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...actual attack on the Guide can be discounted since none of it discusses the merits of our criticism. The Bulletin's apparent belief, however, that Dean Leighton should have not written the foreword cannot pass without notice. His belief in the Harvard tradition--the right to criticize and to express criticisms freely--has been strengthened through his contacts with Freshmen and their opinions. He has had the courage to follow his belief out to its logical conclusion in the face of unavoidable criticism. Certainly it is this type of man, who is open to comment, favorable and unfavorable, that belongs...
This year the CRIMSON initiated a system of mailing a copy of the Confidential Guide to all incoming Freshmen containing reviews of all courses open to them. This pamphlet was mailed during the early weeks of September and was headed by a foreword by Delmar Leighton '19, Dean of Freshmen...
...Foreword by Leighton...
Dean Leighton in his foreword emphasized the fact that the information contained in the Guide was as valuable as that in the catalogue since it gave, what he termed the "dope" by men who had taken the courses and not by those who had given them. Several professors who have commented on the pamphlet have declared that they valued the Guide because it acted as an incentive to section men who were inclined to become careless...
...foreword to the Guide, Freshman Dean Leighton writes: "The merit of these statements is that they are not 'official' and that they are written by men who have taken, not given, the various courses. They give 'the dope.' It has been the practice of the CRIMSON to publish a similar comment on courses in the early numbers at the beginning of each college year since 1925; this is the initial year of any pamphlet...