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...maid who looks for a man under her bed, the legislatures of the country seem to be suffering from a fixation concerning their own doom. Nothing could be a more ludicrous and at the same time pathetic example of the current alarm-clock insanity than the Masschusetts Teachers' Oath Bill which took effect in the Commonwealth yesterday...
...worse than useless for opponents of the bill to point out that in passing the oath bill the gentlemen of Beacon Hill are subverting the very constitution of which they so loudly proclaim themselves the guardian angels. Such pseudo-patriotic cliques as the American Legion and the Daughters of the American Revolution (Sic!) whose life blood has always been publicity, have more effect upon state legislatures in their present state of decay...
...Byzantine eunuch is a symbol of strength compared with the Teachers' Oath Bill, in which nowhere can one find the slightest penalty provided for its violation. Evidently the statesmen of Massachusetts believe that the wish is the father to the thought, and that once the virtue of patriotism has been given the force of legality, it will become a part of the temperament of the teachers of the Commonwealth...
...REQUIRING THAT AN OATH OR AFFIRMATION BE TAKEN AND SUBSCRIBED TO BY CERTAIN PROFESSORS, INSTRUCTORS AND TEACHERS IN THE COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND SCHOOLS OF THE COMMONWEALTH. BE IT ENACTED, ETC., AS FOLLOWS...
Members of the Faculty were unwilling yesterday to indicate their intentions or to comment on the circular letter. It is understood, however, that many of the members will take the oath, including President Conant, who led the fight against the bill last spring...