Word: charter
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Student Council last night opened the flood-gates to a possible wave of new College political organizations by stamping approval on the charter applications of the Harvard Committee for Wallace and the Harvard Young Republicans. Final charter decision rests with the dean's office...
...passing the charter applications, the Council set a precedent for recognizing nascent political groups. Members agreed that there would probably be a large number of organizations springing up between now and the national elections next year, and most members saw no harm in approving them so long as their aims do not overlap...
...University charter carries with it privileges to use University buildings for meetings and bulletin boards for notices...
...report is that in this era, when civil liberties seem gradually to be evaporating, such a strong stand should be taken by such a highly placed committee. If written into law, the committee's proposal would certainly live up to President Truman's boast that it represents "an American charter of human freedom in our time." The "if," however, is a big one. Several states, notably New York with its Ives-Quinn Fair Employment Practices Act, have already taken steps along the lines the committee indicates. And the Republican Party stands pledged to bring anti-lynching and anti-poll...
...Bringing the Henry Wallace program to Harvard" and supporting Wallace for President in '48, 40 members of the Committee for Wallace met for the first time yesterday afternoon at Phillips Brooks House, adopted a four-point program for action, and took steps toward acquiring a charter as a recognized student activity...