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Volume 78, Number 44
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The university faculty
Thursday approved a
resolution allowing striking
students to receive grades for
course work "-" ""i!eted up to
this point I mester or a
delay in cou 'npletion.
The rVaoiution, which
passed the general faculty
meeting overwhelmingly,
provides for "giving students
final grades on the basis of
By Mike Parnell
Staff Writer
A candlelight memorial
service drew a crowd of 2,500
here Wednesday night as
students continued their
indefinite protest against the
recent invasion of Cambodia
by American troops and the
death of four students at Kent
State University Monday.
The candlelight service
followed an organizational
meeting attended by 900
Kent Still Shut
Indefinitely
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KENT, Ohio-Kent State
University will remain closed
indefinitely amid a seething
controversy over responsibility
for the deaths of four students
who may have died because
curiousity drew them to a
campus anti-war
demonstration.
Robert I. White the Kent
president, said Thursday there
was "no possibility" the
university would reopen
Monday as he had planned. He
called a meeting of the school's
1,200 faculty members Friday
to discuss the situation.
Moreheads
Sign Petition
Ninety-one Morehead
scholars at UNC have signed a
petition expressing solidarity
with their fellow students in
the strike "against the
'intolerable war policies .of the
Nixon administration."
According to the petition,
the move is not directed
against the University, but is
instead the expression of the
belief "that business cannot go
on as usual."
By signing the petition, the
scholars made a committment
to work in communities by
canvassing, door-to-door
campaigning and other
activities in an effort to change
Nixon administration policies.
The Moreheads stated in the
petition that they feel the
President overstepped his
bounds in committing troops
in Cambodia, and they decried
the deaths of the four Kent
State students.
work completed thus far this
semester or of permitting delay
in the completion of course
requirements."
f'The resolution also allows
Vypal of grades to department
$9e'2s "in cases of departure
from the policy."
The final vote came after
more than an hour of debate,
most of which centered around
the question of whether the
faculty should make a
"political decision."
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students to determine the
strategy for Thursday's class
boycott.
After this, strategy meeting,
students dispersed to their
individual dorms to rally
support for a candlelight
service to honor the four
students who died in the
violence at Kent State.
A march began at Polk Place
about 9 p.m. and students
around the campus joined in
the procession which
eventually led to McCorkle
Funeral services were held
Thursday for William K.
Schroeder, 19, of Lorain, Ohio,
and Jeffrey Miller, 19, of
Plainview, N.Y. They were
killed Monday with Sandra
Scheuer, 20, Youngstown,
Ohio, and Allison Krause, 19,
Pittsburgh, when National
Guardsmen fired about 35
rounds of .30 caliber bullets
into a crowd of rioting
students on the Kent State
campus.
The families, friends and
teachers of the four victims
described them as intelligent
and happy, "not part of the
dissident faction."
Most of the original force of
800 Guardsmen were off the
campus by Thursday with the
rest to pull out Friday. Among
those who departed was Brig.
Gen.. Robert Canterbury,
commander of the troops
involved in the shooting, who
returned to Columbus, the
state capital.
"We are satisfied we
accomplished exactly what we
came here to do take care of
the campus," said Col. John
Spain, the Guard's public
information officer.
Adjutant General S.T. Del
Corso, commander of the Ohio
Guard, said he now was almost
certain a sniper triggered the
fatal rifle volley although Sen.
Stephen M. Young, D-Ohio,
blamed it on "trigger-happy"
troops who began shooting
after one of the Guardsmen
fired accidentally.
"We believe it has been
definiteiv established that
there was a sniper," Del CorsD
said in Columbus.
He called Ydung, a senior
member of the Senate Armed
Services Committee, a "senile
old liar."
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The proposal which passed
was a motion substituted for a
resolution submitted to the
agenda committee by Oscar K.
Rice of the chemistry
department and Joseph W.
Straley of the physics
department.
The substitute motion wTas
presented by Marvin Silver of
the physics department and
Gerhard Lenski of the
sociology department.
Their motion, which was
Place, where the memorial was
held at 11.
