Letter to the editor of Het Vaderland. On February 26, during debate in the Second Chamber about article 85 of the higher education bill (see 1904.06), Prof. W. van der Vlugt had mentioned his colleague from Leiden, Prof. J. Oppenheim. Subsequently, in a letter to the editor of Het Vaderland, Prof. P.A. Tichelaar had objected to Kuyper’s handling of this reference during the parliamentary session on March 3. Kuyper wrote a short “Contraprotest” (dated March 8, 1904), promising that a lengthier reply would follow in due course. When the Second Chamber had finished debating the higher education bill, the promised reply was published in Het Vaderland (no. 74, March 27/28, 1904). Kuyper ascribed the entire incident to Prof. Van der Vlugt, declaring himself innocent. Both letters to the editor were also published in De Standaard, no. 9808, March 10, 1904 and no. 9824, March 29, 1904.