The Sensible View.

The reasons given by Dr. Lee why Harvard College did not postpone opening in spite of infantile paralysis should allay the fears of people who have become unduly alarmed over the spread of the disease. Dr. Lee points out that only two per cent, of cases occur in persons over ten years of age, and that the danger to grown persons is very slight. Of course proper attention should be given to good habits of eating, sleeping and exercise, but these general precautions are considered sufficient to protect the hundreds of young men who come together in class rooms and dormitories from all over the country. If the public would take as sensible a view of the situation and would follow ordinary precautions in hygiene, there may be no appreciable danger, either in opening the schools or in allowing public gatherings. With the disease confined almost entirely to babies or very young children, the need for excessive precautions may not be so urgent as some published comments, in various quarters, may have seemed to imply. Boston Daily Advertiser.