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EDITORIALS
The views expressed in these columns
are those of the writer and not
necessarily a reflection ot the policy
of The Voice.—Pvb,
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Economic Highlights
The problem of communist
teachers in the colleges is as deli
cate as it is important. On the one
hand, is the cause of academic
freedom, of the right and duty
of the teacher to speak his mind
and to deal v/ith ideas which may
be nqw, unorthodox and even
revolutionary. On the other hand,
is the fact that the well disciplined
and-educated communist can in
sidiously warp young minds and
make black appear to be white.
Almost everyone must realize by;
now that Communism is not just a
legitimate political principle,"like
the classical socialism of Norman
Thomas, or- the British labor
movement. These ideas, however
much one may be against them,
have their roots in the democratic
process. Communism, on the other
hand, has only contempt for the
democratic process. Its avowed;
aim is domination of the worldj
through a series of centrally-di
rected and co-ordinated totalitar
ian states in which every vestige'
of opposition would be methodic-'
ally and ruthlessly eliminated.
Those who are responsible for,
the operation of our universities
have been devoting the closest |
kind of study and analysis to the!
communist problem. A result is a I
statement recently released by the1
Association of American Universi-j
ties, and signed by the heads of|
37 of these universities including
such large and influential ones as
Columbia, Harvard, Stanford,
Duke, Johns Hopkins, California,
Chicago, Yale, Princeton, and so
on.
It begins with a discussion of
the role and nature of the uni
versity. “Like its medieval proto
type,” it says, “the modern Ameri
can university is an association of
individual scholars . . . Free en
terprise is as essential to intellect
ual as to economic progress. A
university must therefore be hos
pitable to an infinite variety of
skills and viewpoints, relying
upon open competition among
them as the surest safeguard of
truth. Its whole spirit requires in
vestigation, criticism and pre
sentation of ideas in an atmos
phere of freedom and mutual con
fidence ... To enjoin uniformity
of outlook upon a university
faculty would put a stop to learn
ing at the source . .
The statement then goes into
the subject of the obligations and
responsibilities of university facul
ties. Here it makes this telling
observation: “There is a line at
i f i
which ‘freedom or ‘privilege be
gins to be qualified by legal ‘duty’'
and ‘obligation.’ The determina-1
tion of the line is the function of
the legislature and the courts . . J
Any member of a university who
crosses the duly established line
is not excused by the fact that he
believes the line ill-drawn.”
At this point the statement'is
highly critical of the professor
who takes legal refuge in the Fifth
Amendment as an excuse to re
fuse to answer questions—” if he
is called upon to answer for his}
convictions it is his duty as a!
citizen to speak out.” It continues
with a ringing condemnation of f
Russian Communism and all other <
forms of totalitarianism, staling, (
‘Three of its principles in partic-j
alar are abhorrent to us: The 1
fomenting of world-wide revolu- 1
ion as a step Jto seizing power;1!
.he use of falsehood and deceit as 1
normal means of persuasion; f
thought control—the dictation of -
doctrines which must be accepted
and taught by all party members.”
Finally, the statement comes to
the heart of the matter — and it
does that in unequivocal terms.
The substance of its stand is
found in these words: “Above
all, a scholar must have in
tegrity and independence. This
renders impossible adherence- to
such a regime as that of Russia
and its satellites. No person who
accepts or advocates such prin
ciples and methods has any place
in a university. Since present
•membership in the Communist
Party requires the acceptance of
these principles and methods, such
membership extinguishes the right j
jto a university position. Moreover,
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People in the News
Mrs. Olga Waller, Los Angeles,
and hop mother, Mrs. Chester A.
Harris, Frankfort, Kansas, were
Lincoln visitors during the past
week. They were the dinner guests
of Mrs. Jewel Norman. Mrs. Wal
ler is a former Lincolnite.
Private James Lincoln was in
Lincoln over the week end. Pri
vate Lincoln revealed that he
would complete his basic training
at Fort Riley in a few days. He
then will go to a camp in Georgia
to attend a military police train
ing school. Private Lincoln was a
criminology major at the Univer
sity of Nebraska.
Mrs. Ida Hightower has re
turned to Lincoln from St. Joseph,
Missouri, where she had been due
to the illness of a sister.
Mrs. Sarah Polk is back from a
trip to St. Louis.
