Word: petitioner
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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We write to express our dismay at the recent statement of fourteen "leading scholars," including two from Harvard, about American policies in Asia. To see Professor Handlin's signature on this document was hardly surprising, as his position on the war is well known; we were surprised only to find...
The "Contributions Thermometer" outside the museum speedily rose until it shot $45,000 above the required mark, but a number of staid Swiss violently dissented. Some felt that the city's funds would be better used for hospitals and schools, while others simply disliked Staechelin (many a Easier had...
...Workers, which had hired a lawyer to represent, without charge, members pressing workmen's compensation claims. The Illinois bar brought suit to end the practice. But, wrote Justice Hugo Black, "We hold that the freedom of speech, assembly and petition guaranteed by the First and 14th Amendments gives petitioner the right to hire attorneys to assist its members in the assertion of their legal rights." The 8-to-l decision seems to mean that almost any form of group legal services will now be acceptable, as long as the group refrains from telling the lawyer what...
The rest of the petition, which the Committee will consider early next year, urges that a week-long reading period be instituted in May for second- and third-year students. Presently, the School's only reading period is for first-year students before Spring finals.
The petition was originally presented to the Joint Student-Faculty Committee for consideration at its meeting on Monday. The Committee's chairman, Clark M. Byse, professor of Law, said yesterday that all the Committee's student members considered the proposal a "very useful thing."