Harvard's Crying Need

It is surprising that no Harvard youth has had the bright idea of asking Mr. Harkness to equip each of the new Houses with a commodious garage, to be free, of course, to residents. Surely, the use of an automobile is as necessary to the modern student as a library! Without it, what can he possibly do in his spare hours and week-ends? Must he sit around his room all the time reading books? Or, if he wishes a little exercise, must he WALK to Soldiers field? If he wants to go to a show in Boston must he patronize the plebian subway? Really!

In the event that Mr. Harkness thinks that he has done all that he cares to do for Harvard's adolescents, we certainly hope that Comptroller Endicott will find some place where these underprivileged youths may park their cars overnight, without fear of molestation by Cambridge's unthinking police force. To argue that a boy shouldn't have a car unless he can afford to hire a place to keep it is plainly ridiculous. He needs it in his studies, his athletics, and in the development of--shall we say?--the social graces. The idea that he should be treated like any other citizen is opposed to all the principles of American education. Like as not, if Harvard doesn't do right by these youngsters, they will just get into their cars and go somewhere else where they will be appreciated. And then maybe President Conant and Comptroller Endicott won't be sorry! --The Boston Herald.