Opposes Beer at Class Meetings.

To the Editors of the CRIMSON:

The approach of the Freshman Banquet makes it pertinent to make a few remarks about the alcoholic drinks issue. We know now--more clearly and absolutely than before--that liquors, however mild or in however small quantities are poisonous to the individual, not to mention their wider effects. Let us accept these facts if we have any devotion to knowledge at all, and carry out the consequences. After the Student Council has arranged a settlement of the Freshman Banquet matter, it will do well to turn to the other classes. There is no adequate reason why beer should be served at class meetings, and there are plenty of reasons why it should not. We might show the Harvard spirit in this as in other things: after the line in Fair Harvard:--

"Let not moss-covered error moor us at its side, While the world on truth's current glides by." F. TREADWELL SMITH '15.