LEADERLESS LIBERTY LEAGUE

The failure of the abortive Liberty League movement within the walls of Harvard comes as a surprise to the great mass of the proletariat also lodged, for various reasons, in these same hallowed precincts. Especially does this failure take on rather a poignant note when it is remembered that fully 350 ardent undergraduates have expressed their zeal by registering with the central bureau in Washington, but have been stopped on the threshhold of a shining success by the lack of leadership. No one has stepped forward to take on his shoulders the flaming mantle of the great Jouet Shouse. In this crying wilderness no prophet has arisen to lead the children to the promised land with the fervour of the noble Alfred Emmanuel, or the disinterested spirit of self-sacrifice and public duty exemplified by the trible of DuPont.

It is unbearable to thing that victory should be snatched away by such a minor tribulation when the rank and file are ready and eager to step into the fray. Lack of leadership cannot be brooked, especially when there are thousands in the party coffers just waiting to be spent for some worthwhile cause, such as college propaganda and the dissemination of useful knowledge among the undergraduates of America. Perhaps a flying squad could be rushed to Cambridge from New York in order to organize and lead some semblance of form and purpose to this potentially worthwhile group; publicity could be issued daily, and a congress elected to discuss just what the Harvard Chapter of the Liberty League was going to do. This last might prove the only obstacle to a movement which should, by rights, sweep across the country like "The Music Goes 'Round," or the recent yo-yo fad; but just as lack of leaders cannot be allowed to deflect the stream, lack of a plan should be lightly brushed away until officers were elected and salaries discussed to the satisfaction of all.

The Liberty League must win out. Every known form of organization, society and gathering has been seen at Harvard. Every conceivable opinion and political creed has been expressed, and each and every class of society has had its say. It is high time for a Liberty League. Besides, there is a growing danger, the Hearst press insists, of radical and communistic tendencies within our very walls. These must be counteracted, and at the earliest possible moment. No better or more American way exists' of balancing this danger than by a red-blooded, Hearst-supported young Liberty League movement both here and on college campuses everywhere.