Misuse of Galleys and Constitutional Amendment
Abstract
1. "It is the responsibility of those who have won a freedom to preserve
it. To have overcome the forces that oppose freedom of the press is meritorious,
but it is of prime importance to maintain that press in keeping
with the standards we have imposed upon it. When we begin to take a free
press flippantly and are irresponsible in our use of it, we become easy
prey for those who would manipulate us in our carelessness.
Galley was re-instituted for the purpose of communication on the campus;
as an outlet for the free expression of opinions. We sorely misuse the
press by imposing, upon it and the community, personal petty gripes such
as the recent "sinological" blurb. Furthermore, the most suspect of illegal
literature is that which is unidentified or falsely identified."
2. "The proposers of the "new" constitutional amendment are experienced in the matter, having been voted down once before, and walked out on at
the meeting they called to stir up propaganda. What they are doing now
is a-thinly-veiled attempt to add to their "aye" vote by softening the
blow, and by appealing to idealistic conceptions of what freedom is."