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Campus "Unrest" demonstrations and consequences, 1970-1971

Newsletter: MEASURE, Documentary Supplements No. 2 Page 1

MEASURE DOCUMENTARY SUPPLEMENTS - NO. 2 

ENGEL May 1970 

JULY 1970, Published by UNIVERSITY CENTERS FOR RATIONAL ALTERNATIVES 
Editor: EDWARD CHALFANT, 110 W. 40 St., New York, N.Y. 10018
Additional copies available on request. 
Telephone: (212) 524-2018

FROM THE EDITOR TO THE READER

Early in the year, I was invited to take part in the VIDA Symposium at Emory University in Atlanta, to be held on April 3-4, 1970. Concerned with questions relating to the university crisis, the Symposium was wholly organized by a student committee, led by John McDargh. The date of the Symposium, the coming as it did at the end  of my spring recess from teaching, was such that I could find time to write my talk, rather than simply speak from detailed notes. 

Because the talk called "A University Committed to Learning," was very cordially received when given, I had some copies made of the text and sent them to friends, both in and out of UCRA. One person who received a copy, Jack Hirsleifer, a member of our Board of Directors, responded by suggesting that the talk be generally distributed to the UCRA membership. The matter of its distribution came up again not long ago at a meeting of several members of the Board's Executive Committee, and it was settled that the talk should indeed be generally circulated. 

I am glad to act upon the Committee's decision. Yet I fear that the views expressed in the talk, although they are strictly my own, and I alone am responsible for them, may be taken for official utterances by our organization. 

This problem has come up before in the regular issues of MEASURE. Doubtless it will come up again in the fall, when publication of MEASURE is resumed. We feel a necessity on the one hand to maintain a vigorous exchange of views among our members, and between our members and other people. Yet on the other hand, when we print such views, even though covered with labels and warnings stating that the views are those of the writer only, invariably a few readers form a hope, or a fear, that the views are indeed the essence of UCRA doctrine and gospel. 

UCRA has no doctrine or gospel, beyond the practical one of joining hands to help universities surmount the crisis that now besets them. If my talk will help serve that practical purpose, the added risk of publishing the personal views of an Editor may turn out to have been worth taking.

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MEASURE DOCUMENTARY SUPPLEMENTS - NO. 2 ENGEL May 1970 JULY 1970, Published by UNIVERSITY CENTERS FOR RATIONAL ALTERNATIVES Editor: EDWARD CHALFANT, 110 W. 40 St., New York, N.Y. 10018 Additional copies available on request. Telephone: (212) 524-2018 FROM THE EDITOR TO THE READER Early in the year, I was invited to take part in the VIDA Symposium at Emory University in Atlanta, to be held on April 3-4, 1970. Concerned with questions relating to the university crisis, the Symposium was wholly organized by a student committee, led by John McDargh. The date of the Symposium, the coming as it did at the end of my spring recess from teaching, was such that I could find time to write my talk, rather than simply speak from detailed notes. Because the talk called "A University Committed to Learning," was very cordially received when given, I had some copies made of the text and sent them to friends, both in and out of UCRA. One person who received a copy, Jack Hirsleifer, a member of our Board of Directors, responded by suggesting that the talk be generally distributed to the UCRA membership. The matter of its distribution came up again not long ago at a meeting of several members of the Board's Executive Committee, and it was settled that the talk should indeed be generally circulated. I am glad to act upon the Committee's decision. Yet I fear that the views expressed in the talk, although they are strictly my own, and I alone am responsible for them, may be taken for official utterances by our organization. This problem has come up before in the regular issues of MEASURE. Doubtless it will come up again in the fall, when publication of MEASURE is resumed. We feel a necessity on the one hand to maintain a vigorous exchange of views among our members, and between our members and other people. Yet on the other hand, when we print such views, even though covered with labels and warnings stating that the views are those of the writer only, invariably a few readers form a hope, or a fear, that the views are indeed the essence of UCRA doctrine and gospel. UCRA has no doctrine or gospel, beyond the practical one of joining hands to help universities surmount the crisis that now besets them. If my talk will help serve that practical purpose, the added risk of publishing the personal views of an Editor may turn out to have been worth taking.