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Education: Freedom, But...

Academic freedom shivered a little in the anti-Communist wind: ¶A New York State Supreme Court justice ordered the Buffalo school board to reinstate Teacher Eleanor Dushane, and give her $1,000 in back pay. Principal Charles J. Costello of Buffalo's East High had charged the fortyish schoolmarm with insubordination, subversive activity and inefficiency. Her real offense: posting a classroom notice of a lecture by PM Pundit Max Lerner.

¶ Ohio State University's 2,640 faculty members and 4,000 other employees faced a choice between signing an anti-Communist oath or getting fired. By a...

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