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Itl M il SCOTT
In Praise of Harris
Take Another Look
SGA has finished its most successful year
at the University The man most responsible
for this is Kullie Hams
Perhaps his most noUcable contribution to
this year of progress was the implementation
of student government's work on the rules
study which came* before students in the re
cent referendum
It was his work with Athens Mayor Julius
Bishop which was instrumental in getting the
University student body a representative seat
the city council
Also during his admimstraion Georgia's
SGA became took an active part in SUSGA
inventions
He cal lei j for the much-needed creation of
two new cabinet positions of minister of hous
ing and minister of academic affairs
President Harris led in the forming of the
ro-w University Leadership Hoard and the
leadership conference which will be held in
September
There were other accomplishments which
•ST'S llOt •> '.inciM' H< M tive|\ urged Stu
dent government to stand back and take a
loede at itself, its purpose's and its potentials
powers
In short Harris was the best Student body
president the* University has ever had
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SHAKOS tut:
Year Fnd Awards
Barry Uoldwaler Award Caryl lx-nahan
to whom the press was unfair
David Simpson Memorial Award l)r Knsl
C Davison who really earned it
Fred C Davison Award David Simpson,
no explanation mssksl
Lindsey Cowen Award CoCalii for Ills con
tributions to coed isjualitv
Woman of the Year Award Kalrina
Cfxvk Irom Edward Dough
Gentleman of lh»* Year Award .lack
Hennings for his chivalrous demand that
Kalrina Cheek he given the I-ady of the Year
Award
Robert s Rules of Order Award Ted Ouzts
and Jaek Brookm-r. eo-nsiepients from tin
-a suite
Their Own I‘riming Company I’andora
staff Haw- you got vours yet’
Christine Jorgenson Award Clark Howell
Dormitory lor the big ehange
Would you belive the Davis House in Athens
Award Darrel Lee
Contributions to Medical History Mildred
Haker who so gallantly told id her bout with
the hives
Dean Tate Award (or Action Above arid Be
vund Ilk' Call of Duly All own who helped
llie Cueds during this Brumby explosion
How in law Your Party Without Really
Try ing Hill Murray
We Have Nothing to Fear but Fear llsell
Award John lough. Creek Party Cam
paign Manager
111 I I IK H M1I1IS
Take a look at this past year in general
and this quarter in particular It's strange in
deed A look at the University, 1%8. is not like
lotiung at a history book of the past nor is it
like looking in a mirror at the present
What 1%8 is. or was. can be seen best by
linking into the future For the first time in
its 183 year history, the University suffered its
spring of discontent The first uprising promis
es to bring more
The medieval rules of the dark ages finally
began to crumble with the approval o( slacks
and shorts After that came the announcement
that coeds over 21 may live off campus, then
came the rules referendum and optimism that
all University rules may be radically re-writ-
ten in the near future.
Dr I- red C. Davison's inauguraUon as the
17th president of the University put a youthful
progressive individual in charge of the oldest
slate chartered institution and his promises of
advancement makes a backward glance seem
even more like a forward look
Despite tlie changes the progress and the
optimism, some things sUII remained, just as
liny have since the University first opened
her doors.
The chapel bell stili rang after those victo-
ruxis Saturday's on the football field and the
an h remained off limits for those incoming
freshmen Although he wasn't here at the be
ginning. Ilean William Tate lias reserved his
niche in Georgia history.
As these tiaditions cntinue so will the tra
dition of the Red anil Black Although the
names have changtxl on the masthead the
pa[k-r will remain the same
Since the Red ami Black receives onc-!lurd
of its finances from student funds it is the
common idea thal the newspaper should voice
the student's opinions The standing joke
aniuml here is that since one-third of our
money comes from the University then ii
owns thal much of the paper Therefore out of
six [luges, the University should gel two but
which two? Page one and the editorial page
naturally
But we don't think so. Druing the past 75
Cl. Mill; SIMM.il
years of publication the R & B has remained
independent calling things as the paper saw
them, and not as administrators, students or
Student Government saw them for the next
year, or for fall quarter anyway, the H & B
will continue this tradition
We will try to keep the campus informed
about what s happening and try to work for
the students interests In addition we will be
offering our own commentary on the events
here on campus
It is particularly in the area of working for
an improved life for students that the Red
and Black must remain independent and will
remain independent
When a praiseworthy event occurs, be it
academic, administrative or athletic, we will
welcome it with complements and praise.
