Word: secrets
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There were some things to be said for Hummon's own first legislature. It had finally discovered and approved the principle of the secret ballot (only South Carolina still held out against it). It had passed a law requiring blood tests before marriage and it had approved a program to raise the depressed level of education in Georgia (the paid lobbyist for more education was Hummon's chief crony, ex-Speaker Roy Harris...
...secret of steering Shady Corner is not much different from the way a speeding motorist takes a highway curve when there is no white line. An experienced Mt. Van Hoevenberg bobber comes in high on the left side of the chute (about two to five feet below the crest), then steers down and out of it, picking up speed as he goes. A bobsledder who doesn't take Shady that way is likely to lose time, get out of rhythm and/or wind up in a hospital. Says one World War II airplane pilot, who tried a $1.50 ride: "There...
...Radcliffe American Youth for Democracy finally lost its charter yesterday. For the past few months, Radcliffe student officials have been working with the Dean's Office on some proposal that would keep membership in a political club secret--to allay the justified fears of the RAYD. Last week, the Dean's Office approved a Student Council recommendation that membership lists be destroyed at the end of each year, with only the names of club executives placed on the permanent record...
...problem of keeping political membership secret is serious, but the answer produced by the Radcliffe student government seems to be sensible. The RAYD, however, is not satisfied that the Dean will act in good faith. The RAYD doesn't want the Dean even to look at the lists, because she would remember some of the names, and could divulge them in the future...
...challenge of the good faith of the Radcliffe administration is neither justifiable nor in good taste. No one can believe that the RAYD has been forced out of existence by hostile authorities. The RAYD in effect chose to disband by rejecting a sensible solution to the problem of secret membership. Whatever bad faith is involved in the matter lies squarely on the Youth for Democracy, not on the rest of Radcliffe...