought down to a reasonable figure. The quality of the food has been quite good, and by the new system of extras the Directors have made it possible for each member to better it. There is no question, however, but that the fare did degenerate during the last month. The Directors should have taken particular pains to avoid this, for upon the reputation of the Association at the close of this year depends very much its success at the beginning of the next. The Directors who shall be elected in the fall must be vigilant, and see that the board is good at the beginning, and also that it remains so; they must make the steward understand that if, dazzled by his success, he becomes at all remiss, his fate will be the same as was that of his predecessor.