Taken for a Ride

To the Editors of the CRIMSON:

At the Christmas recess of 1963, two Harvard freshmen chartered a Greyhound bus to Chicago, charging each rider $25.85 round trip. They made the cost of their own trips only.

This year the H.S.A. took over the bus charter business, and charged $54.00 round trip. A call to Greyhound reveals that the cost of chartering a bus (with toilet) to Chicago and back is $1300. There are 39 passengers. It all works out to $22.22 each.

The H.S.A., then, makes slightly over $800.00 on each bus, Isn't that a little too much? John L. Gerdes '66   Herbert L. Meltes '66   John J. Walsh '66

P.S. Greyhound charges only $60.12 round trip.