Word: fords
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Shortly after 4 p.m., Dean Ford ordered the Yard sealed and warned that any students remaining in the building after 4:30 would be subject to charges of criminal trespass. University Policemen locked the Yard gates at 4:30, and only freshmen with bursar's cards were allowed to enter...
...Ford and Glimp, who had been conferring in Ford's office on the second floor, came downstairs and addressed the demonstrators. When a student unconnected with the demonstration was forcibly prevented from entering the building, Ford said, "I hope it's clear to you all that you're obstructing the free passage of members of this community." After getting their coats and arguing with demonstrators, Ford and Glimp left...
...Dean Ford made his 4 p.m. statement to the demonstrators from the steps of Widener Library. Using a loud-speaker held by Dean Glimp, Ford said that he and everyone else in University Hall who was conducting University business had been ejected from the building at 12:30 p.m. "Dean Elder, Dean Glimp, and I were the last to leave at 12:45," Ford said. "When I asked someone who appeared to be a spokesman for the group what he wished to discuss he said 'nothing,'" he added...
...Ford also read a list of four points which he said legal advisers had told him must be heard by all those inside University Hall...
...Yard will be locked except the one on Quincy Street near the Freshman Union and the Yard will be closed until further notice. "We are aware that many here don't support those in University Hall but it seems best in order to prevent violence to close the Yard," Ford said...