The concern of the students for order as well as democratic procedure was demonstrated clearly by the system of electing committees voted on during the same meeting.

Each student would stand up and give his name. He would then proceed to a blackboard where the candidates were listed and make a cross next to the name of his choice.

The same procedure went on nightly for the next few days so that the voting and the resulting committees would represent the sentiments of the people still in the Institute.

The committees elected a coordinating committee to take charge of daily life in the Institute and decide on the demands and slogans. In the early hours of the 15th of November, the coordinating committee had to provide for the daily life of all the students who locked themselves in the Institute, handling everything from food and security to maintenance of the facilities. The first actions of the Committee were directed against the provocateurs and government spies inside the Institute, who had started writing "Down with the State," "Down with Authority," on the walls to give an anarchist image to the movement. The anarchist or provocateur elements which student leaders said were planted by government also controlled a radio station from which they transmitted messages which could potentially discredit the movement as an anarchistic, apolitical movement.

The coordinating committee tried to silence this radio station, while it controlled the radio station within the Institute. It denounced all slogans which could discredit the movement and which were not in line with the consensus of the general assembly.

In the meantime the problems of nutrition, medical care, dormitory facilities, maintenance of facilities and security were handled by separate committees.

A student locked in the Polytechnic Institute did not have to worry about food. It was given to him for free, since the Athenians poured in supplies of groceries to the students through student-controlled side-doors. The buildings were kept clean, and there were signs reminding students not to damage the facilities. Complete medical care was also available to the students. Thus the students were actually locked in a free environment unheard of in Greece since the coup of April 1967.

Early in the morning of the 15th the students started making their demands known to the rest of the population.

"The leader is one, the people are the leader," "Down with Fascism," "Down with the junta," "Democracy," "People you starve, why don't you fight," "Bread--Education--Freedom," they yelled. And 20,000 Athenians gathered outside the Institute joined in.

Inside, the Institute professors made rounds with students to make sure that the facilities remained intact. At the same time the faculty senate appealed to the government to respect academic asylum at a grave personal risk.

The government did not act, and the student radio continued its broadcast:

"We once more declare our positions:

1.) Anti-junta: We are fighting for the overthrow of the junta.

2.) Anti-fascist: We are fighting to establish an anti-fascist democracy in Greece.

3.) Anti-imperialist: We are fighting to achieve the independence of Greece from foreign interest."