(The Crimson invites all men in the University to submit signed communications of timely interest. It assumes no responsibility, however, for sentiments expressed under this head and reserves the right to exclude any whose publication would be palpably inappropriate.)

To the Editors of the CRIMSON:

As a member of the American Legion and (I believe) a good American citizen, I wish respectfully to protest against opening the columns of the University daily to the type of Sophomoric and indecent (I use the word advisedly) communications as have recently been printed over the names of Messrs. Wyman and Lippitt. It seems too bad to lower the dignity of the paper by marring its columns with such outbursts of childish petulance, no matter in how good a cause, and reminds one rather forcibly of the verbose, political fury for which certain small western journals were once notorious.

Doubtless the authors of the above-mentioned communications will brand all who do not show a wordy zeal equal to their own as "Bolshevists," "traitors," and the like; but the problems which they profess so high-handedly to discuss and solve are not at all as simple as these youths would have us believe. The lads are doubtless well-meaning, but let us hope that they will learn that temperance, even when dealing with the most difficult problems, is a good thing. It comes with experience.

Youthful zeal is a splendid thing, but would it not be well to save the columns of the CRIMSON for more carefully thoughtout and more temperately written articles? It possible, let us convey the impression through the paper that the men of Harvard are thoughtful men, and that they realize that these vital problems of our national life are not to be solved by confusing our enemies in a cloud of verbal dust. The solution of these problems will require all the thinking power of the nation, and the University should be the centre of careful, non-hysterical work for their just and final solution. The pen may be mightier than the sword, but the pen plus a little well-considered thought will always conquer the pen plus only a dictionary or a thesaurus of words, phrases, and invectives. CARL I. WHEAT 3L.