THE DEMOCRATS CONVENE

Not only partisan Democrats, but many others who are interested in national politics, will flock to the New Lecture Hall between 7 and 8 o'clock tonight and enroll as delegates in the mock convention being held by the Harvard Democratic Club. They will find awaiting them all the thrills of the Madison Square gathering of 1924. In collegiate miniature: speeches which let the eagle scream, parading delegates, contested votes, songs and flags and pictures of famous Democrats. If the convention follows the two models upon which it is based the regular Democratic. Convention and the mock convention held at Harvard four years ago there will be both humor and excitement in abundance.

Underlying all, however;, there is a certain serious spirit in the convention, a spirit which called it into being in the first place. A common intense interest in public questions and a keen desire to do their part in the political life of the nation brought the members of the Democratic Club together. Their convention tonight and tomorrow will be a jovial and lively climax to months of serious discussion and earnest work and the platform which is adopted will be the chief fruit of their labors. It will be a sincere expression of the opinions of Harvard's politically minded, progressively inclined students.