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To the Editor of the CRIMSON:

May I call to your attention facts which show certain statements in the communication published in your columns yesterday to be completely misleading and notably unfair.

Disliking as cordially as any Harvard man the bugaboo of "indifference" I shall take issue with your correspondent on only one of her remarks, although I can hardly follow her in such charges as "indifference toward academic work," "no getting together, no unity or bond of any sort," and being "cheated out of companionship," at Harvard. Of this it would seem that Harvard fellowship throughout the world is sufficient refutation.

A paragraph in the letter says that no friendly hand is held out at Harvard to the man who would work for the privilege of his education. I disagree, Far from there being only "some thirty positions offered to the whole undergraduate body," as the letter states, there were no less than thirty different kinds of remunerative jobs secured through the Students', Employment Bureau, enabling 526 students to earn $44,906, in team time alone last year. In addition, thanks to the efforts of the same bureau, 242 men worked in the summer vacation earning $66,993.

Through various departments of the University students are regularly offered other remunerative employment which is not a part of the employment bureau's record and which last year meant an income to students of about $22,831, in addition to the sums given above. These departments, with the amounts paid to students, included: Faculty of Arts and Sciences (Monitors and proctors), $6,418; Harvard Union, $1,550; Athletic Association (tickettakers, ushers, caretakers, etc.), $8,241; Widener Library, $3,335; Department of Physical Education, $2,787; Phillips Brooks House (boys' clubs), $500.

Last spring, of the 528 Seniors (90 percent of the 1924 graduating class) who answered a questionnaire from the Committee on the Choice of Vocations, 282 or over 53 percent earned at least a part of their way through college. When more than half of a class earns a part of its college expenses that fact needs no amplification.

This leaves entirely out of account the scholarships and other financial aids for students at Harvard. More than 300 scholarships, varying from $100 to $650 each and totalling about $137,000, are available for undergraduates, and the income, totalling over $50,000, from various funds, is devoted to assisting worthy students who do not receive scholarships. Over 100 Freshmen alone receive assistance from the Cobb and Price Greenleaf, Funds, and for some 100 Freshmen scholarships are also available. The Price Greenleaf Fund, for example, distributes about $16,000 annually in individual amounts of $250. For this recipients are expected to perform certain duties in the college office or elsewhere, but it is to be noted that these figures form no part of the record of the Student Employment Bureau.

While comparisons are always odious and, inconclusive, it is worth while to point out that Harvard has no consolidated employment report embracing all opportunities for financial assistance or self-help which are open to its students. The total Harvard effort, however, need not fear comparison with that of any other educational institution. Only it is well to consider facts not fancies in making such comparisons. J. W. D. Seymour '17.