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Show -142- without taking them from t h e i r focus on the platform. "Look a t that!" he shouted", now turning to the Professor? "My God! The man's got guts;1 I ' l l say that for him?" The President was attempting to persuade the Blacks on the platform to allow him to use the mike? Voices from the crowd urged him on? A t a l l Black held the mike a t arm's length? away from the President? The President waved a sheet of paper in the man's face, not a n g r i l i y , but in an attempt to convince? The Professor could not hear what xoas being said over the noise of the crowd. It was a scene in pantomime? He was pulling for the President to get the microphone? The Black man f i n a l l y gave in? handing i t reluctantly over in a quick? rough gesture? What the President had in his hand was a l i s t of the demands being made by the Blacks? He began going down them, item by item?" explaining what he? as an administrator? was doing about them? On some; he plead for time, saying he was on t h e i r side; would do what he could for them? pointing out the procedures necessary? His quiet manner kept the crowd? for the most part?' q a i e t ; but there were occasional outbursts of either approval or c r i t i c i sm a t some of his answers. The Professor had to leave before he had finished? He was l a t e for an appointment with a student? and he had to meet a class immediately afterward? He did stay long enough to hear the loud cheer that went up when the President said that he would not? as long as he was in office? dismiss the |