Monday, March 8, 1965
University Daily Kansan
Page 7
Academic Freedom No Problem at KU
By Harry Krause
Elusive and indefinable, faculty academic freedom is no problem at KU.
Members of the KU faculty were interviewed concerning their opinions of alleged academic suppression at Wichita State University, and were questioned about possible abuses of academic freedom at KU.
LAST WEEK, an assistant professor at Wichita State University, John Mitchell, charged that the administration there had tolerated suppression of academic freedom.
Mitchell said his speech referred to suppression of teachers in 1958 at WSU, before it became a state university.
The members of the KU faculty interviewed were only aware of newspaper accounts of Mitchell's speech and were unable to comment on any problem at WSU.
CHANCELLOR WESCOE issued the following statement concerning WSU and academic freedom:
"I have not read any of the speeches or the complete statements made about academic freedom at Wichita State University. My information comes largely from newspaper accounts, and thus I cannot comment on the details of the situation itself.
"I can say, however, that the Kansas Board of Regents, under whose authority Wichita State University operates, has adopted one of the finest policy statements on academic freedom of any governing board I know.
"I can say, as well, that President Emory Lindquist (of WSU) is a man and an administrator of complete integrity. He undertook the presidency after his selection by a faculty committee from his post as a university professor at Wichita State University. I know his position on academic freedom, and I know he gives complete support, to that essential ingredient of honest and effective university teaching.
"Further support for President Lindquist, I understand, has come from a spokesman for the Wichita State University chapter of the American Association of University Professors, an indication of the confidence of that organization in President Lindquist and the University."
CHARLES WARRINER, professor of sociology, said, "Since WSU came under the state system, there has been protection of teachers concerning their right to teach as they wish."
"As far as KU is concerned, I know of no case of teachers not being able to teach how and what they wanted. The administration has protected teachers fully," he said.
Leland Pritchard, professor of economics, said, "Outsiders don't try to influence the KU administration with their political beliefs, because they realize nothing will come of it."
The president of the local chapter of the American Association of University Professors, Milton Steinhardt, professor of historical music, said he knows of no cases of academic suppression at KU. "The atmosphere here is extremely healthy," Steinhardt said.
JAMES SEAVER, professor of history and past president of the AAUP, said, "Chancellor Wescoe and the administration maintain a complete atmosphere of academic freedom. All involved maintain a constant vigilance to see that no pressure is placed on teachers."
Robert E. Nunley, associate chairman of Latin American areas, said that he knew of no abuses of academic freedom at KU. "You either have complete academic freedom, or you don't have it at all," Nunley said.
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THE PHILIPPINES —(UPI)— A U.S. court martial today acquitted two American Marines accused in the fatal shooting of a Filippo fisherman inside Subic Bay Naval Base last Dec. 13.
GI's Cleared of Murder Charge
Acquitted on charges of negligent homicide were Lance Cpl. James B Thomas, 21, of Martins Ferry, Ohio, and Cpl. Jesse A. Edwards, 22, of Sebastropol, Calif.
It took the five-man military court only one hour and five minutes to reach the verdict in closed session.
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Last month, an American airman was sentenced to three years at hard labor in the shooting of a Filipino trespasser at Clark Air Force Base. A Clark court martial found Airman Ic. Larry Cole of Ezel, Ky., guilty of unpremeditated murder in the shooting near a restricted area on a base gunnery range.
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