Shortcomings of the Constabulary

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To the Editor of THE CRIMSON:

I think that it is a pretty fair index of the general efficiency and alertness of the Cambridge Traffic Department in regard to the way that automobile and pedestrain traffic is taken care of at the corner of Mt. Auburn St. and Plympton St. I have been the witness of six or seven accidents there and have seen the results of many others, and with the accident of a week ago Sunday in which a Hudson coach was overturned and two people injured, one of them very seriously, I have come to the conclusion that either the Traffic Department is originally negligent, or that the danger of this corner has been overlooked in the zeal of the force in playing little jokes on the student body in the way of an eight dollar towing bill for leaving a Ford or so harmlessly on the street at night.

I have noticed than while the Police force is most vigilant about traffic rules and parking spaces, they don't seem to be able to do anything about the much more serious petty thievery that is carried on around the Square in the way of horns and blankets and spare tires that students leave in supposed safety, by our neighborly guttersnipes.

In either case, the Traffic Department is at fault. It would be very easy to put at least a Flashing Beacon at this corner such as they have at other corners that have merited the attention of the Department perhaps less than this one. Something could be done about this matter very cheaply.

I suppose that if something were done, it would deprive the student body of a great diversion, but some day one of us is going to get hurt and then things will seem a great deal different. Meanwhile this corner remains a constant and serious menace to traffic, and stands as a shining example of the much touted protection that we are paying taxes for. DURYEA H. JONES '28.