San Francisco State College Pres. Robert R. Smith (C) and two faculty members sit alone after representatives of the Black Student Union and other student leaders broke off talks with college administrators during second session of a "crisis convocation" involving a series of demands by students. The striking students walked off the stage after Pres. Smith refused to give a "yes or no" answer to the question of whether he would close classes during the convocation.
San Francisco State College Pres. Robert R. Smith (C) and two faculty members sit alone after representatives of the Black Student Union and other student leaders broke off talks with college administrators during second session of a "crisis convocation" involving a series of demands by students. The striking students walked off the stage after Pres. Smith refused to give a "yes or no" answer to the question of whether he would close classes during the convocation.
San Francisco State College Pres. Robert R. Smith (C) and two faculty members sit alone after representatives of the Black Student Union and other student leaders broke off talks with college administrators during second session of a "crisis convocation" involving a series of demands by students. The striking students walked off the stage after Pres. Smith refused to give a "yes or no" answer to the question of whether he would close classes during the convocation.
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[Information from item housing] Demonstrations SF State College
![Demonstrator Taken Into Custody--Police lea[d] one of eight demonstrators arrested on the San Francisco State College campus to the paddy wagon yesterday. The school in embroiled in the second week in a strike called by the Black Students Union to enforce demands which include reinstatement of part-time instructor George Mas[on] Murray, a Black Panther. Late yesterday President Robert Smith said classes at the College were suspended "until we can open and operate i[n] a more rational manner."](https://bpldcassets.blob.core.windows.net/derivatives/images/commonwealth:vt153s776/image_thumbnail_300.jpg)
