To the Editor of the CRIMSON:

Like some hundreds of other students in the graduate schools, I have been interested in Mr. Rosenblatt's letter in the CRIMSON this morning. Since my acquaintance with the University is as long as that of most students, perhaps I may be allowed to reply.

To me the surprising thing is that the graduate students are as loyal as they are. The majority of them do favor the other team in the early games of the season, but when it comes to meeting Princeton and Yale the great majority of them are for Harvard. In view of the importance given to those games, that ought to be sufficient restitution.

I say that it is surprising because everything tends to destroy whatever loyalty the men might have. When they go to some other institution, they nearly always support it whole-heartedly. In the case of Harvard, they are given to understand, both here and among alumni out over the country, that they "do not quite belong". To quote only the instance nearest to the point: when a student in one of the graduate schools applies for a ticket to the Yale game, he finds himself at the bottom of the list. If he is a candidate for an A.M., it is his one chance; but he must stand behind not only the Freshmen, who have four chances, but also behind all the graduates of Harvard College for ten generations back. Isn't it to be expected that he will feel that he is not wanted, and act accordingly? You can not expect a man to praise your hospitality when you invite him to sit down on the back porch.

In the make-up of the body of graduate students, there is no difference between this and any other university. Since the others usually have no trouble, it would seem that the reason must be local. If Harvard will really meet her graduates half way, they will come the other half and be more than glad to do it. B. M. HOLLOWELL, 5G, October 31, 1921.