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...permitted no faults, no weaknesses?other than the exalted one of physical ill-health. On the other hand, there have been daring iconoclasts no less superlative in their attacks upon this knight of the spotless scutcheon? notably W. E. Henley, his erstwhile patron and intimate, who registered savage protest against the "Seraph in Chocolate," the "Barley-Sugar Effigy" of legend. With nicely considered moderation, Mr. Steuart aims at the truth behind the haze of contradiction...
John Jay Chapman '84, whose protest against the recent election of a Roman Catholic to be a Fellow of Harvard College was widely quoted in New York newspapers yesterday, is not and never has been an overseer of Harvard College, in spite of newspaper assertions to the contrary. According to an official statement issued yesterday Mr. Chapman has had no official connection with the University since his graduation...
...Chapman's protest against the election of a Catholic as a Fellow of the University will generally be regarded as an unjust and premature crying of fire. The days have long passed when intelligent people seriously believed that the Roman Church could hope to dominate the educational system of the United States, the separation between Church and State has become so traditional in the United States that it seems certain to remain. Even Catholics cannot be so dead to the facts as to hope that one religious denomination can ever control the liberal universities and the schools of the country...
...winds of protest, from faculty, alumni, students, that had beaten for a fortnight upon Yale's new dormitory, abuilding by order of the Yale Corporation next Connecticut Hall (TiME, Nov. 3), last week proved sufficiently violent to drive the workmen from the site and sweep the Corporation into renewed conference. The Committee on Architectural Plans was to meet with, hear the views of, other elements of the college. Meantime, building was suspended. The new dormitory, dubbed by the Yale Daily News "Hush Hall," because of the "secrecy" attending its advent, was anathema because it was to copy and stand...
...Harvard is a great University and, like all great institutions, is subject to criticism. It is well that this criticism should come from within rather than from without. The absurdity of organized spontaneity has long been apparent. It is refreshing to see that from the student body comes a protest. Censorship will always be a bone of contention. The editorial on conditions at Widener should arouse interest which may be translated into action...