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Tha1a ora Iha fllur •-ltera ef The loolll of TNataea Jall•, Nolo, Clo• oatl Pel.. .j ti • few. .ef tlte •-•••• ef tile Staall•t C1•ml11aa af .... Sit-la, 1 ..wa, Manns, Harris, Ayars, Gi.ttans and Jackson who nagotiat.d Iha 1 ..tl.-.ant of tho Sit-la. : (Photos lty Gaines) • 1 ------r-- • NahritConcernedWith Sul let in !! I i D.r. M~rtin Luther K1,ng, • ''Fate of ·University'' · Jr., I 1 lleail. The 39·voor Campua Greekletterorplll&a­ ,..,,_that the Pan Hellenic Council ls tloo1 may be faced with bml1ll­ • by Cindee Morshall eld non-violent advocate' ••not repre-tattve of Greek or- ment this aeme.ter as a reault pnl11at1oo•• In that ••moot of the and1 winner of o M · Ital At 12:15 Thurs<311y afternoon the problem to a solution. of a $2,400 debt to the Liberal Greeks were oppoaed to•• the James M. :Nabrlt, .president of­ Nabrlt praised the faculty, Peace Pri 1a was ltio1 ght Arts student Council, The Pan­ conce~. Mike Hanll, frelhman Howard University, delivered a saying, "One of our best assets to a Me111phi 1 Ho1pl al; Hellenic Council which hu re- . clui" prealdent, said ' that the· speech to an audience of faculty II\ our resPO!lllble faculty,•• Tann., In critical ca 1 iii· preoentattvea from ail campus LASC - must demand the repay­ Greek organtzatlou failed to re­ ment of .the debt bec11111e failure members, Students were not of­ Continuing, Nabrlt told his al!­ tlon la1t night around 4 :20 • ficially Invited to attend the talk, dlence, ••We need · 1eadet'shlp pay the Council a loan fdr a ·to do so, Just as the Gr~eks which was held In Cramton audi- from the faculty, ... We need to PM aftor receiving o · hot Greek Week Concert, Thepay­ failure to pay the debt are a through the neck whil 1 ~ In ment was due on April I. ••serious ottense against , all the torium, . 1 . restructure it so we can have • Stating first that his main con­ a more effective, functioning the balcal)y af the m ttal ' The concert, which was sche­ students In the college of Libe­ cern was the "fate ot the uni­ faculty,.'' where ~· was staying H • duled during the week of the Sit­ ra! Arts.•• The student Council versity," Nabrlt went on to state ''Let us make a reassess­ died a few . moments jftar In protest at ·the Adm~~j';tlon operating fund comes from Stu­ • that the young American Negro ment, re-evaluation, and re­ Building was a financial f ure. dent Actltlty Fee. , was Indeed In ·a. state of revolt. examination of Howard In order getting to hospital. :·wo The Council's representative; "This revolutlotl Is unli­ to make It a better university,'' suspact1 have lean Lou Simpson, tol

''The recent Howard dem­ 1 Prlntlog ·· the Promethean will ' onstration mirrors the demon­ Although a ••true dlsclpllnary cost $1,600, Project Awareness Board has been selected and ap­ strations In the larger society," Bo·wie St~ Trustees plan' approach $1,000 and fun~ Nabrlt declared, proved by the Student Assemply'' are needed tor the Grapevine to hear tl\e cases there has been He continued to explain that and class activities according to . colleges usually use one of three ·some doubt as to the validity ' the budget submitted by Council of the charg~s brought to _the· methods of dealing with dem­ Meet· With Student treasurer, James Mo8by, · onstrators on their campuses, by Robert J it ff a rs Administration. Student Assem­ The council motloo was to bly President Ewart Brown has • First, they could, and have, call­ Many of the Members of the Roland B, Smith, the r tudent ' ed' In the police, who often use send letters to each Greek or­ appointed a commission with two Board of Trustees of Maryland Government President was ganlzatlori ;ind to the Pan-Helle­ faculty members c- Professors violence,. State Colleges have announced prompted to say that a ••m anlng­ Secondly, they could try to have nic Council advtslngthemthatthe Frank Reeves and James Wash­ their agreement to back a crash flll dialogue'' had been lopened debt Is overdue and that the ington of the Law School -- a dialogue with the st\idents as · program to Improve conditions with the trustees. The sludents • long as there was a llope of a 1 · Council expects to be repaid , an

' • M. L. King, ' Add : r ess~es Survey Conducted to Cathedral Assembly· Aid ii Keep ~ ng Funds . . I by McKinley Re'ese by Ernestine S.tripling . .~ recent survey was conducted same Adm istration and stu- Dr. Martin Luther King, Chair­ nity for its failure to promote as a Research Project by Socio- · . dents. . man of · the Southern Christian ,econo!!\l.c equalitiY. logy class In an· . attempt With these ner expansions in- ' Leadership Conference, returned Dr. King maqe an open appeal to supply · amm.llnitlon to use eluded, the survey imm¢iately . to Washington last week as the for all relig!QUS and ethnic against the right to cut·Federal gained a new perspective. The · invited guest of Dean Sayre of groups to join the campaign. His Funds. The original plan \\·as to purpose and goal of this survey the Washington Cathedral. demeanor· was somewhat• con- discover specifically the general ·now is to supply the necessary Dr. Kin g, here on his first ciliatory when he spoke of the attitude toward the previous· de-•• _ ammunition needed to use against appearance . at the Cathedral and possibility of a constructive dia- _ monstrations here at Howard. the fight to cilt Federal Funds as a part. of th~ vanguard for Jogue between his organization However ,since that ti\lle, the by providing •ntormatlon to show · · his organization's ''Campaign[or and the natlon'!il executive :µid plan was' eilJ>anded. that they would J be cut for, rea7 Poor," delivered the Sunday legislature, with particular em­ · sons other than "insurrectional'' morning sermon at the cbu11ch. phasis being. gtven to the One stugent responsible for activities. , A capacity 'gatheringoffourthou­ that something more positive this expansion was Michael Dade sand people heard him speak, than a statement must be ad­ • who suggested that a part of the One such survey was given to ' various individuals on Wednes­ with another one thousand being vanced by these bodies in order survey -include ~he attitudes of turned away, and others lolling for him to even consider can­ . the parents as £ompared to the day, March 27, 1968. The result · on jhe grounds outside. cellation of the campaign. attitudes of the students. By-doing as yet has not been determined, Throughout the serm.on King Afterwards he met area news­ this, he felt that a discovery It ls hoped, however, that it will prove successful, all11ded to the gross indifference men and engaged them in a lively would be made as to whether . ' displayed by this country to the press' conferenee. At the press M.L. King, Jr. (P+.oto by Dash) ! · their attitude toward the demon­ . Because this survey benefited needs of the poor. He exhibited conference Dr. King exhibited ' . strations here ls in conflict r from suggestions' from Michael a markedly "dovish'' character superior form, although his most was being made to l\eeP ttie cam­ agreement and t~erefore arrtv ., Dade and .Q. T. Jackson, con­ in explainil)g the adverse· ef­ recent effort had met with dis­ palgn non-violent. at a more suitable conclusio ductors of the survey encoui".age fect which the Southern Asian aster. He fielded Cl-lestions well, · , • . 1 other students to contribute to , Having done this, he was :\nQther student who was als,o war policy has had on domestic and did not . vaeillate under the responsible for the expansion other surveys to aid in reaching i whisked away to the next stop on i the goal.' . planning. Of particular impor­ staccato-like bai'rage from the was Q. T. Jackson, member tance · was his willingness to newsmen. He gaye further assu­ his itinerary, Ul)der the protec­ tion of a coterie or aides. of the Steering Cqrpmittee. He Students can also help by read- berate the international commu- rances that a concerted effort suggested that the survey be con- Ing books like, "The N11gro Re- ducted -on· a Natlonal'basis. The volt" to show yihat has •already George tO Wd Russian Study Tour Accepts .. would clearly show that what 'has been revealed. In the \vords or been occuring at Ho\vard_is no- ~lichael Dade, "We can not \earn • • hlng new. In his opinion, Ho\\·ard anything that we already, know.