Word: matters
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When questioned about university dramatics, Welles said, "It seems that a good proportion of the members of both the American and English stage have served their apprenticeship in college and school dramatics. As a matter of fact, college dramatics seem to be almost a stepping-stone to success in the theatre. As for myself, I guess I am the exception to the rule; for I have had only four years of schooling in my life...
...Easterners, of whom the President is the obvious leader, are equally convinced that the United States cannot remain isolated from the rest of the world, no matter how much it wants to. It is felt in the East that such a condition as the West would have is totally impossible,--the desire for what has not existed since the last century. The President feels that, whatever is sacrificed by mixing in world affairs, American interests are served only when such a plan is vigorously undertaken. Here is where the Easterners are sure thus they have a much more far-sighted...
...treated without loss of excitement was proved in Anthony Adverse when Director Mervyn Le Roy showed the team and coach plunging over a precipice by using a long shot of a dummy. The American Humane Association is to be congratulated . . . and TIME'S fair treatment of the matter is what we have come to expect from our invaluable weekly visitor...
...supporters of the law would almost certainly attempt to arouse "town-gown" feeling again. Thus, in the final analysis, the university is confronted with the dilemma of whether to defend freedom of thought and increase local animosity or to ignore officially the struggle over this bill and let the matter drop...
...answer to this question is almost inherent in the statement of the problem. No matter how harmless the law may read, the Teachers' Oath does actually qualify liberty of thought and speech. The law may not now infringe upon the freedom of the university, but that it may do so in the near future is quite conceivable. Either the present Act may expand in scope or it may simply be the wedge for more stringent laws. Obviously, in contrast to such a threat, any considerations of "town-gown" relations are insignificant. Harvard must again employ all its influence and prestige...