Word: reasons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...time Strand gave no reason for his decisions and he did not consult with the Department heads concerned. The professors were on a yearly contract, not yet protected by tenure regulations. In a statement to the CRIMSON, Strand said "We feel that we have the right to select our permanent staff regardless of what our reasons may be . . . Also we do not believe it is essential that college presidents be stupid or blind in defence to the purists of academic freedom, although readily admit that life would be much easier...
Strand, again in his statement charged. "He (Spitzer) supports the charistan Lysenko in preference to what he must know to be the truth." Spitzer answered. "I did not support Lysenko in my letter in any case, it is aboard to reason that agreement with a Soviet scientific theory is evidence of adherence to a party line...
...terming the movie 'Oliver Twist' "sensitive and powerful," Mr. Friedrich offers no excuse for not prohibiting such a picture in America. Nor is the fact that Bill Sykes is as villainous as Fagin any reason to deny the poisonous hate expressed in the picture. For it is well-known that the majority group need never fear lest one of its members misbehave; whilst the persecuted minority is always categorized by the behavior of its worst rather than best, members...
...this time Professor Phillips had died and Professor Hubert had become the chairman of the Mathematics department. At no time has either Hubert or any other university official given any reason for the dismissal of Lorch...
...Review board and President Wright consulted only Rubert and not the dissenting members of the Appointments Committee when they were considering the case. A member of the review board has indicated that the reason for the dismissal was testimony by Hubert to the effect that Lorch did not get along with other members of the department. However, the vote of the 18-man committee to promote Lorch in December seems to contradict this...