To the Editors of the CRIMSON:
Viewed from afar by a remote alumnus it seems clear that conditions in Harvard Yard are no joke. This does not mean, however, that humor outside of University Hall must be exclusively bad humor. The following true and false examination, modeled in shadowy fashion after that of the famed Professor Morgan's course in evidence that used to cause chills and fevers to second-year men at Harvard Law School, may serve as a useful purpose in enabling readers of the CRIMSON to calibrate various aspects of the local situation.
True or False:
Admissions to Harvard should be determined by a faculty-student committee.
The committee should have representatives from the group of applicants, since they best understand the problems of a Harvard applicant.
There are no decisions at Harvard that should be made without the action of a faculty-student committee.
Time spent at committee meetings is more rewarding than equal time spent in course work or scholarship.
The same personal gifts that make a man a great scholar and teacher make him a wise administrator and committeeman.
Any fool can do administrative work.
It was an affront to displaced persons to let New York City advance north of 14th street.
The presence of Harvard in Cambridge is to the economic detriment of the city.
Harvard once had waitresses in the house dining halls. This system should be reinstated as a means of providing jobs for unemployed people.
The cost of this action could be obtained by maintaining food prices at present levels while lowering the quality of food sufficiently to cover the wage costs of the program.
A person with a bullhorn powered by flashlight batteries can be heard effectively over a radius of 50 yards.
The comments of a man with a bullhorn are more persuasive than those of a man without one.
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