To the Editor of the Crimson:

May I comment upon the letter of Professor J. A. McLaughlin appearing in your columns today? It annoys me from several points of view. Isn't it the boast of Harvard's staff that "we teach our students to think for themselves"? Then why be snippy when actually do?

This clear headed, cool--yes, quite embarrassingly logical--"rising generation," Mr. McLaughlin, has read the history its fathers made and weighed the old catch-words. "Hysterical inhibitions" seem to me often more obvious in the appeal of "leaders of thought" than in the cautious, let's-look-before-we-leap (this time) discussions of ont only Harvard but all other graduates, and of the un-"exposed to education" young men in our streets?

I resent, Mr. McLaughlin, your deliberate use of certain words, i.e. "short-sighted," "cowardly," would rather have others standw in front." Your implications are unjustified and unbecoming in a teacher.

We talk a lot about the future of America and the hope of the world. Both rest solely now upon the already bloody shoulders of young men who, facing a universe rotten to its core, yet dare to stand unbowed, and to declare (surprisingly enough!) honest and thoughtful convictions.

Take off your hats to them! A Faculty Wife.