For the Fair Young Maiden

To the Editor of the CRIMSON:

Allow me to call your attention to a misstatement which appears in the issue of the CRIMSON for January 31, 1930. In your column, "The Mail", there is a communication which, aside from its inconclusiveness and characteristically Radcliffian futility, is misleading. It contains an argument, the merits of which are not in question here, supported by alleged "statistical proof". I quote this proof: ".... 57 per cent of the Radcliffe women marry Harvard men."

This is a mistake. At first glance, one detects something wrong here. And the reason is that the "statistical proof" is carelessly (?) worded. Properly rendered, the statistic reads thus: ".... 57 per cent of the Radcliffe women who marry at all marry Harvard men."

This version would reconcile the statistical proof with the more prevalent undergraduate opinion that ninety-five per cent of "the Radcliffe women" do not marry at all. Cordially yours,   E. Jandron '33.