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Editorials . tEfje l\eb anti lUact;
Due A Raise
In view of what has already been said by
others retraisliiiK a raise in pay for Georgia
teachers we can only add our hearty support.
A raise is well deserved and long overdue.
Uy a like token we would commend Hoard of
Regents Chairman Robert 0. Arnold for
his statement that University System professors
would expert a proportionate hike in wages if
the increase was approved for the Georgia tea
chers.
In this age of “Cold War” racing for inter
national supremacy, it is essential that the finest
minds of our present-day youth be developed to
their greatest potential. To reach this end. we
must obtain and hold the best minds in the field
of education for the instruction of these stu
dents. Our challenge is all the greater in Geor
gia.
Those professors we now have must be paid
adequately if they are to remain. To attract
others and give incentive to our “Georgia born”
to remain here, we must be able to match and
better, offers from other states.
It is a well known fact that a rnce is in pro
gress between institutions of higher lenrning
and the various fields of industry for these
educated personnel. We must at least be able
to give these industrial fields a good race.
The time has come when we must choose be
tween educated supremacy or illiterate servi
tude. The key to reaching the former is ob
taining and holding the best minds of our day
in our institutions of higher learning through
adequate financial support. Some means of
making this possible must he found immedi
ately.
First Victory
The new regime on Ag Mill has already
scored a major victory.
Head coach •lolinuy Griffith announced this
week that students will be able to attend prac
tice sessions three Wednesdays during the
current spring drills.
Hv his action the students will he able to
see both the coaches and players in action.
There can be no doubt that this gesture will
go a long way in fermenting better school
spirit. something that has been hadlv lacking in
recent years around this University.
We believe that “Coach Johnny” has come up
with a good proposal. Its part of his “forward
look” up on the practice field and we’re all
for it.
If the same proceedure could be followed
next fall it would help the school spirit. That’s
when we really need it.
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor:
In reference to the comment concerning the stu
dent council in last week's Ked and Black:
(1) The council ia quite limited as to what It
may or may not do in regards to governing the
student body.
(21 The members of the council want and need
closer support between themselves and the students
in their respective schools. All business brought
to the attention of the council is disposed of In
Its regular business meetings; therefore, the stu
dents must communicate with their representatives
In order to make their opinions and feeelings known
to the council.
(2) If the Red and Black would afford coverage
of the student council meetings, then perhaps the
needed Interest could he stimulated.
Sincerely yours,
Bryant Hodgson
Corresponding Secretary
Editor’* Sate The Ned and IHack has had a staff
member uf every student council meeting this quar
ter. und all erics worth ft hutlncM has been given
coverage
Dear Editor:
lstst week's editorial about the Rip Van Winkle
Student Council was good . . .
No organisation Is worth a hoot unless It has
capable leaders.
If students at the University are satisfied with
an Inactive, do-nothing Council, why not abolish it?
If students want an active, hard-working, get-
the-Job-done Council, let them elect Independents
to fill all the posts.
Sincerely,
Lowell Kirby,
Campus Leader
Independent Men
It’s A Petition To Void All Other Petitions
Terry Hazelwood
Waste of Time
Puzzling and complicated are the workings of our state legislature.
We have just had a good dose of defeat spooned out by Judge Bootle,
and have stricken from the books the laws regarding segregation.
Yet, I noticed this week a "West
Point" school bill is under considera
tion by the legislature. In essence,
It is another segregation measure
which would provide that students to
the University System of Georgia
schools be nominated by senators or
representatives and appointed by the
governor. It looks to me as If this
measure could, and probably would
be, stricken down by the courts Just
as easily ns our other laws were.
Also, how would
such a measure af
fect our accredita
tion? It wouldn’t
be just a question
of political pres
sure on the Ad
ministration of the
colleges and Uni
versities, but would
give the governor
and 1 e g 1 stature
complete control,
up, it would be interesting to know
how the child of a political opponent
of the governor would fare.
There are two obvious places to
stop a would-be student from enter
ing a division of the University Sys
tem. His advancement could be
stopped either by the senator or re
presentative to whom he applied, or
by the governor.
That brings up another point.
Would you submit an application for
admittance to the registrar at the
division where you were seeking ad
mission, to your senator and repre
sentative, or to both? Would you
apply for the school you wanted or
would the governor just assign you
to one?
