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“1914. At that time LYND appeared to be a very intelligent young man ae. Secretary's Office » Nassau Hall, - Princeton University, « Js produced LYND'S alumni record whi T7784, Inasmuch as LYND lived in the University Dormitory in 1910 to 1914; no neighborhood investigation could be conducted. CHARLES W.. KENNEDY, 3044 Nassau Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, N. Jes furnished the following information to. the writer concerning ROBERT LYND. ; LYND attended several of his English classes in 1913 and” and was above the average student in his class. LYND was very sincere in his work, and was different from most students in that he made the most of his opportunities while in college, whereas most students seemed — to merely drift the beat they could. Mr. KENNEDY heard that LYND wrote several rather radical articles after graduation but he could give'no details as to there contents or names. Mr. KENNEDY stated that it had been such a long time since he had seen LYND, he could not give any further information concerning him. He had not: heard of any ef LYND'S ctivities since leaving school other than the books mentioned above. Princeton, N. J. she e To Z ormmation to the writer con- cerning ROBERT LYND. LYND had given a series of lectures to the Princeton Undergraduate school. The lectures had to do with social problems, and the main thought behind the lectures was that the many problems of society should be considered by the government who in. a govern the people along lines to remedy their probl tated that inasmch as Princeton was considered rather conservative, the lectures were fromed ny of the students who believed LYND to be NLeftist"s in his er ae that LYND had written several books dealing with social problems. e books were: MIDDLETOWN, MIDDLETOWN IN TRANSITION, P) and KNOWLEDGE FOR WHAT. The MIDDLETOWN series had to do with th problems of the citizens in the the small town of Muncie, Indiana further advised the writer that he did not knon LYND personally and could : give no information as to his background or loyality. reflected the following information. When asked by the student paper at Princeton University to comment on his four years at Princeton, Mr. LYND replied that he was surprised that Princeton did not admit negroes to th University. He further stated that the barrier between the: students and 8