THE COMMUNICATION COLUMN

The CRIMSON welcomes the receipt of the communication printed below in the hope that it may dispel any rumors to the effect that a gag rule has been applied in the management of the communication department. Through out this year many letters have been received, most of which have been printed. Those which were not published were judged inadequate in that they were either anonymous, or written in a childishly flippant and comic-supplement style. Where a serious letter, keeping within the bounds of parliamentary decency was concerned, the CRIMSON has never refused to print the writer's statements, except in one case. Here an answer to this communication on the Freshman editorial was followed by an insulting note, and the original letter was, therefore, not published. In this instance the CRIMSON may not have followed the wisest policy; if so, it, regrets its decision, but one single instance does not furnish enough proof to substantiate the claim that the communication department is controlled by a clique or governed by any policy of hush.

If the files of this year's CRIMSON are gone over, it will be seen that many communications on both sides of questions have been published. This has been the function of the communication department, and it will continue to be its function. The opinions held by the individual members of the CRIMSON Board will never prevent one holding contrary views from presenting his case to the College. The CRIMSON wants letters from all sides, but it wants such letters to be signed and more than persiflage.