To the Editors of the Crimson:

We're giving up. We know we're going into the armed forces very soon, so we don't study: we say "What's the use. Let's have fun while we can." A section man reported that of ten men in one of his sections, seven were making no pretense of doing any of the work. This attitude seems to be gaining strength; it will probably get stronger as more and more of us get our draft questionnaires, and as we realize how immediately we are going to be needed. I suppose this attitude is inevitable, but it certainly seems to me to be the wrong attitude.

Mr. Conant said on December eighth of last year, "... the orders from Washington will be coming soon enough; meanwhile, get as much cultural nourishment as you can." He was right then, and this statement still applies. This is not to say that we should turn our backs on the war. I think most of us are facing it pretty squarely: we're going into the services soon; we are anxious and we shall be glad to go. But now--now is our last chance, for some time, to get a taste of the liberal arts; now is our last chance, for probably a long time to come, to get real intellectual stimulation. We certainly aren't going to get either of these things in the Army. We came to college for these things. Let's grasp them while we can. Andrew H. Wright '45.