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...CRIMSON: Mr. MacVeagh's Letter is bitter; but it is sincere and brave, and it merits something of discussion. I think we are all shocked at the lurid sensationalism of the past few days; we all believe that the persons who fed the gaping maws of the press have committed the act unforgivable. Yet, is it not unfair to ascribe to the Jewish students alone, an account obviously concocted from various sources, colored by the feverish imagination of burrowing reporters, and from its very nature, purporting to sympathize with the "suppressed minority" whose suffering is "exposed"? I am particularly sorry...
...stated that not a week passes without one of the "aforesaid scions of steel czars" etc, "figuring in some lurid scandal". Even if I obtained my statistics from the issues of the most thoughtful, clean, and public-spirited members of our Boston press, I think I could successfully prove that the inventor of this "line" has slightly over-reached himself...
Finally I must congratulate the contributing "Jewish student"--one who is so anxious for his academic opportunities as to wish to save them by slander, and so careful of his "scholastic standing" (?) as to hide behind the anonymity of the press! A shorter world for the above, whether or not in the Semitic dictionary's the uninspiring one of "cowardiee". The papers have recently been prolific of these statements by Jewish students, all equally irresponsible, anonymous, and untrue. Whatever the admirable qualities of the race, and the pure strain has many, they are being rapidly obliterated in the minds...
...duplicate this feat. Tootel of Bowdoin, Baker of Princeton, and Brown of the University are the outstanding Easterners here. While Baker defeated Brown at the Penn relays, the Crimson captain avenged himself in the dual meet Saturday and if he can stay within the circle he may press Merchant or even establish a new record himself...
...statement has appeared in the press attributed to Mr. Neal, the State Fire Marshall, that the tank used, which was under a pressure of 1500 or 1600 pounds, was of a type tested for only 500 pounds. The fact is that this tank was of a standard type, tested for 4000 pounds, and commonly used commercially under presures running up to more than 2000 pounds...