The concert given here last
week by Mary Frances Crowley
was adequately reported by the
daily papers. Miss Crowley proved
to be a capable artist and was en
thusiastically received by the au
dience. Her accompanist, William
Shufford, was more than an ade
quate collaborator.
Miss Crowley is a native of St.
Joseph and comes from a musical
family. Mr. Shufford is a native
of Chicago and his study of the
piano includes a period in Italy.
The Omega Psi Phi fraternity
will hold its district meeting in
□maha May 15 to 17. Former Lin-J
:olnite H. V. McDaniel, Denver,'
s representative for the Eleventh^
District which is composed of
chapters in Iowa, Nebraska, and
Colorado.
Mrs. Kathryn Favors, teacher in1
he Omaha public schools, will
each this summer at the Univer-'
lity of California in Berkeley.'
VIrs. Favors is the wife of the
Ftev. John Favors, former pastor
>f Mt. Zion Baptist Church here.
Charlene J. Colbert, University
jf Nebraska student from St. Jo
seph, Mo., received a William
EJyte Scholarship. Miss Colbert’s
name appeared on the University
jf Nebraska’s Honors Convocation
program.
if an instructor follows commu
nistic practice by becoming a pro
pagandist for one opinion, adopt
ing a ‘party line,’ silencing critic
ism or impairing freedom of
thought and expression in his
classroom, he forefeits not only
all university support but his right
to membership in the university.”
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Western League
Chatter
By Burt F. Newton
Clint (Butch) McCord’s sev
enth inning homer broke a 1-1
deadlock enabling Denver to wifi
the first game of the season from
the Lincoln Chiefs here Monday,
Apri 27.
McCord is a newcomer to the
Western League. The Denver first
baseman, a lefty all the way, is a
native of Nashville and saw serv
ice in the Negro League with the
Chicago American Giants. He
played last year with Paris, 111.,
in the Mississippi Valley-Oliio
Valley League.
Curt Roberts, Denver second
baseman and former Kansas City
Monarch star, and Orinthal
(Andy) Anderson, rightfield and
former Chicago American Giant,
aided the Mile High City cause
with brilliant fielding plays.
Denver again leads the West
ern League with men of color.
Also with the 1952 Western
League pennant and playoff win
ners are three Panamanians, Al
bert Osorio, Bobby Prescott, Mar
cus Cobos, and Cuban, Roy Con
treras.
Osorio was the Bears’ leading
pitcher last year with 20 wins.
He was in spring training with
Hollywood of the Coast -League
but did not stick with the Stars.
Prescott plays outfield or in
field. He was with Depver dur
ing the early part of last season
but was sent to Hutchinson, Kan
sas, Class C, where he hit over
.350.
Cobos opened the season as
Denver’s regular catcher but was
forced out of the lineup because
of an injury.
Contreras is a pitcher.
The Lincoln Chiefs opened the
season with Stan Glenn as the
starting catcher but after ap
pearing in several games he was
released to Quebec of the Pro
vincial League.
MU Hayes, Lincoln business
manager, iold the yvriter that
Glenn was an adequate receiver
but could not hit a curve.
Lincoln is an independent club
this year but has signed a work
ing agreement with the Milwau
kee Braves. Hayes stated that he
had hoped to get Henry Aaron,
former Monarch shortstop, who
is going great with Jacksonville,
Fla., of the Sally League. Lin
coln was a Philadelphia Athletics
farm club last year. Fleming
(Junior) Reedy, Tom Butts, and
Al Wilmore were with Lincoln
last year. Reedy is playing this
year with Savannah, Sally
League.
Bill Pope, pitcher, and Sam
Hairston, catcher, are back with
Colorado Springs. Pope, brother
of Dave with Indianapolis, won
13 games last year for the White
Sox farm club. Hairston led West
ern League hitters until the final
week last year.
Lacey Curry is back with
Pueblo, Brooklyn farm club.
: Curry played short last year but
has been given outfield duty this
year.
Clyde v Parris, regular Pueblo
third baseman last year, is play
ing with Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,
of the Class B Florida Interna
tional League.
There are no Negroes with
Omaha, St. Louis Cardinals. The
writer hasn’t seen or received a
^report on Wichita, St. Louis
Browns, Sioux City, New York
Giants, or Des Moines, Chicago
Cubs.
Pablo Bernard, utility player
with Denver last year, is playing
short for Billings, Mont., in the
Class C Pioneer League. Bernard
is a Panamanian.
Connie Johnson, 18-game win
ning pitcher with Colorado
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