THE MAIL

To the Editor of the Crimson:

There is developing in the Class of '44 a strong desire to go to the movies on May 27. They find no intelligent reasons for the meaningless Commencement program as proposed by College officials.

Surely the second front will not suffer if the remnants of the class gather in Sanders Theatre for a traditional Class Day afternoon program of speeches and singing. Surely Marshal Rommel will not be forced to swim for Italy any later if we "put on the cap and gown."

The war does not demand that we put aside expressions of sentiment; the war does not require that we forget out obligations to Harvard and the ideals it has taught us. Rather, the war demands that we call up those ideals for a final review, so that they may be clearly before us on the battlefields of this war. Sirs, the departing members of the College do not want to be maudlin about this business, but they do feel an attachment to Harvard and a desire for its continued well-being and succuss as a pioneer in education. This sentiment they would like to express in a quiet, expenseless sort of way by observing at least a fragment of the peacetime Commencement tradition. Robert B. Wilcox '44.