Word: campus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...evening in the student campus inn, a young man from Harvard become so compulsive that he had to declare his supposed omnipotence. Following a heated discussion this young man blurted out: "I know ten times as much English as any Shaw student." Well, as you can see, the trial began and it was not too long after that it ended. The Harvard-Radcliffe-M.I.T. students had packed their bags and were headed for sunnier resorts...
...several years now Howard students have asked Administration officials for a larger role in deciding curriculum and regulations on their campus. In an incident two years ago President James Nabrit refused to crown a student-elected homecoming queen because she wore an African hair style. Last year a two-year ROTC requirement was abolished--but only grudgingly, after students held massive demonstrations including a boycott of classes...
...University did not even talk to the student protestors before they ordered the school closed. It was almost two days before Administration officials sat down with students to discuss their demands. Several times University officials threatened to obtain a court injunction which would have brought Federal Marshals on the campus. The students sensed the bluff and only after student leaders made it clear that they would remain in the Administration building--injunction or no--until their demands were met did the Administration decide to talk rather than coerce...
...interpretation as to winning or losing by either side misses the whole point," Dr. Clark said. "We are very happy this was resolved without bringing law enforcement officers on the campus...
...filed out of the administration building Saturday afternoon carrying blankets and suitcases, conversation centered around today's return of Howard President James Nabrit. The resignation of Nabrit became the chief student demand as sentiment swelled during the protest. Students claimed that Nabrit spent too much time away from the campus and neglected the "problems and issues raised by the student body." Nabrit was reported to be in Puerto Rico when the protest started. He is scheduled to retire in July and would face mandatory retirement because of age--he is 68--in September...