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...suggestion that we should employ here a procedure comparable to that required by the necessities of secret government work and investigate the loyalty of our staff is utterly repugnant to my concept of a university...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conant Promises No 'Inquiry' Here | 6/23/1949 | See Source »

...political views of the members of the staff and no watching over their activities as private citizens. Any suggestion that we should employ here a procedure comparable to that required by the necessities of secret government work and investigate the loyalty of our staff is utterly repugnant to my concept of a university. On this point I am sure you will all agree. You will likewise join with me in condemning "the careless, incorrect and unjust use of such words as 'Red' and 'Communist' to attack teachers and other persons who in point of fact are not Communists...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Text of Conant's Speech | 6/23/1949 | See Source »

...However, the author never makes it clear, or even partially clear, what this symbol is supposed to mean. Does it exist only in the minds of the men who fear it, or does it represent a malignant spirit which wants to drive them out of the valley? Whatever his concept of the black panther was, Clark doesn't carry it through. Therefore, one begins to suspect that the black cat is only literary device for effectively creating a ghostly mood to overhang the Bridges family's internal strife. I don't think that ws the original idea, but by leaving...

Author: By Arthur R. G. solmean, | Title: Clark's Third Novel: Lonelinesss, Cold, and Terror in the West | 6/9/1949 | See Source »

...stimulus to the reactivation of the society was the research program of the Economics Department in the field of welfare economics. In their meetings the society will supplement the program by discussing such topics as "Can economic planning be democratic?" and "Is the concept of collective bargaining compatible with a government guarantee of full employment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Industrial Democracy Group Will Renew Activities in Fall | 6/7/1949 | See Source »

...closely for an all excluding dogma, Communism or any other, that his instruction cannot be honest is incompetent and should not teach. It is on this definition of competence, and not of party allegiance, that a man's right to teach must rest. It is a basic American concept that individuals cannot be categorized, that they must be judged on personal performance and merit. This applies to teachers as it does to all others...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Academic Freedom | 5/27/1949 | See Source »

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