However, when there are wrongs to be righted
or improvements to be made, we will be pre
pared to point them out, criticize and damn
Not only will we concern ourselves with the
major issues such as student rights, govern
ment and administration but we will also work
toward the attainment of the little things on
campus to make student life better for all
By pointing out the problems we hope to
stir some University groups into action and
remind them of the things on campus that
need to be done to better conditions
We don't espect to be in accord with ever
yone's opinions and naturally be expect to be
critized for our stands. With the University un
dergoing a period of change certain issues
must be defended or opposed The easy way
out would be for us to ride the middle of the
rood and straddle the issues. By doing this we
could avoid criticism but we would also be
dcxlging our rcsponsilities
So, in this era of change, don't expect a
change in the Red and Black We will contin
ue to unhold the tradition of the past We will
try to be honest and fair in voicing our opin
ions and while we may meet with conflict we
believe that from this conflict good things will
Dear Mom and Dad,
Mrs O'Uvrv's Cow Award arsonists
who Irii-d in burn down the Military Building
Itulhlcss Robert Kennedy award Joe Wilk
inson. the nearest thing In a Kennedy in the
lic|Hibliean Party
Savannah Chamber of Commerce Award
Randall Seaboll lor cleaning the city of its
alcoholic content while there
la-yton Ballcw Award Marvin Gaye It
was a had year for the IFC
John Wayne Award Major Race Air
borne!
You Can Have It Award To Dean Me-
Bec from Miss Arlau
Nicest Carpetbagger of the Year Chris
Bonner
F.arl Warren Award Diana Wvgal. cute
cix-d curfew breaker
Purple Heart Award Kullie Harris for
his work during student laxly campaigns
Song ol the S’ear Award Della Delia
Delta Sorority as performed at "7. Night
Wendell Wilkie Award Jack Williamson,
better luck next lime
Hardest Running Pencil Pusher Award
Nancy Nalley
Heallmer Award for the- Year Hobby
'a illiains and the United Party
Fire- Safety Awani Movement for Coed
Equality
Gillette Safety Razor Award Students tor
Democratic Sociotv
Dear Folks,
I thought ya'll might be interested and
amused to know that our family wasn't the
only one that locked horns over ihe demon
strations over the Easter week-end
Most of the parents concurred on their
ideas They all thought thal the demonstration
was held just to protest for coed drinking
and staying out all night II was often ex
pressed "drink like a man and stay out all
night"
All the students said that they reacted the
Mine wav. too Must of the kids I talked to
said that they hadn't participated at all in the
demonstration: many admitted that they wer
en't even concerned about die incidents But,
they said, when they got home and were hit
Irixn all sides with accusations, they found
themselves immediately defending the whole
proceedings, or at least the right of the stu
dents to hold demonstrations
You know, die whole problem is really sad.
lor two reasons. The first is that people away
(rum the campus got such a distorted picture
of Ihe demonstrations That was because of
the media
The second is dial most ot the parents as
signed their kids were in on the demonstra
tions, or at least were in sympathy, and that
they did not have the sense to see the prob
lems created by the sit-ins
And of course there was the fiale Clark
type news comments. Clark showed his com
plete lack of understanding for the college-age
generation as he alienated them all through
his aired opinions He said to just kick all the
protestors out of school
The kids lien- are trying to grow up A
gtvat many ol the protestors were demon-
FINAL
This will be my last column as mors remain, and regardless of
editor and since I still have a lot their foundadon or lack of it.
of praises and damns to get in, I they destroy confidence and
had better do it now good-will.
slrating for a principle that they really be
lieved in It wasn't anything as crass as being
alkiwed lo drink: coeds do that anyway
Can adults understand the reach of youth
for responsibility. Do they pass off this at
tempt to grow up by saying that anyone who
is young should be content to remain voung
anil naive - enjoy his youth. Should tie be
content with our youth?
And would you believe that some coeds
have told me that if the rules are changed,
their parents won't let them come back to
school These parents' are completely beyond
my comprehension, l although I am trying to
understand )
What do they want their kids to lie when
they grow up Overprotected, they will have
no real idea of what life is like They will nev
er have had ihe opportunity to make decisions
for themselves They will fail miserably all
over themselves when they must make such
an attempt.
But the rules will not be done away with.
There will be a provision for parents and
daughters of this category These parents can
refuse- to sign permission slips for their coed
children, thereby kee-ping them in bondage for
the four years they are away from home '
By Ihe way. the- administration is holding a
disciplinary hearing for three of the guys
leading the de-monstrations. I just want to
warn you not to believe everything you read
in the papers I'll explain what really hap
pened when I get home
Your daughter.
If they could do it all over
again, the Coed Equality people
would have been much better off
to have waited until next year
before organizing a sit-in. The
administration could then have
made the rules revisions without,
as President Davison says “rais
ing an eyebrow ", and then, if
any complaints were still valid,
the movement could have taken
some sort of action without being
accused of not waiting for the
normal machinery to work Also,
there would not have been writ
ten a new set of disiplinary pro
cedures All in all. the timing
was poor
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There have been many people
who were upset with editorial
stands taken by the paper this
quarter And mistakes have been
made The one stand that I
winlil be most likely to second
guess would be the stand on the
injunction There were many ac
tions that could have been taken
by the a jministration during that
hectic period, and most of them
would have been far less desira
ble than an injunction. At least, the
police were not involved.
