$5000 SANTA CLAUS GOES UP P. B. H. CHIMNEY IN HOT AIR

A munificent donor whose desire for anonymity carried him so far as to sign a fictitious name to his checks caused some worry and disappointment at Phillips Brooks House recently when his $5000 Christmas contribution vanished in thin air.

Shortly before the holidays a mysterious donation of $5000, in the form of a check on a Columbus, Ohio, bank was received by Graduate Secretary W. I. Tibbetts '17. No letter, of explanation accompanied the gift, and it was with some misgivings that he sent it to the Cambridge Trust Company for collection. In due course of time the Columbus bank reported that its only knowledge of the matter was through the receipt of similar checks made out to a score of Y. M. C. A. organizations all over the country. No trace of the anonymous philanthropist could be found.

Now Secretary Tibbetts is willing to believe that there is no Santa Claus.