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Campus "Unrest" Demonstrations, 1970

1970-05-07 ""A Description of Events Which Occurred on or About The Pentacrest Area on May 7 and 8, 1970"" Page 3

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had entered Jessup Hall had already cleared out of there, and a small fire had been extinguished.) After a very short time, I started to walk back toward the Security shack, and as I neared the Old Dental Building, I noticed City Manager Frank Smiley and two or three uniformed city policemen with shotguns running along the walk in front of Jessup Hall toward Old Capitol. They went up the west stairs and entered the west doors. What occurred in Old Capitol at that time has been reported elsewhere. Apparently some arrangement was made with those three, and thety were released.
It should be said that when Hubbard and I first came on the scene it was our understanding, or certainly mine, that we wanted the people in Old Capitol arrested, not cleared out. This had been our request at the University Security shack. I was deeply disappointed when I observed that the people who had broken into the building were flushed out into the crowd rather than arrested. It seemed obvious to me that we had lost our one opportunity to isolate the small group of radicals who seemed to condone violent actions.
As the evening went on, the crowd continued to mill around in front of the building, and the steps at the east side of Old Capitol were filled with people who were talking and sometimes singing. In the meantime, Dean Hubbard went over to the building, which was open because the east doors had been sprung when the radical group had entered. He went into his office and turned on the light and remained there for most of the evening. While students occasionally wandered in and out to get a drink of water or go to the bathroom, no apparent rowdiness or incursion by groups of students

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-3- had entered Jessup Hall had already cleared out of there, and a small fire had been extinguished.) After a very short time, I started to walk back toward the Security shack, and as I neared the Old Dental Building, I noticed City Manager Frank Smiley and two or three uniformed city policemen with shotguns running along the walk in front of Jessup Hall toward Old Capitol. They went up the west stairs and entered the west doors. What occurred in Old Capitol at that time has been reported elsewhere. Apparently some arrangement was made with those three, and thety were released. It should be said that when Hubbard and I first came on the scene it was our understanding, or certainly mine, that we wanted the people in Old Capitol arrested, not cleared out. This had been our request at the University Security shack. I was deeply disappointed when I observed that the people who had broken into the building were flushed out into the crowd rather than arrested. It seemed obvious to me that we had lost our one opportunity to isolate the small group of radicals who seemed to condone violent actions. As the evening went on, the crowd continued to mill around in front of the building, and the steps at the east side of Old Capitol were filled with people who were talking and sometimes singing. In the meantime, Dean Hubbard went over to the building, which was open because the east doors had been sprung when the radical group had entered. He went into his office and turned on the light and remained there for most of the evening. While students occasionally wandered in and out to get a drink of water or go to the bathroom, no apparent rowdiness or incursion by groups of students