FOR PRESIDENT

Stampeding, snake-dancing. The Star-Spangled Banner, The Sidewalks of New York, the steam-roller--all the accouterments of the Great Deadlock of 1924 found their way into New Lecture Hall for two evenings, and Harvard saw a convention that proved to be a remarkable facsimile of the Democratic meeting four years ago. Not only in the superficial aspects of cheering delegates and persistent, singing did the gathering at Cambridge resemble its national predecessor; but, even as the party was obliged to compromise in 1924, so did the mark convention compromise last evening.

The sentiment at New Lecture Hall was undoubtedly pro-Smith, as the presidential poll early in the spring indicated; but the sudden acquisition of strength to Baker, comparable as an opposition candidate to McAdoo in 1924, brought matters to an impasse. Once again, the balance swung between Smith and his rival; once again the desperate efforts of proselyting delegates failed to bring victory to the Governor; once again a tired assemblage decided on a third candidate, and somewhat uncertainly united the two combatting factions.

If any reliance is to be placed on the result of the mock convention, Houston is slated to observe a battle as merciless as New York did four years ago. But the University is hardly to be taken as a measuring scale. The opposition last evening had a curiously immature appearance; there were more favorite sons suggested than the fondest mother states ever dreamed of owning; there was a deep and mysterious undercurrent of exchanged votes. The party may be troubled by as much internal dissension as its miniature, but the peculiarly local difficulty of missing delegations will not hamper it.