schultze made clear how he intended to carry out his authority, after taking office in 1935. first, he caused all party members among the higher education teachers to register. for senior positions, he let it be known, it was not enough only to wear a party badge on the lapel, one must also be capable of "forcing the opposition to the wall". besides the partisan feelings, the recognizable determination and talent to educate the youth in the national socialist spirit, the "race question" should be above all a decisive factor in higher education. with his inauguration speech for the reichsuniversität straßburg, on november 1941, schultze declared the highest aim of the college to be: "to eradicate" everything "un-german" from "our people's world of thought".