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Terming the Senior Marshal recount, "good-natured" and asserting that such occurrences "work for the best in lifting the institution (Harvard) from the withered hand of tradition," Robert S. Playfair '36, one of the two Juniors in charge of the election, expressed his opinion on the significance of the present situation in a written statement yesterday...
...other Junior, in saying, "We take every responsibility for the unfortunate mistake in the recent Senior Election, and regret that the excellent work of the other men should be marred by a stupid error on our part." They both issued an explanation also on the technical details of the recount...
...separate statement, however, Playfair says, "While I sympathize with the candidates affected by the recount, I am inclined to disagree with the popular superstition that the recount irreparably mars the even surface of Harvard history for the last 300 years...
...wish to align myself with theater-bombing syndicates, William Randolph Hearst, or the NSL, but merely believe that such anomalies in Harvard life as discontinuance of a matutinal seven o'clock alarm, discontinuance of a reading knowledge of hieroglyphics as an entrance requirement, and an occasional good-natured recount all work for the best in lifting the institution (Harvard) from the withered hand of tradition...
Playfair also stated that the recount results may be regarded as final and that Herman Gundlach' Jr. '35, is officially First Marshal. An authoritative source told the CRIMSON last night, however, that the recount could not be regarded as final until confirmed by the Student Council...