Word: obstructione
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Obstruction Unacceptable
The letter ends: "I found the act of obstruction unacceptable, but I share the concerns which prompted it. I hope we can now work together to find efficacious ways to end the war."
GLIMP: The motion we placed before the Faculty was that the Faculty endorse the actions taken by the Administrative Board today.... The Administrative Board had considered 246 cases of individual students involved in the physical obstruction of Dr. Leavitt in the Mallinckrodt Laboratory.
The action came out in these numbers: Seventy-one students were placed on probation until June 1, 1968 for disciplinary reasons, for contributing to the forceful obstruction of an individual. Three students were placed on probation until February 1, 1968 for disciplinary reasons for presence at a disturbance in connection...
Some of them perhaps, but we weren't going to take action unless we knew for sure that a student was involved in the forcible obstruction of Dr. Leavitt, some of them may have been in the area of the hallway where he was prevented from leaving the room....