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...York paper which calls itself "The Progressive Newsweekly" and treads a distinctly fellow-travelling path. In an article entitled IVY LEAGUE DIAGNOSES ITSELF: 'NO GUTS' the Guardian printed chunks of a recent editorial from the CRIMSON about a trend in American education towards "safe plodding rather than expression of unpopular opinions." Our editorial had been run as a commentary on a "Daily Dartmouth" ed entitled "Mr. Zero IV"--an impassioned job of soul searching which concluded that students "had stopped looking at the Other Side, ceased reading and thinking about it." We decided that the fault was not only...
...have had in mind . . . Dr. Conant, who in February came out for 'continual flow into the armed forces of those who reach 18 . . . to defend the free world'." It was wrong. We had in mind only what we said: that there was a regrettable trend towards the stifling of unpopular opinion. We had nothing to say about the President's statement, with which we largely agree, and which is politically very far from "safe plodding." We thank the Guardian for its pat on the back, and commend to it a good stiff session with its own soul...
...back in 1946 when it resisted Russian attempts to grab some of its territory; so it seemed a fine idea for the United States to send money and experts there. But in deciding to lend an unqualified helping hand to Iran, this country found itself supporting a corrupt and unpopular government, one which consistently ignored the social and economic wretchedness of its people. For this hasty action the United States was bound to pay a price...
...they have already done! It matters because the whole debate with the student body will begin again next fall when the Rules for Undergraduate Organizations come up for re-examination, and because the deans, like all reasonable men, do not want to enforce rules which are both unnecessary and unpopular...
...Administration is still thinking about installing cafeteria-style service in which men would be charged for individual dishes, but the plan is unpopular...