News

When Professors Speak Out, Some Students Stay Quiet. Can Harvard Keep Everyone Talking?

News

Allston Residents, Elected Officials Ask for More Benefits from Harvard’s 10-Year Plan

News

Nobel Laureate Claudia Goldin Warns of Federal Data Misuse at IOP Forum

News

Woman Rescued from Freezing Charles River, Transported to Hospital with Serious Injuries

News

Harvard Researchers Develop New Technology to Map Neural Connections

Authority Triumphant

NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED

Yesterday autos were here, today they have gone; thus in a week is exemplified the change which the edict of the trustees accomplished in a year in 1927. But there is this significant difference: that two years ago a great shout was raised against what the campus was pleased to call paternalism; but this year there is silence and compliance.

Doubtless there is regret at relinquishing such a convenience as one's own car, but in general it appears that the wisdom of the auto ban is recognized. It is likely that considerable desultory week-ending and cruising has has been thereby eliminated, and a potential cause of deaths has been greatly curbed. The number of colleges which have adopted such a ruling since Princeton's action gives to it a popular acceptance. --The Daily Princetonian.

Want to keep up with breaking news? Subscribe to our email newsletter.

Tags