Few events in the outside world have threatened Harvard so much as the recent strikes. The men on the street railroads in Boston, New York, and indeed in cities all over the country, have been striking for a reduction of hours and an increase of pay. What if the employees of the Cambridge lines should be struck with similar feelings of generosity on the one hand and avarice on the other. Could a greater disaster happen to the college? We think not. Smith, with an appointment in town at ten o'clock in the morning, would have to breakfast at least as early as nine, and would probably be quite unable to attend chapel, and Brown, to be in Boston and in his seat at quarter before eight in the evening would have to leave his room much too soon after dinner for comfort. It is needless to say that a most abnormal development of the biceps of almost every man in college would ensue, and this, with the wasting of valuable time and the loss of the more valuable inspiration of street car literature - we refer to such meaning proverbs as "Soapine did it" - might necessitate even the closing of the college. In view of these facts we sincerely hope that the conductors and drivers of the Cambridge tramways will take serious thought before they strike and interrupt the progress of the "oldest, largest and grandest university in America.