Word: petitioners
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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* Fifty-six graduate students in Economics have signed a petition condemning the University for terminating Samuel Bowles's appointment without awaiting a court decision.
"We respect the position Mr. Bowles has taken, and feel that the Corporation should do so equally," the petition said. "This respect can only be shown by giving the issue a full hearing."
* Another petition has been drafted by the Student Council of the Divinity School. It urges the University to "exhaust all means" in Bowles's defense.
Twenty-three students in Bowles's EC 1 section have also opposed Bowles' dismissal. They signed a petition which urged that Bowles not be dismissed until a decision is handed-down in the M.I.T. case.
The petition praised Bowles' "high qualities as a teacher," but did not explicitly condone his stand against the oath. It only stated that Bowles' refusal to sign was a decision which concerned "his private ideas and beliefs," and asked that he "not be hindered from continuing to be of genuine...