SCALPERS ON THE VARSITY

To the Editors of the CRIMSON:

It is always interesting to see exactly what happens to tickets for very popular events, such as today's Harvard-Yale football classic. The other day I was standing in one of the leading clothing stores on Massachusetts Avenue, when I heard the following telephone conversation. The owner of the store, holding two tickets for today's game in his hand, was bickering over price. Finally, $25 which I understand to be under the current price of scalpers was agreed upon. The owner of the store apparently was asked by the person on the other end of the line to phone back in a few minutes. Before agreeing to this request, the owner turned to two young husky Harvard students and asked: "Could you wait a couple of minutes while my friend phones Canada to see if his customers agree on the price?"

One of the-two students replied: "We'll be a little late for scrimmage but o.k."

I am well aware of the fact that the authorities here at College will probably continue to do nothing about this situation, claiming that it is inevitable. And I will continue to sit on the goal line, as I am doing today, while anybody with a few bucks to throw around will sit on the fifty. I offer this suggestion as a possible solution: tickets which are allocated to students (including our star football players) should be marked: and then in the Stadium spot checks of certain seats near the fifty should be made. Edwin H. Nordlinger '56