Praise for the Gift

To the Editors of The Crimson:

Congratulations from the entire Harvard community are due the hardworking agents of the Senior Class Gift. Their efforts proved once again how vital senior and alumni gifts are in maintaining and improving Harvard as a center of learning and a forum for debate. All aspects of undergraduate life, from the libraries and the Houses to The Crimson and the Lampoon, benefit directly from true giving.

Unfortunately, the hands of the Gift agents were bitten this year by those who were fed, namely The Crimson and some members of the Class of 1983. Withholding support and funds in the name of protest does not improve Harvard or the world, but serves only to placate consciences. We need higher standards, truer ends and better means than that. The Class Gift is a positive means of improvement, and deserves the full enthusiastic support of us all. Stephen J. Keeler '83   Harvard Marshal