It has been customary for Leavitt and Peirce to post the scores of the base-ball and other games in their windows every evening for the convenience of the students and others who are interested. On Saturday evening an officious police officer ordered these scores taken down, on the ground that they collected a crowd outside. As a rule, Cambridge policemen are a pretty moderate set of men, but this particular one is rather too zealous. His business was to keep the sidewalk clear and keep people moving; if he was too lazy to undertake this he might have sent to headquarters for a more efficient officer. A police officer who thinks he rules the world simply because he wears brass buttons and carries a club is a public nuisance, and should be taught to draw the line between what is his duty and what is none of his business. In this matter, Leavitt and Peirce are not to blame, and are naturally much annoyed that the thing should have happened.
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A Festivus for the Rest of Us
