LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
MR. STEAD AT CAMBRIDGE.
To the Editor of The Advertiser: I am mystified at the modification of the report of Mr. Stead's address at the Harvard Union which I find printed in your columns this morning. It is pure romance from beginning to end. I never heard an orator who so immediately captured the complete sympathy of his audience. The only inharmonious incident was Prof. Münsterberg's hesitation to put the two motions that were made, because he feared they might be construed by the public as pledging the entire university to Mr. Stead's policy. When I suggested that they only pledge those present at the meeting, he resigned the chair to me, and the motions were carried, one unanimously, the other with but one "nay." Mr. Stead has criticized certain features of our newspapers. If any proof were needed of his charges, it would be the persistent misrepresentations by reporters of his own speeches in this country. It looks to the outside spectator as if concerted editorial instructions must have been given to reporters vindictively to "guy Stead," -- if I may copy the language of your reporter of this morning.
I think it is time for you editors to clean your skirts of this natural suspicion in some positive way.
William James.
April 22
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