THE FORGOTTEN MEN

Throughout its preparations for the Tercehtenary celebration the Committee seems to have been blissfully forgetful of the undergraduates. A further example of this neglect may be seen in the meeting scheduled for Friday night.

About a month ago, large posters appeared in the Houses announcing a Tercentenary program for November 8 to which all students were most cordially invited. Emphasis was placed on the interesting speakers; special arrangements were made for the accomodation of undergraduates. However since most of the Crimson gentry plan to spend the weekend in Princeton and New York, one is inclined either to doubt the sincerity of the invitation or to speculate on the blindness of the worthy graduate sponsors.

For years graduates have adopted the attitude that Harvard belongs only to those favored men who received their degrees back in the halcyon days of Republicanism, prosperity, and prohibition. They forget in their selfish possessiveness that the college exists for the training of youth and not for the sole purpose of providing a sacred shrine whose keys are possessed by representatives of a past generation.

However, if the Tercentenary is to have any degree of success, from the student point of view, if it is to embody any of those ideals which inspired the foundation of the university, those planning the celebration should encourage in every possible manner, undergraduate participation.