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A recent letter to the CRIMSON, not printed because unsigned, shows a misunderstanding of the requirements and purpose of the communication column. The column is intended to open to members of the University a place for comment on subjects of timely interest. Contributions are welcomed; but all do not necessarily appear; there are bound to be some which it seems unwise to publish. All communications must be signed with their author's name as a guarantee of sincerity. The writer of the aforementioned unsigned letter protests that men, if they must affix their names to their ideas, will cease to express their ideas, through fear of being answered with personal attacks. In one unfortunate instance this year a communication of a bitterly personal nature was published. The CRIMSON, however, plans to exclude all such letters. If a man has not courage enough in his convictions to express his ideas as his own, and receive any criticism which they may call forth, we believe he had much better not write at all. Occasionally a man has a good reason for not wishing to sign a letter with his own name. In such cases, the letter is published over a pseudonym, and the author's identity is withheld.
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