Kenneth Barry

From the archives of April 22, 1968: The following is part of a web-only series featuring select articles from the Spectator during the spring of 1968. Read the next article in this series here: Challenge to Administration Strongest in School's History.

Students for a Democratic Society will demonstrate inside Low Library tomorrow in apparent violation of President Grayson Kirk's memorandum banning picketing or demonstrations within University buildings.

It is understood that a group of students are planning to confront the demonstrators as they attempt to enter Low Library.

Never before have a group of students so forcefully challenged the administration of Columbia University.

Vice President David B. Truman called the events of yesterday a matter of life or death for the University. "It is a challenge to whether the University will be conducted in an orderly manner or wether it will be torn apart," the vice president said last night.