Word: censorship
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...reply to the Advocate's charge of a paternalistic censorship by the Widener authorities, it is startling to find Mr. Lane, the librarian, calmly admitting the present censorship and arguing the right, even duty, of his assistants to decide what is and what is not fit pabulum for student minds. "There are", says Mr. Lane, "filthy books, salacious books, books corrupting in influence, which it is no part of the Library's duty to distribute to readers." Thus he lays claim to the right of censorship, to the right to deck Boccaccio and Ellis with fig leaves...
...great University and, like all great institutions, is subject to criticism. It is well that this criticism should come from within rather than from without. The absurdity of organized spontaneity has long been apparent. It is refreshing to see that from the student body comes a protest. Censorship will always be a bone of contention. The editorial on conditions at Widener should arouse interest which may be translated into action...
Satire thrives on censorship. The Spanish Directorate, whose malefactions unleased the thunder of Blasco lbanex, has now awakened the more subtle spirit of Dean Swift. Gulliver in this case is Bagaria, the famous cartoon'st of El So, a Madrid daily, and the scene of his remarkable travels is neither Brobdingnag nor the Houyhnhnms--but the more pertinent Mars. Daily letters describing in detail the condition of Martian life and Martian morals have been published in El Sol. Baraglas inferences of Mars correspond suspiciously with the present state of Spanish affairs. "Ninety percent of the Martians are soldiers...
While Secretary Wilbur of the Navy invokes a highly intelligent posse of sheriffs to enforce his censorship of a realistic play concerning the Marines in the trenches, on the ground that it disparages the romance of military life and may discourage enlistment. General Shoenaich, German commander on the Rumanian front, calls fools and cowards the officers of the old regime who still cling to the old militaristic ideas. While the entire strategic staff of the United States Army goes on speaking tours to persuade the voters to enlarge the regular army and create a large citizen army. General Verraux, commander...
Preliminary fighting between the Chang and Wu factions was reported, but the strict censorship imposed obscured the details. The clashes were, however, unimportant. A great battle was expected in the early future...