•· I und.er such scrutiny only be- Students Interested should con- e. use it is a Black institution. tact Q. T, Jacis.sori, Patricia Kir- Liberal Arts Junior. . or. R. .ussian Tour He . believes that the previous by, 111lchael Dade or Dr. Jllc - by John Mercer acceptance in l e February. year, she found that there 'vere !lernndette w 11 be leaving with courses in elementary Russian · activities are simply part,of the Dowell, I · , , Bernadette IVlcKin!ey, a junior other studen s from area being offered at · the Department in the Col' ege · of Liberal .~ rts college; Geo~geto"·n Univer- of .~g riculture and she enrolled. from D. C. · ~ a Slavic Lan­ sit)·, ..\merican Universit)', and ..Uter doing well in th~ course Seller.s Convi~ted . · guages ~1ajor , will receive a Ge.orge' Washing;ton trnlversity on Bernadette decided that she would once-in-a-lifetime chance to June fifteenth, ~rom Kennedy In­ major in Slavic !ang\iages at Ho­ .~ TL .. \NTA, Ga., r.rarch 28 (on 11.Yarch 27); when the verdict vie\v her subject matter from the ternational Airi1ort in Ne.w Yoi'k, ward. , (LIBER.~ TION News Service) -­ ca1ne today, it in effect made inside out. Bernadette has. re­ The students wlill arrive in Fin­ Bernadette who is an officer Just after 'dismissal of his as­ Sellers an example' ot the dis­ cently been accept,ed by the land and then continue b)' train in the .~lpha Kappa Alpha soro­ sertion that draft l/Qards inSouth crimination he charges. Sellers ' Georgeto .. vn Hussian Study Tour, to Leningrad. ~ it y \vould like to go to graduate Ca rolina and Georgia discrimi­ staled ii-larch ~7 he "will n_ot a program of study and .enrich­ 1\ccording to the How a rd coed, school to continue in Russian and nate agafust Blacks, SNCC ' s raise a finger to support a ma ­ ment u11der ·the auspices of tl1e '"l,;he Russian tudy Tour is 9Jl eventU:ally move into a car.eer of Cleveland Sellers \Vas con­ chine. that colonizes 111 Latin Geor.getown - University· ~ T11is exflerimeqtal progr am designed translating or. interpreting, She victed of draft refusal here today. • .\merica, Southe:'lst Asia, and program is centered around six to help in th~ development of hopes that the benefits she re-·· · He ·will be sentenced on ..\,pril Africa, and I support black na­ \veeks of study 1n the Soviet Union the abllity to ~ p eak Russian and ceives will inspire• other young 27, tions in their struggle for liber: at the University of Leningrad learn first hand the culture of the Negroes to pursue this course of ation .... Let us resist the machine and \Vil! Include tours of major people--in other words, to see study. She says, "The Russian · During the trlal, a board cletk and join the Black army.'' The • Soviet cities, two being Ki ev and how the other half lives.'' She language ls In de,mand today and was .called forth who proceeded clerk also said lhe FBI had been 11-)i;scow. . will be funded! partially by the definitely will be so in the future. to give self•conflicting testimony into Sellers' file. · · Miss McKinley, who has done Ho,vard Broadening Horizons The world situation itself im­ r ... --'------·---·--,.,.------..,.------• consistently \Vell in her field of progr am; and partially by plies a need for more R·usslan ' linguistics (R ussian major, Ger­ Georgetown. majors." .~ talk with the ani­ Dingiine's Den man minor), was asked by Dr. mated and personable Miss Jllc ­ . ' A graduate of Immaculate Con­ • Korn, the head of the Russian 11 ception Academy High School, in Kinley, assures one that the So­ • A Taste of Africa,'' its food atmosphere ';'hich· seeks defini- l, department,' to participate in D, C, , Bernadette was fond of viet Union perhaps will benefit · and it~ culture, will be featured tion of the_jdentify of the Negro the Georgetown progi:lam •. She languages before coming to Ho­ as much or morethantheHoward at DiNGANE'S DEN on · Friday, in America, The owners, Mr, responded affirmatively la'.nd ward. She had taken French and • representa\lve by her stay! ..\prll 5, from· 9:00 p.m. until? and Mrs. Charles Green, feel promptly sent In an appll- Latin but wanted to become ac­ The Sounds l.TD. \vlll provide this ls a do-it-1yourself project . cation and .a copy of her trans­ quainted with a new language. In ALPHA Plfl OMEGA live jazz while attractive models for their c"stomers. Paintings Sponsors Holiday Trans-Service cript~· She 'vas lnforme~ of her the summer before her freshmen show fashions .from .~rican Hl:gh on the walls - by or about Ne­ To Life's Georgetown Shop. Short groes, A.frican land ..\.merican - ROUND TRIP TICKET SI0.00 movies about Africa will be pro­ are all on Joan and for sale, Tickets on Sale in the Student jected on the walls. The African Customers, prov\de their own mu­ Poor :People's March Center NOW!!! cuisine will be highlighted by · sic or poetry- when the· jazz trio \, Buses Leave FROM FOUNDERS Beef Kenya and SpicyJollofRic.e, takes a break. The Green's pro­ 6:00 April HJ, 1968 a speciality of tile House. vide the .~rlcan decor and the To Draw Thousands Buses Leave FROM NEW YOR DlNGANE'S DEN at 2106 18th . spirit, and frequently sponsor by Richard Erwin . PORT. AUTHORITY · ! Street, N, W, provides an oppor­ special evenings - such as '.'A "Hundreds of thousands' ' of students in the \Vashington area 8:00 April 21, 1968 tunity . to eat and drink in· an Taste of Africa.'• persons will come here ,(Wash- ls · Howard student Gary Ayers, ington) for the high point' of On the demonstration and the Dr. Martin Luther King's pro- role of·the Howard student, Mr. •• • posed Poor People Campaign, .~yers had this to say: around June 15. The campaign "Poverty and oppression are is planned to start as a small synonomous with being Black In IAMONDS yet Intense . effort by Dr. King · Amerlca; we are no different . . as lasting as love · ·· . and one hundred close followers fro'11 our brothers and sisters I . ' • _. to . gain commitments from va- categorized as the 'poor people.' ' rlous members of Congress, for It can only be expected that Political suppor~ · of and pledged we the so-called •talented tenth' ' action in Congress for leglsla- should stand united with our lion backing . fos such needed brothers and sisters in this ef- measures as "open houstmg,'' fort, for we are Black too.'' and increased federal aid. King One thing Is obvious, and ( 'u1l liail,\· in\'itl'~ will also confront other lnfl11en: ./ that is, that Howard can only be . \II studc•nts " f' cial persons ·in Washington on as active in the campaign as it 11 <1 \\ar :-.0 action is ,taken by the peI1Son•s with doing something for· their ;111cl 1·t.•111t•1 11ltc1· - consulted there will be an es, fellow Black brothers are urged ' t ilt.'ll-' j $ \ '_'\'L' I' . caiation in numbers · and means: to contact · Gary Ayers. or Q.T. "· 1\ (carrying Charge : The outgro\\th of this proposed Jackson as soon as 1>9sslble. And ()I' irllL' f"(•:'I • • . · sif11ation will be the creatien of for those who are afraid that . a "'New City of Hope." The city whites will get preferential • will be composed of three thou- treatment, fe ar not, "it's a Black 10";, Discount' to Students . sand poor people (mostly Black, thing." .~II of those who are in- ' with a sprinkling of Mexican, terested in teaching Black his- • • h. • Peurto Ricans,and Applacblans).. tory or have other pertinent aca- ,\; ;! ~~I · The shanty town will serv ~ a5 demlc r non-academic Interest~ 0 ll: 19:i ' an obviated paragon of th ~ sta- are cordially requested to ( ] : :):)() tu~e of some .~mericans; if noth- v o I u n teer their services. .IE~VE/,. ERS ' Ing else · is accomplished, the . Typists, babysitters, and mar­ . ' fl : Ii'~) nation's poor will !lave a chance shalls (guides) will be needed; 9381· s1: .v. w. ~1 : IB:i • to dramatize thel'r direness. • any ·concerned persons please . . • p: 2:l'; The Campaign tS tentively sEhe- see Ayers or Jackson at the stu- ' .. duled to start the 22nd of A;Prll. dent center-headquarters of the ,\IE 8~6525 Tile co-ordinator of all Black program. ' • ' • !\pril !I • 1968 THE HILL TOP- l Page3 • • • • •

