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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...article appearing in today's Crimson, Mr. Arthur Hays Sulzberger has called attention to the kinship that exists between academic freedom and freedom of the press. The New York journalist and publisher of the "Times" thus turns the spotlight on the most dangerous threat to the American ideal of free thought. For awhile the publishing world is led by men who believe in free investigation and research, the press plays the part of a helpful guide, forming a public opinion that is devoid of prejudice and mass hatred and tolerant of things it cannot fully understand. But today a militant...
...glance at the Teachers' Oath legislation, for instance, shows what can happen when newspapers start blasting free education. Without the agitation of Hearst papers throughout the land a mean, suspicious, and scurillous attack on the teaching profesion might never have occurred. The utter vacuity of the oath does not matter. What we have is a potent group of papers attempting to gag discussion of controversial subjects by teachers, but demanding that very privilege and power for itself alone...
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...Harvard Club, 374 Commonwealth Avenue, from 4 to 6 o'clock will be open to all Graduates and distinguished or official Delegates to the Tercentenary Celebration. The Harvard Band will assist, food and liquor will be served free...
Last week Philip Morris announced that in all 48 States retailers would now get an extra package with every carton. Reason: Philip Morris sales had tripled or quadrupled in States where the free package had been supplied retailers. Cost of the 20 extra cigarets required to fill standard orders was charged to advertising- the valuable word-of-mouth advertising which retailers do across the counter. Neat point about the Philip Morris plan was that if any retailer starts to spoil it by selling for less than 15? a package, Philip Morris can presumably stop him by simply withdrawing its gift...