THE CRIME

This is a true story of a Freshman, guaranteed. This young fellow heard somewhere that to get an honorable discharge from Harvard he would have to pass a language examination. Not knowing or worrying much about it, as he also heard it would be easy, he waited patiently for the University Notice Boards to instruct him as to ways and means.

Finally he entered the New Lecture Hall one day, confidently attacking the French Reading exam. Came Der Tag--he had failed, and miserably so. His room-mate was aghast, asked him whether he had done any studying at all.

"Of course not, I did not crack a book," quoth the stripling.

"Why not?" asked room-mate.

"Well, on the Notice Board poster it said, 'Language Examination, etc. . . .NO APPLICATION NECESSARY'."