- • ew. en ts 1sapp· QVe 0 1t- n • by Leon Hen I ey student unity. "l think Ew.1 rt " If it means getting ri~ or t~e dent. top much room to get around 1 .\!though a large po.rtlon qt the · Bro11'1l and other leaders of the \\'l1ite tcncl1c i·s .mct student s 011 I Even some of tl1ose among tl1e mJking Ho\va t"d a Black Univer­ ' students \vho actlvel)· suppo.rtecl s ity;" " \Vlth that c'ompromis·e, . Howard student bod ~ be ii.ly protest had been Jookhig for some rampus , I' m agatn·st it. But; I s upported the recent pr test iSsue to bring about a confron- supported the protest ,my,vay, be­ the protest; expressed dissatis­ ·"·e're probably going to have a against aclminlstrativJ pol cies talion \vltl1 the · administration. cause th aclmlnlstr,1 tion 1v:is faction 1vi th the settlement shnke the ad~ lnlstr a t1on up wjtn wrong in trying to kick those i re"chect ,-.·tth members of tt1e some 1no re protest . activities 'f"°d a~ t!ons , some other stu ents They probably seized upon the I hoa rd of trustees. " \l'e should soon" - these \\ 'e ~e sam·e of the ' had certain negative. r11actlo s to issue of the 30 students and, in students out an!! b the hearings:· ' •l!alnst th e 3g students dropped, Some students are still not • . . llut r ather for the pu rpo\).e of clear as to \vhat ls me:lllt ti ' provldin,,; 'moccasion fo rfo( g tn ~ the term "Black l'nlversit1, " "j . • ' ' , I . Peace Corps Returns ' by obert A. Will iams '

• T11is \\·eek Peac:e orps '.\1iss In l! r';1m .1dt-',1<'e Coi·ps Jre Ile~1ltl1 , T"i­ : .··: ~~. "'-: ·. 'c 01·ps '''orker, -,·.-110 \\·0 1· este 1~ Prn- C>11<·t th!· i·e(1t:irem<~rtt~ 11·. ' • 11.s:'t·lvania. :.11·. Clo.sso11 ~ti.Sc l)l'orr.-s.s of 11'et' rt1Jt1n ~nl l1;.i1l ~f~11 ~, · erved in l'g:u1d:<. Bot 1~e- 1"1.ln t>1·sv11.1l c..omrrients for ar. h r~aLc _.01-p.s '\·er •• .. .,: tth \Tiss Jo• rri1n's tour f Jut• 1 i11st · ,_ .~' ., , 11c.lin· in se\1('1r;1l 1r\or1llt . Tt:t· 10! II• ref,>Orter. !n ha I. 1·cports of t!1e recruiters i Ii<· .1l- · r.1c·kin l rl1e 1 ·e<;;pon~l ! ·.·. ,' ·, t~cl tt1at tl1e 1·esr1onse of _J- ,,·,11· ! !l'O\\':tJ I stu lt1 nts tC' tl.e Pc- l st11Jl 11ts has l;een ''er' lo,,· num­ to1·ps liooths, \lts!'i In rJn ie­ .· .·:· •' I l>erillg !Jet"·een 30 ·a 1 , ti1ne of p1·inting. ~ri.ss I f,'t·arri r·ottI <1f ·tu lt.·r1ts prote:- lt J tl.1. • <.:omtnented '' .-lllhou::?h te po11se 111·t1se:11c·r, •f t,1t,• 1-'t;.i. ·1 an<·e. noteo,j 1i11st Pect( 1.· .. .1tlrlf>rl , '''.\lCJSt filJc k . stqtlenls l:ot- s 1·ec·n1it me11t s t:1111J· in tt11 • ... - \ p1·efer to ,.,::o liac·k l,01111-·, to \\f1·i­ ('f)ltnlt··. l'llt- • J'('( :nJifp} -~ 1 ,',• '· ' ~1. Jiut \!'1·ic. r.i11k.s 11ca · · tl1t: IDS\\l'f to tl1e 11.11· e:::. al !jO r l1otton1 i11 tl112 ove1·.1ll {·i1oi e OJ tli.1t the PC' re· Corps i& f1 t ) .1}e:1<.:e Go1·n£ '~'00klcts on displJ~. \ te1· i.;•01·ke I 11··1~0.1 I, tt1€ i·e<_· riliters t e~ tl1c, P€ia<.:e ( oi·ps. p;·ospc{·t ~tfJ ­ plied lt1 tt tt;e~- \'.e1·t roJ.i not to .. • plies, 311 in\ritation is seitt, d if t:tke siti<" politic ,1J I] . ihc 11 . • he 1ccepts it, the .Peace C r11s porte1 ,1ske I \ lr, Closson ll. , l1eg1ns immecllate negotl. ion troulJ!e 11 JS l11curred in Jdjustlnc • · 1ith the party's draft boa r ~, to in 3 foreic.n countr):, \~i t h his cl1ange his deferment to 2.\ , . Tiss JJlS\\ e1· J )e iri ~ that 1nost· Pe~1t· e 11 I1 1~ram noted, If an~: ti·oul> e is ,Corps volunteers hod little ' • •• ineurred \v ith the dr :lft b ar r! , trouble .1dapting then1selves to J ;ic tlon can be taken up t . the 11e''' \\'a.J· of 1i1e, s ince n1ost peo­ !)resident \vith a '~ · 1 · itt er1 app al. ' ' ple "·ere hasic,ally the same • • • • This action \\'as inltl;i.tecl by for- ever}.\\•J1e1·e. One in t ~rest il1 g note • • mc1· P.eace Corps l1e ad , Sa r gent • l) t'Ot1gl1t tip \);.· tl1e recruiters \\'dS • Shriver. 1'he Peace Co1·ps,pros - · that 3 lot of .l fricans (l'ganda lfyo don't agree that • , pect then proceeds to a training \\·ere :is br aln\\':t.s heu as some • · · center for. instru. ctions in the Blacks in. the l'niterl States, lie l:lllguage of the countri of hts .1cl

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• '~" Hilltop • Letters Th.e Editor • • U,S. Stvd••. : Pt••• A.ssociOtion ' . Howard University, Washinaton 1, n.C. . ,Sato; st4 911 BocP, Jolln Koeut, Obvlmaly, the Sbarpevtlle dem- . • • Howard lrrevelant . L. .,Joel' Scbtff, Jon eu~, on tratlaa ol IMO ntwtantl•t11s E DITOR·IH-CHI E F • . . • • . • . • • • • • • • Aclrienne Manns Dear Editor: Wald1n I Kunz, Jame• Sherry, ,thld our opprea-• rtve not on M.anaglng Eclitor · ••••••••••• : • Sanolers Bebura On March 24, 1968, the Wuh­ Pettr E rr, Peter Lanptoa, Iota about n111-vtolence. He wants Business Manager · • • • • · · • · • • • · • · · K. Murray Brawn lnaton P09t reported th1t Howard Robert . ~ hlmabukuro, Lallrellee ua to be noavtolent. There Is Hews Editor •..• • •.•. ' . • • • • • Ga'yleatha Brown ltud'1nl1 felt that tile untveralty Burt, R~ hard Lee, Clailde Sin­ nothtnr to fear In non-violence. does not related to the Necro ger, DS1I Burton, Lee Little- Hu not hl•ory repeatedly taught Feature Editor · · • · • • · · • • • · • • • , Robert Jeffers • c Sports Editor .•.• . •.•••••••• • Craig Woocl Community. I am In 1ympathy . -.-!, HI ry SmllowUz, Gerald us that "to turp the other cheek Copy Editor . ·•• . . . • • . . . • . . . . Priscilla Hall with their position, but I am al!IO Ch•kert111 , Daniel Lucid, R'obert 11 to be doubly punlslled.'' Exchange Editor • • · • • . • • • . • • • • • L incla Ccirr concerned as to how tbl• sltlia­ s;ector ' 11 Cochrane,Robert Certainly tbe demonstration tlon 11 going to be Improved. I MacGre~ r, cai:1 Stj!rn, Donald made up ol Blacks from Eastern, Photography Editor········ · • • • ·• • • John Gaines do not feel that thll Can be done Deane, J~ M•soo,JamesStory, Western, South Africa and North Staff: McKinley Reese, Linda Bowfes Steve Abel, Brenda Adams, by simply . teaching . courses 'ID J. David ! Ing, Joel Metzger, America were ll11ks In the chair Susan Armstrong, William Besl( Paul Bland,Joe!Carter,Debo~ah • Negro Hlatory and Culture. Eugene T rrls, Arthur Felnstelh, to write Black People lnterna , Clark, Gary Cooper, Anthony Gltter>S, Bobby Isaac, William John­ I· !10 feel that such courses, Gregory eumann, Robert Tidd'• Internationally ••· Ironically, mass . ' • son-, Joanne McKnight, Robert Malson, Montana Morton, Tetxtera could bring about; ' Black aw~re­ Peter ~\ ~ench, Larry , Nutt, media, Including radio, tele- · • Nash, Wallace o. Peace, Irvin Ray, Pe.ar Stewart, John Turner., ness, • • as stated In the article, Jonathan Jl'. nger, RlchardGanong, vision, and newspapers referred Hugh Warner, Erle Williams, John Mercer, Ernestine Strtpllng, but for one, I questloo whether Craig Nyce, William V..anile.rcook to the group as being "mostly John Barber, ·c1yde Waite, Gary Lindsay, Cindee Marshal, 1 these classes will be opel'ed to Peter Giii kman, Thomas O'Con­ Negro" omitting ·completely any ' . Typist: Leona Goodwin, • the commwilty; otherwise, how nor, Jan es Waggooer, Hugh 1 rbference to 'the word African. · Photographers:Brad Brittain, Gregory Dash Boh, Nesnlck can the com'munlty benefit? · Goldham r, Arthu,r Ogus, In other words, the phrase The Hilltop is issued w•kly, :except during holidays and fin1I 1x1mini1ti1n I think that now Is the time , Thomas elss, James Graben­ "mostly Negro'• could Imply periods, by How•rd UniYersity students, W•shington, D.C. 20001 . Roam 32'-'A, , tot developing and employing -a for those who v.