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COLUMBIA # SPECTATOR
FOUHPED ItTT
Vol. CXII No. 108
NKW YORK, N.Y., WKDNKSl.AY, MAY 1, 1968
FIVE CENTS
Faculty Board Estahlished
To Plan Columbia Future
Will Consider Reslrueturing Unĩversilv.
200 Dissidcnl Facullv to Back Strike"
By PAUL STARR
The Joint Faculties ol' Cohimbia University, a body
which Ims existetl only siui'C Ku.iid.iy, resolvcd yes-
terday at a meeting to create an executive commit-
tee empowered to take "needed steps to return the
University to its educational task."
Meanwhile, a group oí about 200 dissident facul...
mi'mljiM-s ye_.íei-d;iy si£ned a pctition vowíng to °r_-
spect the strike on classes that has been calhcl
by a broad array of studenl k'.ĸlcrs.
The "ofTicial* faculíy group , which mct at St. Faul's Chapel :ui'-
esolut
but i
■LCid -
tuted t
Over 1000 Attend Protest
To Support Student Strike
.. ■* Æ Bv MARTIN FLUMENEAUM
"Colu'mbia Unb
hul it must be resurrected,* Mark
Rudd '69, chairman of Students
for a Democratie Society, told a
croivd of well over 1Ũ0Ũ peoplc
ycsterday afternoon.
Kudd, speakĩng to the massivc
crowd from the pla_a of the Lan
School overlooklng 116 St., called
.t Columbia. a "revo-
By MARTIN FLUI.II.NI.AI.M
.dcheersof "Strike,
crowd that "for the tirst time the
faculty has seen the light...they
have been awakened."
The crowd, which reached its
peak at about 2:30 p.m., was com-
posed ot contingents from many
other schools in the metropolitan
area including Cíty College, New
York Cniversity, Queens College,
and Fordliam. Also present was a
group of about 100 students from
the College of Physicians andSur-
geons, many of whomcarriedsigns
prolesting the use of violence on
The main theme of the rally was
thc proposed student strike. Al-
most all the speakers emphasi_ed
that the real purpose of the Uni-
versity "Is to serve the sludents."
Rudd declai-ed that 'only the stu-
donts hnow what the University
should be and what values it should
Hudd also asserted that thc
strike--wiU last until we wĩn.'"
Also spcaking at the raily, Pro-
fessor of Goveriunent Roger Hils-
man urged the crowd to alloiv sen-
lents ior facuity members to use their
rally prestige in order "to accompli.sh
'day- the aims that you hav. ;,::!:■ i. I.v
Barnard Votes lo Suspend
All Classes for Two Days
The facultyan.
Barnard Collt/ge voted a tivo-day
suspension of classes yesterday
"to express our deep sorrow over
A state^nentadopted byamajor-
ity of the teachĩngandadminístra-
tive staff of the college and later
approved by the student body de-
plored the Uníversity's •sluggish-
ness" in responding to changc,
which "fostered ejítremistactions,
the forceable seizure of the build-
Ings, the use ofunwarrantedpolioe
An accompanying statement by
ted the faculty position, addingthat
■while we encourage girls to sup-
port Columbia strike bycontinuing
to boycott Columbia classes, we
m throughout the weeh; li
.efindnc
...l.ííl:
extremity of violence to which the
Columbia Administration resorted
early this moi-nlng."
At tho eonclusion of the mecting
of the Barnard student body, thc
studonts voted overwhelmingly to
express their confidence in the
Barnard administration. Thcy
wcrc Iheninformedthatthefaculty,
in their meeting earlier, hadacled
similarly.
Arrested Sludenls Arraigned;
Trials Sel for Early June
Bv JEFFREV ARSHAM •*
for the cancellation of clas.os todu.v uiily. T.iu i-esolutiocl :i!.si> i.av
the new e;_ecutivu facully lajminillue the powev to convein. Ll-.u ■.siinli'
facully svitliout the consent of the l'rosidenl. The committee's co-
eliaic'ciii'ii aro Alan i'. IVestin, pt-ofcs.stii- oí public laiv and (.ovein-
ment, and Míchael Sovern, professor of law.
The resolution passed by the 'official* faculty aiso asked that
the recently-appointed tri-partite
committee "begĩn functioning to
a.ssure due process and equitable
treatment to students facing ehar-
h'aculty members and students
who pledged to go on strike de-
manded repeatedly through thcday
that the President and Vice Pres-
ident immediately resign. i_rie
líentley, Brandor Matthews Prof-
essor of English Literature, sald
yesterday, "We cannot hold any
truthful discussĩonĸ before there-
moval of the President. AUdepends
on one demand—Kirk must í.o!"
Thepetitĩon that thetwohundred
faculty members have signed in-
fidence* in the administration. Al-
though the officĩal faculty meeting
did not censurc the President for
his actions in the past week, it is
reported that hewasheavilybooed,
though also applauded, as he en-
tered the mocting in St. Paul's.
The President relinquished thc
on Pag. 3|
The group of o.
vho were arrested durĩng thepre-
iaivn police raĩd yesterdiy wcrt
d this moniingatCrimi.
nal Court.
Thc vast majority of thc ar-
rested students were charged ivilli
criminal trespassing, and iverc
immedialely releused on recogni-
_ancc without bail. Mosthavebeen
ordered to appear for trial in thc
fitst iveck of June.
A spohesman for the Natiotul
Lawyers' Cuĩld reported that a
number of students in Loiv Líbrary
havc been charged with resisting
unspecified degrees of assault. lt
was aiso roported that arrested
non-students are being released on
ii bond of $500.
In a relaled developmeut, Wil-
By JEFFREV ARSIIAM
liain hunstler of the Las. íieiuLu
for Constitutional Rights has filcd
a druft compiaint to enjoin pro-
sccution of the arrested studcnts.
ln a phone interview, Kunstler
stated that he intended to aslt for
an Injunction agaĩnst "court pro-
.oculions, the presence of police
on campus, police brutality, and
dents.* Kunsller added that he is
hoping for additĩonal plainliffs,
such as thc Student Council, the
ad hoc faculty, and black students
::ai Lli-y wurc 'ulili-.mi.
.íctliod ivhicli aiipiMi-L'c; c.
iuii ficiui lh. l"nivL-i-..ity.
Police Guard Campus Entrances
jf By PETER HASKEL
City Polie
hoc tacultj' commĩtiee membcrs,
continuod lo control the entrances
to thc Moi-iiingsldccampusyesĩer-
_ay, in the wa'ie of bloody políco
action early Monday moi-ning.
Fot- most of the day they lim-
ited access into cumpus to faculty
members, university employces,
and resident students.Today,hoiv-
ever, according to a university
upen ;tll day -for faculty, sludents,
aud staff. Regular classes, hoii-
_vci-, will not be held but facult)
ind students will meet together
. of all s
tes at eĩther end
Thesegates were
tho only ones open for mosl o(
the day. Despite the early morn-
ing exclusion of alt students from
campus, young men were secn en-
terlng the campus by climblng thc
locked gate at Broadway and 114th
St. and by way of the delivery
entrance toFurnaldlIallwhichstu-
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