Walt Whitman High School 1967 Yearbook (Bethesda, MD) - Full Access

J. P. Altgeld Society Sponsors Lecturers Academic freedom, open hou ina, and the war in Viet– nam interested Whitman tudent tbis year. The John Peter Altgeld ociety met the demand for di cu ion on the e i ue by pon oring peeches by expert . Mr. William Higg , a Wa hington lawyer, poke on the academic freedom of teacher and tudent in American chool . Mr. Charle Jone from the Action Co-ordinating Committee to End gregation in the Suburb {ACCES ) led a discu ion of open housing problem , an i ue of particular interest to Montgomery County resident during thi election year. Mr. Charles Jones, chairman of ACCESS, offer hjs controversial opinion on open hou ing to the John Peter Altgeld Society. Academic freedom advocate Mr. William Higgs encourages student and faculty to exercise their rights of free speech. Faces expre both interest and skepticism as Mr. William Higgs de– scribes a theoretical school sy tern in which tudent control curriculum and teacher hiring. 225