If of the smallest stars in sky / We know not the dimensity […]

The letter was delivered under seal.

Finally, it appears that Pius was asked by some persecuted Jews to avoid an explicit condemnation because it would do more harm than good

The long distance trophy [for alumni who had traveled the furthest to attend the reunion], an appropriately inscribed silver cigarette case, was awarded to Em Gooch who had made the trip from Lincoln, Neb. for the occasion. Several other members came close, but no cigar, and we trust that all those in New York and Philadelphia who failed to show up, without reason, will read these lines with a quiver.