The Tumultuous Sixties: Campus Unrest and Student Life at a Southern University

The author recounts the tumultuous history of one Southern university during the turbulent late sixties and seventies when he served as president of Florida State University (FSU). FSU was then called by many writers, "The Berkeley of the South" and the author was determined to show that order could be maintained on the campus while respecting the Constitutional guarantees of free speech and assembly. The radical Students For A Democratic Society (SDS) had an active chapter at the University, engaging in vigorous protests and threats of violence on several occasions. This is the story of how one president got his university through those difficult times, maintaining both order and peace on the campus by vigorously enforcing the rules while showing respect for the important academic traditions.