Semper Paratus

It's encouraging to see people preparing sensibly for the Great Struggle. Lowell House has a right to be proud of the new air raid shelter being constructed in the main quadrangle. We can't begin getting ready for the Russians too soon.

The Lowell House people are being cagey about it too. None of the usual flag-waving and speeches and cornerstone ceremonies which might tip off the wrong people. Not on your life. They are making it look just as much like an ordinary sewer operation as they possibly can. University maintenance men are being used on the job (but only ones who have passed strict security checks). They have even been hiring the Sewer-Kleen squad to come in and look busy. The whole thing is pretty clever.

Soon the shelter will be finished and they will lay back the sod, as if nothing had ever happened. But members of the House strolling through the main quadrangle may walk confident and erect, for they know that if war comes, Lowell House will be ready.