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The case became even more mysterious when Greenough received an unsigned letter dated May 26 from someone who identified himself only as a member of the Class of 1921. The anonymous student knew all the details of Cyril Wilcox’s suicide and informed the Acting Dean how Cyril...

Author: By Amit R. Paley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Secret Court of 1920 | 11/21/2002 | See Source »

On Thursday, May 27, 1920, according to the sparse dates marked in the secret records, Day became the first witness to appear before The Court. There were three pieces of evidence against him. The anonymous letter charged that he attended the parties in Roberts’ room, Perkins 28, an...

Author: By Amit R. Paley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Secret Court of 1920 | 11/21/2002 | See Source »

On the afternoon of May 28, Ernest Roberts prepared to face The Court. His room, Perkins 28, appears to have been a center of gay life at Harvard in 1920. During his frequent parties, Harvard students and alumni joined Boston men for raucous parties that would last long into the...

Author: By Amit R. Paley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Secret Court of 1920 | 11/21/2002 | See Source »

In between mentions of an “old faggot” and a man named Sak whom he was hoping “to spend the night with,” Roberts told Cyril Wilcox in his May 10 letter that he was spending all his time in Brookline...

Author: By Amit R. Paley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Secret Court of 1920 | 11/21/2002 | See Source »

That same Friday, May 28, The Court called Edward A. Say to appear in Greenough’s office. The evidence against him was overwhelming. Say was accused of homosexuality in the proctor’s list, the anonymous letter and the oral testimony of Roberts and Day. He also...

Author: By Amit R. Paley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Secret Court of 1920 | 11/21/2002 | See Source »

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