Elephants Never Forget

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To the Editor of the CRIMSON:

Mr. Lilley's letter complaining about hot water in Adams House is an example of stupidity unparalled within my memory.

Because Mr. Lilley finds it difficult to bathe properly in Adams is no reason for him to look with jaundiced eye upon the distinguished Master of Eliot House, whom we of Eliot House all loyally believe to be a man whose solicitude for the welfare of his charges marks him as the outstanding House Master of the age.

Mr. Lilley's references to Professor Merriman's height and voice are not only insulting; they are examples of loose thinking. Hot water in Adams House has nothing to do with hot water in Eliot House, and neither of them have anything to do with Professor Merriman. I happen to have heard Mr. Lilley's voice myself, and recall, from the experience, nothing which would justify him in criticizing Mr. Merriman's voice. Mr. Lilley is obviously prejudiced. I assume that his application for admission to Eliot House was once rejected.

I am one of those who hold that matters of this sort are not worthy to be discussed in the columns of a newspaper--still faut laver son linge sale en famille." Francis Bigelow Moore '35.