THE SEEING EYE

Last year 66,000 people were conducted on sight-seeing tours through the Yard and adjoining grounds by University-appointed students. Unfortunately the guide service was organized only for the summer Tercentenary period and was immediately disbanded at the end of September. The conducted tours served their purpose, so well that for a number of reasons a continuation of the experiment is highly desirable.

President Conant in his annual report made considerable mention of the fine cooperation of the press in devoting generous space to last year's intellectual convention at Cambridge. An informed guide service would be an excellent method of continuing this appeal to the public. Actual contact with the inner workings of the University, its museums and its lecture halls, ought to stimulate greater interest in higher education and a deeper appreciation of its services. Next summer, as an aftermath of the Tercentenary, there will probably be an unusually large number of visitors in comparison with former normal years, and consequently a greater demand for guides.

Such a service need not require much money. There is no necessity for brass-buttoned uniforms and visor-caps. The nucleus of guides is still present, it needs little more than a glance of official approval to come to life again.