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This emphasis on individuality at such a small place has frequently led to a complete disregard for the community. Not only is this reflected by the apathy in student organizations, but in the devil-may-care attitude to the honor system. Bard has parietal rules drawn up by the students themselves, and an honor system, but as one student described it, "As long as we don't bother anyone else, we don't pay too much attention to the rules...
...expected to send two Republican Senators to Washington. Most Democrats in the Senate want to cancel that prospective G.O.P. gain by granting statehood to Alaska (pop. 182,000), which would be expected to elect Democrats. Some Southern Democrats don't want Hawaii admitted at all, because of Hawaiian disregard for the color line. Last week three Republicans (Nevada's Malone, North Dakota's Langer and Maryland's Butler) joined Democrats in a 46-43 vote to package the two statehood proposals. Senate Majority Leader William Knowland, who had failed to hold his Republican colleagues together...
...that it was "impossible to distinguish the free and honest vote." Among the findings: flagrant violations of the constitutional rights of more than 55,000 voters, illegal and premature destruction of 13,000 ballots, fraudulent alteration of 17,000 ballots, invalidation of 3,300 votes in the recount, complete disregard of voter-assistance laws, and general misconduct at the polls. Concluded the two Republicans on the subcommittee: "The senatorial election did not express the free will of the people of New Mexico...
...both shocked and disappointed after having read your article of March 12 on an attempted assault on the Lampoon Building by Hollywood (sic) producer Spires Skouras. With typical inefficiency and disregard for the facts, you have this time gone too far. Not only is the entire story a concoction of one of your more imaginative editors, but even the few details given bare no relation to the truth. My capacity at the Lampoon has nothing whatever to do with the circulation department and I have never laid eyes on Mr. Skouras or any of his associates...
...McCarthy problem. Said he: "There are problems facing this nation today of vital importance. They are both foreign and domestic in character ... I regard it as unfortunate when we are diverted from these grave problems-of which one is vigilance against any kind of internal subversion-through disregard of the standards of fair play recognized by the American people...