“There’ll definitely be a meeting on April 22. There’s no doubt about that.”

Those were the words of The September 29th Movement member Allan Nosworthy after The Movement accepted Iowa State President Martin Jischke’s offer to schedule a meeting date.

Vice President for Student Affairs Thomas Hill said the president’s proposal resulted from a Monday meeting with The Movement, and a subsequent conference with Jischke on Tuesday.

“I made a recommendation to the president that he meet with them,” Hill said. “The president did accept my recommendation and did agree to meet.”

The two parties will get together on April 22 from 10 a.m. to noon in the Office of the President at 117 Beardshear Hall.

On Tuesday, Hill said the administration had prepared for a meeting and was waiting for The Movement’s reply.

“All they want is a date, right? Now we got a date. Let’s see what happens,” he said.

“We certainly accept the date,” Nosworthy said on Wednesday. “We are writing a letter stating that and will most likely be sending that off tomorrow.”

In terms proposed by Jischke, tape recorders and stenographers are prohibited at the meeting, but Hill said both sides will be allowed to take notes. The meeting will be limited to members of The Movement and the administration only.

Nosworthy said The Movement would abide by the terms set by Jischke.

“We’ll state our objections to it, but we don’t have any problems with it,” he said.

According to Hill, the meeting will be designated to discussing one issue — Catt Hall.

“The naming of Catt Hall is the only topic of discussion,” he said. “Several issues were discussed during the Monday meeting. As a result of the Monday meeting, I recommended that President Jischke deal with the Catt Hall issue only.”

He said other issues, which include minority student financial aid and the Carver Academy, will be dealt with by the appropriate members of the president’s cabinet.

Tuesday afternoon, Hill met with about 12 Movement members to relay to them Jischke’s message. Hill said the meeting lasted about 15 minutes, and that the members’ reactions were favorable.

After the meeting with Hill, Nosworthy said The Movement held a brief meeting to plan its response.

“We’re looking for what we’ve always looked for — university commitment to look into the issue of naming Catt Hall,” Nosworthy said.

“If it’s found that it shouldn’t be renamed, we’ll back off. If that process shows that the building should be renamed, we would expect the university … to take care of that,” he said.

A sit-in at Jischke’s office on Monday was prompted by what The Movement said was a broken commitment from the administration. But Hill said this promise, allegedly given at a March 12 meeting, did not occur.

“The contents of the March 12 meeting did not guarantee a meeting with The September 29th Movement,” he said. “It didn’t rule it out, but it didn’t guarantee one.

“It was asked, ‘would [Jischke] be willing to meet,'” Hill said.

At the meeting he said he told The Movement that Jischke would be willing to meet, but didn’t guarantee a meeting.

This time, however, there was no misunderstanding.

“Guaranteed, there is a meeting date,” Hill said. “It’s done.”