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...AAU has also redefined concepts that have become fogged with overuse and misuse. The educators have shown that academic freedom is not a shield for subversives; it is an integral part of free enterprise--a term which everyone mumbles in the same breath as "mom's apple pie" and fundamental Americanism. They have explained the meaning of faculty tenure, a concept which seems to confuse the public, by comparing it to the tenure of a judge. A professor must be able to teach, securely removed from monetary and social pressure which might force him to hew a fixed line...
...AAU directs the rest of its statements to faculties. Its report directs universities in its behavior toward communists and those faculty members who refuse to testify. Ostensibly, the report applies the same standards of fitness to both, but the results are quite different. Here lies the weakness of an otherwise excellent policy statement. Tomorrow's editorial will examine the illogic of the AAU's decision that tenured communists in all cases are unfit to teach...
...finishes his season at the National AAU tourney in Toledo April 9-11, where he will seek to regain the national title he held in 1951. Last year he placed third in the AAU championships...
...tied down the 123 division here his sophomore year by going undefeated in all competition and culminated his best year by winning the National AAU's held in Iowa. That summer he was selected for a team of five wrestlers which toured the islands of Japan. His record for the sojourn was five wins and three defeats. During this time he twice competed against the Olympic champion, Shohaci Ishii...
...following year, because of a locked knee and subsequent operation, he was unable to come out until February, but once again was undefeated in dual competition, placed third in the National AAU's, and fourth in the National Collegiate Tournament. It was in June of 1952 that he received that seldom looked for, often found, letter from his neighbors beginning simply, "Greetings...