To the Editors of the Crimson:

The decision of the 1943-44 Album Board to revise the traditional Faculty section represents a subjugation of the real purposes of the Album to the esthetic tastes of the Board members. Until last year it was customary to include photographs of every member of the Faculty, with his name, in the opening pages of the book. On the grounds that the conservative arrangement of these photographs appeared stuffy, the 1942 board added artistically placed blocks of written matter and several candid shots of professors in action. This year the pictures of the faculty, except for the candid shots, have been completely omitted.

Although this may beautify the Album, the book's primary purpose is not beauty for beauty's sake. Most students would like to have, among other college mementoes, a record of their teachers. It is often as pleasurable to look back upon instructors, liked or disliked, as to recall one's fellow Stamp Club members. The candid shots show a few "representative" professors, selected at the discretion of the Board, but many students will find none of their teachers present, and few will find very many.

The Board has complained that many of the portraits available are decades old, but there are none that show no resemblance, and a majority of them are recent. In any case, the purpose of the Album is not decoration, but service as an aid to nostalgia. William Snower '44.