Education: Kudos Jun. 24, 1935

"History is bunk." "Knowledge doesn't amount to any thing." "I don't like to read books. They muss up my mind." Last week Colgate University made Henry Ford, author of the foregoing statements, a Doctor of Laws, with the citation: "This man is of that select company assured perpetuity of fame." Other kudos:

Augustana College President Gustav Albert Andreen of Augustana Doctor of Our Very True Affection and Love Colgate University President Frederick Ely Williamson of New York Central R. R LL.D. Dickinson College President Martin Withington Clement of Pennsylvania R. R Sc.D. George Washington University Chief John Edgar Hoover of the Department...

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