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On with the Drive
TT looks like the Danforth Chapel Drive,
which was accelerated to such high momen
tum last spring quarter, has coasted down to
an almost dead standstill. And the relating fac
tor which bothers us most is that no one seems
to care.
According to University Chaplain Robert
Avers, there has been no effort made regarding
the drive since last spring and there are no
definite plans for a future drive. What kind
of a way is this of playing around with anoth
er person’s $10,000? If the drive was not to
be forcefully followed through all the way, why
was Danforth’s donation accepted in the first
place?
We, along with the chaplain too it seems,
don’t know exactly who’s responsibility the
drive is, but we think either it should be con
tinued, or Danforth’s money returned to him
and the whole thing forgotten.
Quality Wanted
T X a letter to The Red and Dlaek editor, which
appears on this page, Jack Caldwell recom
mends the removal of politics from University
cheerleader select ions.
We would like to join Mr. Caldwell in this
recommendation and to add our “two cents”
to what he says in support of his argument.
I nder the present system, cheerleaders art 1
chosen by the Student Council each spring
quarter. They arc selected from a group of stu
dents who applied for the position and attend
ed at least three of six practice sessions held
before the one-night tryouts.
W !■ don’t know where or when the Council
got this power; furthermore, we can't under
stand how they can he considered qualified to
exercise it.
Why should Student Council select cheerlead
ers to represent the University? Cheerleading
is a skill just as are playing any of the sports,
acting in a University Theatre production play-
ing in the hand, debating or judging livestock,
and who would lie so foolish ns to suggest that
Student Council select the University represen
tatives in any of these activities?
We think interested students should “go out”
for the eheerleading squad at the beginning of
each year, and that they should have an active
coach it they don’t already have one—to se
lect the ones who have proved themselves best
after hours of practice.
I hat way, cheerleader selection could be re
moved from polities—where it had no business
being in the first place and, as Mr. Caldwell
points out, maybe the quality of cheerleading
could be improved.
Next Bill, Please
r HT’S all let out with a great big Rebel yell
for the flag-waving boys on Capitol Hill;
they have voted us a brand new official state
banner, one that is original, one that is dis
tinctively (Georgian the battle flag of the Con
federacy.
Meanwhile, let us shed a tear for the slow
death of the true and solemn meaning of the
leal Stars ami liars, and chalk up one more
way to disburse tax money.
If the legislators are so hepped up on the
revival of the Confederacy, we recommend that
they receive this year’s salary in Confederate
money.
Busses or Bust
J 1 is a familiar sight to see many University
students trudging along in the mud, or
thumbing on street corners in the rain, during
class breaks.
This points out the transportation problem
on campus is as acute as ever.
I niversity officials have begun thinking of
the possibility of establishing an intra-campus
transportation system since work has begun
on the long-planned intra-campus road.
The system is still in the thinking stage, but
we believe, if the intra-campus road is ever
completed, a transportation system wfttild solve
several big problems at the University.
Such a system would aid student travel be
tween classes, eliminating students entering
classes late. Also, it would help alleviate cam
pus parking problems.
When the intra-campus road is completed,
it will provide an excellent opportunity to es
tablish a University transportation system. We
urge University officials to study the situation
thoroughly, for we feel once such a system is
tried it will prove to be a useful University
service.
“What’s That, A Landmark Or Something?”
Readers' Opinions
Cheering Change Urged
The Red and Dlaek Editor:
I heartily agree with Sports Editor Remer Tyson’s stand concern
ing the state of cheerleading at the University. When compared with
other cheerleaders that have visited our campus, ours do not measure
up well.
The Daily Texan
Reprimand
We feel it Is high time that this
newspaper reprimand students for
walking on the grass.
They do not realize what they do.
A beautiful campus is one of the
principles upon which this Univer
sity was founded.
The question is, can we have a
beautiful campus without having
beautiful grass?
We say no!
That brings up another basic issue,
it has been brought to our attention
that the holes in the doughnuts in
tlie Union soda fountain are far too
large.
What does this imply?
It means, simply speaking, the
holes should be smaller.
Students are not getting their
money's worth.
They are getting hungry.
Hungry students sleep in class.
They are not getting an education.
When they are not getting an edu
cation they have no reason for being
here.
People should have reasons for be
ing places.
A few other ills must be disclosed:
• The grass, even when un-
trampied upon, is not green
enough.
No one can doubt that their spirit
is right, but they are sadly lacking
in polished technique. At times they
look like individuals cheering separ
ately rnther than a coordinated team.
Perhaps the trouble stems from
tlie fact that they are elected by our
live-wire Student Council. Why not
let a hoard of experts choose them
as our splendid majorettes were
chosen? The contrast between our
truly outstanding band and our
cheerleaders is great.
Let's remove politics from cheer
leading. Good cheerleaders should
look good whether anyone else is
cheering or not. The truth is that
cheers will follow if the leadership
is good. Popularity obviously does
not insure success in cheerleading.
