THE QUESTION CONTINUED

A correspondent of the CRIMSON, on the morning of the military training ballot, found cause for complaint in the fact that there had been no previous discussion of the question. We regret no less than he that, due to the suddenness with which the issue was presented, such discussion was impossible. There were only four days between the receipt of the first dispatch from Washington and the date set for the testimony of the delegates sent by the various colleges. Obviously, then, there was no time for wide debating on the subject. The CRIMSON'S stand was determined at a meeting of the board on Monday evening and in order to offset our opinions and give free rein to both sides of the question we printed on the two remaining days, communications frankly antagonistic to our policy.

But there is no reason why the subject of universal military training should not be debated now. Harvard's balloting has not settled the question; it is a topic of more than a day's importance, one which will continue to be of acute interest until sober discussion has decided it one way or the other. A triumph achieved without preliminary argument, though it may be indicative, cannot be regarded as final. Both sides may still make converts.

The CRIMSON, therefore, invites discussion through its columns, and earnestly hopes that this morning's communication, mistaken though we believe its opinions to be, will pave the way for a more widespread correspondence on both sides of the issue.