America’s universities and colleges will send the largest delegation to the 200th anniversary ceremonies of Goettingen University June 25 to 30, as they did last June to Heidelberg’s 550th anniversary, which was turned into a propagandist demonstration for Nazi science, the New York Times reported today from Goettingen.
Seven American institutions accepted the invitation immediately. They are Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Pennsylvania, Haverford College, Ohio State University, University of Alabama, Wittenberg College of Springfield, Ohio and Idaho University.
Harvard and Yale have written that they are considering the invitation and have sent best wishes. Princeton has as yet sent no reply. Eleven other institutions have expressed a desire to send representatives if possible. This group includes Syracuse, Missouri and Kansas Universities.
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