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were members of the Washtenaw Coun-
ty Coalition Against Apartheid, AFSC-
W4E, Organizing Committee for
Clericals, and Campus Labor Support
Group. The protesters didn't disrupt
Fleming's address, as most dispersed
after it got underway.
Fleming, reflecting rather
University, said the coincident issues
of the Vietnam War and civil rights
evoked strong opinions, making tension
unavoidable. But he said other side
issues made those years even harder to
:eal with.
"YOUNG PEOPLE annoyed their
elders by deliberately remaining un-
washed, uncombed, and often un-
dressed," he recalled. "Drugs, both
mild and dangerous, became a part of
the scene. Language heretofore unused
in public places became prevalent,
though some of us still wonder what
contribution it makes."
Fleming, whose tenure is marked by
the campus disorders of the past
decade, said one fact has become par-
ticularly evident to him.I
"There are a larger number of un-
stable people in our society than I had
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ever before appreciated. In relatively
calm times they are marginally able to
control themselves," he said. "In tur-
bulent times, they see their role models
lose some of their control, and this
seems to give license to those who have
little control to start with to engage in
wholly unacceptable conduct."
EVEN THOUGH the University en-
countered trying times, Fleming said
conflict does have educational value.
"Because we concentrate our
educational efforts so strongly on the
academic side, students tend to be
isolated during their college years from
the tensions and pressures of the larger
society," Fleming maintained. "In the
period 1964-1972, their academic work
doubthkss suffered, but they saw at
close hand a very vital slice of life."
Fleming said the University made it
through the past decades in'as good
form as he had hoped for.
"MY HOPE during all that period
was that we would never have a brutal
confrontation; that we would never
forget the virtues of dissent; that we
could continue to respect those who
held views contrary to our own; and
that we could emerge 'from all our
troubles as a great and strong univer-
sity. I think we did that."
In addition to the turbulence,
Fleming discussed the financial
squeeze the University has been under
during the past ten years.
"THIS AUDIENCE needs no instruc-
tion in the financial stringency which
we have encountered since the early
seventies," the president said. "We
have dealt with it as best we could,
trying desperately to fairly allocate our
resources.
"It is too much to expect that
everyone will agree with the way in
which hardship has been distributed,
but we have striven for understanding
of the objective, which is to spend our
resources that the University will
retain its quality and devote its
energies to those things which are most
important."
.Fleming concluded his 30-minute
speech with a personal word about his
years at the University.
"When we came to this University the
survival rate of presidents wasn't very
high," he said. He pointed out that in
some 14 years he ascended from last in
seniority among university presidents
to fifteenth.
Fleming proceeded to echo statemen-
ts he made last month upon announcing
his decision to leave the University.
"The decision to leave at this time
was simply the fulfillment of our con-
viction that it is hea-thy for universities
to have new leadership periodically,"
he said. "We will finish eleven years in
January - that is enough."
Fleming repeated his intention to
return to live in Ann Arbor with his.wife
in a few years.
,"It has been an honor and a privilege
to be president of this university," he
concluded. "We will look forward to
rejoinging your community a little later
and once again to enjoy the stimulation
of fellow academics," he added, after
which the audience gave Fleming a
standing ovation.
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University President Robben Fleming last night delivered his 11th and last State
of the University address at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre at the Michigan
League. Fleming, who is retiring in January, received a standing ovation at the
end of his half-hour address.
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