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Warren Skaaren updates radio listeners on the Masterson Crisis.

A letter from SA president Warren Skaaren to his fellow students, dated February 23, 1969 and explaining the events of the Masterson controversy up to that point.

A photograph showing the Lovett Hall sallyport during the protest against the Masterson appointment on Saturday, February 22. The crowd of protesters can be seen at a distance through the sallyport.

A photograph, taken from above, showing a crowd gathered in front of Lovett Hall and holding a banner reading "Students and Faculty United." The crowd was protesting the selection of Masterson as president.

A photograph, taken through window or balcony columns, from above the crowd gathering in front of Lovett Hall to protest the Masterson appointment on Saturday, February 22.

A photograph, taken from the Lovett Hall balcony, of the crowd arriving in front of the building to protest the Masterson appointment on Saturday, February 22.

Tom Plant, chairman of the college presidents, speaks at the student meeting taking place within the Physics Amphitheater. Students who participated on the Advisory Committee to select the next president of Rice University talk about what they were…

A letter from W.E. Gordon and Warren Skaaren thanking William Masterson for his statesmanship in resigning as president.

A telegram from Fran Shanahan, Northwestern University student body protest, expressing support for Rice students' protest of the Masterson selection.

Two Rice University students, facing the camera while a man in the foreground addresses them, during the controversy over Dr. William Masterson’s presidency. The students are both wearing stickers on their jackets which read “Welcome Dr. Masterson.”…