Word: hearings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Despite a declining fervor for the civil rights movement, students are still eager to hear from two Negro militants: Stokely Carmichael and Dick Gregory. When they seek a religious figure, campus organizations think first of two unconventional Episcopal clergymen: the Rev. Malcolm (Are You Running with Me, Jesus?) Boyd and Bishop James A. Pike. Among academics, Economist John Kenneth Galbraith this year seems to be slightly more in vogue than Communications Theorist Marshall McLuhan...
Glimp said it is "very likely" President Pusey, on advice from Dean Ford, will call a special meeting of the Faculty next Tuesday or Wednesday to hear the disciplinary recommendations of the Administrative Board. Although the Administrative Board has authority in disciplinary matters, Glimp said, "We want the Faculty to have a look at this." Both Pusey and Ford were out of town today...
...like to know where my closest competition is during a race," he continued. "But I like to hear the Coach shout out. "He's fifty yards behind rather than 'He's fifty yards behind and gaining' even if he is. I've got something of a hangup on that...
...messenger came running from the North side of the Pentagon with news of violent clashes between Mar- shals and demonstrators near the access roads. "This is a picnic up here," he screamed, "people are being massacred down there. You can hear the heads splitting a block away." There was discussion about whether people should leave their positions and go down to the access roads but it was decided that it was best to stay. A boy next to me started memorizing the number of a local lawyer. Someone else from behind me said that they wouldn't mind being taken...
Near midnight, the tempo of arrests and clubbings accelerated. People starting singing all the old Civil Rights songs over and over. They sang because they were scared and because they felt less alone when they could hear their own righteousness and the unity of the group ringing in their ears. They sang because otherwise they would have screamed or cried or run away. They linked their arms and legs, not so much because they didn't want to be dragged away, but because it was cold, they were scared, and holding onto someone else was reassuring...