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...never held an official naming ceremony, and in its official announcements, it has not referred to the library as the Engelhard Library, but as its public affairs library. "Sophie Engelhard is aware of how the phone has been answered and how the bookplates read," Dean Pineles, a Kennedy School student and participant in the discussions, said today...
...spokesman for the Southern Africa Solidarity Committee (SASC) said today the agreement "represents a triumph of majority opinion within the Harvard community. Student and Faculty protest has succeeded in altering official University policy." He added, however, the SASC believes the agreement is incomplete because the school will put a plaque in the library. "The Harvard community has made clear that it abhors any public memorials," he said. A spokesman for the Black Students Association declined to comment at this time...
Nonetheless, about 400 students demonstrated during the ceremony and drowned out much of President Bok's speech. After confusing last-minute negotiations, K-School officials allowed Mark Smith '72-4, a student representative, to explain the student position...
...days before the dedication of the Kennedy School of Government last fall, student groups demanded the right to speak at the opening ceremonies to explain why they thought the school's public affairs library should not be named after Charles W. Engelhard...
Although a Student Assembly poll reported in January that 52 per cent of students responding believed students should take whatever steps would be necessary to change the library's name, the poll met no response from officials...