College Anti-War Movement Continues Building Support

More than 130 colleges around the country officially closed down yesterday in the wake of growing protests against the Administration's conduct in Southeast Asia and the killing of four Kent State students.

A national student strike information center set up at Brandeis University reported that students stayed away from classes at an additional 319 schools.

The California state university system, involving more than 28 campuses, remained closed until Monday. Gov. Ronald Reagan asked the 280,000 students to "go to your homes... see if there is not a better way than going on with the torch and club."

Northeastern Colleges

Colleges in the Northeast that shut down included Dartmouth, Princeton, M.I.T. Boston University, Brown, Tufts, and Rutgers.

The Brandeis center announced that a national conference of delegates from striking schools has been planned for May 13-15 at Yale.

At Dartmouth, a student-faculty group launched a national citizens' anti-war lobby called "Continuing Presence in Washington."

Kingman Brewster, president of Yale, said that he would lead a delegation of Yale trustees, teachers, and students to Washington, "to talk with the Yale graduates who are members of Congress about how to stop the war."

An SDS spokesman said last night that workers at Columbia University have gone out on strike in support of the three national strike demands.

In Washington, D.C., Georgetown and George Washington Universities closed down yesterday for the remainder of the school year, and thousands of students marched peacefully to Capitol Hill protesting the war.

The president of American University authorized individual students to defer their exams to next fall, but the school will remain open.

Wednesday, police used tear gas to disperse American University demonstrators blocking rush-hour traffic. Although students massed again yesterday, police did not move in.

Fires were reported at 11 campuses, mainly directed at ROTC buildings.

National Guard troops carrying live ammunition remained at the University of Kentucky, after students burned the ROTC building, but were ordered to keep their guns unloaded.

President S. I. Hayakawa of San Francisco State College said yesterday that some students were being "led by anarchists who use current emotions as a cheap excuse to destroy buildings, institutions, and lives."