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Reviving memories of the conflicts of principle over the dedication of the Memorial Chapel the Corporation again takes a stand on an international issue with its refusal to grant acceptance to the offer of a scholarship for foreign study by Dr. Ernst Hanfstaengl. Despite the unquestionable truth that the political party of which Hanfstaengl is a member "has inflicted damage on the universities of Germany" in striking at the principles which are "fundamental to universities throughout the world," the obiter dictum in President Conant's letter of refusal seems indeed unnecessary...
...Corporation was doubtless prejudiced by the failure of Dr. Hanfstaengl to keep the proposal secret, until it had been passed upon in accordance with customary procedure. It cannot be denied that the Press Agent has a flair for publicity. However, is letter, making the offer is couched in the friendliest of terms, in no sense meriting so curt and caustic a reply. It should be noted that the proposed scholarship was to have been "assigned for work covering one year, six months to be spent in Germany's art center, Munich, the remainder in any other German university...
When hoarse ecstatic Ernst Franz Sedgwick Hanfstaengl goes to his bed at night, one of the things that sets his large ears tingling is the thought that it was due to his persistent efforts that the sharp-eyed wife of Novelist Sinclair Lewis was given a personal interview by the still unrecognized Adolf Hitler in 1931. The thin booklet that resulted from that interview has made Brownshirts see red ever since...
...John Jacob Astor 3rd, 21, son of Mrs. Enzo Fiermonte; and Ellen Tuck French, 18, daughter of Boston Insurance Agent Francis Ormond French and Mrs. Livingston French of Manhattan: in Newport, R. I. Notably present were Mrs. Fiermonte, Mr. William K. Dick, her second husband. Nazi Ernst Franz Sedgwick Hanfstaengl. Clara Smith, Negro matron of the Newport Casino. Notably absent were Mr. Astor's halfbrother. Vincent Astor; his onetime Fiancee Eileen Gillespie; his stepfather. Prizefighter Fiermonte...
...detectives guarded the Chancellor's friend as if he had been an Ambassador. At the home of the classmate who invited him to Harvard, eminent Brain Specialist Dr. Elliot Carr Cutler, strapping "Putzy" received Harvard President Emeritus A. Lawrence Lowell who discussed with him - according to Dr. Hanfstaengl - Bismarck, Demosthenes, the art of public speaking and Hitler as an orator. While special correspondents of all leading news services hung around Dr. Hanfstaengl day after day on the chance that his presence would start a race riot, he parried their questions with 100% Teuton wit. Asked whether Adolf Hitler...