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Schlesinger received the letter after his son Andrew B. Schlesinger '70 handed in his bursar's card during the Dow sit-in. Schlesinger's son did not participate...
...drummer from Dow. He would properly and vigorously have condemned the physical detention of this hapless individual. But he would also have distinguished, as your letter did not, between my son and many others, whose only offense was a subsequent expression of solidarity through handing in their bursar's cards--doubtless a mistaken gesture, but not an unsympathetic one and hardly one deserving the lofty condemnation expressed in your letters...
...Wednesday afternoon, we turned in our bursar's cards to take collective responsibility for the demonstration and sit-in at Mallinckrodt. Our actions were based on quite divergent judgments of the factors involved; however, our differences were transcended by our common commitment to anti-war protest...
...Wednesday afternoon, we turned in our bursar's cards to take collective responsibility for the demonstration and sit-in at Mallinckrodt. Our actions were based on quite different judgments of the tactics involved. However, our differences were transcended by our common commitment to anti-war protest...
They instead took down the names of some students they recognized. In considering disciplinary action later, those students were distinguished from protestors who handed in their bursar's cards but were not actually identified at the scene. That division--which depended on the zeal of individual House officers--bore only a casual relation to students' participation...