Word: friedkin
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Swarms of indignant telephone calls backed up by a messenger delivered letter greeted the CRIMSON story of yesterday morning on Don S. Friedkin '42 and his crystal ball...
...Slander, unadulterated slander," was the tone of all the aggrieved swamis who called. Although they admitted Friedkin might be a fake, they one and all maintained that they themselves are representatives of an ancient and honorable art, "the world's oldest legitimate science...
...Harvard members of the New England Order of Seryers, who wishes to maintain his anonymity, sent the article I append to this letter. We do not wish to exonerate the victim of your butt, Mr. Friedkin, because we feel, as you must agree, that he has succeeded in nothing other than making a feel of himself and making ridiculous our Order. He is not even a member of the Order and I assure you than after last night's outrage he will never be permitted membership...
...mystic of recent ascent, Friedkin follows the Floating Power theory of crystal-balling, sitting on eight cushions placed on top of an easy chair in order to shield himself from mundane vibrations. The pillows put his chin about on the level of the top of a bookcase, and there, resting on a piece of black velvet, sits the instrument itself...
...Friedkin emerged from contemplation of his ball for long enough to explain that he'd been looking at it for four days and hadn't hypnotized himself yet. "Still, I've rested my eyes a lot," he claimed...