Shaky Dissenting

During this period of escalating madness in American life, one of the few institutions from which the voice of sanity has clearly sounded has been the university. Recovering from the apathy of the 50’s, the university has become a center of serious criticism for liberals and leftists. Civil rights agitation drew heavily upon courageous college students; the upsurge of New Left radicalism was fomented on the campus; the cries against Vietnam policy were begun with the teach-ins. Measured against the increasing radicalism of the university, the conservatism of other institutions—notably business and labor—present a depressing spectacle.

All this is not to say that the university does not have considerable faults. Quite the...