ABSTRACT
Colin Rowe had no sympathy for the students' political activities and was pretty much disgusted by their, as he thought, rather stupid reaction. He did not understand the Zeitgeist he talked so much about and preferred to retire to his 'Monticello' in Ithaca; he returned to his books and his humanist lifestyle as a 'country squire' with friendly students at his feet who listened in peace and harmony. As a teacher, Colin did not make the students free in their own mind, but he monopolized them with his dogmatic views on architecture and urban design, where he believed himself to be an exclusive expert. Colin was also among the speakers. His speech was entitled 'The Crisis in the Cultural Cabinet', one of Colin's typical and provocative titles and a critical consideration of Reyner Banham. He spoke, as usual, in a very sophisticated way about the question of technology versus Zeitgeist.
