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...crowd of 400 protesters chanted throughout Bok's speech on "Excellence in Government." Following the end of the official ceremony, Mark Smith '72-4 gave another moving speech, protesting the naming of the school's library for the late Charles W. Engelhard, an industrialist who made his fortune on South African gold mining interests...
Kennedy's speech elicited a standing ovation, but the talk of the luncheon that followed the ceremony seemed to the Smith's address. He called the naming of the school's library for Engelhard "a travesty and a damn shame," and claimed the late businessman is a symbol of U.S. support of the apartheid regime...
Smith's speech and the protest are already having results. K-School students met today to discuss the Engelhard issue. And the library plaque bearing the multimillionaire's name has not been...
About 70 students and several members of the faculty and administration of the Kennedy School of Government met yesterday to discuss whether the school should rename the Charles W. Engelhard library of public affairs and return to the Engelhard Foundation the $1 million it donated to build the library...
Most of the students raised their hands when asked if they objected to the present name of the library. About ten students indicated they thought the money should be returned to the Engelhard Foundation...