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50 Charse Maiority Coalition Lineĩft of Kirk Stotement o^^æ lk
Ĩ5 J J Statemont by Dr. Grayson Kirk, lumbia's aetion tomght thus is not
Fist fights broke ottt yesterday
when a group of approjdroately
fifty students oharged into the stu-
dents forming the Majority Coali-
tion lines stationed ĩn front of the
west side of Low Library.
Although the charging group
tailed to get past the Majority
Coalition line, members of boíh
groups were cutandbruiseddurĩng
the scuffling which lasted about
three or four minutes.
The Majority' Coai.ition had es-
tahlished the lines in an attempt
to enforce a rulĩng made at an ad
hoe facultv meeting I'acultymem-
bers had also formed a line next
to Loiv.
Although the charging group,
ivhioh trireiv ammo.iia at the coali-
ĩion lĩne, chanted "food," the stu-
dents apparently carried no food.
The cha rging group had formed
in front of Low where groups o£
seven or eight linked arms. Ap-
proxĩmafely sevenlinesof studerits
then marehed around Low tivice.
On îts third círcuit the group
charged into the coalition lipe.
Students milling about the path-
way betwcen Loiv and Earl Hall
quickly moved asido to aiĩow the
demonstrators to pass. The group
passed about two-thirds oftheMa-
jority Coalition line, thensuddenly
veered into the hedge andMajority
Coalîtion line, which was about
thrie people deep.
FLtnchîng, shoving, kĩcking;
shouting and cursing followed. M-
ter about foijr minutes of scuffiing
the demonstrators withdrew.
After the demon. tration scvernl
jnembers of the coalitĩon ex-
pressed anger at thc use of am-
monia. One meĩnbei- stated, "ĩt
ivon't be,funny if one ofusisblind-
ed by thal stuff."
AtJpi-oviijiiiLely half ah hciu'.-after
the demonstration, Mark ĩtndd,
chairman of Students for a Demo-
cratio Society, appeared in order
to confer with a faoulty member.
Rudd told the faculty member that
no further attempts to get'fpod to
the demoiistrators would be made,
"at least not for several hou:
Itudd was told to control
demoi.strators, and prevent any
future outbreaks of violence, Ile
replied that he could not oontrol
everyone in all parts of the cam-
About f_ui--thirtyspectatorswho
sympathĩzed with the students in
Loiv began to throw food andpacks
of eigarettes over the lines of the
Majority Coalĩtion and faculty to
Cans of sardines, packages of
salami, loaves of bread, candy
bars, and oranges and grapefruits
were tossed to students standing
on the second floor ledge of Eow.
Cheers from most of the specta-
tors greetedeachsuccessfulcatch,
and cheers from the Ma.orĩty Co-
loived each errant throw which
boûnced off Low and fell to the
ground.
Several time. many spectators
shouted at the facuity line "pass it
up," referring to the missed food.
Usually the call was unheeded.
Around five' orclock Peter Van
Winkle, a student in the Craduate
School of Business, announced toi
the crowd,' whích then numb'ered
about two thousand, that he intended
to file a legal suĩt today against
the demo-istrators. He said that
he was claiming damages of
§500,000 a day. The annoiincement
evoked laughter and somc student.
began throwing pennies at Van
Shortly afterward the Majority
Coalition began tossing biankets
in the air in unsuecessfulattempts
to interoept food, The coalition
then started to throwfruitandeggs-
intermittently at the people on the
A line of abôut 35 policeme'n
ivas established in front of the
Majority Coalition and the hedge
to ĩncrease the space between the
spectators and the Coalition line,
It could not be determined at jvhose
order the police were.moved
ident of Columbia University:
With the utmost regret and after
nearly a week of efforts at con-
ciliation, I reaehed the conclusion
last evening that I must ask the
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University to re-
sjime its operations.
For nearly six days this insti-
tution has been paralyzedbythe II-
tegal acts of a minority of its sbi-
denĩs, aided and abetted by an un-
of our buildings had béen occupied
bi their entírety and my own offices
and those of the Provost in Low
Library had been seized and held
and our official files rifled.
Despíté tireless efforts by hun-
dreds of faculty members and the
entire administration, these stu-
dents have declined to aeeept any
reasonable bases for settlement.
They appear to have regarded the
University's patienee as weakness,
although they have been assured
repeatedly that we could not in-
Jefinitely tolerate a reckless bi-
diíference to the integrity of the
University and to the standards
of conduct on ivhich its life as an
academie community depends.
if Columbia had been prepare'd
îo aceede to the students' demand
for amnesty from all disciplinary
action resulting from their illegal
conduct, we would have dealt a
near-fata) blow not only to this
institution but to the whole of
higher education. Cp-
merely in the b
future bũt that of its sister in-
stitutions.
-'As president of the University,
I must take the necessary steps
in order.to enable our students,
the maiority of whom are out-
raged by the aetions of this mi-.
nority, to resume their education,
I have, therefore, been obliged ío
request the police of the City of
new York to remove all those ĩn
fllegal occupancy of our buildíngs.
ĩĩ i
ic ,ii"
dedicated efforts of faculty, stu-
dents, and administrators to de-
Cend the University ĩn this crisis
now wĩll be turned with an eqjially
committed effort toward the re-
nowai of its strcngtli and vitality.
The eyewitness reporĩs published
on pages 1 and 3 of today's pa-
pwer were prepared by the fol-
lowing Spectator staff mombers:
Jeffrey Arsham, Jerrry Avorn,
Kenneth Barry, Mark Blumier,
Dearing Carpenter, AndrewCrane,
Martin Flumenbaum, Robert
Fnedman, Robert Hardman, Peter
Haskell, Arthur Kokot, John Kout-
sos, Oren Root, David Rosen, Jim
Shaw, Charles Skoro, Paul Starr,
Mĩchael Stern, Robert Stulberg,
amd Marli Weiss.
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