Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-26
Five Colleges
Censured0ver
Firing Policies

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academic freedom.
The censure actions wer,
taken against the University oI
Michigan, Alabama Polytechnic
Institute at Auburn. Texai
Technical College at Lubbock
Dickinson College Of Carlisle
Pa. and Livingstone College Of
Salisbury. N. c.
The Alabama Polytechni,
case. the association reported
was the first dealt with by tn,
association In which a teacher
was dismissed because of hi
views on racial indignation.
censure by the association
has no direct effect on opera
ton Of a college but expresses
the organizations displeasure.
Three Censures Lifted
The association. during It's
44th annual convention here,
lifted 1856 votes Of censure
against the University OF Cali
fornia. Rutgers University al
New Brunswick. N. j., and
Temple University. Philadel-
phia.
In the case Of Temple. the
letting Of eensure was condi-
toned on the rewriting OF a
policy statement which the
professors interpret as meaning
that q faculty member would
have TO prove to the trustees
his fitness to continue as q
teacher II he had refused TO
cooperate with any legislative
committee.
In the case Of California
ana Rutgers, the censure was
lifted completely.
Reports were received on the
University of Vermont, New
York University, Reed College
Of Portland. Greg: the Uni
versity Of Southern California
and the University Of Kansas
City. but no action was re-
quested.
In each case where no action
was recommended the associa-
tons Committee on Academic
Freedom and Tenure, headed
by Prof. Bentley Glass Of Johns
Hopkins University. said i'm
provements had been made.
The committee reported on
all cases. making its findings
from investigations conducted
by special committees.
Case Based on Letter
The report on Alabama Poly
technic grew out Of q letter
written TO the student news
paper last May by Bud r.
Hutchinson, assistant professor
Of economies. on the issue of
racial indignation in schools. II
was published. along with the
faculty members name and
position.
Mr.. Hutchinson was dis
missed without a hearing and
no payment Of salary was made
10 him in lieu Of adequate no
tice. the committee said. It
declared that regulation S
adopted at the school since the
case give inadequate aSsur-
ances Of academic freedom in
relation to faculty views on ra-
cial indignation"
The report emphasized that
the associations interest is
based on the issue Of academic
freedom rather than on the
individuals stand on integra-
ton.
Refused 10 Testify
The censure against the Uni
versity Of Michigan grew out OF
dismissal Of Prof. Mark Nicker-
son and DR.. H. Chandler Davis
In 1854 for refusal to testify
before a congressional commit
tee investigating un-American
activities. The Dickinson Col
lege censure came for dismissal
OF Prof. l.. r. Lavallee for in
voking the Fifth Amendment
when called before the House
Un-American Activities Com
mittee in 1856.
Texas Tech was censured for
action Of the schools directors
in discussing three teachers
without the filing of charges
and without allaying "appre-
hension that the dismissals re-
suited from the social, political
or economic views Of the dis
missed teachers"
The censure against Living
stone College. afhliated with the
African Methodist Episcopal
Zion Church. came because its
trustees refused to carry out an
agreement to employ a teacher
when they learned he was q
member Of the Unitarian
Church.
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