"Friedkin a Fake; Not Us," Says Crystal Gazers' Union

Swarms of indignant telephone calls backed up by a messenger delivered letter greeted the CRIMSON story of yesterday morning on Don S. Friedkin '42 and his crystal ball.

"Slander, unadulterated slander," was the tone of all the aggrieved swamis who called. Although they admitted Friedkin might be a fake, they one and all maintained that they themselves are representatives of an ancient and honorable art, "the world's oldest legitimate science."

The letter, printed in full on page 4, was on correspondence paper with the letterhead: "New England Order of Scryers, Hotel Touraine, Boston; Blackstone, president." The Touraine replied to an inquiry that the Order meets every Tuesday and is composed of "some sort of seers as far as we know."