Word: speech
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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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...
Some newspapers wrote glowingly about the protest and Smith's speech, calling them symbols of the school's role as a forum for debate. It was, however, a debate that the Kennedy School's administration had tried to prevent up until the last moment...
Smith would probably not have been allowed to speak if Kennedy had not prefaced his prepared remarks by saying that he and his family were going to remain to hear the protesters' spokesman, and adding that he hoped the audience would also remain. For all practical purposes, Smith's speech became part of the official ceremony...
...President Kennedy understood the need for greater talent and ability in public service and that is why this living memorial is so appropriate," Kennedy said in a speech which brought tears to the eyes of many in the audience. His voice cracking with emotion, Kennedy concluded, "Now at last Jack has come back to Harvard. The dream still lives. The flame may flicker but it will never...
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...