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...have read the apology made by Professor Seavey, and while it is both manly and commendable it does not alter the facts; neither does it alter my decision that Leo should not return to Harvard...
...think it is foolish of the boy to withdraw from the Law School because of a small thing like this," Seavey said, "I understand perfectly well how the boy felt and I don't blame him in the least." He added that he had mailed a letter to the boy apologizing for the slur...
...affair occurred Tuesday in Seavey's class in Criminal Law, a course Leo was regularly enrolled. On that day, however, he had not taken his customary seat and was in the back of the room. The discussion was on the privilege of newspapers commenting on men who run for public office. Someone in the class posed the question to Seavey that if the newspapers had printed all they knew about Mayor Thompson of Chicago, did not he feel that Thompson would not have been reelected...
...Seavey answered by referring to the Boston ex-Governor. "Well, everybody knows about Curley, and yet I'm afraid he's going to be elected Mayor." There was an embarrassing silence in the room, although no one looked around toward Leo, whom everybody in the room except Seavey knew to be present. Then the discussion started on a different angle...
After class, Leo went up to Seavey, who immediately apologized. The whole situation was revealed by Leo's father Wednesday night at the officers' meeting of the Hibernia Savings Bank, of which the ex-Governor is president...