Really, this bill is a farse. It
wouldn't have a chance in any court.
Why waste their time and our tax
money on such?
Another bill that is up for con
sideration would allow tution grants
for students expelled from any divi
sion of the University System for
misconduct or for participating in
demonstrations. If this goes through,
I would suggest the legislators set
ting up booths in front of Myers Hall
so everyone could sign up to partici
pate in said demonstrations, and an
other at the Business office so every
body could get his tution grant.
Of course these are just two of the
bills under consideration out of some
4 24 in both houses. They are just
two of the ones affecting the Univer
sity System, but with all the pro
blems which seem to need attention
and an answer, it seems that there
is little need to clutter up the re
cords with the likes of these two.
Qflfje &eb anb JUacfe
Terry Hazelwood
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Opinions
Alan Wexler
Mr. Harris
Roy Harris lias criticized and has been criticized I
lately in many papers around the state and the
nation. Who has been right?
Last week Mr. Harris circulated his Augusta |
Courier around the campus. For what purpose
this was done I don’t know. In his personal column
he said we should have freedom of speech and that
people should look deeply into the news to get its j
true meaning.
He also stated that University
students had been silenced when
they attempted to speak out for
segregation. He had several
good points, but he was way off
base when he said that the cen
sorship here was as bad as it
has been in Cuba and Hungary.
Back In 1053 Mr. Harris, a
member of the board of regents,
threatened to cut off funds to
THE REI) AND BLACK If the paper didn’t stop
criticizing Governor Talmadge’s stand on segrega
tion.
Sometimes I would like for students here to read
the November 4, 12, 19, and December 4 editions
of the 1953 paper to see what happened.
On the staff that quarter were Bill Shippe, pre
sent state editor of the Atlanta Constitution, Bucky
Lundy, Bob Bradford, Prictlla Marshall, and Gene
Britton.
The paper reported in the November 12 edition
about Mr. Harris threat. The next week’s paper
contained editorial matter advocating freedom of
the press.
The following week the paper’s board of con
trol was asked to start censoring any articles
such as the one criticizing Governor Talmadge.
On December 4 (slitor Lundy and managing edi
tor Sliippe resigned from the staff because, as
Lundy expressed it, “I rould not conscientiously re
main in my position without expounding my views
on charges recently made toward myself and other
staff members by Roy Harris.”
Was this freedom of the press?
George Watts
The Crumbling South
The South lost a war one hundred years ago,
and we are losing battles daily in the war of recon
struction. Our defensive is crumbling against
operation ‘‘New South.”
I am not one to oppose changes in the old South.
I can see a need for industry, better government,
and more nationalism; but I can not see entirely
giving up a way of life.
Henry W. Grady, Georgia’s foremost Journalist,
saw the need for changes in the
South many years ago. He called
his plan a “New South” move
ment, but never did he once in
tend to have a “New South” like
the irrational leaders of the
movement are planning for to
day. His ideas were aborted
and altered so that a plan for a
better South changed to a plan
for a different South.
The aborted movement is gaining speed. The
cancerous growth is engulfing our principles one
by one, leaving us without a course of action. The
Supreme Court is adding fuel to the fire, and we
are left by the wayside to watch the fires ragi
and burn until our “way of life” is a pile of ashes
What course of action can one take? The an
swer is indefinite. We have seen the folly
violence and the fruitlessuess of massive reslstenci
We realize that freedom of speech is still ours, bul
what can we say? We know that the right tq
petition is ours, but who can we petition? We havi
experienced the uselessness of state laws again!
the Supreme Court’s interpertation of the Co:
stttution. What can we do?
Segregation versus integration is only a segment
of the complex problem. We are faced with more
than a social, legal, or moral problem We are
faced with the situation of a group of nine men <
with puppets scattered throughout the country act-i
ing to destroy the basic freedoms of Individuals, j
Race mixing is not the factor that worries me half
so much as the problem that is continually snow
balling toward us.
The Supreme Court may decide next to destroy
the right of a merchant to serve whom he pleases.
Next, legal action will be taken to restrict our basic
fundamentals of freedom. Then, Democracy, which
our adversaries claim to be working for, will be
lost.
If the final step iu destroying our basic freedoms
and our way of life is taken, we have only one
course of action. We can appeal to the Supreme
Court to protect our Constitutional rights—A fat
chance we have'
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