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To the Editors of the CRIMSON:

Mr. John A. Lomax, a member of the English faculty of the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College, and at present in the Harvard Graduate School, is engaged, with our hearty approval, in an endeavor to make a complete collection of the native ballads and songs of the South and the West. It has occurred to us that some students may be able either to send him copies of such ballads or songs, which they may chance to know, or to call his attention to people in various parts of the country, who could help him discover such material. We therefore request you to print this suggestion that any member of the University who can assist Mr. Lomax in his researches, in giving him any information concerning the popular poetry of the South or the West, will have the kindness to address him on the subject at 67 Oxford street, Cambridge. We may add that the materials which he collects are to be preserved in the Harvard College Library, where they will always be accessible to investigators. Very faithfully yours.   BARRETT WENDELL.   G. L. KIEERNKGE,