HARVARD AND RECONSTRUCTION.

The act of the Phillips Brooks House Association in reviving the Harvard Mission of former years to meet present needs is most timely. In its new form, the Harvard Mission is in effect a standing committee of Phillips Brooks House, organized solely for the purpose of finding reconstruction jobs for members of the University who are interested in the chance of going over seas this summer.

Of course it is extremely difficult to secure a passport to any European country at this time, unless one can prove that he has been offered a specific chance for useful service over seas. Such chances are necessarily limited and difficult to locate. Where found, they require various qualifications on the part of those selected to fill them. The mere acts of getting in touch and of coming to some sort of terms with the various associations and government agencies which control reconstruction work on the other side, are sure to cost much uncertainty and loss of time.

It is this burden which the Harvard Mission seeks to take from the shoulders of the undergraduate or graduate student who sets out to be of service overseas. How far the Mission succeeds will depend entirely on conditions in Europe. But that it will obtain openings for at least a few Harvard, volunteer workers seems certain. It seems also to be the only available agency hereabouts which is capable of furnishing Harvard, volunteer workers seems certain. It seems also to be the only available agency hereabouts which is capable of furnishing Harvard men with well thought out information on this subject.