·ere not pi-esent University Center, OUpont 7-6100t Extention 285. stetter, Ml rk Okrent, John White­ ·helping and serving spirit In the head, Ger ~ ld Green, David Parl- or aware, ."the lncluslon of white Negro community; which Is com­ 1 ~ er, :AndrewWhltmont,PaulGro­ participants, which was not the mon place among other groups. \ller, ·TlmQ hy Patterson, Philip case. The media made reference • ' This can be done by students "\!Wlkelund, [ to the fact that several groups Editorial , . ' seeking part tlnfe or summer 69 MAI E SENIORS OF REE D were part of "a memorial ser­ • employment In poverty pro­ COLLE E. vice for victims of the Sharpe­ Non-violent King Murdered! grams . Work experience -of this vllle Massacre •In South Africa· • • type would be an educational on March 21, 19~ 0 and that eight Brother Rap Brown has said that no slave should Rura'. I ' enhancement and should be given I . persons ·had been kll.led'' (a lie) .. die a natural death. And Martll! Luther King, a man - credit by the University. I pro­ "Rural I verty Is so wide­ Groups ·mentioned were: Black who has courageously fourth the contemporary slavery ·pose that acaderplc credits be spread, an so acute, as to be . _ Antiwar Antldraft Union and the -­ given for the following: · . ' a national ols grace, and Its con­ Student Nonviolent Coordinating_ . of our people has been murdered in Memphis '.fen- · I. sequences I ave swept Into our ci- • To students employed'during Committee • nessee, . • · the summer or part time by a ties violent! y.' ' . The only arrest was that of · • Hours before his de ath King had said ••Maybe I poverty project or progran1. --- President's A.dvisor . y Albert M. Lassiter of N.N. C.C. . a. when the student has worked Commlssio on Rural Poverty, There :were over seventy police- could understand some of these illegal in~un.ctions •••• for at least three m,!>!Jlhs on such December 9 1967. men, helmeted, iJoc!led; p a ~adln g · but somewhere · I read that the greatness pf American a project (some a.s for subject The Co~ , mission found that thel picture of Hitlers' Germany. is' the right to protest for right. We aten•t' going to course). .., - fourteen m!~llon 1\merlcans are BUt .still no mention or tlie ·many_ • b. When the student p-resents affected by ~ rural poverty; that · Afrlclans who participated · from let any injunction turn us around.'' There had been an a term paper to the Major De­ many go hwi\gry; that some Negro . the Pan-African Student Organi­ injunction ' issued against the march because marches partment Head at the end of the children In ll>e South are not get- . zation In the Americas. · on a p'revious day had begun looting stores along three months work experience, ting . enou~h 'food to sustain life. Irrespective to the Omission, In the folder, a few , the way. A young Black man was shot' and killed the paper should contain the ob­ en~ losed due to the broad coverage by jectives and ~cc ompllshments of of Mtsstssl I's poor tell their mass media, the world becomes. . by Memphis police 'and yesterday the spiritual leader the P,rogt am ·as viewed by the · stories.' B ause they are old or_ more aware that ~ lack Ameri­ of the non-violent portion of the 2oth century Black · student, as well as an analysis 111 .... becaus their civil-rights cani; are _conscious of, will go pr()f;~ am activity led white employers to · to jail for, .and even die to stop resistance was also killed_,. • and evaluation of the with suggestions of future needs discharge t em •... because the the -atrocities that ar.e commit­ ·In this violent country no Black. man is killed ol the commwilty. work they on1 e did for a plttaqce ted against Black Humanity the because he advocates violence .or because he is a: c, The paper should be 'pre­ Is now don even cheaper by world over, and furthermore will criminal but because he is Black. King was stabbed sented to .the Major Department m,achlne •... 11. EIS• men and women retaliate violence for violence. Head, so that the amounts of cre­ face perpetu want. · A Black Life; A white We. , a years ago and struck with a brick in the Cicero few • dits may be determined . Some rec~ Ive pltlfully small Unifying posters as: l!;>ne Hope, demonstration. At the first attack was before the 2. The students should be given welfare allo ments, Others get One Destiny,, One Africa, "Vl_et­ ' . . nothing.• Fq all, public as- I white press was screaming that ••violence is hurting ~_ not less than two credit hour.s, n1 m, ·))lo; South Africa, Yes," . I :find not more than three credit sistance tunds, provided by state . ' ' Black Determination' ' all sym- - the : Negro's cause.'' Violence against Black people chours In four years of wider- · and federal- I statue, are distri­ bollcally brings us near the goal · is a part of . our existence in this country' and like craduate study. This should apply buted In a c nflislng and huml- for Black Unlty.""For hard tacts· · ' Y racism it is thrust upon us because we are Black. on volwitary basis to Interested ll;i.ttng way. . show that Blacks are murdered · students rriajorliig In the following -Not just Mississippi, but In the back, not only In Sharpe­ • Much of the argument that through non-violent across the natt9n, aid ts denied fields. ' · ville, South 1\frlca, 1but also In · marching and civil disobedience the Black will be a. Education .. to many In 1need. To take one Imperialistic America as was liberated has no doubt been totally erased from the b. Sociology example: ou1j 1awyers have filed recently evldeace Iii the Orange- c. Psychology suit for a •yhtte women living burg, South Carolina Massacre. minds of the Black p~ple in this country. There is • d, Political Science In r.tlssourl lfho has been caring It Is only as these horrors are a sense of outrage that another Black man has e. Economics for her grandchild since the consistently exposed for what been murdeted, and he a spokesman for non-violence. f. any other social related ' mother's dea h In California, Aid they rea)ly are, that we tully course ot"Siudy. · to the Fa~ lies of Dependent The outrage is continous as is our resistance to realize that the struggle must . 3. The following projects Il)a y .C hildren - ft r which the fi!deral go on 111.1ltl victory Is ours, · racism. More of us will nodoubtconcludefrom King's be utilized Ir> the Metropolis government i u)lplles most of the Certain Incidence concerned death that liberation calls for more than we have area: Neighborhood :Youth Corp, money - w"'I denied because the · with the march to the Embassy,• , child came I rom out of state! heretofore been willing to pay. · Community Development Pro­ . Indicative of Black Cohesion crams, Fidelity Bonding, Head The Legal Defense Fund, In should be recorded. For example, start, Pride Inc., Legal Aid As­ representing• hese families, bat­ when the hO!lkY cop order~ the ''Good Faith'' Tested on '23rd.· sistant Program, Remedial Edu­ tles to securt for the unfortunate a emonstrators ~o disperse; Al- cation Program for Adults, Com­ what . the la~ promises, and· to bert Lassiter of S.N.C.C. P,!Shed­ ·April 23 is the target date 'for getting the Board of muntty Action Progra_ms, lnclud- assert th;lt ~ r people have con­ agalnst the first line of PQllce­ Trustees to 'confront the issues of Black orientation Ing rwmerous training programs stitutional r~ ts. Too often, the men standing In front of the Em-. under the United Pl.annlng Or­ price of we!J re Is the sacrifice bassy and over a dozen Black and democratic structure. The 23rd is the next meeting ranlzatton and many other In- of citizen rt his the rest of us 1 '· Brothers and Sisters were with date for the Board. Between now and that date studenu· d pendent programs. This work can take for granted. Pennl\ess him, swing.not singing, ·· • Amertcans-IJ rural Mississippi • and faculty members are • working out programs experience for academic credits After the crowd dispersed, an • for undergraudate students, If In• and In teem! , city slums-do not ..