Word: aclu
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Speaking about the ACLU, Milstein said that "they didn't actually feel Wang was worth debating." Milstein emphasized that his club "obviously doesn't support Wang's views," but felt that the segregationist was entitled to state them...
...major point made on this subject is that administrations have no right to demand membership lists of organizations, although they may reasonably expect lists of officers. The ACLU does not argue its case on this point, although the recommendation is understood to be based upon fears of misuse of such lists, particularly some years after the student has left college...
Doubtless the ACLU has cases to support this thesis, but college administrators may also assert that they have a duty to know, to some extent at least, how students are spending their time and which students are taking a greater interest in extra-curricular activities. Here the argument must lie, because the report's point of view is only stated, not thoroughly explained...
...more decisive point of view is expressed on the subject of student forums and guest speakers. While not demanding complete freedom for students in choosing their own speakers, as is enjoyed at the University, the ACLU does insist that any criteria for permitting speakers and groups to meet on campus be set forth in advance and rigidly maintained, so that banning of a speaker would not result from an immediate hysterical community reaction...
...ACLU report urges that student discipline be enforced by a student-faculty committee which would also establish the regulations of conduct which it will subsequently uphold. Once again, the report demands specific and clearly formulated rules, inveighing against "such general criteria as 'conduct unbecoming a student' or 'against the best interests of an institution' which allow for wide latitude of interpretation and hence confusion...