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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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eli Senior Wins Right To Renounce $400,000 | 5/20/1955 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Andrew W. Bingham, | Title: Court Decides Anti-Red Bill Is Unconstitutional | 4/14/1955 | See Source »

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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cornell Students To Hold Vote on Mandatory ROTC | 4/13/1955 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Andrew W. Bingham, | Title: House May Ask Court To Give Opinion on Bill | 3/28/1955 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Andrew W. Bingham, | Title: Anti-Red Teachers Bill Comes Up for Approval | 3/26/1955 | See Source »

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