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Show -326- xrho had been elevated to that position .when the old Chairman had r e t i r e d . The Professor did not knoxr whom to expect as guests at the dinner. Txro of them turned out to be persons he had lunched xrith, now accompanied by their xrives. Two were members of the faculty who had been hired since the Professor's departure, whom he knew only by reputation. The remaining four xrere colleagues with whom he had taught, but xrho had been acqai-ntences rather than friends. The atmosphere xas more formal than a t the luncheon, and the Professor xas treated as a v i s i ting dignitary. There xas some brief talk about the strike, but the Professor found i t difficult to t e l l xrhether those present approved or disapproved of i t. They did a l l pause and hover by the television set xrhen the s i x - t h i r t y nexrs came on. His interview appeared l a t e in the program, and his t h i r t y minutes of questions and ansxrers had been edited to no more than forty seconds, a l l from early in'-the conference, when he had been talking about the reasons for the s t r i k e. "I suppose I didn't say anything spectacular enough for them," he remarked as the Chairman switched off the set. "That's to your c r e d i t , " the Chairman told him. The Professor didn't knoxr xrhether to take this as a compliment or not. They d i d n ' t get to the h a l l where the Professor xas to speak u n t i l exactly the time a t which he xas scheduled to begin. The l i t t l e h a l l , xrith i t s neo-Greek columns, xas full, |
