Dr. [unclear: MRA] Chancellor, [unclear: Uni] of [unclear: Californ]

In October 1964 the peaceful academic atmosphere of the University of California at Berkeley was suddenly disturbed by a full-scale student demonstration.

Hundreds of students gathered outside the Student Union to listen to student orators criticise the shortcomings of the university administration. The students then staged a massive "sit-in" inside the university buildings. They remained there until State police were called in to remove the students and carry them off to jail.

What were the demonstrations all about, and what has been happening at Berkeley since the Free Speech Movement, as the first demonstration was called? I put these questions to Dr. E. M. Mrak, Chancellor of the University of California, when he made a brief visit to New Zealand recently.