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P:After completing a survey of 199 communities, the New York State Citizens Committee for the Public Schools told of some of the attitudes that today's teachers must struggle against. Four out of ten children and nearly half the parents polled said they have no respect for their teachers' knowledge. Only 24% of the adults said they admire teachers. In 79 communities, more than half the male teachers hold down after-hours jobs to make ends meet. Most communities (74%) take it for granted that teachers should perform after-school duties with no extra pay. Only 18% of the parents said they would like to see their sons go into teaching, but an almost equal number said "Absolutely not."

P:Refusing to grant an injunction to citizens of Clinton, Tenn. who want to bar integration in their schools, the Tennessee State Supreme Court declared that all state laws to enforce segregation in the public schools are unconstitutional and therefore unenforceable.

P: M.I.T. announced that it has reinstated Mathematician Dirk Struik to the rank of full professor. In 1951, when a Massachusetts grand jury indicted Struik for plotting the violent overthrow of the government, M.I.T. suspended him with full pay and without prejudice. Though the state later dropped its case, M.I.T. decided to carry on an investigation of its own. The gist of the faculty committee's findings: Struik has never made any secret of his Marxist views, but there is no proof that he has ever been a member of the Communist Party or that his beliefs have interfered with his teaching or research. Nevertheless, the committee deplored his use of the Fifth Amendment when testifying before the House Un-American Activities Committee, in effect censured Mathematician Struik for "conduct unbecoming an Institute professor."

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