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...fact that a university is not a government bureau of a business organisation: the conditions necessary for its spiritual prosperity have been determined by centuries of experience. Harvard was one of the first Amerison colleges to become a university; we have therefore a special duty to uphold the university traditions in the years ahead. With your understanding assistance and that of the other alumni I am confident we can succeed...
After the councilman had retired, the faculty took its vote. It was 55 to 42 to uphold the student council and end the A.Y.D. Klapper commented: "The A.Y.D. has been put off the campus and we intend to keep it off. The faculty has done the right thing in banning this organization...
Edward F. Burke '50 and J. Philip Bahn '49, recently elected '49 Class Orator, will uphold the negative side of the question. According to a radio interview last night over WHRV, Burke and Bahn will emphasize the liberalizing and the equalizing aspects of the Revolution within the social structure of this country...
Although Representative Sullivan considers his measure necessary, there is no concrete evidence of sedition in the educational institutions of Massachusetts. The Teachers' Oath Law of 1935 requires all teachers in the state to swear that they will uphold the United States Constitution. Is only function has been to "expose" three instructors who refused to sign as a matter of principals. The Smith Act, making it a crime to advocate forcible overthrow of the U.S. government, has not brought a single conviction in this state since its passage by Congress in 1940. Only one man has ever been convicted under...
...consistently failed to uphold his bipartisan foreign policy...