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...deeply resent this eleventh-hour and unwarranted interference by Washington bureaucracy! I object to Mr. Templeton's unfair interjection into this case. He has no right here! I request the court...
...Meanwhile the president's secretary has brought in the morning's mail, including, beside seven questionnaires and ten advertisements of new educational treatises which no college president should fail to read, a request from a magazine editor for his views on the Younger Generation, three complaints from parents of the faulty instruction and unjust treatment their sons are receiving, two explosions from alumni who are rabid because the team lost the last big game, and a postal card from 'A Citizen and Taxpayer' denouncing the whole institution as a sink of iniquity and a breeder...
After consultation with members of previous classes, it became clear to me that it is impossible to count on a contribution from 100 per cent of the Class. I based my request for contributions on the assumption that there would be about one-third of the Class who would be unable to contribute...
...raising funds it is necessary to strike a balance between past experience and the hope of a 100 per cent contribution. Therefore, I was quite sincere in stating that I needed the cooperation of the whole Class, for I hoped through this request to be able to raise an amount in excess of the required $50,000, and to turn such excess over to the Harvard Fund as a part payment towards our Twenty-fifth gift...
...Note--The Crimson does not necessarily endorse opinions expressed in printed communications. No attention will be paid to anonymous letters and only under special conditions at the request of the writer will names be withheld...