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...Sheldon's former "field man," Roland D. Elderkin says he investigated the histories of the subjects photographed...
...bright idea of using the river to power a public grist mill. The town was enthusiastic and work began immediately, in 1636. Unfortunately, dramatic alterations in Shaw's scheme proved necessary, as the Charles was simply too lazy to turn a mill. These alterations were left to John Elderkin, who diverted the river down a precipitous slope to his grist mill. This led to a marvelous lawsuit in which a judge ruled that Elderkin was entitled to no more than a third of the Charles's water, although the judge gave no clue as to how the river water could...
Last December, however, a more violent rebuttal of Halton was attempted by Professor Emeritus George W. Elderkin. In the first of two privately printed booklets, entitled "The Roman Catholic Controversy on the Campus of Princeton University," Elderkin accused Halton and Dean of the Graduate School Hugh S. Taylor of collaborating in a "Catholic program to undermine the fundamental principles on which Princeton University is founded...
Professing to see a Catholic conspiracy to dominate the educational system by converting the six leading universities in this country to Catholicism, Elderkin claimed the attacks on Stace and the Religion Department were logical parts of the strategy. "Halton's ulterior motive is quite obvious," Elderkin said. "He wants to get a foot in the door to the Department of Religion and ultimately kick out all the Protestants behind it. The one and sufficient answer is that Catholicism does not tolerate Protestantism and would destroy it if possible...
...Elderkin's attacks did not receive an overly enthusiastic response either, however. John D. Davies, editor of the Princeton Alumni Weekly, wrote the following in a public letter to him: "The University is in no danger from Father Halton, and the Alumni Weekly does not propose to give you the publicity you seek in your curious crusade against the Catholic Church under the guise of 'protecting' us against Father Halton. As you know, your activities are just about as embarrassing to Princeton...