Education: Hutchins on Oaths

Speaking on civil liberties before a convocation sponsored by the Chicago Congregational Union last week, smart President Robert Maynard Hutchins of the University of Chicago bestowed his approval upon teachers' oath laws—provided parents, cinema stars and radio entertainers are also required to swear allegiance to the U. S. Constitution.

''My influence over young people," said the nation's most famed young college president, "can scarcely be compared with that of Amos 'n' Andy."

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