Word: pranking
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...esteemed paper for 20 February last, Professor George Sarton expresses concern lest the investigations of the Congressional Committee on un-American Activities tend to stifle freedom of expression in our universities. In your issue of 27 February I read of the punishment of two undergraduates for the somewhat childish prank of burning a flery cross. It is evident that this was done as a joke, but, if it had been done seriously, the action of the authorities would seem to be such as to discourage freedom of speech and expression of opinion. In his revealing little book "Geneyre contre...
...amazing fact, indeed, much more disturbing, per se, than the "cross-burning" itself. The latter incident, as it turns out was nothing but a practical joke, although of a very poor taste. It seems that the best warning or punishment against that kind of prank should have been the sort of spanking that parents would give to children caught playing with matches near a barrel of gun powder, i.e., a good old spanking, moral if not physical. In the end, that what the boys...
...best a meaningless shot in the dark. Again, the motivations behind it may be of many sorts, and it would be futile to comment upon the various possibilities. To me, it looks like an uncalled for attempt to obtain Publicity. Very poor taste, indeed, as poor as the prank which originated...
...students said that "actually little thought was given to the prank." They pointed out however, "we are very hostile to the Ku Klux Klan because we are aware of the terrible things the Klan has done...
...meant no malice and definitely did not design the incident to hurt the feelings of any individual or race. Furthermore, nothing was further from our minds than creating the delicate situation which has resulted. We honestly say that the incident was meant only as a prank and sincerely felt that the incident would be passed aside as harmless...