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To the Editor of the CRIMSON:

I have been disappointed lately not to find in your columns any editorials directed against the reversal of the University's policy of lessening its overemphasis on intercollegiate athletics. Especially exoteric is this omission in view of recent announcements of the restoration of formal spring football practice. The appointments of a Notre Dame grid hero, and a professional athletic to the coaching staff would also seem to be taken a reversal of the University's previous stand. Let us hope that these are not indications of the new administration's attitude.

Barry Woods are few and far between; certain occurrences during the last few years would seem to prove that some of Harvard's football players not only have not been Woods but have not been familiar with rules which should govern all Harvard students.

Certainly it is a shame to deify athletes. It obscures the worthy men who by choice or ability prefer the library to the field; and it prepares the athletes themselves for a serious letdown after college when they learn that

"Early though the laurel grows

It withers quicker than the rose." Courtney Milton.