Was it the intent of Congress in the Fair Housing Act of 1968 to prohibit separate housing for single men and women college students? We feel this is open to question – especially after talking with a former U.S. senator who was in office when the measure was passed. Non-segregation of living quarters for male… Continue reading ‘Y’ Student Housing Issue
Category: BYU
In Oaks Testimony – College Curbs Opposed
Brigham Young University’s president, Dr. Dallin H. Oaks, got in some good licks against growing federal encroachment in the field of higher education when he testified Tuesday before a congressional committee in Washington. Charging that independence of private schools is threatened and that diversity disappears as control emerges, President Oaks appeared before the Post Secondary… Continue reading In Oaks Testimony – College Curbs Opposed
Teachers Negotiations Act
Extending school teacher salary negotiations deep into the summer, a trend of recent years in Utah, ought to be changed for the good of the public. Each year a few school districts go “right down to the wire” in the negotiations while the public waits, not knowing whether a settlement will be reached in time… Continue reading Teachers Negotiations Act
Ford’s Oct. 2 Provo Speech
President Gerald R. Ford’s address at the BYU Activities Center Oct. 2 will mark a rare occasion indeed. Insofar as the Herald can determine, only three American president previously have appeared here while holding the top office in the land, while a fourth made a Provo appearance just two days before his election as president. Harry S.… Continue reading Ford’s Oct. 2 Provo Speech
Inauguration of ‘Y’ President
President Dallin H. Oaks of Brigham Young University apparently set the tone for the years immediately ahead in the closing paragraph of his inaugural address. “We have passed through a period of extraordinary growth at BYU,” he told the capacity audience at the inauguration Friday. “We are now entering a period of maturing, deepening, and… Continue reading Inauguration of ‘Y’ President