Communication.

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To the Editors of the Crimson:

Many of the abuses in the College Yard, that have been tolerated from year to year, have recently grown so pronounced as to warrant a complaint through the columns of the CRIMSON. One of the most objectionable features is the presence of unauthorized guides, who frequent the Yard on Sundays in particular, and of uncleanly, ill-behaved children, who are allowed to roam almost at will through the grounds.

Even in the summer, when the grounds are carefully placarded with notices to to the effect that only authorized guides are permitted, there are objectionable features, since the guides apparently accost every will-appearing person who enters the Yard. It seems as if it should be possible to secure the services of one or two students, whose rooms are easily accessible, to act in the capacity of guides during certain hours of the day. A few notices, directing visitors to such students, might be posted, and thus the services of trustworthy persons as guides would be assured.

The case of the children who frequent the Yard presents a more serious problem. Many of them are unsightly and should be excluded on that ground; many of them are not only insulting in their manners but commit depredations at will. In the last few months a number of squirrels have been killed by them. It is said that this abuse will be remedied when the fence is completed; yet the problem will be just as difficult then, as the gates could not be guarded by less than ten men. On the other hand one or two efficient watchmen, aided by the janitors and porters of Yard buildings, could now keep the Yard clear of objectionable persons. C.