Word: ruling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...court called on the Defense Department to prepare a new rule of conduct for Americans who may some day, as prisoners, be called on to face the Red treatment. In a lengthy comment, General Lemuel C. Shepherd, the Corps commandant, did not quarrel with the court's finding in the individual case of Colonel Schwable. but he did attack the court's amazing generalization that under Red torture all prisoners must either confess or go mad or die. In Korea, there were many cases of tortured prisoners who did none of these. Said Shepherd: "Some found the strength...
However, it was generally agreed that halters and bathing suits are not appropriate for wear on College grounds. "The rule is sensible, considering that we are in the middle of the city," Margaret J. Rabi '56 said...
Bermuda-length shorts are now required for sunbathing on the quad. Some girls felt that this rule is impractical since Bermuda shorts are often worn rolled up. "I can't imagine what they did before they had Bermuda shorts," Janet C. Cohen '55 said...
Another change in this section gives College officials more latitude in punishing offenses. Where before, violation "may lead to severance of connection," the new rule provides for "severe disciplinary action...
Leighton felt it was "extremely dubious" that a student caught with an unexploded firecracker would be severed. "The new rule is purposely vague for this reason," he explained...