\frlcan, three Black Women 31!d for community involvement, coµrse changes and acted should not be 11mtted ' to ask f9r chart y, but justice. . ' a seven year old child stood to university structure. How receptive the Board is tc o.c. area projects. I To carry trelr struggle In observe the actions of the cops ' the courts, he Legal Defer>Se · with Indignation, whereupon the proposals and how swiftly they vote for them R ., Fund ' neet . and James Shelby, across the street stood, protectlngly' watch- Professors, provides for elected rotating department College, Portland, Oregqn; will Approxlm ' ely eight y fearless not served in the armed Uforces • • ing, ready to match action with chairman, deans nominated by faculty, overhaul of of the United states. · Black Africa: s and Black Ameri- action. The bully stick went limp, cans demon trated against the tenure -and are appointment regulation, clarification o ur dec ision Is Irrevocable. I -castrated. The cops moved by South Afrlc Embassy, March the group, walked to the bridge of promotion procedure, charges in faculty senate Ou.r cor>Sclences do not permit 211 1968 top' otest the Sharpvtlle where signs of wrath against 10 jurisdicition and·a regular salaryincrementschedule. us participate In this sense­ Massacre w~lch took placeseven South Africa spoke boldly In less and Immoral war. · years ago ' d resulted In the One attractive part of the proposal is the establish- we are sure that tens or thou- Black Letters. Such Is the nature death of elgh y-nve Africans and of Black Quintessence, nient of· a fair hearing for faculty member who are sands of stud_ents throulilillfil ·lhe lnju.rles to '1 dreds more, most So Brothers and Sisters, we threatened with dismissal, The proposal would provide count11' will J0 1P usln resti;tance. of whome w; r 11 shot In the back. can see · that with Iron determi­ 11 , Signed: Gar y Achziger; Peter We also w led to express em­ for fUl ~ due process, and WOUld give faculty iTiemberS Hall, Gray Pedersen1 Alan 1\c- nation, hard work. and- realistic pathy fo r f mllles of the men1 courage, "We will conquey with­ W1tO de not have tenure some sense •Of securit y~ ker man, Randolph ttollman, Bar- "·omen and children who were out a Doubt.'' For the sun Is 111 Another f aculty proposal not p a rt . of the AAUP ry Pelzner, Kent Bergh, David so rutlessly slaughtered In their setting ·on the faded and dying J ,_mes, David Reed, Louis Blm - 1'pe.aceful q n-violent' ' pr,:>test statement would give voting rig hts to all f aculty baum, Tim Janke, Howa rdRheln- white flow er; dying. because we against the ~as s Laws, and fin al­ Blac ks refuse to Ile' non-violent re g~~~s Of tenure. At present' about Jl4 of the 350 gold, David Blaek, Howard Ka - ly to bring oser the awareness hosts for white parasites. faculty members in the c ollege of Liber al Arts : c an~o plan, Daniel Rubin, l\1eredlth of lnternatl onal unity among ' • no t vote in fac ulty meetings. Bliss, Lawrence Karush, Ro~ald Black Peopl' all over the world. Weusl .weusl, March 22, I 68 " . [ ' ' • • • • • April 5, 1988 Black History . - • ' . . • • • • 1 .a 1very as by Irvin Ray work. Hardly mrprlalnc tbat tbe wldlee, nor . could h 11dmen. In · You are probably famUlar with greatest am-" of rebelllo11• scoured .very country of tlle wlrte anytJdns W1 a••t1Mency'' fact, In the twa years preceding tl\e slave stereotype; i.lazy,1shlft- activity comcldes with times of Saatb In Pltrk\d•. from mi e to to crnie UilrUt mon1the •laves . the ClvU War, la- were pa•sed less, careless, stuP,ld, and do- national depression or emer11°- four wealla, ui'd armed pards (whites mllbl "i "° be. punished " In sneral southern states wb1ch words of wlllcb patrolled · the cttte1. In for Hll• offence It will Wecal . clle, among other ' adjectives. cy, In the Herbert had as their object. the re-en- ' . · This. Is part of the great lie Aptheker, noted scholar on N eg1'0 addttlon, there were .atcl1rt to teach a •laye read or Write, slav11meat of free Bl~ks or their state mtlttla•, YOlneer mUttary eq eclally after I the publtcatlon . disseminated by the "slavo- history: -forcedI . evacuation. crat',i;," or Bourbon aristocracy "Economic depression had . organizations In numerous areas, and Southern •• utl'lbutlon'' of' · There were also numerous of t~e South and their descen- other results of a d1...,1rblng na- and the conttnucw1• pre• en~e of "Darid Walker'• Appeal." Slaves • non-legal reculatlons · and cus­ . dan~, who attempted to picture lure. It would naturally sb•1;en "al Ieut one armed white, mas- could not buy, ~~!or trade anyl slavery as a pa5toral way of life the tempers of the •1slav80Wll8rs tar or overseer, on every plan- thins without th~I permission of ~oms which enforced subser­ which benefited both parties con- or of their overseers, wboee tatlon.' • the muter. Th could n~ as. vlencJ!. As aNorthCaroltnajudge .• cerned. The Bourbons · were Incomes depended n;on the value semble 'ldthout he presence of wrote tn rendering a verd_lct In largely educated, scholarly of the crop they could force the Bla,cks, free and slave, were whites. They c Id not testify In 1852. and conservative defenders of the slaves to produce. Bankruptcy restricted In their travels, for- court In any case Involving ''What ln slave • • acts a toWards status quo, maintaining that sla- and 11"11.datlon are, moreover, a white person will amount to very was a civilizing lnfiuence concomitants of depression and, lru;olence, ll Is manifestly lm­ on the savage,. pagan blacks and when. property was human beings, . A ·Change Js Ne: ded1, pO.ssible to deflne--lt may con­ that there were very few slave Its liquidation carried many sto- sist In a look, the pointing of revolts. _ . ries or woe. For It entailed an a finger, a · refusal or peglect ~et It ·first be· stated that dur- Increase In the leasing or sale to step out of the way when Ing the history of American sla- of thous.lids of slaves, which For Black.Men i U-.S. a white person Is seen to ap­ very, roughly between 1526 and meant the, forced separation of by Clyde Waite proach. But each or these acts • • 1865, there were at least 250 brother from sister, child from Sine.! the beginnirrg of this area In prepa atlon for the May violates the rules of, propriety, REPORTED slave revolts and mother, husband fromwlfe.Sure- year's presidential campalgp, 7 presidential rlmarles In D.C. and If tolerated, would destroy conspl.-acles. Untold •more, !y It Is more than a coincidence therl' has been a tremendous Organizations of this type have tliat s'ull<>rdlnatlon, upon which , though possibly exposed or that the years of severe econo- lnfiux and almost as a great an existed at Jll t of the unlver- our social system rests.'' actually fiatched, were ,never mlc depression coincide with the exlt of presidential contenders. slties In the ountry, not that The Bourbons even nurtured given coverage or entirely sup- period of greatest rebellious ac- I 1n addition, thi!' Issues that doml- that means an UIRTS, NOT JUSTl200· > concern ..... the United States re- thing less than total wlthdra\\•f iterates Its traditional position is unacceptable. .. -·-·-- ~-. ! ' t ' • • • ~ace 6 • TH£ • Simone to Sing ID E&A Concert • by Linda Carr seven. As a result ·of the talent are on sale in the Student Center I she showed In this area, a f\uld box oftlce. , The College of Engineering and was set up In hei' behalf to enable ' BULLETIN. . • Architecture will present Nin:! h~r to recelv11 profess)onal In­ Simone in Their annual Jazz and struction while continuing her There have been some changes Technology Concert next Tues­ scpooling, in >the operation of th~ Meridian Hill - Slowe Hall shuttle bus day, Although her training was In . The concert will be the cap- · .service which has qeen operating classical muslk; , as Is the case for about two months. The ser­ stone of a week-long · E\xhlbltlan · with many modern artists, Nina of projects at the school. This vice Is now open to all Howard us~ this a foundation for her year's exhibition will be during students and tickets are now lmprovislons and soulful varia­ available In all women's dorms the week before and the week tions. The daughter of a minister, after Easter. . and in the bookstore, Flfthteen Nina was greatly Influenced by cent tickets for single rides as Miss Nina Simone Is a rarity, him. p combining the talents of both well as a weekly· tickets which • Nina began singing only by ac­ gives eleven rides for $1. 