Student Hurt in Collision

The close intersection of Plympton St. with Bow and Mt. Auburn Sts. appears to be taking the lead in the competition for "most Lethal Corner in Cambridge." Two automobiles collided there late Saturday night, in the week's second accident on the two streets.

John H. Atherton '53, a third year student in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, was driving his Alfa Romeo toward Harvard Square on Mt. Auburn St., when he collided with an Oldsmobile coming north on Plympton. His head was dashed through the windshield, and he suffered lacerations of the scalp.

It was less than a week since 225 members of Adams House had signed a petition requesting the adoption of measures to increase the safety of the area. Councilman Alfred Velucci commented upon that occasion that he did not care to assist Harvard students, since few of them had voted for him.

Atherton was not seriously injured, but Stillman Infirmary tonight declined to comment on his condition.