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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
1'iu r<<Ia\ , A[-)r i1 17, 1969
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N By JIM HECK
F (1AMBRIDGE An incecibly bizare atmosphee is
liHarvard, And rightly so I suppose, for due to the d
L Y h I ° in~~~htrospective groofup of intellectual lites, weho hae psubmit
expectations of a conceited, arrogant society.
They are sophisticated when they are expected to be.
n productive when employers ask them to be. And they are
i ~when the nation turns facistic anid demands police be b
.x '"i1'r"< F2 i r' i 'S 'campus to end a sit-in.
BUT NOW, fortunately, the students at Harvard ar
more carefully to the whispers outside their exclusive d
the outside is yelling more loudly--and now they feel and u
4a." oppression as much as any
They feel the need for that risky something that
ti te. ,:essence of liberation and the justification for rebellion, ye
still dedicated to and respectful of rational dialogue. An
c their identity crisis. Rational dialogue, says rational dialog
works. More than 50 people bled Thursday. One back w~
g' and one skull. Rational dialgue does not break bones.
i M Never have I seen such intelligent, sincere, f~ightene
people as the Harvard undergraduates today. For ther
does not rest simply in the insoluble equation of oppressio
y ' r with the unquestioning allegiance to their aristocratic her
a do not want to destroy Harvard" precludes at least on
new world.
And so they strike and picket and at the same time
k. b a sSDS for doing the samne thing. And if it ever comes that
fi z f i.decide to take over University Hll, it will no doubt be
- that their decision was more "national" than the one mac
last Wednesday.
But is is questionable whether Harvard can be saye
probably decay in mental anguish before its undergrad
feel oppression become cognizant of the reasons for thatc
cr a °The school will probably close down quietly before a si
cracks.
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