CHAPEL PROTEST PETITION SIGNED BY 300 OPPOSERS

More than 300 undergraduates, alumni, and members of the faculty had signed the petition protesting the plans for erecting a Memorial Chapel in the Yard when the CRIMSON went to press last night. In spite of the fact that no petitions were posted except in the CRIMSON Building until late in the day, the total mounted rapidly.

Petitions are now posted in the dining rooms of Dunster House, Lowell House, and the Freshman Halls, in Randolph, Claverly, and in both entrances of Matthews Hall in the Yard. Anyone connected with the University in either of the three capacities may sign these petitions in any of the buildings as well as in the offices of the CRIMSON on Plympton Street. Copies will also probably be posted today in Sever Hall, the Union, and other central buildings of the University.

The petition reads as follows:

"We, the undersigned, officers, alumni, and students of Harvard University, while entirely in sympathy with the project of providing a memorial to the Harvard men who gave their lives in the World War, are unalterably opposed to the present plans for a memorial in the form of a chapel."

No new official developments were forthcoming yesterday, except the statement that Appleton would not be torn down until after the end of the present college term, instead of in May as reported yesterday. Numerous communications were received by the CRIMSON, which will be published as space permits. Both sides are represented in the letters, and a number of ideas are submitted suggesting what form the memorial might take instead of a chapel. A large number of students were of the opinion that if a chapel is to be erected, it should be placed outside the Yard, preferably near the river, where the University life will center in the future.