Letters: May 16, 1927

Emeritus

Sirs:

As an alumna of Wellesley College, I wish to take exception to your reference to Katharine Lee Bates, author of "America the Beautiful" as "onetime Wellesley professor." Herself a graduate of Wellesley, after a lifetime of service to the college from instructor to head of the department of English literature, she is now professor emeritus, honored and well beloved for "all times.'

Princeton, N. J.

Stuff

Sirs:

You will please give a definition of the name Buffoon such as you used in connection with the real American Senator Heflin, also give reason...

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