COLLEGE TAKES NO ACTION ON MATHER OATH REJECTION

University authorities had taken no action last night concerning the rejection of Professor Mather's teacher's oath by Payson Smith, Massachusetts commissioner of Education, having had no official communication from the State.

A statement issued by the University merely stated, "Professor Mather has taken the oath of allegiance. His oath has been forwarded to the Commissioner considers it to be technically imperfect, Professor Mather's attention will be called to this fact.

"The question of relieving Professor Mather from his teaching duties has not been even considered by the University officials. The question of the technical form of the oath appears to involve a number of legal problems which must be considered if and when the issue arises."

Meanwhile Professor Mather had no statement to make beyond that made on Friday when he said, "I have not come from a notary public's office, and I'm not going to one. I have signed my oath, and if anybody objects, they may do so." Asked about the deadline laid down by the law, Professor Mather replied, "I haven't thought about it in that way."

That the oath bill has no penalty clause is an established fact; thus speculation is rife as to whether the state or the university is in the position to enforce the signing of the oath. President Conant has taken the position in a letter published some weeks ago that the members of the faculty should comply to a state law, even though they and he are opposed in principle.

Professor Mather wrote two exceptions onto his oath; namely that he would not sever his connections with a Russo-American cultural group and that he did not transfer from the University to the State the right to judge his fitness as a teacher.