Britain's Bouquet

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To the Editor of the CRIMSON:

The editorial entitled "Quem ad finem, O Catalina . . ." in this morning's CRIMSON had a peculiar interest for me, even though my Latin fails me. It so happens that I was host to Mr. Boyd-Carpenter and his fellow-debater during their two day stay in Cambridge. I may add that they came to me by that most uncertain of all routes--a letter of introduction.

On the first night of their stay, while we were out, my roommates, perhaps under the influence of that "luscious liquor" which Mr. Boyd-Carpenter found so prevalent in our academic circles, amused themselves by arranging our study in accordance with an American's concept of an Englishman's concept of an American college study. When we returned, Mr. Boyd-Carpenter found his couch surrounded by beer, gin, and whiskey bottles, the walls covered with choice excerpts from "Ballyhoo" and "College Humor." Mr. Boyd-Carpenter's conclusions bespeak the complete success of the "decor."

None the less, his remarks anent the intellect of undergraduates seemed, to me, a little personal and I hastened to Widener to read the article in the Saturday Review to which you had reference. Immensely to my disappointment and somewhat to my relief 5 found the following sentence: "In this connection, I am not referring to the 'prestige' universities, as the Americans call them; these, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and perhaps, Cornell, are imitations of European or English models."

On behalf of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and, perhaps, Cornell, I thank you, Mr. Boyd-Carpenter. M. Fred Loewenstein '32.