HANDCUFFS? NO!

The new board of the Cornell Daily Sun starts its coming year with the illuminating statement that "through its editorial columns it will seek to interpret or comment upon current news and events of the day as well as upon questions of a more or less academic tenor, holding that mere discussion or view of a moot problem is often of as much value as taking a definitely defined position regarding its consideration or solution"

Such a safe and uninspiring position may seem desirable to the editors of the Sun, but it finds no echo at Harvard. The CRIMSON believes sincerely that its editorial columns should comment, criticize, and suggest with a free hand. With the definite exceptions of Dartmouth and Amherst, college papers on the whole tend to be the screen for faculty opinion. The college office sanctions every new policy and the paper lies meekly down in its tracks.

The CRIMSON has never restricted its editorial opinion to the limits of faculty advice. Neither has it tried to contradict the college authorities needlessly, but has sought to form and stimulate undergraduate feeling. It is always possible to have agreement without vassalage, and criticism without antagonism.