Former Tutoring Firm Head Writes New Review Book

Lester S. Cramer '30, whose firm, Cramer Researches, Inc. was exposed as a tutoring agency last year is now in the publishing business. His firm, under the name of Varsity Press, released the first of a series of Hymarx-like books last Monday.

The book, evidently designed for Humanities 1 and 2, is entitled "The Ancient Epic" and condenses "The Iliad," "The Odyssey," "The Aeneid," and two sections from the Bible.

Cramer said his book was "more than just a skeletonized outline since it contains several interpretive introductions and synopses."

University Professor I. A. Richards, who conducts Humanities 1, said the book had some merit, especially in the chapters reviewing "The Iliad" and "The Epic of the Hebrews." The section about the Book of Job, however, he described as "purest rubbish." Richards decried the use of review books "since exam questions are designed to make them useless."