To the Editors of the Crimson:
Maybe it has been three years since Sherman Holcombe made any news that the Crimson though it should print. Maybe almost all the people who once knew the story of his fights for better working conditions and fair treatment are gone, und no one really remembers quite what happened in the early winter that was my freshman year. But I think, if only for the fact that he was a good man, and that his death means a loss for anyone who knew him, Sherman should be remembered. His honesty and courage--and those aren't hollow words--were, and continue to be, an inspiration to me, and if the later consequences of the things he did left him disillusioned, it was more a comment on what Harvard does to even its best employees than any reflection on him. I knew Sherman barely three years, but he set an example I'll follow for as long as I can remember his smile, his concern and his life. I think I speak for everyone in wishing that I'd only had a little more time with a man we all called friend. Brian O'Leary '79
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