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'COO018 ' - .- .. c . . Commcnceinent cxctcises at. I larvard next Thursday (Junc 12) . will hovcr under an ominous shadow c a s t by events schcduled on June 9.. After the April building takeover, University President Nathan PUSEYIs call for hclp, tho arrcst of nearly 200 demonstrators aid thcir subscquont conviction and fining, the Harvarcl Conrmittec? of 15 was formed by thc laculty Lo recommcnd disciplinary action against the offenders. Thc Committeeof 15 is scheduled to report its lindings just three days prior to graduation ccrcmoniss. . . 0 The initial faculty call, after furious debate, askcd civil authoritics t? drop criminal chargea'against the srrcsted studcnts. The East Cambridge District court refused. Thc Cornmittcc of IS (an elcctcd conamittce composccl of 10 faculty inenihcrs and S slu- dents) now niusi addross thc question of punishment by thc Uhivcrsity. On thc qucatiqn of punishnrcnt - ixpulsion or dismissal - thc U,nivcr- sity is as deeply dividcd as it was over the 4 a.m. police action clcariig University Hall. Some 2,500 studcnts out of a total of 6,000 in Arts & Science have signed petitions calling for no pun- ishment. miist punish the April offcndets. Failure to do so will constitute a final surrender of authority, a prccedcnt which would leave Harvard at tlrc mercy of disrupters. Somo poywerful faculty voices believe that the committee S y nd ica tc ti coluni ii i s t M a r qu i s C HI LDS , wit 11 th c d opm cl t ism H e belicves that tho degree of disruption m a y turn on !'A mere demons trationraitned at the uf a mantis predicts that there will be trouble ncxt Thursday a t Harvard. tlic Committee's findings. Vietnam W a r and Harvsrd's sharc in'defcnse contracts is thc minimum. 15,000 participants and families jammcd into thc Harvarti Yard numbcrs to kccp order. An attempt by SDS to Lrcak up the cert:mony, with I . is not ruled out, Cambridge police will be on hand in ilargc - . Thc Comrtiittce of 15 will probably show lcnicncy in view of thc forthcoming graduation cxerciscs, and in tho 4mmcdiaLo intcrest.uf maintaining pcacc, if possible, at Harvard. A lcnicnt clccision .by the Coivniittcc finds a rcady-madc 'jrrstificalion in thc fact that campus participants in thc April takepver - . and riot lizvc alrcady' f a c h punishment in the conrts. . I *. What lics ahcad for M h r ~ c s t fall remains an unan- 0 swercd question. T h e 6or.e-timorous amonb' the old faculty hands see another wave of disruption and the "sit-in, 'I in the pessimistic *- . . . . . _ . . . -... .: ....-.e, .....,' ..._*... ".. . * . .- . -. .. . _- . . . . , . _:. . .... . . , .. . 2. .I .. .. I - , - . _ . _. .. . _ - i I I _. I * . 'I I .. * , - -- :e-: -