Jack Caldwell
• People here are not kind
enough to other people.
• People everywhere are not kind
enough to other people.
• The Boy Scouts need more troop
leaders.
• We are not nice enough to the
stray dogs who come to our
campus. How about a Stray Dog
Committee?
• Etc.
• • • •
EDITOR'S NOTE: The above edi
torial in an example of the kind of cru
sading writing which The Daily Texan
feels censors wouldn’t object to.
James Southerland
Business Manager
Caeroi, Dadisman
Bill Mabrey
Editor
Gordon Roberts
Managing Editor
James Wynn
Netcs Editor
Remer Tyson
Mildred Sparks
Anne Sullivan
Harriette Schreiber
Ed Inules
Lamar Gunter
Carey Cameron
Bob Miller
Marvin Greenberg
Carl Kaufman
Don Thompson
Wesley Bonzo
Alex MacDonald
Circulation Manager
Reporters: Helen I^anler. Elizabeth Marshall. Murrow Morris. J. J. Newberry
Marlon Smith. Connie Hayes. Robert Holden. Barbara Sugarman, Carol
Craven. Marvin HIJ1, Gene Carroll, Bill Byard, Jack Allman. Anne Shep
pard. Beverly Weigand, Eleanor Gilmer, Dot Scharff. Joanne Smith. Beth
Mobley. Marlene Bennett.
Business Statt: Beth Andrews, Barbara McAlpin, Harmon Barnard.
The Red and Black Is a student newspaper written, edited and pub
lished by undergraduate and graduate students of the University of
Georgia. All unrredited opinions in it are opinions of the student edi
tors. and not necessarily the University's viewpoint.
Bill Mabrey
On Censorship
Another college newspaper—The Daily Texan,
official student paper of the University of Texas—
has felt the sting of censorship, but the would-be
suppressors of thought are in for quite a battle.
Texan Editor Willie Morris has met the challenge
head on, and he doesn’t appear to be the kind of
guy who will give much ground no matter how
rough the going gets. Another encouraging, as well
as interesting, facet is the over- v
whelming support Morris is re
ceiving—from fellow staff mem
bers, the student body, news
papers and others.
The University of Texas Board
of Regents wants The Texan to
steer clear of controversial na
tional and state issues, such as
comments on the merits or de
merits of any candidate or po
tential candidate for public of
fice, or on legislative matters. It is ironical indeed
how guardians of state educational systems get so
perturbed whenever a student editor steps on politi
cal toes. (Students must be taught to think and
allowed to express their thoughts, but only if they
think along the party lines.)
The desire of politicians, and their ambitious
“friends,” to censor opposing views is nothing new.
Within the framework of the federal Constitution
they find it a bit difficult to forcefully silence the
opinions of professional journalists, so I guess they
hope to find some "ego-boost” in threatening col
lege editors who refuse to fall into line. They prob
ably subscribe to the theory that young training
makes for an easily controlled subject.
Newspaper censorship—on any level—is a con
tradiction of the basic principles on which this na
tion was founded. If politicians even manage to
push the thought-provoking editorial page from the
American scene, God help us.
It will be interesting to see what happens at the
University of Texas. I can’t help but believe that
Editor Morris will find some reward for his vig
orous and courageous stand against censorship.
Whether he erases the stains of censorship from
the pages of The Texan or not, he will have the
self-satisfaction of having tried.
College editors have faced censorship many times
in the past, and no doubt will have it to cope with
many times in the future. The example being set
by Willie Morris and his colleagues on The Daily
Texan might be a good one for all college editors
to take note of.
Bob Miller
Heartening Words
The most intelligent and heartening words to be
said on the segregation situation were uttered re
cently by a South Carolina Negro.
That Negro, the Rev. Webster MeClark, Kings-
tree, S. C., has given much food for thought to
members of his race.
MeClark said the Southern
N^gro doesn’t really want de
segregation any more than the
whites, but they don’t know
how to keep from having it.
He said Negroes should come
out in the open and throw their
weight behind equal, but sep
arate schools where the Negro
children can learn to take
race instead of being ashamed
of it.
MeClark told the Negroes to forget the NAACP.
“If I were a betting man, I would bet you that
you’ll see the day before too long that Northern
big shots ’in the NAACP will get so sick of the
Southern Carolina Negroes, just the mention of one
will make their stomaches turn upside down,” the
minister said.
He went on to tell his race, “let the nit-wit talk
about mixing races go in one ear and out the
other.”
While I am not a staunch segregationist, neither
am I a radical intergrationist. But I cannot sub
scribe to coercion on the part of either faction to
end segregation or to preserve It.
As it looks from here, it is a problem to be han
dled in the South by Southerners, and It can but
come to naught if the NAACP continues to brow
beat the Negroes into accepting desegregation by
flowery speeches and promises that will hold no
longer than it takes to make them.
If Northern Negro and white radicals would real
ize the futility of their present methods toward
integration, much tension and hatred would be
abated. And relations between the races would be
much better served.
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