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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1949
Page
1
Barnard Bulletin lists student editors and staff roles including editor in chief Ruth Anfy and Marilyn Karmason managing editors plus feature and news editors. The semi weekly publication notes delivery details and post office filing as second class matter with a 1928 date.
The article questions if communists should teach in schools and argues that teacher freedoms are restricted by contracts and town norms. It cites Miss Russell noting anti-Communist pressure causes self censorship, harming scientific inquiry and democratic discussion.
The Bulletin releases a survey of prominent experts on Communist influence in education, compiling a wide range of opinions from qualified voices. The piece opens a series examining this issue and its implications for schools and policy.
The National Commission of Educational Reconstruction of the American Federation of Teachers states that Communist Party membership is incompatible with service in U.S. educational institutions. It warns against a reign of terror and urges loyalty investigations with safeguards for individual rights to protect public trust and democratic scholarship.
Columbia Provost Albert C Jacobs states that academic freedom is essential to advancing knowledge and must allow unrestricted questioning of ideas. He warns that dictatorship suppresses university freedom and asserts professors should teach truth without dictation.
Rose V Russell argues that teachers must be free to hold beliefs and associate with organizations of their choice. She contends anti Communism drives self censorship, harms scientific inquiry, and damages educational independence, urging that personal beliefs are irrelevant to teaching fitness. The piece condemns broad anti red purges and calls for protection of dissenting views.
Washington University in Seattle discharged Joseph Butterworth Herbert J. Phillips and Ralph Gundlach after ruling that Communist party affiliation conflicted with teaching duties. Three other instructors were placed on two-year probation after admitting prior party membership. The action followed a state legislative committee probe into university activities.
President Bryn J. Hovde argues that academic freedom is essential and must be protected in democracies. He contends Communists cannot responsibly exercise academic freedom and should not be employed if they openly align with the party line, with tenure tied to scientific work.
Associate Editor Matthew Howard argues the question is loaded and seeks a clear view of Communist philosophy. He notes that a true Communist is an American who believes in Logalism and supports immediate social measures, though access to honest discussion is limited by media.
Millicent McIntosh aligns with John Childs and Sidney Hook in saying a Communist Party member should not teach truth and has no place on a college faculty. She argues against excluding only so called intellectual Marxists and urges exposure to all political philosophies.
Harold Taylor argues that Communist affiliation should not automatically bar a teacher from American colleges. He cites teacher honesty and legality as tests, urges faculty hearings for miseducation, and warns against suppressing autonomy of the college and democracy.
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