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THE COLLEGE. NEWS.



Sit- inarticinantsView' Revolution’

Find Success In Increased Support

‘By Bev Carter
and Pauline Dubkin

The attendant of the first. gas
station at which we stopped looked
in the car and angrily told. us to
leave his property. The attendant

‘of.the second slowly and insolently

-were beleaguered by: the = freedom 7

out”? has heen dispensed with, and!

told us that he was closed. As we
drove into the town of Easton,
Maryland two children looked up
from their play to point at us, An
experienced freedom, rider who was
with-us observed that these oceur-
rences were indications of a growing
reaction against the integrationist
movement. When the sit-ins began,
many. restaurants on the Eastern
coast of Maryland had integrated,
if only for the short time that they

riders.

~The - practice, Cisewhere had
been the lengthy process of
“reading them out” — reading a
Maryland trespass, or dinance
broadly interpreted to maintain se-
gregation. Now, however, “readng

the freedom riders are subject to
arrest unless they leave the restau-

ee —yant directly upon the arrival of the}

police. Our procedure was to enter
a restaurant in integrated groups,
ask for servce, and; when refused,
leave to avoid arrest. Then we set

“up a picket line outside the res-

taurant. : aks
Hostility

Our pickets encountered no vio-

lence but. much_ hostility: police-

‘men summarily reduced two of our
picket lines to _six.people; people

jeered from their cars as they
rode. by; passers-by accidently.
stepped on our heels; even on the

‘faces of some of the more restrain-

ed, there was a euridus mixture
of hatred and reproach _,

“Half our number was made up

a local-high school students from

average families in an area where
most. Negro families-are-econom-
ically depressed.-The other half
were college students, some of
whom had traveled as many as 700
miles. The demonstrators acted
with the support of the Civil In-
terest Group in Maryland (which
co-exists with CORE), and with the
support of professors and three
members of the clergy; the minis-
ter of the church where we met in
Easton, and the chaplains of MIT
and Harvard.

Afterwards - - =

After thé picketing we returned
to. the.church. There -we_ met
people who had gone on freedom
rides together, and, occasionally,
some who had been jailed together;
parents who had come to.. meet
their children; the local women
who had prepared the dinner for
the lot of us. People told anecdotes
from, the day’s happenings: a boy
from Yale remarked that some of
the local dives are really entering
the Yale student’s vocabulary; up
at. Yale, they now say “that was
a really Wilson’s Rowish exam.”

It is curious that we found inspi-
ration and justification for our ac-
tions in songs very similar to
those in which other worldly Negro

claves _ had found consolation and

éscape from their sufferings, In
effect, the songs that we sang were
later-day spirituals; sung by a
people whose’ temper had changed.
As‘a professor from Wesleyan re-
marked in his talk, the unique con-
tribution of this “dissatisfied new
Negro is to help realise democracy

in,.the...United. States and..to. keen.

us from losing our ideal pasore we |
gain it.

The impor ce of this move-
ment .is_that_it_will_effect—realiza-
tion of the American ideal. Like
the American Civil Liberties Union,
the Negro is fighting to keep our
constitution a, living’ document. The
integrationist movement consti-

’ tutes a revolution. Unlike the par-

jout what really worri

volution in Maryland seeks to bring
equality to the Negro regardless
of economic level.

Success in a sit-in is not measur-
ed by the number of restaurants
that_integrate, but by the number
of people who join in civil disobe-
dience. A boycott by older mem-
bers of the community has been
planned for this week.

Cars leave every Saturday be-
fore “11:00 from Swarthmore to
sit-in on the Eastern Shore of
Maryland. Call Ellie Rosenburg,
Swarthmore College, extension 294,



OUR MAIL!



-

We need your help!
In 1955 my company started our
Human Relations Program. Its
purpose is to work for mental
health, better understanding be-
tween people and better lives for
all of us. Quite an ambitious aim.

-WORRY-GO-ROUND. It deals in
a simple, non-scientific way with
the common emotional problems of

.businessmen. More than seven mil-

lion copies have been. distributed
in this country, as well as trans-
lations into more than half a dozen
foreign languages. .

By now we have published four
more booklets, all prepared‘ with
the advice of Dr. F. C. Redlich;
Chairman, Department of Psychia-
try, Yale School of Medicine. We
have held three forums on human
relations and plan another for
next October; this one to be on
the problems of youth, Last-fall
we produced our first film, YOU.
ARE NOT ALONE, a half-hour
docunientary “dealing “with” “the
frustrations of a young father.
Now we are planning a_ booklet
that will try to cover emotional
problems of students and offer cen-
structive help.

This is where you come in.

