Legitimate Thirst

To the Editor of the CRIMSON:

"A boire" was the first yell of Gargantua after he was born. He thus intimated that drinking was one of the important needs of man.

"A boire" is what we feel like yelling after an hour or two of reading in the library. To satisfy this need, which is particularly pressing at this time of the year, we must walk down two long flights of steps to the wash room in the basement of the library, and attempt to quench our thirst with the luke warm water of the faucet. This process takes five or ten minutes.

Gargantua, like us, was given ample facilities to satisfy his craving for studies, but, unlike us, he was also given ample facilities to satisfy his physical needs. I do not ask for the same beverage as that used by Gargantua, but I should like to have our directors provide us with some good cold water in various handy places in the library. If this is not done, it may happen that a tired or absent minded student, leaning back in his chair and yawning noisily, will yell, to the disturbance of many: "A boire." Alex Chalufour '26.