Q.M. Communique

Much debate has waxed in recent meetings of the HSBA Council and elsewhere among the student body as to the advisability of interrupting the publication of the Harbus News. Since the birth of the HARVARD SERVICE NEWS, and the increased competition in the advertising field resulting therefrom, it is becoming increasingly difficult to make the Harbus New self-supporting. Reliable estimates presented to the HBSA council place the prospective loss on each issue at approximately $60.

The argument championed by proponents of the Harbus News sitting on the HBSA Council is that a section of their constituency is in no branch of the Service, and there fore is not reached by either the QM or the HARVARD SERVICE NEWS. By reason of this fact, these political theorists content that the Harbus News should be continued, even if such is done at a not inconsiderable loss to the Association.

Another faction makes a rebuttal to the effect that both the QM and the HARVARD SERVICE NEWS cover all activities in which members of the Quarter-master unit are engaged or with which they are concerned, and that this includes practically all the activities of the School administration and of the Business School Association, as well as that of any military organization.

It is queried by some just why the Business School Association should continue a losing proposition to the extent of $60 every two weeks. Rather, many are wondering if their money could not be put to better use from the point of enriching the student body, which, no one can deny, must be the final determinant in such cases. At least one constructive suggestion has been made along this line, and that is that the HBSA should bring a number of outstanding people to the campus to address the student body, and not just quit with one, Mr. Beardsley Rumi.

The story of the invitations extended to two such people, Madame Chiang and Sumner Welles, appears in this column. Even though refusals resulted in these particular cases, it is significant to note that the invitations were not extended by any official of the Business School Association and did not include any offer to defray expenses.

This is not written as an indictment of anyone. It is merely an expression of a legitimate difference of opinion existing within the student body, and one which should receive no little consideration by HBSA officials.