March 02, 1949 (vol. 59, iss. 104) • Page Image 4
… tIa for all foreign students and Amer- ican friends, 4:30-6 p.m., Thurs., March 5, International Center. Hostesses: Mrs. Harlan C. Koch, Mrs. Paul Spurlin, and Mrs. Bay- Urd Lyon. Arab Club: Dinner, 6…
… psychology. The snow recalled the grimmer aspects of the speakers' ban; it pointed backward to the winter of 1947 when Gerhart Eisler was almost mobbed by angry students as- sembled in Felch Park, where he had…
… University of suppressing it. IN RECALLING the Eisler incident, the snow could serve as a tangible reminder of the brutality of bigotry, should ridicule the pettiness of mob tactics. The behavior of students…
… separate emotional chaff from factual grain. Among children, such fear is perhaps a necessary protection. But among college students it is as dangerous as it is ridic- ulouls. The Eisler incident is a thing…
… of the past. Its condemnation by most students indicated that the great majority of the student body retained some openmindedness. TlE DANGER of the future is that it could happen again-that a minority…
… another speakers' ban-this time imposed by the students themselves. If campus extremists can adjust them- selves to the inevitable existence of both opinion poles, and if they will grant both sides the…
… the students, and the speakers' ban again imposed. The forecast, if that happened, would be grim: "Snow, followed by Eisler incidents." -George Walker. Policy Question ARECENT "OPEN LETTER to Republi…
… appearance would help clear things up, perhaps not. Students are well able, through questions, to find the facts for themselves when they have the issues brought to them. Following the line set down in their…
… Eisler came to Ann Arbor over a year ago, was refused permission to speak, and the resulting near riot caused by students when he tried to talk off campus was plastered over the front pages of the nation…
…'s press. The Hearst papers called the mob of snow balling students "red-blooded young Americans." Most of us still wince at that. If Eisler had spoken at Hill, Rackham, Kellogg, the Architecture Auditorium…

