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UNIVERSITY OK GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, lOflfl
Number 58
Democrats Come to University
Georgia Flag Change
Proposed by YDC
By STEVE TRAVIS
A plea by Tom Coehran, a second year law student, re
sulted in the adoption of a resolution to remove the Confed
erate flag from the Georgia flag, by the University’s Young
Democrat Club last Thursday.
“I propose that we return to . museums, where it can be pro-
the state flag we had prior to I perly revered, instead of in the
1956, when a certain governor,
who is now a Republican and
was a blight on the Democratic
Party, had a Confederate sym
bol put there," said Cochran.
Tlie Georgia flag used be-
bore 1056 had a blue field
with the state seal on it on
the left-hand fringe and the
the rest of it was composed
of a red horizontal stripe at
the top and bottom, with a
white strip between the two
red stripes.
Cochran also said that,
"We’ve seen the Confederate
flag used as a symbol of hate
by the Ku Klux Klan and other
bigoted organizations so much
that its meaning has been irre
parably perverted. To most of
the nation, it stands for hate
only.
"Those who know and love
its true meaning would do it
justice only by putting it in
IlOTC Action
Seen
By SHARON McKINZEY
Eight candidates for gov
ernor and lieutenant gover
nor will be at the University
this weekend for a campus-
wide convention.
Sponsored by the Young
College Democrats Platform
Convention, the rally will fea
ture an "Old-Fashioned Po
litical Rarbecuo” on Friday
night and a general discussion
Refreshments and entertain
ment also will highlight the
event.
Saturday's discussions will
be held in the University
Chapel. At 10 a.m., Gov. Carl
Sanders will kick off the
meeting with his keynote ad
dress. No ndiiiission Is being
charged for this segment of
the convention.
The sorority having the
greatest number of persons
hands of bigoted fanatics. Be
cause of these bigots’ misuse of
it, it means only hate, and a
hate symbol has no place on
the Georgia flag.”
Another resolution passed
by the Young Democrats
culled for the cancelling of
all Ku Klux Klan charters by
the state, and that no more
charters be issued to the
Klan.
The resolutions' sponsor,
Alex Crumley, a law school
senior, said, _ "The Klan now
operates with corporate legal
recognition of the state. We
propose to take away the mask
of legitimacy from them. If
Amall
Vandiver
Maddox
Tanksley
of issues by the candidates on
Saturday.
The Friday night barbecue,
being held at Charlie Williams’,
is designed to give students
a chance to meet the candidates
and talk with them in an in
formal situation, according to
Dale Schwartz, past YD presi
dent. Tickets will be $2.60
for this event and can be ob-
this measure passes, the whole talned at Demosthenian Hall or
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present at this 10 a.m. session
w’ill be presented with a two-
foot sterling silver governor’s
cup trophy. The fraternity hav
ing the most members present
at the keynote address also
will receive an award.
At 11 a.m. Judge Jcptha
Tanksley, candidate for gov
ernor, will s|H-ak and at
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UGA Officials
Investigating
Class Rings
Bid Opening Postponed;
Irregularities Alleged
By DAVID HART
Awarding of a now contract for class rings has been held
up by University officials, pending an investigation into
alleged irregularities in the bidding procedure.
Opening of bids for the con
tract, originally set for Tues
day, was postponed.
Sources li a v e disclosed
that the present system of
awarding University class
ring contracts will undergo
complete revision.
A committee of University
officials awards the contracts
and regulates the salo of class
rings.
It has been confirmed that
Delay
By RUPERT FIKE
An action by the University
Council on the proposed ROTC
requirement revision has been
delayed until at least May 4,
it was announced by Dean of
Faculties Alvin B. Biscoe.
,/ „ ... Greek Week Includes
Young Republicans j Brown and “Flames”
Set Jones Speech
By JOE WJLKINHON
G. Paul Jones Jr., chairman
of the Republican Party of
Georgia and a possible candi
date for Lieutenant Governor,
will address the University
Young Republican Club Tues-
The report was brought up I
before the Council at its Tues
day meeting, but President i
Aderhold suggested that any
decision should wait until the
Department of Defense sends I
an approval or denial of the
plans.
The Defense Department is |
responsible for the Interpreta
tion of the law calling for all
land grant institutions to have
an ROTC program.
“We’re hoping for an an
swer some time early in May,”
commented Dean Biscoe.
G. PAUL JONES
day night at 7:30 in Demos
thenian Hall. The meeting is
open to all interested students
and faculty members.
Jones has yet to announce
his plans for this campaign
year. It has been rumored in
his hometown of Macon that
he will oppose Democrat Con
gressman John - Flynt in the
general election this fall.
By OBER TYUS
The an mini “Greek Week” festivities will be held begin
ning Monday, May 2, and continue through the University
G-Day program, according to “Greek Week” chairman,
llandy .Tones,
"Miss Greek Week” will be I Greek Week” chosen by the
selected, James Brown and the IFC Include: Phyllis Frlou,
Fabulous Flames will present | Kappa Kappa Gamma; Jo Ann
a concert, and several noted
speakers will visit the campus
under IFC-Panbollenic sponsor
ship.
