Crisis at Columbia

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COLUMBIA DAILY SPECTATOÍ.
 

APRIL 27, 1968
 

Brown    Speaks    Before    500   at    Hamilton   Rally
 

michael  conferrod  with the

dents  insidc for forty mlhi

Mr. Carmichael declitied reqt

to address thc crowd.

  After  Mr. Broĸti's  .pcecli, lic

and Mr. Carmichael,this timees-

corted by a  large niimber of sym-

puthi_ers, lcft the  campus  bythc

Am.stei.dam  g.ite. They were not

stopped by the poiice, and cntered

an  aulomobile  on  Moruingsidc

Drive at 117 St., wbich
 

.'l'i' a;
 

lillg kli
 


 

dred maleand
 

[em.ilc young black
 

students from
 


 


 

iio bad enlcred tbe
 

camiJiis iini.Jppi
 


 

of the black
 

students clímbed
 

through a Ha
 

nilton Hall wîndoiv
 

and asked for
 


 

the Hamilton group, but were ex-
 

pelled by íhe
 


 

aríd told to "cooi ít."
 


 

i. for thc btacks
 

in Iliimiltoii
 

also told thc higl
 


 

s not to atten.pt to
 

take control
 

of any buiiding on
 

  While Mr. Hrovvn and Mr. Car-



sociate Profcssor oLSociulogj-Im-

manuel  Wallersteln  warned  thi

ct-owd tliat the use of forceagains

the students in íliiniillonllallcuuli

lcad  to the destruclion ûf the Uni

versity.

  Negro leaders from llaj-lemhel'

another  rally at Broadway  au

H6U1 St. last night, but there  vva



of the violence whích erupted a

Thursday night's rally.
 

  Approximiitely fourhundred stu-

dents oppo.sed to the occupation of

Columbia   buĩldings  by demon-

strators met in Wollmai Auditor-

ium yestcrday al 5 p.m. and fol-

lowed Profcssor of Economics C.

Lois'ell  Ilarriss  to  make their

views known to the ad hoc faculty

meating in Philosophy Hall.

  Kinlioi-, the  siiideiiis IjooocI Pro
 


 

:sĸ.ry.Iaii

■li.ptrtlío:
 

1. l'n.i'i-s-

 'tlicrc i.

r.usiy, bu-
 

Tlght
 

ic:i(ic:l llii'
 

ty policu,

camp-js entrance, and delibc

cfforts by black  speakcrs to 1

îhe  demonsfration peaceful, ]

vented  vĩolence.  There wa.
 

to Philosophy Ilall,

sot-  Harriss told



there  wĩll be a. solutíon."   He

added, "All of mj'  eolleagucs, no

matter how much vve diĩfer, agrec

that violence would be the wrong

thíng."  He commended  the stu-

dents for Iheir rcstraintandst_.ted

that  he  sympathizes  with their

frustratĩon.

  Police barricades were estab-

lished at either end  of  CoUege

Walk yesterday betwecn  noon artd

1 p.m., and police officers, in-
 

10  Student   Leaders   Propose

Plans   to  Alleviate   Situation
 

■  bcltig admiuisíered by thc

nitory cu.uiselor-.. j\dmission

tiri'is Hootli Hall slíIIrequírcí
 

llall, carrjang ou iiei.;aí.iiuionssvitl

both theadministratiouandthestu-

.ents occupying campus bui.dings
 

 At 11 a.m.,  Professor of Gov-

rnment Warner H. Schilling, As-

ociate Professor of HistoryDavĩd

, liothmun and Assistanî Profes-

or  of History Hobert M. Fogel-

on  proposed that the faculty cor-

on  ofE Low Library to prevcnt

rec egress and  ingress to  the

emo.nstrators. Theyproposed that

o   pacify conservative students,

11  who dcsired to leave Low Lib-

ary should surrender their 1,1).
 

 This plan  was  put  int

■arly in  tlie afternoon,

.bandoned as imi.).,i.Licni

jrief pcriod. Only three
 

i  effcc
 

.Uident  leadci--

seveii   proposa

bclieved míghl ;



  Tlie oft'icers o

cils of  thc Univ

of (. eneral Stud

Faculties, the pt

          of  1'
 

s Clas

:  Coluti
 

    ■rity report of thc StudentLife

Committee,

  The group also called for  the

 everance of "all iiistítutionaltie.

 Jith the Instiíute for Defense An-

 ilyses, including membership of

Columbia officials  on  tbe  Insti-

  .c'. .covurriiig board."

  In addition, the  group  asked

  at President Grayson Kirk's  ban

  i  indoor demoiisti-ict.ioiis b_  re-

  iked and that "all penalties pre-

  ously  imposed under  this baii"
 

mine general Univ

; subject only to

 Trustees."

n addition, a "per

it-faculty judiclal l
 

inent stu-



,rity in all
 

ínofStu-
 

: i:ĸ!
 

stated that the demonstratoi

"los't  conddence" in the  faeulty

because  of the collection  of I.D.



  The Mathematics  building was

patrolled at all yesterday and Av-

ery was patrolled only in the ear-
 

i  faci
 

. Faye
 

.VTIII.KIIC. SU't.JÍÍ'l'i SS:
 

C. Lowcll Hanis. (c
 

was auly Informally patrolled.

  There are  no  plans to patrol

Lewtsohn Hall, whích is occupied

by  students from  the School of

General Studĩes.  The GS students

wish to maíntain thelr indepen-



der conti'oi of thc building to Stu-

dents  for a Democratic  Society,

which is in control of the othcr

occupicd buildings.

  A  spokesman  for the  students

stated  yesterday  e-.ei.iri_., "'1111.1

building is cooperating wĩth  the

faculty of  GS..
 

siadc
 

il.ud  i
 

t  leaders also



dinarycircum-

;d to "all those

urrcnt demon-
 

  ÍVlso included in the n

lations was teterminationof con-

itructiou of the Morningside Park

•ymnîsium and the return of the

.'iie to Llio City.

 Thc Mministrationivasaslcecibv
 

Opinion Poll Totals



IXot  to  Be  Issued



 endum would be misleadíng and ĩj

 !:os.-i!:l_ 10 interpret.

  ,Schneider  also questioned the

 access  of all concerned students to

 ballots. He saĩd that  students de-

 monstrating inside Avery Hall had

 voted, but that no one ín Low Lib-

 rary, Hamilton Hall, Lewisohn, or

 Mathematics  liad voted,  and only

 a portion of the students inFayer-



   Schneider stated that theadmin-

 istration had  not in  any way at-

 tempted to surpress the findings

 of the  poll, as some rcports had

 indicated last night. He stated that

 since all the ballots were m ' ' '

 nlated, hc  eould muke no es

 nn  whether the vote favor

 demonstrators. He added that therc

 was no plan  to release the refer-

 endum in the future.
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