Word: actes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...problem. No matter how harmless the law may read, the Teachers' Oath does actually qualify liberty of thought and speech. The law may not now infringe upon the freedom of the university, but that it may do so in the near future is quite conceivable. Either the present Act may expand in scope or it may simply be the wedge for more stringent laws. Obviously, in contrast to such a threat, any considerations of "town-gown" relations are insignificant. Harvard must again employ all its influence and prestige to help defeat a law which might some day destroy...
...present, it is not necessary to revamp the whole system of appointments and tenure. It is only necessary for President Conant to act over the heads of the Fine Arts Six and reinstate Professor Feild. Although departmental autonomy may be desirable as a general rule, the president in exceptional circumstances is fully justified in exercising his prerogative of superior authority. Beyond this, it would be well for the Faculty Committee of Nine to undertake an investigation of the complete fine arts set-up, with a view toward evaluating the methods now used and those which might be introduced...
...eleventh of a series of educational radio talks on history and government sponsored by the Guardian, Earl G. Latham '31, instructor in Government, defended the Wagner Labor Relations Act and opposed amendments designed to protect the employer last night...
After explaining the workings of the Labor Court as an executive and legislative body, and tracing the history of the act in the hands of the Supreme Court, Latham took up two of the proposed amendments which will come before the present Congress. The first transferring judicial power to the District Courts, he held would only delay action, whereas the second replacing the present impartial Labor Court with one representing different factions would swing the balance of power too far in favor of the employer...
...read with great anxiety yesterday's communication to the Crimson recommending the removal of the Sargent Murals in Widener Library. Such an act, we feel, would defeat its own purpose. We came to Harvard with wavering views on American foreign policy: but the repeated contemplation of these murals has given us so colorful a picture of the sacrifice by which we made the world safe for democracy that we are forever Mr. Sargent's debtors. The quality of the paintings and of the poetry beneath has been many times profaned, but we can scarcely imagine a finer reflection...