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Previously two lawyers who are trustees of Suter's estate had petitioned the court to compel the student to take the money. They said that if he did not accept the inheritance it would destroy the trust and amount to alienation of income in violation of the personal property...
...weeks ago the House of Representatives asked the Justices to make this advisory opinion before it took any final action on the bill, which would compel both public and private schools and colleges to dismiss teachers refusing to testify about their Communist affiliations...
Ever since the passage of the Merrill Land Grant Acts in the 1860's, Cornell has had compulsory two-year military training for all physically fit male undergraduates. The provisions of the Acts force Cornell to offer ROTC courses, but do not compel the school to make the courses mandatory...
...motion to this effect will be made before the House votes on the bill today, Rep. John P. McMorrow '47 (D) of Suffolk, sponsor of the measure, said yesterday. The constitutional question centers around the main feature of the bill, which would compel private colleges to dismiss teachers who refuse to answer questions...
...State Legislature's Committee on Education has recommended a bill to the House of Representatives which would compel private colleges to discharge teachers refusing to answer questions concerning their Communist affiliation. The measure incorporates features from five separate bills referred to the Committee in early February...