Student unrest at the London School of Economics and elsewhere has hit the headlines in Britain in recent months but the extent of the trouble and the depth of feeling involved pales into complete insignificance compared with the upheavals at some American universities. A hard line against student insurgents is often advocated by observers (often tax or rate-paying observers) of the revolutionary student scene and it is salutory to see what happened at one American university where the ‘firm’ approach was carried to its logical conclusion.