Chantal E. Stern said she thought the Kanes' dismissal was more of a personal issue. "It's happened before Tutors are asked to leave and there are a variety of reasons," she said.

Stern said that she has never felt betrayed by the masters and believed that most tutors felt the same way.

"Overall, the tutorial staff at Eliot House is a really great group," she said. "Tutor morale is actually very high."

Resident Tutor Ellie R. Chadwick said the e-mail was "inappropriate" not only because "everyone in the House held the masters in high regard" but also because "it was addressed to all the seniors."

In an e-mail to The Crimson, Mitchell said that "many seniors have expressed annoyance that their 'one and only Harvard graduation' threatens to be overshadowed by [Kane's] dissatisfaction at leaving the house."

Mitchell also said that Kane's mass e-mail was not a good reaction to the decision to dismiss him. Rather, it only strengthened his belief that firing Kane was a good decision.

"Certainly after receiving [the e-mail], I was strengthened in my conviction that the decision had been a good one, and that it was time for him to move on. And who wouldn't feel that way?" Mitchell said. "[The e-mail] hardly cast Dave himself in a very flattering or intelligent light.