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OEDIPUS WRECKS

The Mail

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To the Editors of The CRIMSON:

Amid the political, social and moral explications of Wednesday's invasion and Thursday's eviction, the Oedipal should not be overlooked: the sons of the family deposed the fathers (the Deans), riddled the Sphinx (the confidential files), and seized the womb (University Hall). The primacy of the fathers was restored with a ram and night sticks. Joel E. Cohen '65   Junior Fellow

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