Word: oath
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Harvard Freedom Council may expand activities to include taking a stand on issues such as the loyalty oath of the National Defense Education Act, discussion at Friday's annual election meeting revealed. Originally formed during the Hungarian Revolution to "implement international peace and justice," the HFC has so far concerned itself solely with the Hungarian problem...
Arguing over the NDEA oath, some members proposed a broad attack on both the loyalty oath and the disclaimer affidavit on the grounds of academic freedom, while others believed that the Council should deal with oath and affidavit separately. Several HFC members expressed the opinion that the organization should not concern itself with the NDEA...
...University should "decline participation in the NDEA program pending repeal of the disclaimer affidavit requirement" and should "seek elimination of the oath provision," according to a report that will be presented to the Student Council tonight...
Faithful to this rigid ritual, few writers busy paying for their swimming pools and Thunderbirds with Private Eye cash could take the facetious oath of Britain's Detection Club-that their heroes "shall well and truly detect the crimes presented to them . . . not placing reliance on nor making use of Divine Revelation, Feminine Intuition, Mumbo-Jumbo, Jiggery-Pokery, Coincidence...
...strongly worded report to be presented at tonight's Council meeting, the committee has registered objections to both the loyalty oath and the disclaimer affidavit of the National Defense Education Act. To date, University officials have criticized only the affidavit and have tended to dismiss the loyalty oath as innocuous...