HOUSE SPEECHES

The plan of inviting prominent men to have dinner and speak in the Houses, which several of these units have adopted, is one which should receive consideration in all of them. Last Wednesday evening Admiral Sims addressed a large gathering after the Adams House dinner, and next Thursday Leverett House will have H. G. Wells as a guest and speaker.

There are frequently prominent writers, statesmen and men famous in many fields in and about Boston. These men would welcome an opportunity to meet and talk with undergraduates. Students, on the other hand, could find inestimable advantage in personal contacts with great men of the outside world. Besides being a direct inspiration, they would be able to answer questions and clear up problems in the students mind.

One of the proposed aims of the House plan is to offer a chance for the undergraduate to meet and know older men, stimulating intellectually as well as socially. The plan of inviting visiting celebrities will help to accomplish this aim. But there are within the university many professors whose acquaintance would be delightful and valuable. A casual contact with some of these could be followed up and become a friendship of lasting value. Professor Williams in speaking at Adams and Winthrop Houses has started a tradition which it would be well to continue. If the Houses are to develop along the best lines they might well be a media for such contacts.