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To the Editors of the CRIMSON:

In reading the CRIMSON this morning, I was shocked to see a letter published that is an insult to all Harvard tradition and to true Americanism. To think that Harvard men should express such sentiments is unbelievable.

It has never been the policy of our country or college to take its stand "upon the fence." America has always stood for or against a measure. Now is the time for every true American to take his stand for his country. Good government is built upon the party basis; therefore, to have good government it is necessary to side with one party or the other. Then let every man, if he be a true American, take his stand with the party among whose leaders Governor Calvin Coolidge and Mayor Ole Hanson stand foremost.

It is the man who shows himself to be an American who will save this country when the crisis comes, not the individual who sits "on the fence." For the man who sits "on the fence" falls off backwards and on the wrong side.

There is an old story which is probably known to everyone. There were ten virgins of whom five were wise and five foolish. The wise virgins took oil with them, but the foolish did not. When, at last, the bridegroom came, the foolish virgins found themselves without oil, and as they could borrow none, they were compelled to go out and buy. When they returned they found themselves locked out.

This parable applies with great nicety to men of similar sentiments to those of the composers of the letter in yesterday's CRIMSON. Such men may be likened to the foolish virgins, for when the crisis comes, they will find themselves "outside the locked door,' while the true Americans are inside enjoying the wedding feast. J. ROBERT MELISH '23.