50, The vocalist and musician with equ al · . , brilliance. Her style cannot be cident, she accepted a job as bus schedule Is posted In the lob­ •.. confined to any one group for a musician without knowing that QY of Founder's. she performs pop, jazz, folk, she · also had to work as ·Julius Hobson .w111 appear at as• well as gospel, translating a vocalist. Though she had never Burning Bush - 7:30 p.m., April each Into her be\vltchlngly soul­ sung before an. audience, Nina 8. I ful interpretations, was a success. with a group of • Born In Tryon, North C,aroll­ college students, Even today, her na, Miss Simone began piarlng closet followers are · college • the piano by ear at the a~ of students, · , four and the organ at the age of Tickets for her performance • • ' •• • • • Monkey, on a String ' 'l by ~ric Wi lliams •

o ne of the curious things one tials about ~Ir , Holmes would be encounters as a foreigner •lo the In order. Born In Fort ~lyers , United States ls the provincial Florida, January I, 1924 •. ·His • naivete! on the part of the native father, a preacher, v.•as active in • regarding cultures other than his ·the Garvey movement and had o'vn., And certainly the largest natned his accordingly. Holme~ ' group of aliens Jiving today in g1·ew up in B~·anv.' icke, Con11ec­ A merlca are Black people .. It ticul \vhere he attended all white seems strange that for all the schools. Ile gnaduated from \Vest - years Black people have lingered Point, served with distinction in i11 this country there remains a Korea, and jOllned the State De­ mutually exclusive barrier be­ partment under whose auspice~ t\\'een .-\ fro - Americ a and :1 e ·travelled extens)vell: in _\fri­ " gre'ater" America; and indeed, ·.,, eventually belllg appointed •if anything, the barrier has ,.\tnbassador to ne,vl~ · ­ U.S. a • gt'O\Vll. , emerging .~frican nation, ~lean­ To· the over'''helrning majorit) \\·hile, he had marrie.d a '''hite of \vhites, goings on in the. Black "·om an \vhom he knew from c)lild­ • communitJ' are some\\'h.at of a hood and thought himself up-tight • divine mystery and the obse~· . ~ .• until his life started falling vable traits of the Blac1\5 are• apart. In one ecstatic stroke, • vulgar and incongruous. This his \vife decides to leave him, • self-Imposed lgno_rance ( they political intrigue forces him to • created th~ ghetto--not \Ve) has reslg11s his,a'i"bassadorship, and .t give11 i·ise bver the )'ears to some fie finds him~t exiled on ~!al- interestln1£11 misconceptions and . lorca, \vonder g \vhat hit him, · jrl.ather odd stereotypes; so that Avoiding y tendlous study of · :-Vhen someone fron1 Greater- the novel, it suffices to sa;< that ~ ' .JA merica, the effect can range the only thing black about ~larcus .. ai1y\vhere from hilarity to out­ Garvey Holmes is his appea­ ir•ge .... but seldom v·ery clos,e to rance. He thil\ks, acts, and. talks ­ · reality. ' white. There ar e even some io­ sulting moments \Vhere Viertel Over the years, a numbe1· of gets carried a:\vay trying to simu­ such novels have been \Vritten- - late a 11 Negro di alect '' forcer­ and they've all come out much tain of his Negro chat;icters; the same: sermons, blazing a \vhich is on utter failure.

trail to the Black "summom · If the reader can wade through • bonum' ' extollng the virtues of the stereot){Pes and the stock an extra-human patience and be­ whlteooy phrases leaking from moaning the cruelty of ·other black bodies, There Is one pos­ • white people. sibly redeeming factor In l\1onkey • • There is a peculiar character on a String; that In his desire emereln~ from this genre. The create a high patriotic super- • • latest consensus among white nlgge"r, and thanks to his near- • • :1t1ttjors see ms to be that in order total lgnoranic,e of the "UJAMAA .. to 1;lve ;, .:egro "equal footing with ~1UEUS I, " \!lertel has created ce.· white people in a novel, he must a sort of l\imeric:in monster, • be something special: he should whose blind talth In the Ameri­ be of above- average lntelligence, can way likens him to a grand • -- highly cultured (though born into inquisitor-- or perhaps Vlertel poverty), and of a political bent Is speaking through his charac­ It's true this sleek new Honda crambler 125 would cost commonly known as responsi­ ter. ble- -that Is, proud of being a Holmes's safari in Africa ls a you the same money as the ol · used bomb, but the low Negro -- but not ' 'hot-headed,''. classic study in Americanism, ' • with, above all, a stubborn loyal­ His reactions to the people he · p·rice isn't t·he whole Honda sto . Far from it. · ty to the Amertcan-way-o!-ll!e, meets anq tihe odd customs he • ...•.. In short, he becomes a enounters are more reminiscent When you ride any of Honda' 23 models, you can forget ''Super-Nigger,'' a ''larger­ ot Joe McCarthy, than a' respon­ • than-live-sized replica of sible Negro. high insurance, upkeep, and aintenance costs. Forget • • Slowe's Uncle Tom (the respon- · Inserted here Is a passage \ ••• slble Negro of his day), from Holmes' journal giving his ' • parking 1problems too. · . ' · Significantly, the super-nigger Impressions of a certain Para- • . ls a tragic figure, Though he pos­ mount Chief: . sesses all the traits which nor­ "It Is old storf to me by now. And look .at the Scrambler 125 styli rig: new candy mally asb"Ure success In Amer!- · America, even to this Paramount colors, chrorne fenders; trim n w forks, upswept pipes. ca, he always loses In the end; Chief, Is as distant as the moon ' . nor In a solution .to his problem and It. Is well known via the offered by the author (other than radio (French Propaganda) that And pe~ormance: the 125's de~endable , 4-stroke oarallel • patient perserence), Thus while all Black people In America are Super-Nigger Is able to bear the ~aten, maimed, killed, ol' Im­ twin OHC e11gine delivers an impressive 13 hp at 10,000 most Inhuman suffering, In thl! prisoned, Therefore, Black man most humane manner, the coWl­ who has managed to escape all · -rpm; up to. 153 mpg. t,ry he l'!ves, and ttie people he that must b4i sophisticated slave admires just keep on giving him of Machiavellian white masters. The hot new Scrambler 125. iCan .you think of a better hell•••• and he wonders why. I'm getting a bit tired of this.' • Following f~lthfully in the foot­ To read Monkey on a String .reason to ban the bomb? · ' D steps of Harriet Slowe, Rudyard tor any other ·purpose than to • Kipling, et al., Joseph Viertel get a white man's version of the has produce Monkey on a String, responsible Negro Is to be a wellput-together force, cover­ misled, As a novel dealing with . . ,ing both Africa and ..\fro Arti:eri­ Africa and Afro-America lt ls fhere are-seven Honda Scrambl.ers-from 90cc to! 50cc. See them at your Honda dealer ca, and Introducing Marcus Gar­ inaccurate to the pc;>lnt of wist­ !Oday. For free color brochu"re and safety paniphletJ write: American Honda Motor Co ., Inc .• vey Holmes -- Super Nigger of fulness; Mr, Vlertel would do Dept. C-11, Box 50, Gardena, Calif. 90247 1968, better to write en-more famlllar Here, perhaps, a few essen- subjects, • ' I . • • , •

