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Show ' -r "-jr I - ' "I " ' ' " V.',' i I . t , J - , J" " . The Great Wall of China, 75 miles from Peking, will be shown in Bath Stuart s 90-m.nute turn on the Chinese Communist mainland. ACLU extends policy to high schools The ACLU considers the academic freedoms set forth in the statement more than a line of defense. There are. it says, "positive elements in the educational process of a democracy." NEW YORK (CPS)-The American Civil Liberities Union (ACLU) has extended guidelines recommended for academic freedom on the college campus to high schools. A released policy statement says the philosophy that ACLU has been practicing at the secondary level for some time. It spells out what that organization sees as the rights of students and teachers on subjects that have resulted in controversy and legal hassles across the nation. "If each new generation is to acquire a feeling for civil liberties ," the statement says, "it can do so only by having a chance to live in the midst of a community where the principles are continually exemplified. For young people, the high school should be such a community." The guidelines oppose loyality oaths and call for the freedom to teach controversial issues. Union participation, including the right to strike, is also endorsed. Teachers should be appointed solely on the basis of teaching ability and professional competence and not dismissed for holding and expressing opinions, the statement says. Rights set out for students include dress, access to books, assembly, publications, outside activities and due process in disciplinary actions. The statement also added, "The right to an education. ..should not be abrogated because of marriage or pregnancy unless there is compelling evidence that the students presence. ..does in fact disrupt or impair the educational process for other students." |