Word: charter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...nonsense ceased so abruptly? Part of the reason seemed to be that responsible officials showed impatience with adults who were egging their children on. Delaware's Attorney General Albert Young announced that he would bring court action to revoke the charter of the race-baiting National Association for the Advancement of White People (TIME. Oct. 11). In Baltimore, Police Commissioner Beverly Ober declared on TV that he would henceforth enforce all regulations making it illegal to persuade children to stay out of school. U.S. Attorney General Herbert Brownell said that the Justice Department was also watching the fomenters...
Queen Mother Elizabeth will be guest of honor at the Convocation, in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. She will be the to represent the royal family as Columbia awards honorary degrees for the third time this year. She will also represent the royal family at the massive Charter Day Dinner planned for the night of October 30th in downtown New York...
Sensing the drawing of British royalty--as well as other celebrities involved--the Bicentennial Planning Committee has not been surprised to find the Charter Day Dinner heavily oversubscribed. What has surprised it, however, has been the subscription of men and universities throughout the free world to the more serious--and significant--side of Columbia' celebration: the joint advocacy of freedom of knowledge...
...final phase of the Bicentennial at the end of this month will be much like the earlier ones in January and June. Five different conferences attended by international scholars (as well as the Charter Day Dinner and final Convocation) will take place during the week leading up to October 31. Climaxing the series of high-level academic discussions held throughout 1954 on aspects of "The Unity of Knowledge" will be a gathering of 75 scholars at Arden House in Harriman, New York. After three days of closed discussions they will return to New York for one public meeting...