The five finalists for “Miss
CAMPUS BUS S YSTEM
PROVED SUCCESSFUL
By OBER TYUS
The office of plant operations, under the direction of
H. (’ Kinney, lias commented on the appareant success of
the new intracampus bus system.
Kinney pointed out that on
the first day of use for the
system, only about 300 stu
dents rode the buses. Every
day the number has Increased.
Thespians Present Ibsen Play
The University Theatre be
gan the run of its fourth pro
duction of the year last night
in Fine Arts Auditorium. Hen
rik Ibsen’s “Rosmersholm”
will continue through Satur
day. Curtain time is 8 p.m.
“Rosmersholm” is a play
about ideals and an idealist,
Johannes Rosmer, a former
pastor who has become a con
vert to liberalism and atheism.
His is an idealistic liberal
ism, one aimed at the better
ment of the souls of men. He
says that he wants to "awaken
the democracy to its true task
. . . that of making all the
people of this country noble—
by freeing their minds and
purifying their wills.”
Ibsen unfolds his story by
means of a retrospective tech
nique, slowly unveiling the
significance of past events.
Reservations for “Rosmer-
sholm" can be made by calling
the department of speech and
drama. 542-2836.
On Wednesday, over 1,300
students took advantage of the
system.
THE COLISEUM parking
lot has become a great deal
more active during recent
weeks and the buses have be
gun running faster, Kinney
said.
Kinney announced that an
additional bus stop will be
added at the front entrance to
the Physics Building to enable
students to take advantage of
the shelter during bad weather.
KINNEY ADDED that sev
eral students have been mak
ing suggestions on the possible
improvement of the current
fleet of buses. He said that
many of the proposals by stu- j Hellenic
Weinman, Delta Phi Epsilon;
Linda Kight, Plil Mu; Judy
Mann, Kappa Alpha Theta, and
Jennifer Ridgeway, Chi Omegn.
These five finalists will bn
voted on by the various fra
ternities nt Monthly night
chapter meetings and the
winner will he announced at
the Friday night concert.
On Monday night, thero will
be the Greek Week banquet at
the Georgia Center. Members
of IFC nnd Panhellenlc and
other guests will attend. The
speaker will be Dr. William 8.
Zermnn, executive secretary of
Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.
MondAy night chapter
meetings for sororities will
nlso Include discussions on
a self-evnluatlon basis. These
discussions will lie aimed nt
producing suggestions for
Improvement of the sorority
organizations.
Tuesday’s events will Include
the annual Interfraternity tug-
of-war at 4:30 p.m. on the In
tramural field. A “Watermelon
Cut” will be held nt Lake
Yamacutah for members of IFC
and Pnnhellenic.
At 6:45 p.m., following the
evening meal, sororities will
have a “sorority dessert swap."
On Wednesday Miss Maxine
Blake will speak to the Pan-
Convocation to bo
three companies submitted
bids anti action on the bids
was stopped when an alleged
irregularity In the bidding
became known.
An investigation is in pro
gress.
John Cox, director of student
activities, has declined com
ment until further study is con
ducted.
Reportedly, all the bids have
been rejected and the award
ing of a contract has been In
definitely posponed.
The Ii, G. Balfour Com
pany is the present holder of
the University's three-year
ring contract. This contract
will expire in August.
A study of ring price lists
indicates University students
pay from $10 to $15 more per
ring than do students at other
colleges.
For example, a ring Which
costs $44.65 at the University
may be purchased for $31 plus
tax nt the University of North
Carolina. 4V 10 clogs in question
are made with the same penny
weight, the same features and
the same material and are man
ufactured by the same process
and the same company.
It was indicated however
that the profit made by the
University Store is only two
dollars.
Inside ihe K & II
Orphusannie strikes again.
Hee Dayman on Page Eight.
Editorials 4
Girl of the Week 5
Society 6
Sports 7
1 logman .. ... 8
HE ADDED, ”1 hope that
student riders will continue to
give their views and sugges
tions concerning the buses. We
hope to take advantage of this
experimental period to perfect
held In Fine Arts Auditorium
from 4:15 to 6 p.m.
At 7 p.m. on Wednesday,
the IFC will sponsor a self,
evaluation panel discussion
for fraternities at the Geor
gia Center. Lending the dls-
the system into a workable I cussion will be Dr. Boyd Me-
George Noil-on as John Rosmer and Eva Stellb)
Rebecca West in “Rosmersholm.”
program for the future.”
Kinney said that student
support of the system Is caus
ing its success. “If students I
will continue to use the Coli
seum parking area and ride the
buses, we will be able to con
tinue the improvement of
the system.”
Whorter. newly appointed
assistant to President O. C.
Aderhold; Mr. William Le
flore, executive secretary of
Chi INI fraternity, nnd Hob
Knox, president of Kappa
Alpha order. Fraternity
chapter presidents and
pl<-dgc class presidents also
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Puppy enters CJ audi
torium to get out of rain
during 5th period class. He
climbs half-way up and
settles himself in the
aisle. After quietly drying
and cleaning himself, he
rushes to greet the substi
tute teacher — and gets
ousted for his efforts.
Rainy day. Teacher
walks into class with rain
coat, umbrella, and notes.
Someone jokingly says,
“Let's call off class on ac
count of the rain.”
“Okay,” says the teach
er. He turns around and
walks out.
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