Show t Campuses And Law In a very short time our nations nation's colleges and will begin their tall fall terms THOUSANDS of our finest young people will resume their pursuit of education that will enable them to better serve their communities and their then country These young men and women will soon be among those entrusted entrusted entrusted en en- trusted with the responsibility of leadership and the obligation obligation obligation obliga obliga- tion of shaping the future direction di direction direction di- di of our Nation IT IS imperative that their preparation for this most significant significant significant sig sig- sig- sig task be of the highest quality and that it be gained in an uninterrupted atmosphere conducive to educational ex ex- The responsibility for insuring insuring insuring ing that these goals are achieved ed rests squarely with college administrators They alone by setting the guidelines of conduct conduct conduct con con- duct control the activities of their students LET NOT the issue of student student student stu stu- stu- stu dent conduct be clouded by philosophical of self determination cries of repression or claims of attack against intellectual freedom College administrators must rise to face the issues honestly and then have the courage to firmly implement policies that will not permit or condone any illegitimate interruption of the educational process THIS TIllS POSITION must be be maintained regardless of the the dire consequences threatened by those who seek either deliberately deliberately deliberately de de- de- de or through confused direction to disrupt our institutions institutions institutions in in- of higher learning The radicals who have plagued many of our colleges and universities know well that their success in part is dependent dependent dependent de de- de- de pendent upon weak administrators administrators administrators adminis adminis- leaders who refuse to accept the responsibility of maintaining order CERTAINLY unlimited freedom freedom freedom free free- dom of students to disrupt or destroy and doubtful punishment punishment punishment pun pun- for such activity give great impetus to its continua continua- tion College administrators across the land must unite in placing order on their in individual individual individual in- in campuses as the top priority item Unruly students of course are not the only bane of or college college college col col- col- col lege and university officials Some faculty members act like rabid anarchists a and n d spend most of their time encouraging encouraging encouraging en en- enthusiastic but naive young people to overthrow overthrow overthrow over over- throw established procedure TO SOME professors academic academic academic aca aca- demic freedom appears to mean freedom to destroy our educational processes The disarrays of last spring sprin must be replaced with firm established established established policy designed to protect the entire and not just a vocal minority minority minority min min- whose uncontrolled activities activities activities ac ac- ac- ac threaten the entire structure of higher education As law enforcement officers we must also insure that our conduct in the enforcement of law and order on college campuses is worthy of the respect of the entire citizenry THE CAMPUS is not a privileged privileged Jc ed sanctuary and and lawbreaking law law- lawbreaking lawbreaking breaking in any form should not be condoned Enforcement of the law on the campus must be vigorous yet never tainted with excessive excessive excessive ex ex- force or the venting of emotions unworthy of a professional police officer JUST AS we call on college administrators to unite and accept their responsibility of restoring order on their campuses campuses campuses cam cam- we too in the event of their failure must perform perform perform per per- form our duty in strict observance observance observance ob ob- servance of the rule of law we swore to uphold J. J Edgar H Hoover ov |