The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-21

PAPERS Woulo De worse discredit to Harvard than
mere unpopularity Harvard is tough
Educator CtawLs
a the same time, the president of another uni
4 \ Versity actually was pleading and crawling il,
an interview with sport editor whose charitable
purpose was mixed with personal ambition to bull
tnrough his proposal and demonstrate his own mower
and that of his newspaper
The Journalist said afterward that the great edu.
caCor co"arolce had made him pity and despise the
man VINO hrst had refused his consent but SIR
rendered ms principle and his point in the face of
an INSCRIPTIONS threat He would have had mo carco
10 pity ana deSpse Old Man Lowell of Harvard that
year. Ola Man Lowell said Harvard wouldn't NAV
and any one who had threatened him would have
oeen sheled out of his office with a voey of ink
wells and paper-weiglltS
Inc army and navy gave up their cherished
grudge that season and received great credit for
playing game which raised S5OOOOO But in tbe
great, generous spirit of the occasion if would hove
Oeen amss to say that the military academy yielded
only unoer orders and not in the true spirit of char
lty 1t is hard to imagine Old Man Lowell in mill
tary JOB, but If he had been running West Point
once ne mad made up his mind against the armv-
navy game, they would have had to court-nartial
him. 1 Oi"i
Developments have shown that the old man had
a. orodo we" OF the panic and that charity was not
Inc remedy. You don't cure smallpox with salve and
InoSe FADED old billboardS of the first years of the
depression, advising the citizens that giving ddn.t
nurt like suffering the only remaining reminders
mat people once were naive enough to hope that
bill the drum ~
Remember Henry Ford
ME Nszi prosecutions in Germany will end soon
Il and Harvard could not hasten the end bv refus
ing 10 receive an old grad at his class reunion On
lie contrary, IN receiving him an alumnus Har-
Vdro IeCcheS the German colleges subtle rebuke for
Snelr own denominations and when the row is over
harvard Will have been consistent and right
PernapS the Harvards are remembering the case
OF Henry Ford who once objected to on grounds
very similar to those on which Hitlers man Hanf-
SCaengI, would have been barred from the senti.
mental ceremonies and nonsense of his class Of
scnool. Mr.. Ford ran an evil campaign for Soma
years put suddenly in his capricous wav he de-
ciueo mat ne had made mistake. However he did
HOC nave Inc candor to admit that he had been all
wrong nor the courage to apologize
MT Ford just happened to discover all at once
tnat ms Dearborn Independent had been carving on
anu-Semltlc propaganda, without his approval or
knowledge, and ordered it to stop forthwith He did
not ta to add that he had the greatest for
JeWlSn contributions to literature science and art
NOBODY challenged him to name one such contri
button which might have been embarrassing to Mr.
Ford IN view of the quality of his learning As re-
Veaied on the witness stand in his libel suit His
explanation was accepted wholly the incident was
closed and people who never had bought or ridden
In his cars now withdrew their objections
mat was ten years ago. Ten years from now
nACier ana MS prosecutions will belong to a crazv
past and the Harvards will have the satisfaction of
SHOWING tnat they refused under great provocation
70 prosecute a prosecutor back
Inc Harvards are offensive lot Thew ALWAYS
are right and superior and the worst of if is that
tney are right and superior.
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