THE MAIL

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To the Editor of the CRIMSON:

The asperity of the attacks on the dining hall administration and the absence of a defender or even an apologist surprise me. I have eaten in a good many schools and colleges and have found nowhere better quality or greater variety. Guests from other universities have usually been enthusiastic and envious. Subject to the inevitable disadvantages of food I believe that the Harvard authorities have done an unusually good job. The fact that until now no voice has been raised in their defense I must attribute to the greater attractiveness for our more vocal spirits of the age-old pastimes of griping about the food and hurling unsubstantiated accusations at persons whose position prevents them from having recourse to the libel laws.

I might suggest that my disgruntled fellow-member of Eliot House be appointed to a committee of investigation, were it not for one serious danger. For however accustomed his stomach may be to indigestible concoctions the strain would undoubtedly be too great in the event that he were forced to swallow his own words. M. Victor Leventritt '35.