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...executed and filed with a Commissioner (of Education) an affidavit that he does not believe, in and is not a member of and does not support any organization that believe in or teaches, the overthrow of the United States government by foul or violence or by any illegal or unconstitutional methods, and (2) has taken and subscribed to an oath of affirmation in the following form: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance the United States of America and to support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States against...
...meeting that there was "no identifiable support for changing the University's policy." In November 1959, the Corporation--after a concurring vote by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences--announced that Harvard would withdraw from the NDEA program in protest over inclusion of a loyalty oath and disclaimer affidavit...
...could show other rich, powerful institutions with qualms about the NDEA a way to use Federal funds while still making their point. With its ample resources, Harvard could accept the NDEA funds for the great majority of scholarship applicants who would have no second thoughts about signing the affidavit, and still promise to subsidize from its own coffers those students who morally object...
...course, there is an ideological side to this debate, and it cannot be denied that the affidavit is a violation of academic freedom. But it is a rare issue in which one and only one principle is involved. It is right for the University to state as loudly as possible its objections to the affidavit. But is it right for the University to impose its principles on others? Is it right, at a time when the inadequacy of aid funds is threatening to turn Harvard into an upper middle-class college, to contribute to the trend? Is not the principle...
Besides, the affidavit provision only discriminates against students when a university acts as Harvard has. No one who is really subversive would balk at signing the affidavit, and most other students would not let it deter them from the chance for a Harvard education. Thus, only a very few, with exceptionally heightened moral sensitivities, would be discriminated against if the NDEA were operative. But when it is not, it discriminates against all who would use it, in perfect conscience, for the advancement of their education...