CONSTANT READER

Though yesterday morning was to have been the end, so far as the CRIMSON was concerned, for the English 72 matter, letters have kept pouring into the Crimson Building in such numbers that the editor is loath to suppress what has been the most general display of interest on the part of students for some years. Many of the letters received have not seemed to shed any new light on the affairs of English 72 and of the English Department in general, but the two letters printed in an adjacent column are sober enough to warrant consideration.

Attempts have been made before to arouse student interest and discussion on affairs of the University, but in the past such discussion has been sporadic. If there is any excuse at all for the printing of communications, a matter closely related to the curriculum of Harvard would seem to be a legitimate subject.

It is perhaps significant of the changed attitude of undergraduate Harvard that while the proposed dining hall, the War Memorial Chapel, and football has left the student body cold, an anonymous note at an hour examination has served to set the spark for a train of letters that show in some cases considerable thought.

The CRIMSON is very glad in this case to provide such space as possible for intelligent comment, if for no other reason, to acquaint those interested in some measure with the difficulty of expressing opinion on Harvard affairs.