San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-28
HARVARD IS
THROES Of
{ KHAN CANT A|CN
Students Excited by Pro-
posed Klavern and
Kamelia.
RECRUITS SIGNED UP
Student Paper Raps Move
ment-College Heads
Amused.
Ry EDMUND HART.

by ElbMtIND Ittnl.
Copyright, by The San Antonio Light.
Boston, Mass, Oct. 27.-One thou
sand Jews, Catholics and negroes, stu
dents at Harvard University, are
awaiting thu contemplated move to or
ganize a klavern in Cambridge, the
university city across the Charles.
OF late the promoters have been
active among the student body and, it
is claimed, they plan to start a
Kamelia at Radcliffe, the woman's
branch of the college.
"Profn +. Eugene Farnsworth,
head of the order in Maine, who is also
president of the Loyal Coalition, of
this city, whose aim is to fight Cath
olics in politics and bring about a
closer political union between America
and the British empire, is said TO have
made several visits to Cambridge
within the past week or ten days,
with a view of directing the forma-
ton of Slavern among Harvard stu
dents.
Outside of the college there is
klararn claiming a membership OF
1000, but all of its meetings are close
ly guarded and the officials have not
yet dared to ask permission of the
city authorities to parade in their
hoods and nightshirts.
Within the past week the klansmen
have been less guarded in their up
proaches TO the student body at Har-
ward in their efforts to organize a
branch of the Ku Klux Klan.
The college authorities are said to
-, e.
who have boon active in drumming up
ton is not sufficiently developed as
yet to make any move in the mat
ter.
College Paper Raps Khan.
A few days ago the Harvard Grim
son, the student organ, published 4
ringing denunciation of the khan and
called upon the college authorities 10
root it out of the university. The
Crimson states that the khan has been
trying for over year to start a klav-
ern within the university. At the
time +. A. c. Schwartz, president of
the Crimson, was approached by an
organizer from Illinois. Mr.. Schwartz
declined to have anything to do with
the khan and reported their PROPOSE
ton TO the college officials.
Since them. it is said, the organ
izersg have been more discreet about
those they have approached. The re-
cent move by the university to limit
the number of Jews to be admitted,
evidently encouraged the khan organ
izers. as they renewed their activities.
and, it is believed. met with more
success. From the investigations quiet
ly made by the college authorities.
there are about 80 students who be-
long to the khan or have signified their
willingness to join.
College Heads Amused.
University authorities are inclined
to laugh off the khan problem and to
poke fun at the serious-minded young
men who believe that such a secret
society is needed to hold the univer-
sity IN to its high standard of Ameri-
canism.
"I cannot believe that Harvard stu
dents seriously contemplate organizing
a branch of the X. X. k. said one
of the high officials of the university.
81 think that you will find that some
of the boys are encouraging the talk
of organizing a klavern for the fun
they would get out Of it. Boys will
be boys even in college. They are up
to all sorts Of pranks and. if they can
surround any movement with secrecy,
= so much the better for their pur-
pose.
ain my opinion the best way to
beat the khan is to poke fun at it and
laugh it off Certainly this old insti-
tuition, which has stood almost as long
as the government of the state. would
not permit this movement TO grow and
undermine the college. a students re-
ligicus or political belief is no concern
of the college"