Stanford University - Quad Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

Page 22 text:

Spring Quarter 1970 ended in what was, if anything, an uneasy truce. The Student Strike had slowly faded, the trashings had subsidedg business was usual. Butthe threat still remained that Stanford might not open in the fall-at least, not peacefully. President Pitzer resigned, he had served for less than 2 years. The search for a permanent president began anew. A nine-member commission, headed by former Pennsylvania Gov. William Scranton and including Dean Bayless Nlanning of the Law School, spent the summer investigating campus unrest. Their meetings and hearings resulted in a 367-page report condemning both student and police violence as 'criminal' and asking the President to use his moral .influence to initiate a nationwide cease-fire between factions on and off college campuses. Such was the setting . . .

Page 21 text:

However should the University determine that continuation of some or all academic and other campus activities is impracticable or that their continuation involves a high degree of physical danger to persons or property, activities may be curtailed and students requested or required to leave the campus. -Interim Statement of Certain University Relations

Page 23 text:

Universities, must become true communities whose members share a sense of respect, tolerance, and responsibility for one another. One of the most valid criticisms of many universities is that their faculties have become so involved inioutside research that their commitment to teaching seems compromised. We urge universities and faculty members to reduce their outside service commitments. We recognize that alternative sources of university funding will have to be developed to take the place of the money attached to these outside commitments. Realistically, this will mean more unrestricted government aid to higher education. Large universities should take steps to decentralize or reorganize to make possible a more human scale. Students must accept the responsibility of presenting their ideas in a reasonable and persuasive manner. They must recognize that they are citizens of a nation which was founded on tolerance and diversity, and they must become more understanding of those with whom they differ. Students must face the fact that giving moral support to those who are planning violent action is morally despicable. 'W 'uf +-Yu Academic institutions must be free-from outside interference and free from internal intimidation. Far too many people who should know better-both within university communities and outside them-have forgotten this first principle of academic freedom. The pursuit of knowledge cannot continue without the free exchange of ideas. This commission is only too aware of Americas shortcomings. Yet we are almost a nation of enduring strength. Millions of Americans-generations past and present-have given their vision, their energy, and their patient labor to make us a more just nation and a more human people. We who seek to change America today build on their accomplishments and enjoy the freedoms they won for us. lt is a considerable inheritance, we must not squander or destroy it.