40 years ago: Board of Regents organized at Haskell

From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Feb. 16, 1971:

  • As an experiment to test what life would be like in the year 2000, four dozen people in Louisville, Ky., attempted to live for 54 hours in a small indoor area with “no food, no privacy, only 20 square feet of living space per person, constant noise and light and one lavatory for the entire group.” Twelve of the participants quit before the end of the experiment, citing a need for food or a desire to escape the “hazards simulating overpopulation and pollution.” Charles Aylworth, a graduate student who had organized the project, said, “I firmly believe we have five, not more than 10 years, before we see irreversible changes in the environment. If we don’t do something in this time to stop it we might as well pack up and forget it.”
  • A series of meetings was underway at Haskell Indian Junior College to organize a new board of regents. The 11 board members, elected by tribes throughout the U.S., were meeting with a planning committee to discuss procedures and schedules. An executive board was also expected to be chosen. The Board of Regents was to serve as “a liaison between the Indian people and the Haskell administration,” serving “only in an advisory capacity,” but with their recommendations taking “top priority.”