[We invite all men in the University to submit communications on subjects of timely interest.]

To the Editors of the CRIMSON:

I beg to quote the following article which appeared recently in the New York Times:

"The members of the class of 1912 are slow to leave their comfortable modern quarters on the "Gold Coast" and enroll their names as applicants for apartments in the less pretentious but historic quarters of the College Yard for occupancy during their Senior year. President Lowell has made many pleas and leaders of the Senior class of this year have dilated publicly, but with little effect on the desirability of living in the College Yard. The Committee on Yard Accommodations has postponed closing the time of applications until January 30, and has issued a final appeal."

A few days ago the CRIMSON published a communication from an undergraduate criticising a similar article in a Boston paper.

As a matter of fact, more Juniors are moving to the Yard next year than for many years past, but this is aside from the question. Harvard undergraduate affairs have been subject to this sort of misrepresentation in the daily newspapers for a long time, and it seems a pity that it should continue. In the first place, the wording of the article is objectionable and misleading, and is calculated to give a totally wrong impression of the actual conditions. This is especially annoying as it is apparent that it is based on no real knowledge of the subject. Such statements as the above clipping cannot be anything but harmful to the University. Although it