THE MAIL

To the Editor of the Crimson:

Most of us will agree as to the desirability of developing healthy bodies in wartime as well as peacetime; we are heartily in accord with the aims of the new compulsory athletic program, but I believe that there are several inconsistencies which should be remedied. First, by adding to the already heavy schedule of men in the laboratory sciences, of men under accelerated programs, and of men who work on T.S.E., etc. 15-20 hours a week, the program is likely to defeat the main objectives of a Harvard education. On the other hand, it would be unfair to exempt any of these groups and not the others.

Secondly I feel that the members of the Senior Class who are now exempted under the program, would benefit most by it since it is they who will enter the armed forces first. Perhaps too, they will have more free time than other undergraduates, as soon as they have completed their theses.

Thirdly, the Faculty , composed as it is a of a large number of younger men, would derive equal benefit by taking part in the athletic program. Such student-Faculty participant in a common effort might achieve the sort of relationship which has long been sought under the Harvard House plan and the tutorial system Harold C. Passer '43