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Santayana's Bathtub

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Things of the body have always been slightly suspect in the Yard. At one time it was cleanliness that the University didn't cater to--Santayana was obliged to bring a bathtub with him to Stoughton. But for many years now Buildings and Grounds has enabled freshmen to cultivate the second most important virtue.

Mr. Trottenberg, in a new and commendable deviation from the ways of his Puritan predecessors, has now decided that the draft-induced chills of those who live in the older Yard dormitories are no longer necessary to produce a properly studious outlook.

The renovation of Thayer North will provide heat, light, quiet and other corporeal advantages to future occupants. Perhaps Thayer Middle will be next. And,--dare we hope it?--someday Thayer South may have its day.

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