Word: defeated
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Since the proposal to repeal the Teachers' Oath was voted down yesterday in the Legislature by only four votes, it seems likely that the active participation of Harvard in the campaign against this law might have changed defeat into victory. That the university can advance arguments to justify its decision to play a passive role in the struggle for repeal this year is undoubtedly true. For there is some question as to whether this oath does really endanger civil liberties. And, even if the law is a menace to intellectual freedom, it may not be wise for Harvard to stir...
Lack of forceful lobbying was blamed for the surprise defeat of the Teachers Oath repeal bill in the State House of Representatives yesterday...
...pound class Paul L. Franken '40 of Winthrop won a third round decision over Dean R. Noyes '40 of Kirkland. Chatfield scored a technical knock-out to defeat John II. Notman '41 of Kirkland in the second round of the 135 division. Bragg provided action by knocking out Hugh B. Swainbank '40 for Winthrop's second kayo...
...Neil is one of the younger directors of the latest crusading organization for an American Utopia; he first saw the "light" sometime before the turn of the century. One of the objectives of the movement is to "combat and defeat all un-American movements" which O'Neil considers mainly as consisting of Communism and Fascism, but which he believes includes most youth organizations today...
...intellectual freedom. As at the time of the passing of the teachers' oath bill, it has again raised the dreaded cry "Moscow!" while tightening its grip over Boston's school system. The people of Massachusetts must distinguish between arbitrary and legitimate restriction of rights, and should rise to defeat this attempted subversion of their liberties...