University of Maine - Prism Yearbook (Orono, ME)

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On September 1 5. about 1.200 students walked out of classes and gathered on the mall to protest the comparatively low salaries paid to UMO professors and staff members. Student Government sponsored the demonstration. Stewart Doty, chairman of the council of colleges, said that the rally was the 23rd official strike in UMO history. The first was in 1 872 when faculty and administrators joined students in protest of the low quality of tea and moldy bread on campus. he said. Chants of we want Silverman” and we want Chancellor McCarthy echoed across the Mall, but to no avail. Although Silverman. McCarthy. Governor Brennan and Dr. Stanley Evans, chairman of the board of trustees, had been invited to speak at the rally, all had refused. Silverman said one reason that he disapproved of the rally was that it interfered with classes. Why was it tied to walking out of classes? he asked. In spite of the prominently displayed absences. Student Government members thought the walkout and rally were successful. We've shown that students do care. said Student Government Vice President Donnie Oakes.

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