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Harvard College students believe otherwise qualified Communists should be permitted to teach in American colleges, a CRIMSON poll yesterday indicates.
In the poll, taken in House and Union dining halls during lunch and dinner, undergraduates voted 672 to 507 in favor of letting Communists teach in the social sciences, 763 to 412 in favor of letting them teach in the humanities, and 902 to 304 in favor of letting them teach in the sciences.
Thus Harvard students, who voted for Dewey over Truman by 1013 to 508 in a CRIMSON poll last fall, came out in opposition to the stand taken by President Conant Thursday, when he joined 19 other educators in issuing a report that said, that Communist Party members "should not be employed as teachers."
"Assuming they are otherwise qualified, should Communists be permitted to teach at college?" A poll at Radcliffe indicated that Annext students also are in favor of letting Communists teach at colleges. 'Cliffe returns were 41 to 32 in favor of letting Communists teach in the social sciences, 52 to 23 in favor of letting them teach in the humanities, and 58 to 16 in favor of letting them teach in the sciences. Comments on the ballots in favor of letting Communists teach often added the proviso that they be kept out of secret government work and that they be labelled as Communists. A slight majority of the ballots voted yes for all three disciplines. The ratio of all yes to all no ballots was 5 to 2. Close to 50 ballots, a majority of them yes ballots, were eliminated as fraudulent
A poll at Radcliffe indicated that Annext students also are in favor of letting Communists teach at colleges. 'Cliffe returns were 41 to 32 in favor of letting Communists teach in the social sciences, 52 to 23 in favor of letting them teach in the humanities, and 58 to 16 in favor of letting them teach in the sciences.
Comments on the ballots in favor of letting Communists teach often added the proviso that they be kept out of secret government work and that they be labelled as Communists.
A slight majority of the ballots voted yes for all three disciplines. The ratio of all yes to all no ballots was 5 to 2.
Close to 50 ballots, a majority of them yes ballots, were eliminated as fraudulent
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