To the Editor of the Crimson:

On Saturday, the Crimson published a letter from five of last year's Crimson Board, in which they offer to prove in a court of law a number of statements concerning my practices as a tutor. I wish to make it clear that before that letter appeared I never had the slightest intention of bringing this matter into a court of law. There are a number of reasons why it is foolish for me to bring this matter into court:

1. The Crimson, as the letter points out, is not incorporated. Therefore, any Crimson editor is free to say and do as he likes. Even the courts cannot stop them. So the new editors might be able to go on, even if the courts decide against the old board.

2. The Crimson attorneys are among the most capable in the city. In fact, Mr. Evarts is only one of the lesser lights among the legal staff they could bring into this case. I cannot afford any such legal talent. In fact I intend to do the best I can without a lawyer.

3. My case will be weak because I cannot show that the Crimson attack on the tutoring schools has done me any tangible harm. Nor can any present student in college except Crimson officials be involved in the case, for obvious reasons. Our business this mid-years has shown no decline, and our results have been better than usual. If I win the case, I will at most be awarded one dollar.

So the Idea of Wolff suing the Crimson is not my idea, but the Crimson's. Their challenge was issued in the confidence that their advantages would make it foolhardy for me to accept. It is foolhardy, but nevertheless I accept the challenge. I do so because I have an inherent faith in the fact that what I am doing is not wrong, but is constructive and sound educational practice and theory. I have a deep feeling that even with the superior talents of Mr. Evarts, some judge might be persuaded that the Crimson attack on me is not the sort of thing that can be done and gotten away with.

Accordingly, as soon as we can arrange a mutually convenient time, presumably not until later this spring. I will bring suit against the editors of the Crimson, past and present, and in the mean-time I will communicate to Mr. Evarts my willingness to defend myself against their accusations in a local court, or before a board of Crimson ex-Presidents, or any other tribunal the Crimson editors name.

It is understood that no student in the University except members of the Crimson staff will be summoned as a witness unless he voluntarily signifies his willingness to offer his testimony. Harold A. Wolff '29.