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...many cases the massed forces of dissent-as at most of last week's rallies mourning the Kent State four-have demonstrated a commendable restraint in not letting verbal protest build into violence. The fact remains, however, that all too often these days dissent is a matter of arson and rock throwing. The reason may be that protesters have despaired of the efficacy of words before they have really mastered them. It is significant that this generation of dissenters has failed to produce a literature, or even a polemic that is likely to endure. On the contrary...
...Stanford, at the University of Kansas, at Penn State, at the University of California's Santa Barbara campus, some student radicals have abandoned rhetoric for arson. In East Lansing, Mich., last week, three banks near Michigan State University were damaged by explosions. Thus far, most of the incendiary passion has been directed against property instead of people...
Last week a blaze believed to be set by arsonists swept through the student union building, causing $2,000,000 in damages despite the efforts of students who helped firemen carry out art objects and furnishings. Nor did the terrorists confine their activities to arson. Snipers shot at firemen who came to fight a fire in an off-campus building, drilled three holes in a fire engine...
...firebomb thrown through the win-Dow of a ROTC building at Oregon State did little damage. But in Geneva, N. Y., a firebomb heavily damaged a ROTC building at Hobart College. A student was arrested and charged with arson...
Most students do not know what a large militant demonstration is like. Rumors of Weatherman plans for burning Yale, gun thefts in New Haven, and arson have prompted many to leave for the weekend. Those who remain have organized a variety of groups to accommodate the expected 25,000 demonstrators. Free meals are being served in all Yale dining halls. Student marshals will patrol the area 24 hours a day until Sunday. Housing Committee members have stated that they can accommodate up to 35,000 people in Yale dormitories...