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When I was contacted by The Crimson reporter I told him of the latest facts pertaining to my case--that on that day a peition containing nearly 800 signatures had been collected and presented to the Tufts Administration. This petition stated that I was being fired for unjust reasons and requested my reinstatement. I also told him about the environmental display (tree wrapping on campus) by Fine Arts students asking for my reinstatement, and of the picket lines set up that day in the administration building at Tufts. The reporter told me that these facts weren't very important since...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "I MUST OBJECT" | 12/12/1972 | See Source »

...said that his peition, while aimed specifically at the HSMR, was also directed against those students who join clubs but fail to attend meetings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Charges HSMR With Violating Constitution | 3/1/1956 | See Source »

When contacted last night, Professor Brooks stated: "That is his opinion. The petition came in the mail and seemed reasonable." He was joined in his reply to Schlesinger by the Reverend Donald Lothrop, minister of the Community Church of Boston, another signer of the peition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Two Professors Favor Amnesty Plea for Reds | 12/9/1952 | See Source »

...General Wood arrived-in 1921-he drew on emergency funds, increased the staff of physicians from 2 to 18; and within a year 1,000 patients were once more receiving treatment. When it was rumored that the General was about to return to the U. S., a pathetic peition signed by more than 1,000 lepers begged him to stay. Meanwhile, the Filipino politicians were trying to oust him. Culion was made an issue, and the Filipino Legislature cut the Culion appropriations by one-third...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Lepers | 5/25/1925 | See Source »

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