Most of the students in the
crowd held candles as they
listened to speakers give the
biographies of the four Kent
State students Alison Krause;
19, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Sandy
Scheur, 20, Youngstown, Ohio;
Jeffrey Miller, 18, Plainview,
N.Y.; and William Schneider,
19, Lorain, Ohio.
The memorial service
included prayers and epitaphs
offered for the dead, who were
characterized as "martyrs" by
Student Body President
Tommy Bello Wednesday
afternoon.
Following the memorial
service, the students marched
down Franklin Street in the
candlelight procession. The line
of marchers extended for half a
mile.
The procession reached Polk
Place at midnight where the
final statements of the day
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W ASHINGTON-With
striking college students
pouring into Washington io
protest U.S. intervention in
Cambodia, President Nixon
informed eight college
presidents Thursday that
hostile administration official
comments about students
would cease.
Dr. Nathan M. Pusey,
president of Harvard
University, told newsmen that
"I think there will be an
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reads:
"The students . . . have
reacted to the deaths at Kent
State and to President Nixon's
escalation of the war in
Indochina in a mature and
constructive manner. Without
passing judgement on the
ultimate effectiveness of their
strategy, we recognize that this
activity constitutes a
reasonable, peaceful and
responsible course of action by
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were given by Bello and John
Rosenthal, an English teaching
assistant who helped organize
the protest.
Rosenthal commended the
crowd for their show of unity
during the protest and asked
for their help in rallying other
students to the cause.
Bello thanked the crowd f6r
their participation and offered
hope that the movement would
be successful.
Barry Richardson made a
proposal to the crowd that the
meeting of the faculty
Thursday be attended by as
many students as possible. The
students accepted the
suggestion enthusiastically.
Earlier at the strategy
meeting, Richardson had
proposed the demonstrators
hold a sit-in in the parking lots
of the University to prevent
the faculty from reaching their
classes.
However, this proposal was
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soon."
He did not mention Vice
President Spiro T. Agnew.who
left Washington Thursday for a
three-day speaking tour that'
will end in Atlanta, Ga.,
Saturday, the same day
students plan a mass protest
rally near the White House.
Pusey was one- of eight
university presidents who
conferred with Nixon at the
President's request at the White
House ' Thursday for an hour
and 20 minutes.
There was no discussion, he
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members of our own
University family.
"Therefore, in order to give
tangible evidence of our
support to their effort, we
re-affirm the freedom of
students to be assessed only
according to their academic
performance and the faculty
members professional criteria.
This includes giving students
final grades on the basis of
work completed thus far this
semester or of permitting delay
rejected by the Strike Steering
Committee on the grounds it
would prevent many students
from reaching the campus who
might otherwise participate in
the demonstration.
The Wednesday rally
concluded as Buck Goldstein,
former chairman of the
Moratorium Committee here,
outlined the plan ' for
"liberation classes" which are
to be the focal point of Bello 's
"new university."
Goldstein said 25 classes
had been scheduled for
Thursday, with concerned
faculty members and students
as the teachers.
At the rally's conclusion,
students camped out on the
cold Polk Place ground to
begin an all night vigil for
peace. Many of the students
retreated to the Student Union
to spend the night and prepare
for the morning's activities.
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said, of Nixon's recent
characterization of some
college demonstrators as
"bums" but he said Agnew's
remarks were mentioned. He
did not go into detail.
Agnew recently delivered a
scathing denunciation of
campus militants and of college
administrators u;ho do not take
forceful steps to control
demonstrations.
The university presidents
said they told Nixon about the
"distress, frustration and anger
among students and faculty
across the nation" over
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in the completion of course
requirements. Students are
assured of the right of appeal
in cases of departure from this
policy."
rassa?e 01 tne resolution
was met with loud cheers from
the approximately 4,000
students who gathered outside
Hill Hall during the meeting.
There were approximately
600 faculty members present
at the Thursday meeting of the
1,211 members eligible to vote.
Only two other resolutions
were considered by the group.
