Word: adelstein
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...write to the Press without the Director's permission. Working on the theory that criticism was being fanned by a small group of "agitators," the Director refused permission; he would not let the Union take an "unrepresentative" public position. The Union President, a white South African exile named David Adelstein, wrote to the Times anyway. Adelstein was summoned before an archaic disciplinary board (it had not met since 1951, has no provision for student participation), but a massive student boycott on November 21 apparently persuaded the board not to impose a sentence...
...singled out for blame in the porter's death, but the Administration apparently decided that someone had to be punished for the "disorder" which preceded it. Six student officers, including Adelstein and Bloom, were summoned before a similar disciplinary board to face charges of convening the meeting in defiance of the Director's order. The four lesser officers were acquitted, but on Monday, March 13, Adelstein and Bloom were found guilty and suspended for the remainder or the academic year...
Within the School, both students and some faculty members are now trying to implement a sweeping reassessment of the School. On Saturday, the Board of Governors upheld the supensions of Adelstein and Bloom and stated that no discussions could take place "under duress." The students replied by refusing to abandon the demonstration; they opened a debate on whether to continue the sit-in during the Easter vacation and to establish a "free university" with faculty...