Word: petitioners
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Bettina Aptheker, Mario Savio's heir-apparent as leader of the anti-administration movement, called Heyns "a liar" for that statement. But in a gesture indicative of Heyn's success in curbing student outbreaks these last two years, Miss Aptheker did nothing but submit a petition protesting his restrictions.
Giles Constable '50, head resident of North House, proposed the Holmes-lounge plan, and was backed by a Holmes Hall petition which half of the dormitory's residents signed last week.
Further causes determined the particular form of the confrontation. Richard Neustdat, head of the Kennedy Institute, turned down a petition signed by over 1600 students, 93 teaching fellows, and 52 faculty for McNamara to debate Robert Scheer, editor of Ramparts. He stated academic reasons for this decision, including the "difficulty...
That this decision was not moti-shown by the informal offer made to a representative of SDS by a close associate of McNamara's: McNamara might meet privately with your organization if you will drop the issue of a public debate. SDS did not fall for this ploy. Barney Frank...
My impression is that many of those people signing the petition condemning Harvard students' breach of decorum during the visit of Secretary McNamara are doing so on grounds of etiquette and ignoring the more basic political issues. Justifications for extremist behavior, even of the mild sort witnessed at Harvard, are...