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To the Editors of the Crimson:
The Chairman of the Class Day Committee is very glad to receive suggestions as to the arrangements for Class Day, but he does not think it advisable to employ policemen for ticket takers as was suggested in Thursday's CRIMSON. Pinkerton men as a rule have given previous committees perfect satisfaction, and the chairmen of these committees strongly urge the engaging of the same men for this service. The general facts of the instance last year of a ticket taker entertaining his friends at the gymnasium, were correctly stated in the communication in Thursday's paper, but the superintendent of the Pinkerton Agency detected him and was prompt in acknowledging the truth and in removing the man. In engaging Pinkerton men, and it is to be noted that they are not North End roughs but the specials of the permanent Pinkerton Agency, the committee is enabled to bind somebody by a definite contract and to hold the superintendent directly responsible for the service of his men. Furthermore, it is impossible to procure enough Cambridge policemen for this duty without engaging a host of substitute men of a distinctly less intelligent nature than the Pinkerton specials. It requires the full Cambridge police force to perform the ordinary duties of watchmen about the grounds on Class Day. Finally the manager of the 'varsity eleven and all other gentlemen who have had occasion to handle large crowds about college, strongly urge the committee to engage anybody but policemen.
Very Sincerely Yours,FRANK W. HALLOWELL,Chairman, Class Day Committee.
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