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'Power to the People'

A Chronology Of the Strike

10 a.m.--Two hundred students gather in Memorial Church and vote a 3-day strike of classes.

April 11--Pusey issues a statement justifying the police action as "the only possible alternative" and attacking the University Hall occupies for their "dire assault upon the authority of the University and upon rational processes and accepted procedures."

Only one-fourth of the student body attends classes.

April 14--Six thousand people at a meeting at the Harvard Stadium vote to continue the strike for three more days; a more extreme motion to strike until all demands are met loses by only 16 votes.

April 17--The Faculty again petitions the Governing Board to follow the principle that ROTC operate purely as an extra-curricular activity, with no special privileges. The group also passes a resolution that criminal charges against students be dropped.

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April 18--The Corporation accepts the Faculty resolution on ROTC and agrees to grant amnesty to the occupiers of the building, to relocate any low-income tenants displaced by Harvard expansion, and to allow student input into discussions about setting up an Afro-American Studies Department.

Five thousand students vote to suspend the student strike "in view of the Faculty's commitment to continuing progress."

May 1--Despite a written appeal by President Pusey, Judge Edward O. Viola '50 refunds to let Harvard drop charges against the students arrested on April 10. One hundred and seventy are convicted of criminal trespass and fined $20 each.

The Committee of 15, set up to determine academic punishment for the occupiers, asks 13 students to withdraw, gives "suspended suspensions" to 20, and places 99 on official warning.

May 29--The Pentagon refuses to keep ROTC units on campus on a strictly extra-curricular basis. The Corporation recommends phasing out all ROTC programs by 1971.

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