Hundreds of thousands of words
have been “written by the self-
styled. experts about today’s stu-
dents. Many old heads shake pon-
derously as the youth of today is
compared — usually, unfavorably
— with “the days when I was in
college.” *

We think the best way to find

students
is to go to the “horse’s ‘mouth:”
you who edit college papers and
magazines. -We -want to know
about the values, anxieties, aims
atid frustrations of students. We
think we have a few sound ideas
gained from psychiatrists and
others who live and work with
students. But you who reflect and
guide student opinion can give us
authentic help.

. People simply will not take time

to read books on psychiatry and
psychology. We want people to
learn that they are not alone with
their emotional problems. This
knowledge in itself has value; wit-
ness Alcoholics Anonymous.

Will you spare enough time to
write your thoughts about what
goes on when-~students ‘give them-
selves private and often painful
examinations, when inner anxie-
ties create almost.unbearable ten-
sions? We want this booklet to-be
helpful. We do not want it to con-
sist of warmed-over , ot precon+
ceived ideas about students and
their personal problems. We hope
[to help. men..work..out..same things
before they become overwhelming,

* You can help tremendously.

Sincerely,

-.... Theodore. M.- Bbers,. -M:D. =
Chief Medical Director
The Connecticut Mutual Life |

Insurance Company

- Anyone withany ideas or sug-
gestions for Dr. Ebers may com-
municate with him directly or



tial seveiatjon of the North, the re-

through The College News.

| World Affairs Club

-—-We-started -withthe—publication+
of—a—eartoon--booklet—called—-THE-

| lition-of curfews at. Radcliffe ate

Sponsors Proposal
For UN University|

Students and professors at the
University’ of Michigan have re-
cently proposed a new idea in world
affairs — the establishment of a
United Nations University. Under
the name of the ‘Association. for
Committment to World Responsi-
bility, the students have set forth
the objectives and general plans
for such an institution in a recently
published paper.

These plans are based on the
contention that-only with an inter-
national center for research and
learning can the many problems
which countries share in common
be ‘solved. A United Nations Uni-
versity would deal with scientific
and developmental problems which
plague most countries - especial-
ly, the underdeveloped nations. It
would allow scholars and scientists,
to pool knowledge more. freely,
would train workers in interna-
tional organizations and ‘ultimate-
ly, try to create an “international
culture.” The university would
emphasize service work and would
require. that all students devote
some time to the United Service
Corps —=~a technical service or-
ganization much like our Peace.
Corps.

The. pamphlet also deals with
some of the more practical prob-
lems which a U. N. university im-
plies. It suggests a neutral coun-
try for the location of the uni-
versity to. avoid having an~institu-
tion like the Patrice Lumumba



University in the Soviet Union
which is “‘international” ,only in
name. National - universities, pri-
vate.groups, and UNESCO are all
put forth as possibilities for spon-
soring the university. Financial
support can be obtained from pri-

Si a aaa



_ Enid--Greenberg ’63

The “Solid South” is undergoing
a revolution, Those who deplore
the one-party system: of the South
as undemocratic may be rejoicing
in the evidence of Republican ac-
tivity there. But a careful exami-
nation of the ‘situation will damp-
en the joy of Northern liberals,
for the revolution, of the South
appears theaded toward increased
conservatisim, rather than liberal-
ism. *

Samuel Lubell, in The Future of
Amerioa Politics, discusses the



United Nations itself. The pamankn
let also suggests that all students
know at least two languages. Stu-
dents would be admitted on a
fbasis of ability and quotas, by
geographical areas so as to have
a truly international representa-
tion. Professors would also come
from all countries and would be
both permanent and visiting.
Obviously, the university is still

the idea that.there isa possibility.
of a universal institution “to seek

through the dedicated utilization
of man’s unique capacity for ra-
tional thought” has already inspir-
ed many college students. Both
Marion Coen and Ginny Copen
have copies of .the University of
‘Michigan paper if anyone is inter-

-lested in learning more about the

proposal.

#



Boys Club is looking for an in-
structor_in arts and. crafts. If
you are interested’ please see
Pixie Scheiffelin, Rhoads South



vate foundations, ~-tuition,- and the

or Ellen Gross, Denbigh.













In their concern for acquiring
education in depth, Bryn Mawr stu-
dents often lose track of what is
going on in the outside academic
world. Many of the same problems
‘and ‘controversies which. plague
Bryn Mawr’s placid. life are shar-
ed by similar schools, namely the
other Seven’ Sister Colleges:

Radcliffe

The problem of curfew has come
tyr for the cause of female eman-
cipation. Present curfew regula-
tions there give limited one o’clocks
to Freshmen, unlimited one o clocks
to Sophomores and Juniors, and
unlimited hours to~Seniors.. Find-
ing that the curfew regulations.
conflict with the honor system-as
defined in the Radcliffe. Redbook,
two Seniors have proposed that
any required hours of return, cha-
peronage rules, and complicated
sign-outs be abolished. Students
would only be required to, sign out:
stating the hour of expected re-
turn. The proposal for the aboli-
tion of curfew hours has met with
approval from Radcliffe’s Presi-
dent Bunting as well'as a majority
of undergraduates. However, in a
recent. poll, the. Harvard Crimson
found that a surprising number of
Radcliffe women felt. that the abo-
lition of curfews would lower the
reputation of Radcliffe girls. Other
objectors ‘point out that unrestric-
ted hours.would make it most di-
ficult to say ‘‘no” to a date who
Lwants ‘to stay out later.

jectiohs, proponents of the. abo-

optimistic about the acceptance of
the proposal. =.

