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President Conant and the Corporation are again faced with the problem of expressing their disapproval of the Nazi influence upon German universities and at the same time their sympathy with those members of the universities who are still doing good work under the handicaps of rigorous governmental control. Heidelberg University has just sent Harvard an invitation to participate in the celebration of its 550th anniversity this June, and at the Corporation meeting today it is probable that the reply will be discussed...
...British Universities which have already answered the invitation not a single one has accepted. Pains have been taken to point out that while Heidelberg itself as an institution has the sympathy of scholars, the British universities do not feel capable of participating in a celebration which is taking place in a institution so directly under the control of the Nazi party...
What would normally be a routine matter involving no more than the practical question of whether or not Harvard would have an eligible professor in Germany during the time of the celebration has been complicated by two factors. First, Harvard has already asked Heidelberg to participate in its own 300th anniversary next fall. Second, there is the question of the political implications of the date chosen for the cel- ebration...
...pleased, lived quietly in his $150,000 mansion, contributed to local churches, never drank, and invited confidence with the friendly slogan: Deposit Your Money in This Bank and Become A Partner. While her husband sat in a Shanghai jail, Mrs. Raven continued last week to reside in Germany at Heidelberg, where the Raven daughters are completing their higher education...
...Illustration and the Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung. He has taken pictures of Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, and Roosevelt, and worked in many countries. His work here will e to make a complete pictorial record of the life of the student in Cambridge. He has made similar studies at Oxford, Berlin University, Heidelberg, and Moscow University...