Black Students Association Play to Trace Life of Late Malcolm X
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Volume 46, Number 13 • Universit_y High School, 1362 East 59th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637 • Tuesday, May U, 1971 r Photo by Abram Katz A SCENE from the Black Students Association production," El Hojj Malik": Junior Brandon Balthazar, left, who at this point Black Students Association play portrays Malcolm X, subject of the play, describes his life in Boston and Harlem to, from left, Junior Leslie Riley, Sophomore Lorinzo Jeffries, Junior Linzey Jones, Sophomore Steve Brown, Sophomore Deborah Thomas, Freshman Gayle Hoard, Freshman to trace life of late Malcolm X Laurie Cox, Senior Helene Colvin, Sophomore Linda Pitts, Junior Leoneen Woodard and Junior David Cockrell. Intertwining the African tradition of storytelling with The play will emphasize respect for its subject through the Western concept of theater, 12 members of the Black use of 12 actors, each playing Malcolm with any one Students Association will perform a play tracing the life actor," Miss Patton explained. Shdrtage of funds endangers of Malcolm X, an American black leader assassinated in MISS PATTON hopes the play will educate the 1965. _ _ audience about Malcolm, correcting any mis The play, "El Hojj Malik," written by N.R. Davidson, conceptions. inner-city schdlarship program will be presented 7:30p.m., Wednesday-Friday, May 19- "Malcolm was a misunderstood person because of the 21, in Belfield 138. sensationalism of him by the news media," she feels. The Martin Luther King Jr. Schol his current tuition. He has been Tickets are 75 cents for students, $1.75for adults. She believes the play can help both black and white arship Fund may be discontinued if promised $1800 for his junior year. The actors chose the performance dates to com students and faculty understand Malcolm and his goals. necessary money is not raised, ac The sophomore boy is one of three memorate Malcolm's birthday, May 19. For the actors, the play should provide a subject with cording to Lab Schools Director students chosen for scholarships af EXPLAINING THE mixture of African storytelling which they identify, she added. Philip Jackson. ter the Fund was initiated in April, and Western theater, Director June Patton, social "He is a black man who lived black experiences," she The student-operated fund enables 1968, by Prentiss Taylor, who was studies teacher, explains that the play will use story said. "The actors are black people who are living black black students from the inner-city senior class president, in a speech at telling, music and dance, which Africans employed to experiences. Even if the play isn't successful, the cast to attend U-High. a Martin Luther King Jr. memorial pass on history. Dramatic scenes and skits that call for will have gained the experience of doing something for This year the Fund is supporting a assembly. straight acting will reflect Western theater. oneself and others." sophomore boy. It owes $969 towards Of the other two students, one left U-High for another school and the other no longer needs financial aid. Fund Committee Chairman Judy Lash of, senior, hopes that profits Council proposal awaited faculty decision from an art sale last weekend at the ScholarShip Shop, a May 6 junior By Craig Gordon, in case of serious rule-breaking, told the Midway why she opposes dicated to him that they want stu class party and other projects will be Political Editor arbitrate jurisdictional disputes replacement. dents on it. adequate to get the Fund out of debt among individuals and groups in the "I HAVE never believed," she · In a Midway interview Erwin and started on its program for next Faculty misgivings about how stu school and handle appeals of unre said, "that students should have said, "Students bring an important year. dent discipline cases would be han solvea disciplinary cases. access to confidential information viewpoint to the Committee ... stu ''The school needs more racial dled appeared last week to be the SLCC President Erwin Chem about other students.'' dents have a right, as well as a balance and we want to add more only stumbling block to formation of erinsky introduced the proposal to She added that for that reason she responsibility, to a trial by their black students," she explained. a student-teacher-administrator the faculty April 5. It decided to feels student representation on the peers." Council on Rules. continue discussion at a special Discipline Committee should be SOME FACULTY members, The faculty was to continue dis meeting April 19. eliminated. though agreeing that students cussion on the proposal at its meet Faculty members who spoke at "It's a breech of privacy," Mrs. should sit on disciplinary cases, said ing yesterday. that meeting supported a Council Matchett continued, "for a lay per that legislative and judicial func In The THE COUNCIL would legislate with legislative