Pase 7 , I HIE HILLTOP • ,\fril 5, 1918

I • , Black Hi1tory - RFK Better Education·· • ' •\ ' '-....-. by Clyde Waite · Con 't. I• Th c~ a r Ism at I c S '!!or tire evening, The· people that whelming welcome, by the Dis- ooe blood. Their god was 011~ Robert Ke~~y evoked the sam 1 turned out were not particularly trict. Amid shouts of ''Rli:.'K., whose divine rule was the doing enthuslast.~:~sponse from his : Interested In what Kennedy had blue-eyed soul brother••• chants of others as one would have D.C. follo~ers as he did In Watts , say. But were more anxious of ••We want Bobby" and other . ' . them do unto him. Their god had several weeks ~g~ Kennedy ap- to erely see the political cele- jubilant shouts, the former ' cursed "man-stealers' • and had peared at a park~~ot on 14th i brlty. d as It worked out, due Attomily-General was tugged, himself delivered peoples out of and Park Road N.W, ·w.edlwsday, to lnadeqU ce loudspeakers and pummeted and grasped · by the bondage, Their god had de­ April 3. The lot was']a .mmed frequent power failures through- tremendous crowd occupying the nounced oppressors, praised the with literally· thousands of pe~ out the extremely'short speech, tops of telephone booths, tenses hunble, declared that "the last sons apparently from a variety hardly anyone could hear and or anything that afforded them a shall be first and the first shall · of backgrounds. There was a only · a few mo.re could even better view. Whether this enthu­ be last.'• Their god had averred large number or white students see the senator., siasm portends an overwhelming his help to those who would help and older persons, the middle- However, one did manage to vote In his favc;>r at the May - themselves and, In the words classed Negro elements but the make up his brief Introduction 7 primary of course remains of Frederick Douglass, "he who - bulk of the crowd was composed of the other platform members to be seen. ·would be free himself must of the regular people of lower such as' Channlngs Phillips, Fla- strike the firs!, blow.'' 14th Street. The range of types xle Pinkett and Herbert Reid - The Student Assembly will Jb the next column, we shall of people that Kennedy drew was of Howard University, as well-~ take a looke at major slave re­ quite ·impressive even more so as others on the United Demo- hold • Its nominating conveJJtlon ' for all Student Assembly offices vplts, such 3'1 the ones led by than the sheer size or the crowd cratlc slate for fl.c,, ,}fe also 4 Cato, Gabriel, Denmark Vesey --10,000 people--jammedlntothe exhorted D.c:. voters to.support for the · year '68 - '69 qn-the • 23rd of April. and Nat Turner. In the meantime, small parking lot. him for President In order to ' dig yourself. The appearance that was sche- , m:ike D:C. n only a worthy RFK ~ du led to start at 8: 00 was de- _capital Qf ·the United States, but layed tor_nea.flY an hour during an exemplar capital of the

which tlll/e the crowd Impatiently world. He vo\\\ed that U elected, ' I' milled around constantlytlp-toe- , he would cre~e an educational mg and craning' their necks• to ~ system here that District res!- • _ catch a gllmps of their appa-' de.nts coul

. . .. . ~ r Black Achrevements lioored • • ' . , ' • ' ' , - by Mich~el Hawkins A House subcommittee heard of the International 1\fro-1\merl­ · testimony on a proposal for es­ can Museum of Detroit said the ' tablishing a Presidential com­ " Impetus"' should come ·rrom the • mission on Negro history, Part Negro co1nmrntty ru1cl that no of the commission's task would government could objectively ,, be to set up a Negro Museum. judge the Afr - .>\merlcan. • I "' . James Baldwin, the author, The spe~rs attacked the said, "Negro children grow up writing ot texlbooks by white his­ I •' without a sense of Identity.' ' torians and charged that they blotted out a~ earl)' Negro his­ Most of the speakers voiced tor )', preferrilng to "begin with , • .. the opinion that tsxbooks sliphled 1 _, slave1·) . '' " . • j, • the role . of Negroes In the ~ oun­ The)' charged no mention , try•s development anrt that the • • - ot ~lspus d\ttucks who was ' • , ..Neg ro was deprived or his [1e rl- am the f rst men to die In • tage and his heroes. the · merlc Revolution or of Roy lnnin, associate na Iona! the Negro soldiers who fought • • director of CORE,argued that the with Commddpr Perty in the War • proposed center be nam the of 1812, • 11-luseum ot Black lllstor and Melvin G e, an ABC televi- • also that the commission· em-· sion hroadca er ·also said that or • bers should be named by con­ the Negroes he spoke to, none, ference of Black leaders Jd not kne that th trilt!lc light was ' by the President. Inv nted . hy arrett Morgan, -a ' . Dr. Charles Wright. pre !dent Ne o from Cleveland • , ·-

• I • ' by- Steve Abel The biggest sell-out Int: his­ ugly manner !n which Dr. Hare tory ot the new Black s udent was received by the students of left _ .came about when · ward Howard. Never was there such a University protesting st11dents · . display of c11sFourtesy to the ooe ., were told they "have won F.I vic­ mail who almost went to rock tory.'• And what was the ctory bottom for Howard. How could that they won? Promises o more the students i reat the man that talk and "Negotiating'' with way? They welre apparently wider • ''Brother Uncle Tom' ' .w o, as the spell of ' he rotten traitors history has over and ove again who had themsopsychedthatthey shown 'Ill• lll!s with' the g atest would have cheered Richard Rus­ I of ease. -sell or George Wallace. • • Those same leaders wh m Ho­ Credit ·must be gtven to the ' 1 ward studi:nts -have been f. rylng efficiency with whlc:;h the ".4. • • • crocodile tears for, nlisslng Building was run \ during the classes for, and ·sleeping pd ays selge. And all praises must be • and 4 nights on stone floors for, given to the logethemess on the • ; we,e the-ones w.ho sold out. ff hose part of all ' !actions of Howard's lea\lers pulled thj! gl)eatest student body. Many people • psyche job on the .studentis that learned the Importance of I have ever 'seen In m lUe. togetherness during the selge, , And · for what? To save their and many minds were endarkened ' . own necks. It Is a fact tha many to the fact that Black people , • of those so-called leaders can get together and stay to­ . E' n•t evenj Howard students. gether. Not only on campus were was so slckenln about the ' . ople together during the few rshlp was that t ey asked oments of Independence, but • the suffering Howard udents to the total Black community was • .. ' • "give the admlnlstrat on some .with us although this can not slack.'' be claimed now. • ' What slack did "Broth r Uncle - The CJJestlan now seems to be • ,• Tom' ' give to Brother Jay reen? will the Board of Trustees tum · Covering 1/1e 111uset1111 s ir11 01v r1 , or si 1/J/y slro llir1 g in 1l1e . What slack did "Brother ncl~ Howai'd \ into a Black Institution Tom'' give .to Brother N han to be releyant' to the Black com- country._. this is the dotrble-br_t•as le i'uil lo >l1ear. A r1 c·o-classrc Hare, Andress Taylor, and co t: mwtlty. Flfty-slx percent of Ho­ nicety by }ol1n M eyer that rs tarldred rlh great asstrr.ince. less other victims of-last yea s ward's fun~ are allocated bythe Points.to re n1 en1ber: the six buttor1s, Jack belting. 