Word: bans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Problems have also been raised as to whether 'Cliffe members of a predominantly Harvard organization would have any voice on executive boards. Annex deans have intimated that they may consider 'Cliffe participation in executive decisions a prerequisite to removing the present ban on joint organizations...
...This ban unfortunately coincided with the Cornell Fall Weekend, and the student body raised its voice in righteous indignation...
Another comment, on the subject of drink was, "The main problem seems to be the outrageous extent of drinking at Cornell. We feel the only solution, which will seem completely absurd to many Cornellians, is to ban liquor at fraternities...
...trailblazing, the District of Columbia's board of education was ready with an integration plan one week after the Supreme Court handed down its decision. At first white high-school students boycotted classes and booed Negro newcomers, but these protests soon ended when school authorities sternly threatened to ban troublemakers from athletic teams and other extracurricular activities. Washington, D.C. schools are now fully integrated (but 20% of the Negro schoolchildren, living in Negro neighborhoods, go to all-Negro schools), and 58,500 Negroes attend classes along with white children in what one school official called a "miracle of social...
Your Aug. 26 article "Drys v. Wets" quoted four National Airlines stewardesses who brought in a petition to a congressional committee asking that drinking be continued on our airlines. Testimony was also submitted to the Senate aviation subcommittee by the airline pilots who strongly supported the bill to ban the serving of liquor on commercial flights. There are usually two sides to a question...