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Of course, there were many
other editorial stands that pro
voked comment of all sorts. Eas
ily the most irritating of these
comments was the* one from peo-
pie who forgot to sign their
names. These little notes would
arrive in the mail that read like
they had been written at a high-
pitched scream After making all
sorts of charges and registering
all sorts of gripes the letters
would end with no signature. The
worst of this sort of comment
was made by someone who
slipped into the Editor's office,
sat down at my typewriter, and
wrote a scathing blast; only to
leave it in the typewriter for me
to discover — ol tourse. it wasn't
signed To these and other simi
lar types who disagreed with my
editorials. I can dismiss with one
or two words: Tough
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The most disturbing rumor that
was heard this quarter were
those concerning various sorts of
pressure that allegedly was
placed on some faculty members
and campus church groups by
the administration because of
agreement and participation with
the sit-in Rumors of this nature
are heard olten but after talking
with many faculty members, few
specific instances could be cited
and proven by them But the ru-
☆ ☆ ☆
One rumor that was voiced of
ten a few weeks ago, said that
the administration was placing
pressure on the Red and Black
As a matter of fact, they did try
at one point to place some pres
sure on the paper But that is all
in the past, and currently every
thing is relatively friendly
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The trouble with Athens is that
it thinks its Atlanta, only Atlanta
has legalized booze. The Classic
City is blessed with a couple of
decent restaurants with good
food and no atmosphere and a
whole mess of hamburger joints
with lousy food and greasy at
mosphere. And there are a lot of
nice grocery stores where you
can get some nice uncooked food
and mess it up yourself.
☆ ☆ ☆
If there is one outstanding fea
ture in Athens, it is its traffic
lights. The traffic lights are not
so outstanding per se. for there's
nothing particularly exciting
about the color red. But there
are a lot of people wished they
were out standing rather than
trying to get some place in their
cars Wherever ye shall find a
trail, there in the midst of it is a
traffic light. Red, of course.
☆ ☆ ☆
A lot of people think the Negro
"isn't ready yet." If we keep
waiting for him to get ready, we
may not be ready for the conse
quences.
☆ ☆ ☆
Lester Maddox is not the most
educated governor the state of
Georgia has had On this. I think
we all agree.
☆ ☆ ☆
Enough said about the glorifi
cation of crime in Bonnie and
Clyde. The trouble with crime to
day is that there is too little glor
ification Now. any guy who can’t
make it on welfare can buy a
twodollar 22 and play God Ad
mittedly. he's not going to get
the sensational hungry press he
might have gotten 30 years ago,
but he s going to do just as much
damage and nobody's going tt
know about it. And about tfu
blood People sometimes die
without any last words, and it’s
not always dramaticallv beauti
ful
Harris Evaluates SGA Ye
ar
ACADEMIC CORNER
It hat's It All About
Student Government Association has had a successful tear
Ttirough the efforts ami iledicated work of the student senators
audent ministers ami student body officers Student Govern
tnem Association has expanded its intlueme on campus to a
level unprecedented ome its establishment No longer can the
existeme ol student government on this campus be denied For
wr haw prov«*n this year that student ^owrament is a liming
lorw and that a is a dynamic jurt .»! life at the University ol
tKMTUui This war SGA has made #reat strides towards justify
•n*e its existent un campus
The activities that have been earned out Ihis year demote
lh< peTV ** lwn "* °* **udoM government in University
de St,A has either (xvn involved in or strongly recommended
the involvement ot student government in all phases ot campus
activities hirst ol all. SGA was actively involved in IN- much
ductused area ot student rights
In this area student government carried out a study of all
rules regulations ami policies thal affect student conduct and
activities and at the conclusion ,d the studv made specific tec
urmucmfatiom t„ ihe University Council lor its approval
These recumrnendalions seem almost assured ot official ap-
prmal witlxxit substantive- changes To implement ami enforce
"“*** n ‘ h-s ®* A Uu! - year has proposed thal major changes
be made ui disciplinary prixedures to allow tor the creation ol
a student judiciary |( this recommendation is approved the op
eration and intlueme- ol student government well imTease great
ly to areas previously handled by non-students With the power
giw-n n by the adoption ot a student judnurv SGA will move
further down the ruad to being a true student sell government
. , n “ 0 l ^ 1 r n,r 01 SGA * as nH ln “her areas l nivcrx.lv
alf Student government members participated actively in the
planning uf cultural allairs programs in the establishment of
grams, in the establishment of
an effective leadership program lor the Universitv in the plan
By FATHER CHRISTIAN MALONE
