To the Editor of the CRIMSON:

There has been much attention paid lately in your columns to the subject of the use of the Stadium for the Commencement exercises. This prompts me to answer some of the arguments that have been brought forward in opposition to the same. Indeed they are so obvious that I am surprised that they have not been thought of before.

The first and perhaps strongest of the arguments against holding the exercises in the Stadium is the chance of inclement weather. However, with the aid of meteorological records over a period of years, which ought to be available for Boston and the vicinity, a Commencement Day could be picked (on the basis of probably fine weather) upon which we could be reasonably certain that the weather would be favorable. I happen to know that the day for the out of door exercises of a certain college in the east has been picked upon this basis for several years and with not a little success. Upon the basis of probability then, one could be fairly certain of the weather. If one wants to be absolutely certain about the weather I see no reason why a covering could not be provided and so far as the cost is concerned it ought not to be great.

The second matter is that of acoustics. This is the simplest problem of all,--though I confess the mechanics of it might shock some of our victims of Harvard tradition. It would be a simple matter to erect--again at not a great cost--audio amplifiers in different parts of the Stadium so that everything said could be distinctly heard. The telephone transmitters on the platform in the center of the Stadium would carry the voice to the loud speaking telephones located in various parts of the structure. I dare say that one would have less trouble in hearing than in some parts of Sanders Theatre for the acoustic properties of the latter place are by no means the best.

It would seem to me that the argument that the Stadium is not near the Yard and that its "atmosphere" is not as academic as that of the theatre are entirely outweighed by the desirability of having a greater seating capacity--one that would accommodate all who might wish to come. NORMAN E. HIMES '23   May 5, 1922.