Give and Take

To the Editors of the CRIMSON:

Not to have charity is a man's own decision, and he cannot be criticized for it. But to limit or spoil the charity of others is despicable. And when that charity is small and cheap, a man must be very cheap indeed to take it away.

I am writing in reference to the Phillips Brooks House clothing drive which is underway at present. Collection boxes have been put in the houses and it is interesting to see that they are filling up, even if they are being filled with the worn and discarded garments of others.

Although I have no personal interest in the outcome of the drive, I donated a worn but serviceable jacket. It disappeared the next day. A friend of mine gave an old pair of artillery boots. They too disappeared.

It is reported that a man named Ananias was struck dead when he kept back part of the gold he had sold his land for from the Apostles One wonders what would have happened in Biblical times to the man who steals the gifts of others. Name Withheld by Request