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Cross Burned At Harvard V.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard
officialdom has been reluctant to
discuss publicly the burning of a
fiery cross on Monday, Feb. 11
around 11:30 in the evening in
the front ol Hollis and Stoughton
halls within the Harvard Yard.
Negro alumni of the famous
universitj have expressed grave
concern over the incident, whether
a “maliciDUf prank” or otherwise,
since the cross, emblem of the in
famous KKK, was burned near
the two dormitories where six
Negro freshmen reside.
* In spite of the statements of the
Boston papers this week that the'
incident first came to light thisj
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■captain of the Freshman track
'team, notified several Negro
i alumni in Boston of the cross
I burning a'most immediately after
the incident. Later that week at
a meeting, originally called to
celebrate Negro History Week, the
Negro urdergraduates demanded
that some action on the part of
the university should be taken.
The undei graduate paper, the
Harvard Crimson, whose repre
sentatives were at the Negro His
tory Week meeting where the in
cident was thoroughly discussed,
this week stated in part:
“That the event really occurred
is beyond doubt. Many in the
Yard witnessed it. What the mo
tives were—malice or a very poor
joke-—canno* be learned immedi
ately. It was most likely a ‘wise
guy* stunt of freshmen who are
more guiltv of ignorance than ac
tual malice—ignorance because
they could not have possibly
realized the full import of their
act. Tlv' strongest effect fell on
the Neg’o students who felt the
full impact of hate and terror as
sociated with a burning cross.
There is no sentiment which so
bluntly represents the worst senti
ments in America. The people who
did this have allied themselves
with ignorance and their ac*
| makes no one laugh.”
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h JAMES C. OLSON, SuptrinUndtnl
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Antelope County
Antelope County in northeast
ern Nebraska obviously was
named for the fleet-footed animal
which usee to be found in Ne
braska in great numbers. There’s
an interesting yarn, though, as
to just why it was so named.
The name was given by Leander
Gerrard oJ Columbus, who served
in the sta^e senate in 1871. In the
summer oi 1867 or 1868, so the
story goes, Mr. Gerrard, who was
active in promoting the settle
ment of northeastern Nebraska,
was in the area occupied by the
county with a group of home
seeking tourists. They ran low on
food, but Mr. Gerrard came to the
rescue o> shooting a fine ante
lope. This circumstance occurred
to him when he was preparing the
bill for the organization of the
county, and he applied the name,
“Antelope.”
Another and more exciting,
version of the story has it that
Mr. Gerrard was in pursuit of In
dians who had stolen some live
stock around Columbus when he
shot the antelope.
A number of factors contributed
to retard the early settlement of
Antelope County. One was the
conflict between the county com
missioners and the B. & M. Rail
road over taxes on the lands in
the county granted the railroad in
lieu of lands along the road’s
right-of-way which earlier had
been granted to the Union Pacific.
The earliest town of signifi
cance, and the first county seat,
was Oakdale; laid out in 1872. A
small, one-story frame court
house was built in 1873 at a cost
of $650. It burned in 1875, and
was not replaced because of the
desire of some of the citizens to
remove the county seat to Neligh.
Neligh was founded in 1873 on
land that had been purchased
from the Chicago and Northwest
ern Railroad the year before by
John D. Neligh. The town grew
rapidly and for a time was a fa
vorite hangout for cowboys and
such notorious characters as Kid
Wade and Doc Middleton. An im
portant factor in the growth of
Neligh was the location of the
U. S. land office for the region
there. Likewise, the early mill
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institution in the eighties and
nineties.
As a result of this growth, Ne
ligh was victorious in the long
contest with Oakdale over the
county seat, and after five bit
terly-contested county seat elec
tions, ths seat of government
finally was removed in 1883.
! A good sketch of Antelope
! County b> Mrs. R. J. Hering will
be found in Who’s Who in Ne
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