YAPHANK

Before we seize our satchels and dive into the subway to leave Cambridge for ten days of food and rest from nine o'clocks and other terrors of a college existence we should make sure that we have not forgotten to say Merry Christmas and good-bye to our friends among the fifty-one fortunates who are leaving us for Yaphank. These men are starting down the path that leads to commissions and France, and many of them may not have a chance to return here before going "over there." This is their Commencement Day; we still have to await our turn. They are going away from Harvard not to come back until the end of the war. Most of them will not re-enter college, for the University will seem a petty school after the trenches of France. We hate to have them leave us for we are temporarily losing some of our best friends, but, on the other hand, we envy them their fortune. So we must say farewell and wish them the best of luck. They are going to represent Harvard on the field of battle, following the footsteps of the Plattsburg vanguards, and we hope to meet them all when our turn comes to join the colors.