CRASHING THE GATE

Once again there crops up a shining example of the Administration's well known policy of laissez faire. Any visitor wishing to enter the court of Randolph Hall by a side gate after nine o'clock at night is very kindly permitted to climb the fence.

Of course there are numerous advantages to this arrangement, such as its excellence as a training possibility for prospective athletes (and jailbirds), the fact that it tends to keep the personnel of Randolph and Apthorp off the streets, and the all-important one from a Watch and Ward point of view, that it keeps the personnel of the streets out of Randolph and Apthorp.

But there are two sides to every question. Some people just are not good at climbing gates", and even for those who are, a row of iron spikes ten feet above the ground offers a considerable mental hazard at nine o'clock at night. By three the risk becomes positively physical.

But getting in is a comparatively simple matter to getting out. The belated visitor finds himself, aghast at his plight, rattling futilely at the door of Randolph which will only open from the other side! People have been known to wander about in this maze for hours before they found the gate and succeeded in climbing over; and although many of the regular visitors who are notoriously poor at fence climbing are now considering the expedient of water proof tents for the evening, the situation is still a critical one.

The true solution in view of these facts is obvious--that it would be much easier for all concerned if the gates could be left open until twelve.