The President in The Headlines

To the Editor of the CRIMSON:

Are some of us "old grads" too old-fashioned in feeling a little uncomfortable by reading in the headlines of the CRIMSON, that "Conant asks for this," and "Conant does that?" Isn't President Conant's position one that demands particular respect and consideration? Francis Call Woodman '88.

(The CRIMSON, needless to say, intends no discourtesy. It can only ask forgiveness for the headline writer faced with the impossible task of fitting "President (nine letters) Conant (six letters)" into a head which requires, say, three lines of thirteen letters each. The head writer looks back with acute nostalgia to Mr. Woodman's undergraduate days, when the Undersity was blessed with a five-letter President.--Ed.)