OFFICE OF THE GRADUATE SECRETARY 
Telephone, University 4748 
PHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSE 
Harvard university 
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 
December 28, 1925. 
Mr. Vfalter Deane 
29 Brewster Street, 
Cambridge, Mass 
My dear Mr. Deane; 
I have just received your letter in regard to the unpleasant 
experience which you had at our Christmas Open House entertainment 
Christmas night. I am very sorry indeed that I had to ask you to 
leave on that occasion. Had I known that you were a member of the 
University, as you state in your letter, I should have been very glad 
indeed to have had you remain, although I ought to say that the enter¬ 
tainment was planned for those men who are away from their own homes 
and friends on Christmas Day, rather than for older people who naturally 
are not similarly situated on such an occasion. In any event I should 
have had to ask your lady friend not to remain because these affairs are 
for men only. 
I hope this explanation will help to alleviate any feeling you 
may have had that you were unjustly treated. If you are a member of 
the University, you yourself were certainly justified in attending 
since the Gazette announced that it was open to members of the University, 
although as I have stated above the affair was not intended for any 
but students away from home, and certainly not for ladies. 
With the season’s greetings, I am. 
Yours sincerely. 
