Meanwhile, at Harvard . . . We note that a frequent and valued contributor to these pages, Harvey C. Mansfield, has weighed in on the controversy there over the renaming of the House Masters (overseers, if you can forgive that word, of the college’s undergraduate residences). Mansfield offered some constructive suggestions in a letter to the editor of the Crimson, which we reprint here:
To the Editors of The Crimson: To aid in the furious thinking going on in the administration for a name to replace “Master” of a House, I would like to propose a College competition to decide a suitable replacement. To start things off, I will offer two possible new titles: “Marshmallow” and “Mouse.” So as to avoid a sexual preference, both sexes should be content with the name “Co-Marshmallow” or “Co-Mouse.” “Co-Marshmallow of Currier House,” say, sounds pretty good. Entries should be sent to an appropriate Dean. Yours truly, Harvey Mansfield ’53
