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With the sheaves of both sound and preposterous criticism which have swamped the CRIMSON since its evidently staggering proposal to give Dr. Hanfstaengl an honorary degree, it seems a fitting time to consider just what the requirements for one of these awards should be. Certainly in the last few years these much desired kudos have not all gone to men whose accomplishments merit recognition from the most renowned college in the country...
After offering Harvard University $1,000 for a scholarship, Ernst Franz Sedgwick ("Putzy") Hanfstaengl, psychic friend of Adolf Hitler, sailed from Germany to attend the 25th reunion of his class at Harvard. In his baggage were said to be busts of German Composer von Gluck, German Philosopher Schopenhauer, German President von Hindenburg...
...protest against any degree or honors for E. Hanfstaengl. He is an avowed enemy of our institutions. He is, besides, allied with the German Secret Service. Are you going to be public toadies and lick spittles forever? There is such a thing at a Boycott. Sincerely yours. Benjamin DeCasseres
...Benjamin DeCasseres, who addresses the CRIMSON in a letter on this page, protests against the CRIMSON suggestion of a degree for Ernest Hanfstaengl on the ground that this eminent Nazi is an "avowed enemy of our institutions...
...DeCasseres has a perfectly good reason to object to Herr Hanfstaengl, but he conceals it under an absurd cover. We suggest that he re-read his Spinoza (which, we note, is one of his interests). That classic moralist would have frankly stated his real objection. SCIO