Again the Owl

To the Editors of the CRIMSON:

Is it not a shame to chase an owl around on Harvard Yard not to speak of the sacrilege to kill it? The owl has been the incarnation of wisdom since ages and the saying: "to carry owls to Athens" is one of the classical phrases for anything in the line of teaching Americans democracy . . .

Personally I am concerned with the squirrels though. There are lots of pigeons, more famous ones, in lots of places, e.g. Venice. But the real Harvard squirrel is something entirely different, even from the Boston Common variety: the genius loci had the same effect as Orpheus' lyre . . .

The philosopher would say: let the Board of Overseers provide a golden cage. But the sage would ask: how are the police going to catch it? Kurt Strasser, GSAS.