Bust of Keats Returns Unharmed To the Hallowed Halls of Houghton

John Keafs was returned to the Houghton Library yesterday, apparently safe and sound, amidst a rising clamor of accusations and recriminations over his removal on Tuesday.

The bust was delivered to Arlene Heimert, wife of the Master of Eliot House, Tuesday night. It was brought wrapped in brown paper by two young men. "They gave a story which sounded a little suspicious, as indeed their manner indicated," Heimert wryly observed.

The men asked that the package, the contents of which they did not disclose, be given to Walter Jackson Bate, Lowell Professor of the Humanities, renowned expert on Keats, and a good friend of the Heimerts. When Bate arrived at Eliot House Tuesday night for open house he opened the bag and burst out laughing, according to Heimert.

Reliable sources told the CRIMSON yesterday that the theft and return were executed by members of the Harvard Lampoon. These sources were deemed correct, since the picture of the bust that appeared in yesterday's issue of the CRIMSON was taken by a CRIMSON photographer in the Lampoon building.

However, James H. Siegelman '73, President of the Lampoon, vehemently denied these charges when reached at a raucous party at the Freedom Square building last night. "It all depends on where your head is at, and in this case, the head was obviously in the display room, right?" asked Siegelman.