COMMUNICATION

Two weeks ago the University of Chicago celebrated Alonzo Stagg`s fortieth year as coach of its football team. The day before yesterday, the Daily Maroon, undergraduate newspaper, published an anonymous letter urging Stagg to resign his caption. "The Daily Maroon takes this opportunity to present without comment a communication received from a student of the university. Members of the university community who hold other views are invited to make use of this column."

Anonymous letters should never received consideration in the columns of a newspaper. Usually they are the work of a crank; invariably their authors are unwilling to acknowledge the opinions expressed; but whatever the subject, they can only be disregarded. By its very publication of the letter, the Maroon showed its concern over the unsuccessful teams Chicago has had during the last five years; without making editorial comment, it asked that other interested keep the discussion open. Was all the festivity of a fortnight ago a more gesture? Or was it evidence of true sentiment and devotion? Support of losing coaches by undergraduates and graduates, is notoriously poor, but at such a time as this, the Daily Maroon was more than unwise in publishing a request,unsigned, that Coaches Stagg resign.