KNIVES, ROCKS, AND AERIALS

To the Editors of the CRIMSON:

The recent knifing on Boylston Street is only a dramatic example of the vandalism and viciousness to which the University and its students have been subjected this year. On Monday night the radio aerials of nine ears parked on Mt. Auburn Street were maliciously snapped off. On previous occasions I have counted as many as fifteen ears parked on Dunster Street on which this same prank was played. Since the replacement of these aerials usually costs about ten dollars, I personally fail to find any humor in this wanton destructiveness. The countless number of windows around the University which have been broken by rock-throwing urchins is just another example of this vandalism. Especially in view of the fact that the business derived from the University singlehandedly supports local merchants, it is time for the Cambridge police to provide more protection for the property of Harvard and its students. Some of the policemen who spend their time watching traffic in the Square and in the Varsity Liquor Store could easily be spared for this purpose. John A. Muss '55