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Within twenty-four hours the Reed Club had started a petition drive to rally student support. Organization spokesmen cited the College's action in the Norman Thomas affair of 1920. Indicted under a city free speech ordinance in Mt. Vernon, N.Y., Thomas had been invited by the old Liberal Club at that time as a substitute speaker for Eugene Debs, 1920 Socialist candidate for President, who was then in jail. The College had not interferred, and on the night of October 18, Thomas had spoken at the Union...
Last spring, Housemasters voted against future plans to stage the Friday evening informal dance atone of the upperclass Houses. As a result of this, J. Vernon Patrick '52, Secretary of the Union, mentioned yesterday possibilities of replacing the informal dance with a moonlight ride on a Boston Bay cruiser...
...Vernon Patrick '52, Secretary of the Union, said that because at least six false alarms had awakened the Weld residents during the first semester, they probably considered this one false, also, and disregarded...
...Effect. Facts Forum's Angel Hunt, who lives in a house that is a reproduction of George Washington's Mount Vernon home (but five times bigger), refused to tell Reporter Bagdikian what Facts Forum's annual budget is, claimed it has "strict rules against carrying on propaganda or attempting to influence legislation," and therefore deserved its tax exemption and free radio-TV time. But Reporter Bagdikian vigorously disagreed, said that the "operations of Facts Forum have often exhibited a spirit which is the opposite of free debate in good faith." Concluded Bagdikian: "[The] net effect [of Facts...
CLARENCE W. PEARSON Mt. Vernon...