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...CRIMSON received a telegram from Hitler's lieutenant, in which the impression was gained that there was still a possibility of his attending his class reunion. Yesterday, when he was asked whether the donation was an indication that he had given up all hopes of being able to attend, Hanfstaengl replied cryptically: "Qui vivra verra." (He who lives will...
...time when the news of Dr. Hanfstaengl's gift was first made public yesterday, President Conant had received no official notice from Germany. However, Dr. Hanfstaengl message was delivered to President Conant late yesterday afternoon, but it was at once pointed out that the final decision on the matter does not rest with the President...
Herr Hitler's very intimate "friend," Ernst Hanfstaengl, must have aroused the admiration of the whole conservative world when he so graciously offered his "scholarship" to that college which has given him his "incalculable advantages," as he so charmingly puts it. Incalculable advantages indeed! One cannot measure these by the sufferings of a persecuted race and an exploited class; nor can one see them in the destruction of culture and civilization which is ensuing from a militaristic, war-provoking nationalism in which Hanfstaengl takes such carnal pleasure...
...this might seem trivial! Conservatives might wink a wise eye at that "spirit of discipline and fair play inculcated on the sporting fields of Harvard" which has so delightfully been carried overseas to grace the hitherto depraved Fatherland. The average Harvard man might feel fairly titillated by Hanfstaengl's glowing tribute to "American energy, character, and idealism." Indeed, conservative professors, if not profiteering patriots, might revel in the lovable Ernst's bid for "intellectual, scientific, and human interchange between the U.S. and Germany, without which there can be no true insight, no true understanding, no true progress...
...alas, the estimable gentleman has made one glaring error! He has lost his understanding of the American mind! The latter being a very curious, not to say unfathomable phenomenon, Herr Hanfstaengl might be excused. However, since he is quick to catch "the spirit of discipline" in America, let him learn the following: America, Mr. Hanfstaengl, can be both highly flattered and highly insulted without showing her teeth. She loves to be called "energetic" and "idealistic," even though she has twelve million unemployed, and her leaders are caught in all sorts of selfish, materialistic ventures. She has what you call...