Word: chastening
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...freedom of the University and of its members. Some may counsel lenience in assessing punishment, citing the issue at which the conduct of the offending persons was aimed and the huge number who took part. They may believe that words of warning and condemnation will be sufficient to chasten the offenders and discourage repetition of their act. This will not be enough. What occurred at Sanders Theatre cannot be excused. Those who took part in it must be punished with all the severity which the University has at its command. If everyone who participated cannot be accurately identified then those...