Crisis at Columbia

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COLUMBIA DAILY SPECTATOIi
 

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                                                                                    Lists  Preconditions  for  Talks
 

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propQsal suÊgeststhat,_orcourses

ĩn which sessions are not restuned

students  be given  the optĩon of

accepling eitheragradeof "pass,"

or  a letter grade  "where the

professor can malteavalidapprai-

sal of the student's work."

 The proposal also recommends

that students dolng failing work in

                     totake
 

ilieir ■ inal

day of cla-

eompletc '-
 

:,'.' Ia.;l
 

out chargc.  According to the pro-

posal,   sonior   comprchensive

examinalions may be waivodbythe

departmcnts.

  Clarencc  C. '-'. .iíi.iu. dean  of

GS,  said yestorday cvening thal

thc proposab did not receive final

approval at yestcrday's meetinE,

and  will be prescntcd to a faculty

mecling today at 3 p.m. for such

approval.   Ue addcd  that, if it

is approvod, the proposal wĩll be

subject to rcview by legal counsel

for Uic Univcrsity.

  The faculty  of  tlie St;hool  of

Engineering  passod a resolution
 

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yesterday, by a vote of 54

by which classes will be extetided

through  May  24 and final examln-

ations will bc completed by May

31.  Tlie resoltition also asks Uie

faculty "in order to mitigale âif-

ficultíes which might otherwise be

caused to students to adjust, when-

ever necessary, theĩrtotalevalua-

tive procedures."

  The tentative pĩans of the Col-

lege Committee on lnstruction, it

is underslood, include tiie cancel-

lation  ttf uniform final exam-

inations, and thc  substitution, at

the indĩvidual instructor's discre
 

Students who wish to receive a

letter grade would be allowed to

do so,' as would students who de-

sĩre an incomplete.

  I)ean  Coleman stated  that the

proposals of several individual ta-

culty .members will also be dis-

cussed al today's meeting wlth Uus

Executive Committee, and added

that one such proposal in  parti-

cular will be introduced íor dis-

cusslon prior to all others.  He

declined to  reveal either the con-

tents of this proposal or its au-



  The joint facultiesof the Univer-

sĩty will meet, probably on Sun-

day afternoon, to discuss the re-

eommenda-ions made  by ĩts  Kx-

ecutive Committee,  according to

iJean Coleman.   He staled  that

the College faculty will also mee

Sunday to act  definitively on aca

demie policy for the College. A

time  for Uie meeting has nr.

been scheduled.
 

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r»gel)
 

  If Uie  pre-conditions  1

 epted, then the committee wil

be willĩng ii. negotiaíe the detaib

of restructuring the Universily, a_

well as thc  fivc dcmands askct

previously by student demonstra-



—Thal constructlon on the gym

nasium in Mornlngside  l'ark bt

stopped immediately.

—That the Unlversity sever al

ties wíth  tho Institute for ĩ-efensi

Analyses.

—That Presidsnt Grayson Kirh'i

ban on indoor domonstration;: bi

dropped.

—That allfuturojudlcialdecision:

be made by a studcnt-fatultycom
 

—That
 

1 Unlve
 

II people arre
 

lonstrations at the gym site.

 Itudd stab-d early this morning

íat  tíîe  questlon of President

irk's or Vice Prcsident David B.

'ruman's  reslgnatĩons "was not

onsidered"  at  this  tneeting of
 

:hij sl
 

rir.:; c.
 

  The  present  strncture of  the



ated Wednesday night at a general

meeting for all studenls and  fa-

culty in Wollman Audítorium.

  At that meeting, it was decided
 

body  1
 

't llll. !
 

Any organi-ation  supporting the

strike which could gather seventy

members in  a general assBmbly
 

I hvar that Ít was t-harged againsl mv  Ihat I

          miighl  lo  dvslroy instilulÍQns;

llul rvtilly I am nvithvr for  nor  aga'tnst

            institutions;

/What indvvd havv  I in comntori with thvm? — Or

          ivhat with thv dvstruvtion of thvmfj

Only  I will vstahlish  in lhvMannahatta,and in

          vvvry vity of Thvsc  Statvs, inland and





                      ind woods,  tmti abovv vvery

                        r largt;  that dvnts Ihv watvr,

                        rnlvs, or  Irustvvs, ar any
 

 liid iii  Ihr fivlds

          kvvl, IUttv

Wilhoal vdifivvs, or ,

          argumvnl,

Thv inslitalion  of thv
 

tlva
 

low of vomradvs.
 

Walt  Whilman

"/ Hvar 11 Was Chargvtl

Against Mv."
 

fhe following is an excerpt from
 

            THE  1968   COLUMBIAN

now available in the Wallach  Room (213  FBH)
 

dístribut.on 11 am - 4 pn
 

  While the formal  organizatioti

for the strike was belng decided

last night,  several  schools and

organizations endorsed the strike,

  Law Schooi students voted ye.-

  rday to strike "aĩ least until

  eir  nfixt meetinÊ" on Sunday.

  The students and faculty of the

  íioo Theological Seminary also

endorsed the strike where all re-

gular classes have been replaced

    a "Free University" whícl:

    hold discusslons  about the

function and structureof the Uni-

  -rsity.

  The teachin£ staff  and students

  the School of tiie Arts alsocalled

  r a strike, endorsing the re-

solutions of the Columbia Unlver-

  1; lunlen. Councll.

  In addition to  the  facutty and

students who endorsed the strlke,

     than 120  alumnĩ slgned  a'

statement supporting a strihe and

 allbigfor theresĩgnatlon5 0f Pre-

 ident  Kirk and Yice  Fresident

Truman.

  The  Students'   Afro-American

Society, which led the black stu-

     who occupied Hamilton Hall,

released a statement yesterday

    ng condemning the  manner

    ich police cleared the other

occupied building s Tuesday.

  Although the statement acknow-

ledged "the faet that  certaln other

Columbia student groups have also

shown  support for  rhe demands

   the  Harlem community,"  tbe

   tement  did not include an en-

   ■sement of the studenl strike.
 

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