functions, but sev son to make judgments about what is tions should be performed by sepa rules for student behavior, replace eral expressed disagreement with essentially a professional decision." rate bodies in order to effect a the Ad Hoc Committee on Discipline the provision replacing the Dis Erwin pointed out, however, that system of checks and balances. Wind which recommends to the Lab cipline Committee with the Council. students who have come before the Erwin responded that because Schools Director disciplinary action Math Teacher Margaret Matchett Discipline Committee have in- Discipline Committee deliberation is Today-Tennis, Quigley South, 3:30- secret, such a check and balance p.m., here; Baseball, Harvard, 4 would be impossible. If the Ad Hoc p.m.,here. SLCC president-elect hopes Committee were retained, he ex Wednesday, May 12 - Track, Lake plained, the Council would have no Forest Academy, 4 p.m., Stagg for aired discipline decisions assurance its rules were being fol Field, 56th Street at Cottage Grove lowed. Ave.; Tennis, Wheaton Academy, Two major goals of newly-elected Student Legislative Coordinating If the faculty were to pass the 4p.m.,here. Council (SLCC) President Jay Goiter, a sophomore, are to better inform proposal, Erwin said he would con Friday, May 14 __:Baseball, Latin, 4 students about disciplinary actions and modify school referendum proce duct a student referendum soon p.m.,here. dures. afterwards. He wasn't sure what he Saturday, May 15 - Tennis Dis Decisions concerning serious discipline cases presently are kept secret, would do if it wasn't passed. tricts, 10 a.m., Eisenhower High with no specific policy for specific offenses. Jay hopes to "set up case · Principal Margaret Fallers said School, Blue Island; Track Dis histories and work on a system of precedents" so students know what to she opposes the Council replacing tricts, 10 a.m., Hillcrest Country expect for certain offenses. the Discipline Committee on the Club. To place impetus behind SLCC decisions and better inform members of the basis that their powers should be Tuesday, May 18 - Tennis, Morgan desires of the student body, Jay says he will introduce a resolµtion to SLCC at separate though, she added, she Park, 4 p.m., there; Baseball, its first meeting stating that "if one third of the members of SLCC present at believes students should be repre Morgan Park, 4p.m., there: a meeting in which a vote is to be taken introduce a resolution asking for an sented on both. Wednesday, May 19-Friday, May all-school referendum, a referendum will be taken after which SLCC will Mrs. Fallers said that a check and 21 - Black Students Association vote on the bill.'' balance could be maintained if, as play, 7:30p.m., Belfield 138. Other winners in the election Wednesday, by office, with other candidate SLCC had proposed earlier, the Dis Wednesday, May 19 -Track, Elgin, names in parenthesis, are as follows: cipline Committee were to make 4 p.m., Stagg Field, 56th Street at SLCC - President (Junior Loren Hutter); vice president, Junior Peter public the offenses committed and Cottage Groye Ave. Shapiro (Sophomore Peter Getzels and Tom Gross); treasurer, Freshman punishments given without releas Thursday, May 20 - Friday, May 21 Paul Strauss; secretary, Freshman Susan John. ing the identity of students involved - ISL tennis tournament, 4 p.m., STUDENT BOARD - President, Junior Michael Letchinger (Freshman or other confidential information. here. Donald Spaeth); vice president, Junior Joel Friedman. If, however, faculty and students Saturday, May 22 - ISL track SOCIAL STUDENT UNION - Junior Eric Singer (Prefreshman Jim approve replacing the Discipline championships, 10 a.m., Stagg Henry); vice president, Sophomore Anne Timmons (Freshman Neils Committee, Mrs. Fallers said, ad Field, 56th Street at Cottage Grove Roizman). Photo by Abram Katz ministrators would not oppose it. Ave. CULTURAL STUDENT UNION - President, Junior Lance Sanders; vice JAYGOLTER "We'll live with it, but it's not the Tuesday, May 25 - Midway out president, Sophomore Blythe J aski; secretary, Junior Sue Lyon. SLCC President-elect best way," she commented. after school. Rebel-land Underground 'Chicago Seed' just keeps rollin' right on ... just like the L outside its window By Doug Patinkin Peck turns to a new subject: the Abe Peck, reporter for the Chicago Weathermen. Seed, underground newspaper, sits in a decrepit room, part of its office, "I personally am not altogether typing a book review for a coming with them," he says. "I'm all for issue. bombing of draft boards and things like that but there's no reason for The Seed, third largest under popping stores and synagogues. ground newspaper in the U.S., has a Something like Wisconsin is a real circulation of about 40,000. Most tragedy," he adds referring to the copies are sold downtown but small bombing at the University of Wis er quantities are on sale throughout consin which resulted in the death of the nation.