By an overwhelming majority a conference of German students meeting at Breslau today voted a resolution of thanks to Dr. Wilhelm Frick, the National Socialist minister of education in Thuringia, for establishing a chair in racial science science at the University of Jena. Professor Gunther, a noted anti-Semite, has been named to the chair.
The resolution, which passed by a vote of 128 to 27, recommended the establishment of similar courses at other German universities.
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