WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH HARVARD?

The CRIMSON essay contest announced elsewhere in these columns should be of interest to every Harvard man. A free trip to Europe--the reward of the successful essay--is not to be had everyday. The nature of the essay, moreover, ought to enlist the best thought of every man who is seriously interested in improving Harvard's facilities as an institution of higher learning.

It is the CRIMSON'S purpose to stimulate constructive thinking. Nothing is easier than to say this or that is not as it should be. To devise a practicable plan for correcting an evil or an abuse is a problem calling for the most careful thought. Now is the time to produce some of the good ideas thrashed out in "bull sessions" or cherished in a private dream.