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Show -290- Outside? they lined up according to their assigments and were handed signs? They were facing west? toward the lacific? and the cold wind blew into t h e i r faces? The Professor, who had not yet put on his overcoat, but carried i t under one arm? decided i t was time to put i t on? He handed his sign to his old friend? who was in the same group as he? and put the coat on? It was much too dressy for the occasion? Most of the marchers wore extremely old clothes, Levi Strauss pants and either leather or denim jackets? As he took the sign back from his friend? his friend asked if he didn't have a hat? "Yes?" he said? indicating his coat pocket? "I've got one here?1 I ' l l put I t on If I need i t ?" The march did not go? as the Professor expected, up to Junipero Serra Boulevard and then along to Nineteenth Avenue? Instead?1 they were taking a back route to the campus? west into the wind? then north to the rear of the campus? then "east up Holloway Avenue to the entrance? They did this? they were told? in order to avoid any charge of blocking a public thoroughfare? The wind did not seem so cold as they marched face-forward into I t ? The Professor's clothing was heavy? too heavy as it turned out? By the time they had turned northward? he had begun to perspire? Even then his clothing protected him? but by the time they faced the east? the wind struck him on the back of his neck? where his hair bad become saturated with perspiration; and the cold seemed to travel from there down |