mng ot new concepts in dormitory living |„r University slu-
«k*ntv m thr creation of a Fund Rasing Screening Committee
which allows student organizations to raise- funds under certain
conditions ami in Ihe allocation ol ihe Student Activities hud
St.A carried out its projxiscd facultv -course evaluation held
a national presidential primary on campus, hosted a state eon-
I,creme 1,1 ttlv Associated Studenl Governments of the United
Mates handltd disciplinary problems relating lo traffic viola
tions by students ami t -Id a memorial service lor Rev Dr
Martin Luthor King lr
Student Government vas also involved in affairs off-cam-
pus R was successful in obtaining a non-voting seal on the Ath-
*"» l '"> ‘‘•’“'V 1 ,ur «h»‘ •«»*'"« budv This has to be considered
as a step in the right di cction toward creating bi tter relations
between the University students ami the city id \thens SGA
abx. sttempud to bring , person of nat. mal prommem-e lo the
campus to a.klivss the si deni b.dv It came dose but was to-
lallv unsuccessful this ear SGA recognizing the mxd tor
•a ll improvement succcsslk'ly made some major alterations in
its Structure Besides crvatu.z a judicial branch the President s
tabim-i wasgreatlystrengthen^ with tlx- addition ot two nun-
isters the senate president giimd the power to appoint vacan
•‘ nd ‘fc'isoxi Ot powers was adhered to bv a
requirement that no s«-nat -rs cin serve in Ihe executive branch
In conclusion I think the at omplishments of Student Gov
eminent Association can be rev igmzed when one realizes that
student government on the University ol Georgia campus is
much stronger than it was a yeir ago We have improved our
inre-r structure We have influen -ed areas of University life,
previously untouched We have gamd new powers and new res
fxnstbililies Finally, student gover-unent has proven thal it is a
lone un campus that canms' be qnurevl either bv the admuns-
tratiun or by its fellow studenu
During Holv Week a month ago. our campus here in
Athens was hie scene of events which are being discussed
across the nation in our city, and especially in our minds
and consciences Whether we agree in principle only or
feel that we want to "get involved " now or in the future
in these kinds of events, will depend a great deal on manu-
factors As students, faculty, alumni, parents, or just
tax payers of the State we cannot remain aloof or un
concerned at times like this, and the future will bring us
blessings or curses depending on our own personal way of
solving the problems now facing us here un the campus of
Georgia
The ideas coming forth from the young people in college
today are the result of training received in home church
anl school tor tlx- past eighteen or twenty years They are
the result of social, economic, political ethnic, and peer
vakies which have been presented daily in our develop
ing lives We are not the product ol all this — we ARE all
Hus' But basic to all this are many PRINCIPLES, in
herent in all men bv their nature
The principle at issue here last month concerns
equality and has now expanded to include the areas
of race, color, creed and sex The laws of the University
uf Georgia and the Board of Regents are in need of some
updating to keep them in accordance with the Laws of our
Country The young people of today are not interested
in panty raxls or phone booths they are interested
in total education, which involves them twenty-four
hours a day
They are concerned about themselves and about the
things and people around them which affect them either
directly or indirectly The material advantages given
them by their parents and society today are often taken fur
granted they even demand them sometimes' Bu
their apparent indifference as to whether they get them oi
i»t is only a surface reaction to what is going on ii
a deep questioning about themselves
parents, peers, freedom individuality and the lisi
goes on and on
The danger here, as in many important events of life
is that the young college and high school students of today
are not always at their fullest capabilitv of RESPONSIBHJTY
Xl to exercise many privileges and right:
which they have as their own They tend to go to extreme!
in both directions, some being too liberal and other;
Being too conservative i sometimes called apathvi
Hon- at Georgia we saw both extremes last month ilx
ultra-prugreaiv, who .eel that even demand that they put
itSi;, ln,VerS,y MUST •»
element^»h-i 80 nunv »* the conservatii
al doln ‘ ! nothm * “ the best way of suppor
ng the l niversitv and the Administration Of the two apathv
Kmo da "f erous because our daily lives are constant
BeitW subjected to a gradual lamination from the false and e
*{? !' a , person dot ‘ sn ' “> mal
r ? S ^ Wl> Slnk ,n U *‘ rTur '' «>' contusion ar
ntS and administration alike'
gia nJo*'. PREStAT al1 us here al the Universitv of Geo
fx “T our ,ninds and hearts and talents to help mal
tlus a better l Diversity w e should always keep peopl ar
Indag ttudHUs as primary in our sight, rather than thing-
t, brim?* ih!^' ** UUr I? 041 * e shuuld never forget th.
^w,-^T SSa ? a bM *‘ ,,lS 10 U,e * faculty ar
2T1 * <*"*** « ‘danger the mater,
in tSretr bU ‘ W ‘ n * > “■ "Miration from othei
in Mjciet) who support our work