Wellesley -

Concerning. NSA,
Bryn Mawr bete noi
the Wellesley College Government
recently voted strong approval of
official representation of Wellesley

2

the current



Radcliffe, Wellesley, Mount
Contemplate Organizational Revision

to the fore at Radcliffe, that mar-|~

In spite of these and other ob-|

the Senate of ‘

Holuoke

ined Seat

main concern about NSA at Wel-
lesley seems to be financing of the
officia] delegation’s trip to the sum-
mer conference, and the Wellesley
Senate has zecently voted in favor
of an all-out fund drive. The Young
Republican Club at Wellesley has
also come out_in support of NSA,
although it criticizes the appar-

-{ent exclusion by NSA of the con-

servative point of view.
Mount--Holyoke—-

“This year finds not only Bryn
Mawr enmeshed in Student govern-
ment” revisions, but Mount °Holy-
oke as well. Some of thé proposals
for revision of the Mt.. Holyoke
Student Government Association
have been: to form an executive
committee for greater centraliza-
tion, to combine the duties of Sec-
retary and. Treasurer of the SGA
under one salaried student, to eli-
minate many of the peripheral
committees still clinging to SGA,
and to have nominations for stu-
dent offices by petition only. The
proposed changes. seem to. indicate
a trend toward a more efficient
and compact student government
by consolidation and concentration
of power in the SGA. president,
which will lead to speedier deci-
sions and a greater role for pub-

A Tlie Analysis’. me eS

Should We Seek Two Party
System In Southern States?

in_the-planning—stage,_However;

solutions to humanity’s needs

Wednesday, March 7,,1962

* A

increasing conservatism of the
South. Lubell considers the fail-
ure of labor to organize in the
South, the rise of a new middle
class in the Southern cities, and
the vast extension of Negro rights
accompanied by political intensifi-
cation of the race issue’ as the
three significant factors contri-
buting to this conservative revolu-
tion.

The South has been undergoing

.a period of rapid industrialization.

This has resulted in the growth of

a new middle class centered around ”

the cities. It is this group, rather
than Southern “liberals” which has
been fostering two-party politics

by voting Republican. The interests.

of—this—urban middle class are
clearly what would be termed “con-
servative” ‘by Northern standards.
A second party for the South
based on: the industrial interests
of these people thus might leave
America even more conservative
than at present. The laboring class



gained .by this industrial middle-
class.

The urban wiidicdan has not
supported the Negroes in the ques-

tion ‘of: civil rights. Lubell writes;°

“no longer will it suffice to attri-
bute racial prejudice in the South
merely to poverty and inadequate
education.” Lubel] drew this con-
clusion from his study of the 1950

|defeat of Frank P..Graham in a

Senatorial contest. Graham repre-
sented the “enlighterod” South. As
president of the University of
University of North Carolina, he
had fought for free speech and
for labor’s right.to organize and

had served on President Truman’s |

Civil Rights Commission.’ His de-
feat was unquestionably the re-
sult of vicious segregationist at-
tacks in the last few days of his
campaign. What disturbs. Lubell
is the education of those who des-
troyed Graham’s. career. “Frank
Graham was defeated not by a

foul-mouthed Theodore: Bilo but by -

a nationally honored lawyer, who
was chairman of the Board of.
Trustees of Duke University. It
was not only the bigots who turned
against ‘Doctor Frank’ but many
‘progressive’ North Carolinians.”

If. Southern--labor remains-wnor-—-

ganized and unable to exert its
influence, and if the new midlle-
class continues to ignore or oppose

the question of civil rights, the

rise of a second party in the
South may provide no improve-
ment over the present “undemo-

cratic” one-party system. And_ for
those who hope for a more politi-
cally liberal America in the ,fu-
ture, a two-party South is cause
for concern, =

The future of the South is cer-
tainly a question to. be pondered.
The above. considerations only
touch upon some of the aspects of
this involved problem. What the
South would be like under two par-
ties, and whether a two-party

‘South would be in the interest of

the- country, is perhaps too early



to decide. But is’ it not too early

lie opinion in determining peer: |to..consider. the problem.









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