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Earlier this week the University refused to allow the Student Council Forum Committee to sponsor Seeger's concert on the grounds that the singer was appealing his sentence for contempt of Congress and that "lawyers advise the University against getting involved in cases still pending in court...
Harvard has travelled a shabby path these last days. The original action of the administration in refusing the Student Council permission to sponsor a concert by Pete Seeger raised questions of the utmost importance. And the administration's decision yesterday to permit the concert, as long as Seeger is treated as an artist and not a political figure, makes it absolutely clear that their policy strikes at the vital heart of Harvard's commitment to free inquiry...
Before the central principle involved can be discussed, however, two irrelevant issues should be disposed of. First, that the Student Council was to sponsor the concert, rather than another student organization. Some argue that the Council represents the student body and thus is in a special position which requires limiting its freedom of action. The premise of this contention--that the Council is a representative body--is false, and if it were true the conclusion would still be false. The Council no more represents undergraduates than does the CRIMSON, the Harvard Dramatic Club, or the Dean of Students...
...letter released yesterday to the Student Council Forum Committee, the University refused to allow the group permission to sponsor a concert by Seeger. The reasons listed were that "he was convicted last month for contempt of Congress, and that he has appealed his one-year sentence and his case is pending in a higher court." Dean Watson said Tuesday that "lawyers advise the University against getting involved in cases still pending in court...
...Student Council Forum Committee had hoped to raise funds with a Seeger concert May 18. Reportedly a non-Harvard groups of students will attempt to sponsor Seeger this spring in the area...