A, B, C, ALLSTON

Those in whom there lurks a fondness for true classic restraint can enjoy the list of names given by the business minds of the University to the new buildings across the Charles. Brevity, which is sometimes thought of as the soul of wit, has attached itself forever to big business. From chorines' skirts to names of buildings the world of affairs and butter and eggs does like brevity. So the halls of higher accounting which the Baker fund has erected in the shadow of the stadium have been succinctly named--A, B, C etc.

No longer can the Harvard smile exist as some member of certain polytechnical institutions words his love of old Building 399B. Harvard too has her lapses into crispness of phrasing. Yet her sacrifice is far too great for comfort. Pity the future dweller in the waste lands beyond the freshman dormitories who must spend his college years in old D Hall. Of course that will not be like living in E, or even D. But it will be bad enough. The officers of the school should certainly admit their literary limitations and offer a prize for names. Luchre, Mammon, Rimmon, all of these are excellent. Or one could use the names of great captains of industry, Ford, Pinkham, Swift. Indeed there are all manner of delightfully apt names to adorn letter heads with. But A, B, C--really that is rather poor.