BLOCK ARMY USE OF UNIVERSITY
Some 2,000 students at Kyoto University boycotted classes and staged a marathon meeting beginning June 29 to com- ‘pel the administration to discontinue utilizihg their school for military purposes. fwenty-five army men are studying nuclear ‘physics there among other subjects.
. _, Dr. Azuma Okuda, president of the institution, appeared before the students.
By 10:20 p.m. he promised to take up the
matter at a meeting of deans the follow-
ing day. This was not acceptable to the
shouting, jeering students. Finally at
6 a.m., Okuda conceded. a
It was reported that during the
meeting he had to receive injections to
hold down his blood pressure and vita-
mins to keep going.
BERTRAND RUSSELL