Drifting

It's not the snow, it's the uncertainty. Hour exams are being called off; so are some classes. Yet many professors perversely refuse to declare their inability to cope. The Coop, J. Press, and the Andover Shop closed early, but yesterday Stonestreet's continues to remain open, thus making a killing on cord suit sales. Lamont suddenly closed down yesterday at five, while Widener remained open until the usual hour. All this has been extremely confusing.

What is needed is more uniformity. The University should proclaim a week of Universal Futility and end the muddlings of the snowbound. By resolving student's doubts about exams, the University could enable him to turn to a really constructive occupation--the mute and blissful contemplation of blankness. Unbothered by other cares, the student could gaze wistfully at the falling flakes, developing his soul and a death wish. Matthew Arnold, Thomas Carlyle and other notables have expounded the virtues of silence. Is the University for liberal education? Is the University really for mysticism? We have a right to know.