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(The Crimson invites all men in the University to submit signed communications of timely interest. It assumes no responsibility, however, for sentiments expressed under this head and reserves the right to exclude any whose publication would be palpably inappropriate.)
To the Editors of the CRIMSON:
We wish to object to the singing at Saturday's game of the parody song to the tune of "Meow" that has been practiced at recent mass meetings. Harvard has plenty of good football songs which are the equal, if not better, than those of any other college; it does not need to resort to cheap words set to a popular tune to sing at its games. It is a pretty bad state of affairs when Harvard has to go to the dance halls to find a football song. If "Harvardians," "Soldiers Field," "The Gridiron King," and the "Marseillaise" will not be songs enough to sing, why not revive "Our Director," "Red Pepper," "Ten Thousand Men of Harvard," and other truly Harvard songs that have been sung before and are really representative of Harvard spirit?
Is it not also essential that the cheering section sing songs in which the graduates can join and which will mean something to them?
Let us not allow any inferences of cheapness. Let us show Yale that we can support our team with our own songs. G. C. BABCLAY, 1L. E. W. PAVENSTEDT, JR., '20.
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