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“Fhe guard was called solely for the purpose ol assist ing the civil authority,” the jury said and “at no timo. during the period was martial law dectared.” THE JURY SAID the campus police department is “to tally inadequate to perform the function of a law en- forcement agency” and recommended jl be placed un- _der control of a professional police officer, A clear example of the campus police inadequacy, the. jurors said, was “the shocking inahility’ to protect city . firemen responding to the ROTC building fire. A squad of university police was mobilized three blocks away but “it was decided by those in command not to expose the officers to risk.” ' This, the jurors said, was a question of judgment but showed a complete inability to respond in the manner expected of a police department, SP Pp spre “It is hard to accept the fact that the language of the gutter has become the common vernacular of many persons posing as students in search of higher education.” ~ _ AS IT TURNED OUT. the jurors said, no more than four or five students attacked firemen and no more than 10 or 12 persons were involved in burning the building. Early reports had been that a mob of students had chased firemen away, “Tt is obvious that the burning of the ROTC building could have heen prevented with the manpower avail- able,” the jurors said. “If the burning had been prevent- ed it is reasonable to believe that the events which fol- lowed on May 3 and 4 would not have occurred.”. . : “tT ha-jurors heaped criticism wpon university-pol developed over the years that “{estered an attitu laxity, overindulzence and permissiveness with the dents and faculty to the extent it can no longer reg the activities of either.” This situation. the jurors said, made Keat “partic ly vulnerable to any pressure applied from radica ments from within the student body or faculty.” AS AN EXAMPLE, the jurers said, the universil delegated disciplinary authority under a student coi code that is ‘totally ineffective.” “As a.matter of policy all criminal offenses unco by campus police except felonies are given to stl judicial boards with the. disposition, if any, being, rr mended counseling or other meaningless sanctions jutors said. Another example of the university contributing own crisis, the jurors said, 1s averemphasis on the to dissent. t . The jury said this is the procedure that allowe dents for a Democratic Society, Young Sociatist Ail ' Red Guard, Student Religious Liberals, and other: upon violence to use the campus. The jurors, expressing the hope that ‘out of this will emerge order and purpose.” called Kent Stat versity a valued part of the community and urg university to quickly expel trouble makers and | bent oncampus disorder. .¥