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Tables of Contents for The Gold and the Blue
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Figure and Tables
xiii
Foreword
xv
Preface
xxvii
Part I. Introduction
Politicizing the Ivory Tower
3
24
Shock Wave I
The Communist threat
The military-industrial-scientific complex
Economic development
Demographic changes---universal access to higher education
The human liberation movement
Postmodernity
The University Reacts
A puzzling question
Formal responses of the university
The larger puzzling question
Evaluation
The ``Old'' Berkeley and the ``New''
My Orientations toward Certain of These Developments
Communism
Industralization
Universal Access
Politicization
Part II. Impacts of McCarthyism
The Catastrophic Loyalty Oath Controversy
27
21
An Outline of Events
The proposal
The faculty objects
An attempted solution
My involvement
Observations
My view of the ``line''
Leftist Sentiment at Berkeley?
``UN-American'' Activities
48
29
``Contact Man''
Confrontation over alleged subversive activities
An alleged lack of ``diligence''
The 1965 Burns Committee Report
Responses
The ``San Diego Files''
The ``Yorba Linda intrusion''
The regents and the Burns committee
My evaluation of the situation
Selection from FBI Files: ``Kerr is no good''
Addendum: Comment on FBI Activities
Part III. The Emergence of Youth Uprisings
Youth Uprisings Around the World
77
13
Eternal Youth
Youth critical of the elders
Youth empowered by democracy
Youth on a mass basis
Youth in ``age-homogeneous'' communities
Youth as a ``floating force''
Youth condemned for ``infantile behavior
The Rise of the Student Estate
The First Wave: Political Activities off Campus
The Second Wave: Independence from Colonial Rule and Other Postwar Rebellions
The Third Wave: Youth Rebellions in Modernized Societies
Worldwide Causes of Activism
A ``terrible century''
``The worst of times''
The rise of an adversary faculty culture
Consequences of Activism
The Development of Student Political Movements in the United States
90
21
The American Research University's Grand Climacteric
Approaching a Critical Mass on American Campuses
The Slow Rise of the Student Political Estate
The peace movement
The New Left
Civil rights
SDS
The end of SDS
What went wrong?
The counterculture
``Dispersed disintegration''
My background in facing the student uprising
Part IV. Student Conflict Accelerates at Berkeley
The Fatal Attractions of the Berkeley Campus
111
11
Berkeley's Changing Context
Demography
Geography
The greatly reduced influence of senior faculty
Other major factors at work by 1964
Mario Savio: ``Berkeley Is the Place''
The ``new Paris''
New Bastilles to assault
HUAC
The Berkeley campus
The Sproul Directives
122
15
Rule 17
The Sproul directives
Retreating from the Sproul directives
Decentralizing Student Affairs and Liberalizing Rules
The 26 by 40 feet
The Open Forum
Ending the ban on Communist speakers
The AAUP Meiklejohn Award
The Issue of Political Advocacy on Campus
137
12
``Free Speech'' and ``Advocacy'': Two Issues or One?
Opposition to political advocacy on campus property
The changing legal situation
Confusion and Perplexity
The Situation in Early Fall 1964
Things Start to Fall Apart
149
12
The Rise of Berkeley's Political Activism
SLATE
The ``Big Lie''
Personalizing the Conflict
Mistakes
A Precarious Situation
Part V. Berkeley, Fall 1964---The FSM Uprising
The Lighted Match
161
31
A Tinderbox
The Issues in Retrospect
What did the First Amendment say?
Who was in charge of student affairs?
Use of police
Civil disobedience
Political arena or academic sanctuary?
Dramatis Personae
Edward Strong
Alex Sherriffs
Kitty Malloy
The ``Nuclear Unit'' Ensemble
Comparing Chancellors Seaborg and Strong
Episode One---High Alert
The excuse
Episode Two---The ``Atrocity'' at Berkeley
The campus administration builds a record
Explanations of the Berkeley campus authorities
A last chance
Two Questions
Further Observation
The governor's position early on
Blaming the ``atrocity'' on Towle (and Kerr)
The Conflagration
192
35
Episode Three---Capture and Release of the Police Car
Episode Four---Two Reports, Two Disasters
Comment: ``Persuasive'' and ``Coercive'' Disobedience
Episode Five---The Regents' Reaction
Episode Six---The Second Sit-In and the Police
Episode Seven---The Greek Theatre
Episode Eight---The Senate Resolution of December 8
Episode Nine---The Storming of Sproul Hall
Comment: Four Unattractive Choices
Berkeley
Chicago
Harvard
Columbia
The Center Holds and Puts Out the Flames
227
26
Episode Ten---The Faculty Moderates' Triumph
Episode Eleven---A Climactic Event
Observations
The Campus Reacts
Decision Making in Retrospect
Sherriffs and Strong
Kerr
Thomas Cunningham and the general counsel's office
The Board of Regents
How We Resolved the Issues
Key Contributions
Part VI. Recovery
The Center Starts to Build Back
253
12
Dismantling the ``Nuclear Unit''
Strong Undertakes a Public Offensive
Strong Resigns
A ``Scapegoat''?
Enter Meyerson
The Faculty Rallies Around
Addendum: An ``Inside Story''
The Center Coalesces
265
18
``You Killed Our Movement''
Unfinished Business
The Meyer committee
The appointment of Roger Heyns as chancellor
Some Negative Personal Consequences
Progress and Credit
Part VII. Backlash
Reagan and the Regents
283
20
Good News---Fall 1965
More Good News---Fall 1966
Reagan on Campaign
The Regents React
The Board of Regents Meets---November
Students Renew Their Protest at Berkeley
The Governor's Budget
The New Board
The Last Day---Losing Big or Winning Big?
303
28
My Final Meeting with the Board
The Press Conference
``Fired with Enthusiasm''
Winning Big or Losing Big?
A Personal Epilogue
Addendum: Transcript of Clark Kerr's Remarks at the January 20, 1967, News Conference
Appendix 1. Selections From FBI Files
331
35
Appendix 2. List of Documentary Supplements
366
3
Notes
369
24
Acknowledgments
393
8
Credits
401
2
Index
403