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...news that Dr. Hanfstaengl has offered Harvard a $1000 scholarship for study in Germany presents the College with a ticklish situation. If the Nazi official's desire is genuine, its refusal will seem a personal insult but acceptance under any circumstances will raise a storm of protest. Of course, it would seem that a real love for his alma mater would have caused him to refrain from raising this furore; certainly he should not have released the announcement to the newspapers before action had been taken. Nevertheless the question must be decided...
...opportunity. The main problem, which has raised its ugly and leering head concerns the qualifications of the donor. It is fairly obvious that a college should not accept gifts from an Al Capone if only on moral grounds: so the aims of Germany must be scrutinized since Dr. Hanfstaengl represents what Germany stands...
...annual dinner of the Deutscher Verein held in the Trophy Room of the Union last evening was in honor of Professor Eugen Knchnemann. E. F. Hanfstaengl '09, presided...
...their purposes. The piece meeting on Widener steps degenerated into a farce because the large proportion of the student body considered the proceedings ridiculous. To these men who also want peace the fundamental questions of practicality seemed neglected. Claiming freedom of speech, they are apparently unwilling to let Mr. Hanfstaengl come here and say what he pleases. Then on Tuesday there was Mr. Philbrick's puerile attempt to board a foreign cruiser visiting in our waters, with the purpose of distributing pamphlets against that country's government. Not only was it an act of discourtesy, but it lends the League...
Aside from the merits of their opinions on imperialist war or Mr. Hanfstaengl, any student organization which succeeds in dispelling undergraduate lethargy to the extent of inducing the Hasty Pudding Club to give a post-season performance of "Hades! The Ladies!" re-entitled, "Why We Want To Fight," on the steps of Widener without charge, and stimulates three Harvard undergraduates to write spirited letters to the CRIMSON on questions of more than passing significance, is to be heartily congratulated. Victor H. Kramer...