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To the Editors of the Crimson:

I was glad to see that in your editorial of yesterday morning, you brought the question of the disposal of the Old Bell before the public notice. For nearly seventy years at least, and, if the tradition that the bell of 1793 was recast, be true, for over a century, the Old Bell has rung from the belfry of Harvard Hall. Even if considerations of historic value and association go for naught, the mere fact of its long and faithful service should give it some claim upon the sentiment of the University. For the Corporation to sell it for the small sum which the weight of its metal would bring, would be to say the least, a sordid act. But even if the Old Bell means to the Corporation only the opportunity to make a hundred dollars, I am sure that it has for the students a value which is not a money value. The majority of us, I believe, have enough sentiment for the bell to dislike very much the idea of selling it. I would therefore propose that we students show our interest in keeping it in the University by signing the petition which the Harvard Memorial Society is about to circulate asking that the Old Bell be preserved. A. G. FULLER '00.