Farlier in the morning, the demonstrators had roused students in the Yard by setting off tire alarms. At 5:55 a.m., a loudspeaker brought into Mass Hall by the protesters blared a challenge from a second floor building to the empty yard.

"This is a first step Harvard University is duty-bound to divest its Gulf stock. Harvard University is duty-bound not to take reprisals against the Mack students in this building."

At 6:02 a.m. one of then black bystanders attempted to rush the building's front door and was sent sprawling by four University policemen.

Shortly thereafter, power to the building was cut off, silencing the loudspeaker Occupiers also said that there was no heat in the building.

Within 30 minutes the protesters rigged an extension cord to Mass Hall from the second floor of Matthews-about ten yards away--restoring partial power to the occupiers. All telephone lines to the building except one remained shut down.

As fire alarms continued to go off in Yard dormitories and in at least two Houses. Adams and Quincy, the number of onlookers grew. The crowd later increased when people on their way to work or class stopped to observe.

Around 7 a.m. two Cambridge policemen in a patrol can drove into the Yard and, after steering down a footwalk between University and Mass Halls, calmly parked facing the pickets. Steiner immediately approached the patrolmen and asked them to leave; he also tries, without success, to find out who had dispatched them to the Yard.

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When the police demanded identification, Steiner-what had left his wallet at home--had to call over Daly to produce identification and repeat the request. They then departed, making a wide turn across the grass.

Daly emphasized throughout the morning that the University is making every effort to avoid and presence by Cambridge police on the campus. If an injunction is served and the demonstrators do not leave the building, they would be in contempt of the court, which could then order in police without University approval.

"We are deliberately taking every step possible to protect both the University and the people in the building. We don't want anyone hurt." Daly said.

Throughout the morning, pickets and observers outside the building changed and listened to speakers criticizing the Corporation's decision.