The first, introduced by
Professor Dan Pollitt of the
LawT School, establishes a
committee to charter buses to
"transport interested faculty
members to Washington
Tuesday ... to express their
views regarding such matters as
the extension of the war in
Indochina to members of the
North Carolina Congressional
Delegation, among others."
Tiie . other resolution
provides for a committee to
draw, up a resolution on the
Indochina war to be signed by
those members of the faculty
who wish to and to be sent to
officials in Wrashington.
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WCAR will be part of a
nationwide network of
campus radio stations
called the Moratorium
Network. This network
will link 60 campuses and
bring news of protest
movements on each of
these campuses at the "top
of the hour."
News from Washington
will also be providfd
throughout the day at ti e
same time.
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Southeast Asia, hostile
administration remarks about
campus events and "tragic
incidents" on several campuses.
- "We tried to emphasize that
the present disturbances on
campuses are not minor issues
or local issues or confined to a
small group of dissidents but
reflect widespread concern
about the nation's foreign
policy," Pusey said.
At the same time, the
academics urged students and
faculty against abetting "those
who seek to destroy."
Asked to elaborate, Pusey
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By Bob Chapman
Staff Writer
The UNC Young
Republican Club denounced
the campus strike and urged
support for Nixon's Vietnam
policy in resolutions at a
meeting Wednesday night.
The YRC resolved to
"condemn Tommy Bello and
other radical students" for the
strike, which 1 was termed a
"meaningless blow at a helpless
University." The resolution
passed unanimously.
The club also voted to
support and commend
President Nixon for his recent
thrust into Cambodia for the
purpose of bringing the war to
an end sooner.
Another resolution
expressed regrets for the deaths
of the four Kent State students
and urged students "to pray
for the repose of the souls of
students shot and comfort
their relatives."
Because of a recent petition
of some members of the Young
Republicans, observers from
the State Federation of College
Republicans were present to
oversee the meeting and report
to the executive committee.
The petition made several
charges aimed at the club's
leadership in general and asked
that the club's charter be
revoked if need were found.
The club voted to continue
as a club in the event that the
charter were revoked. The
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Thirty thousand are expected this weekend in
Washington. For details, see page 6.
'The four students killed at Kent State University
got exactly what they were entitled to.' See story
on page 5.
Nixon asks all 50 governors to meet with him at
the White House. That story is on page 5.
said:
"There are a good many
young people on campuses less
interested in peace than in
promoting revolution. They
must be separated in talking
about campus situations from
those who have not given up
on the political processes."
At the same time, it was
announced at the Republican
National Governors Conference
in Santu Fe, N.M., that Nixon
had summoned the 50
governors to the White House
for a meeting Monday on "the
disruption of peace, violence
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possibility, however. was
termed "unlikely."
Robert Hunter, who a!onj
with David Adcock are being
sued for a total of $3;,00() for
damages as a result of the
petition by YR member Joe
Beard, said at the meeting that
those questioning the dub
leadership were urged to
boycott the meeting to avoid
another possible libel suit.
In a prepared statement,
Hunter said, "In view of the
recent court suit filed by Mr.
Beard against David Adcock
and myself, and due to
questions touching on campus,
I would request that those
students who are supporting
our effort to form a new and
more broadly based
Republ ican club at L'.N'C to
boycott tonight's elections.
Hunter expressed regrets
that Beard considered the
petition a personal attack and
instead called it "An honest
effort at expanding the base of
Republican activities on
campus to a truly Republican
forum of conservative, liberal
and moderate voices.
Election results for club
officers were: Richard Barnes,
president; Hal Lea eh, first
vice-president; Mike O'Neal,
second vice-president; John
Morehead, secretary; Mark
Keating, assistant secretary;
Kent Gardner, treasurer;
Robert Arrington, Fred
Swindel, Phil Rast, Tom
Benton and Sam Francis,
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and potential violence
throughout the ration."
Pusey said Nixon left his
delegation with the "distinct
impression" that he had deep
understanding and sympathy
for the problems facing school
administrators.
Other representatives of the
Association of American
Universities at the meeting
were William C. Friday of the
University of North Carolina,
Fred H. Harrington of the
University, of Wisconsin,
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