Word: oaths
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Anyone who has children or students under their care should be forced to take the Oath," asserted the 29-year-old legislator. "When I first became a member of the school committee in Medford six years ago, I was proud to swear to uphold the Constitution...
...Teachers have far more to do with a child's education than school committees, so they have all the more reason to subscribe to the Oath. Do you realize," went on the man who never got beyond high school, "that teachers are the only white collared workers in the state who do not have to take an oath...
...What I maintain is that if there is one radical teacher in the schools, colleges, or universities of this state, and this Oath Bill does away with him, it is worth more than words can tell...
Thence to the office where I met--and we together by underground to Boston and to the State House to hear attacks on the Oath Law. This be the best show I have seen in a long time. Lord, what speeches! The Student Council presents a worthy resolution but its speaker, upon questioning, says he knows nothing about the business! A pretty blot for the record! One law school professor thrills the audience by his wit and arrogance, but it seems to me, any sober judge would say he made a monkey of himself; and did no more good...
...glad to set down a few good things I heard; The Oath Bill can easily become a political tool instead of a patriotic one....Yet even, "Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel."...Especially it gives undue license and power to authorities to suspect and dismiss teachers....It puts all teachers under suspicion....It is a "nibble" at the Bill of Rights....Truth cannot be legislated...