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Jones introduction deals mainly with recent attempts in this country (rather than in Germany or in Russia) of a majority to retain the unpopular utterances of a minority. The anthologist, in a well reasoned statement, rejects "arbitrary classifications of citizenship" according to membership in parties or groups Communist, Republican, atheist, or what-have-you. One must judge "men rather than platforms," Jones says, and "Ideas considered pragmatically (rather than) ideologies...
Jones' most important contribution to the argument for intellectual freedom is a long-needed clarification of the "confusion between the verb 'to teach' and the verb 'to indoctrinate,'" a confusion which made worse recent Massachusetts anti-Communist legislation...
...recent expansion of the Lowell Institute's adult education program is worth attention and support from radio listeners. The Institute, which is rebroadcasting college lectures by such men as Seymour Harris, points more directly than ever to the tremendous potentialities of radio as a constructive force for education...
Among the more bizarre requests which have been received in recent weeks was one from Massachusetts General Hospital. The doctors were in search of a student who would submit to a series of tests after being kept awake for 48 straight hours. The obliging guinea pig pocketed $20 for his sleepless nights. Another freshman allowed his intestinal tract to be explored by means of a series of tubes through his nose and down his throat...
...recent meetings, the Social Relations Society gave a demonstration of a new kind of group psychotherapy. It is called "Psychodramas," and its inventor, J. L. Moreno, was on hand to run the show. The new yellow, red, and green psychotheater on Mt. Auburn street was filled to standing-room-only for the occasion...