Word: weres
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Carrying two-way radios and chains, the students entered the site and locked gates to workmen arriving in the morning. Workmen were asked to go home and left peacefully after checking with the construction supervisor.
Around 9 a. m., about 60 students raced down Quincy Street, blocking traffic, and went into the Faculty Club through the back door, surprising a sprinkling of Faculty members who were eating breakfast and about 15 employees who had come to work.
"They weren't rude, they were just to the point," Richard J. Silveria, assistant manager of the club, said.
After leaving the Faculty Club at noon, the students ran through the Yard and converged on University Hall. All doors were locked.
"We were informed of the take-over and told we could stay in the building if we wanted to," Edward T. Wilcox, head of the General Education program said.