Show University The spectre of is showing its ugly self This time it may strike pretty sacred ground the American The popularity of this ill-advised technique so recently evinced by the government's proneness to use it has prompted the American Association of University Professors to announce plans to examine this year scores of state colleges and universities for signs of un-American activities among their Currently the members of the association are investigating the case of five of its members who were fired from faculty posts for supporting Henry A. If this is their idea of investigating they are to be praised to the For certainly firing members for what they believe in is most on the other if the association is going to embark on a purge of free thought and hold hearings that are important only because of then educational institutions face a crisis unparalleled in the history of this The very basis of liberal education faces virtual Obvious target of investigations like those conducted by the house un-American committee is the liberal-minded college who is more in the long by his thought-provoking and constructive classroom sessions than by his stump harangues for this or that We can only hope the association's investigations do not take on the hue of house If it is to fire a college instructor for belonging to the Socialist as was the case 20 years ago or to fire members for being new as was the case in Texas in the 1944 presidential then liberal education is Let's not encourage witch hunting on our As a method of it is sadly out of place in our progressive |