THE HARVARD INQUIRY

In the midst of a febrile and, in a large part, inane fervor for organizing and expressing student undergraduate political opinion, a new proposal now appears on the horizon, which gives promise of being intelligently constructive and therefore successful. According to preliminary plans, the group will deviate widely from the accepted precepts of independent student associations. Advocating an age old truth that concentration alone leads to thorough understanding, the Harvard Inquiry will organize its discussions each year around the most pressing topic of that time. This year, the basic economic reorganization necessitated by the depression will be studied; it is hoped that, by a system of pledges, leading figures in the field may be secured to address the meetings.

The most attractive feature of the proposed Harvard Inquiry is, of course, its promised policy of concentration. Other student groups are content to solve, with a flourish of a heedless and platitudinous pen, all the major problems in every field; and their results are capably mirrored in the adolescent omissions of the Republican Club platform drawn up last evening. The principle of thorough study of the year's most important problem is a long step in the right direction and should certainly be welcome in a society of men supposedly bent on securing a sound education and understanding of the world. If the Harvard Inquiry receives the support which its preliminary outline appears to deserve, and if it can maintain its program at the high standard which its founders desire, it should become a valuable organization for alert undergraduates.