1ve ltc1cl 1>ockc•l s merclles purge? How could ani< racist whlt'l Congress so that a11d wide no tched coll,1r. In a bold n ''' Vycro11"' polyester.and student leader true to the c_ause colored kids at Howard tum out 0 . ' corron plaid. In grea t colors: L.irkS/J LI . R.1 zzleberr)'. Key • ask the helpless victims of to be benefits to racist white 1 society In general and not to the Li111 e·or Orar1<>e Peel on ,i 1var111 St1 r11 c•a r11 grotrnc/ 535 . , ' - " - "Brother Uncle Tom" to "give oppressed Bl:tt!k commwtlty that No1\I bei11g s/1011•11 ,1t d i,cc•r11ing >l<>r s c·very1v/1er!' . , • the man some slack.'' No\v that \1s being exploited by the white ; ' It Is over, I feel sure that many.. ' soqlety that W,e are being trained of us feel like the dumbest fool~ to serve. · - for ~alklng out of the''A";Bulld­ By th\! way, the so-c.alled, lea­ J.p.g singing ''We're ·a winner'' ders even Invited lawyers to • • when actually we .. were the come 1n· and ~rther all dissent losers or better still the " Suck~ wilt be silence. It will be ers!'' silenced, that IS, Just before the -' I am sure that no one will cowitry erupts In revolution and ever forget the disgraceful and anarc!lY, ( . .. " I • .....• Track.m n- Rout f airleigh • · by Croig S. Wood • The Howard UQi!lty track 1:56,6 seconds· followed by Carl • . team swamped Falrll lgh Dlckln· Keel's 2:00 • • son 99-47 In the . Ing home In the distance races, Fred • meet at Howard adlum ''ast Gordon won th1: two- mile run In.· Saturday. . Howard , on 13 f;!I'st 9: 56. Gordon finished second· to places to complete y doll)ll}ate Fairleigh Dlcldllson's' 4:20 In 'the the dual meet, ·Head coach WI!· mile with a very respectable ' mer JobnsOn was v ry sallsfled time of 4:28. This was Gordon's with his team'.s pei:tcirmance and .' beat time ever In the mile. • was extremely optl~lc of ffo­ In the' field events, William ward's chances thla tear. 1 Belllns of Howard won the Broad Coach Johnson w particular· Jump with a leai> of 21 ft. 7 ly satlstled with the relays and In., and the Triple Jump with one the sprints. !How~ •s _relay at 44 ft. 9 In. Falt'lelgh Dickin­ • teams made exceptl ' al showings • son won the Pole Vault, followed considering the earll ess of the by Howard's Earl Newman and season and the poor 11 g sur- _ Lester Johnson with 12 ft. 6 In, face of the Howard tr ck. and 12 fl., respectively. Roy Moss The team of Paul athls,' Ron and Marvin Gunn won .the High ' Lassiter, E•art Bro , /UldWll­ Jump with Identical 6 -ft. 2 In. llarrl Richey combtn, to take - leaps, Murchison Henry won' the first place honors . the 440 Javelin Toss with a distance Relay In 42,2 second • Lassiter, of 177 rt;, and lsalh Webb grabbed Tyrone Malloy, and B\ own posted second place in the Shot Put event < a good time of 3:18.9Un the mile with 44 ft. 6 In. relay. I · Howard's showing In the meet " The mile relay st:Jlrled , off as was as . bright as_ the sun sining

0 a close r ace, with the ftrst two over Howard Stadium last Satur­ FLYING BISONS: Action wa~, fast and fu ri.ous last Saturday as Howard tr'ackmen defeated .Fairleigh ,Dickinson. legs running neck anl' neck. But day. With good Individual- stars , Hop; Howard runner to k e ~ \ ~ad in °44Q yd. intermediate hurdles. Below; HowG rd Star breaks the ,tope to win Tyrone 111 alloy open UP a lead like Ewart . Brown, William (Photos by Ga ines) In the third lap, and E art Brown Richey, and Tyrone l\1alloy, to · ' widened the gap con derably In mention just a few, you can ex­ • his fine anchor. E rt• Brown pect big things for Howard t)lis Greeks Battle at also . won the 440 ,Y d dash In year. • . - • Gregory Kearse , 49,0 seconds, wtth slier fi- ' - nishing second In·49,'i To make Greek week· a little the first quarter; Many thought As part of the half-time fes- . . ' more exciting,' several All-Star It would . be an easy game for tivities, studentS were given a Wllllall" Richey/ wj an ex- LASC Bo.oks basltetball games were played. the Teachers, but Rot Elliot of chance to view the H. GI-rot­ tremely bright spcit Ill the meet. • • These games were not only for G. W. scored three consecutive ter•. l/OU gue1aed It, tba>Howard He bl••ed the trac~ I In Umes the "benefit of the Greek letter buckets . In the clO&ing minutes GI-hitters. A group of un­ 'at 9.B second• ' ~ 100 yard The LASC Discounted Human!• fraternities, bUt sel'Ved ·as a of the second . !Jlarter, to make caMy re.male cagers. They d•dll, and 21.5 the 21 • Accor· Ues Book• are on sale In the ' mea,ns to collect money for the the ·score 20-31, In favor of D, C. prov~ to be more amualng than dine to - coach '7oim.i Richey LASC OfftCe (324 C, University I poor. The admission price was Teacben( The · tblrd, (Jlarter aldllfllll. ' . ' 1'llllked as ca• al tll tap 220 center) MOlldays tbru Fridays, a mere tuteen cents. The pro­ proved to be ·c!ia_.,mllng to The Howard Untventty Greek de... men In the CQ~ last 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Pay lower ceeds went to an, organization G. w. The Teachers out-scored All·SlUS llOllted tbe C,ardinala year. He will cehall\fY bue to prll:es for new books and save! C!llldlde $ ,36 sponsorlrig fUnds for the poor. them 15-7. Tb1rtee1i of. D.C.'s al Catholic U. This game WU be reckoi 1d wt1ll thta ~· . 0 • The game Itself proved to be points went to Relgnold Maas. more netting .than the .flnt be­ Paul Mathia \ll1'll8d In a Ume F m1at •76 Crlme !llld PU!!lsllment · 1.00 exciting not only to the partici­ The fourth cparter looked like ca11•e ex•• could not determine °'' lO HCOllda nat to · Ac:Olld pants, but the fans as well. Many the battle of the century. G. W. the winner until the ftnal h1z•er pl.c• Ill the hundred. Portra# of an Artist of the normally qutete students came within four late In the ftnal ranc. Howard won, 52-55. In otller nmt•, . Ruc- ia a Young Man • . 1.16 . were quite boisterous, and rlght­ (Jlarter, with the fine outalde Howard was paced by the one­ ker w1111 the 120 Hurdles Galileo, 1.16 ' , '' 1,49 f\llly so, for the gam between shooting of Elliot and Wagner, two punch al Gene Monteiro and In 14.9, •\"' the In ~o Inter- . The Pl3gue ' D.C. Teachers All-star team and who shared 24 points between Dewitt King, who !ICOred 13 and medlate Hilrdl• In j~:O. Both The Invlall?le Man .86 George Washlngton•·s .cagers de­ them. Warren Wagner contri­ ll point• respectively. The clutch at these tlmes were for this I veloped Into a very competitive buted 17 points for G, W, After a foul aho9tlng of J, Wynn put the Ume of year. Tyrone • alloy won Monarch Reytew Notes are also av allable battle. _ strong come back, George Wash­ Icing on the cake for 'Howard. the. 880 Yard . Dash tni a tlme of _ ' • Getting , dff on a slow start, ington lost to the Teachers 57- ..------~------t---'·------:.---, . George Washington was at a five 67. • Indeed In game worth watch­ . ' ! ~ ' point deficit In the middle of ing., 0 . ' • 11-gi11ia (1.) a11d Splorts Forecasts NBA Stars A. Interviewing an African couple. · B. V ·1ttng a Nl1o:rlan University. ·• C. l;':xchal'l.J1ln1 Ideas with Nl1erlan.ll11lve slty students. : . . ' NEW YORK, Mar. 19--Amerl­ caneers, a powertul 6-7 ·{Orward, --···<•~"''°'l' 'fl !!.l!ij»>iit Actually, Vlratala Blount and •• caJ\ Basketball Association All­ would probably do as well as. a · · · ·, , .., , _ Frank ()aden are doln1 all these Stars , Roger tough boardman with a deft shoot­ flllngs. As members of the 500- Brown, Tony Jackson and Doug ing touch In the NBA·. student World Campus Afloat. Moe would all be starters, If Jackson and Moe were barred Chapman Collep, these two not All-Stars, In the National by the NBA In 1962 for falling 'Arizona colle1e students had the Basketball Association today, as­ to report bribe offers tendered ·''· opportmtity to talk wlth students serts an article In the current them during their college days ·. at the University of lfe,Jbadan ' • Issue of SPORT Magazine. at St. John's and North Carolina, · branch, Nl1erte. ' • Jackson, the lithe; 6-4 jump­ reSJ!ectlvel ~, according to the With the help of Nlprlan shooter of the New Jersey SPORT artlele. • students and professors, the Amer· • Amerl~ans, would probably be a Jackson passed off the bribe leans compared rellatons, art, : I ~ackcourt star In the NBA, wh!le attempt as ••a joke,'' and Moe - anthropolOl)',educatlonal systems, powerflll 6-5 Roger Brown of the I refused to name a former friend ,. ;·:.,z• economic dev~lopments, geog· ' could probably as.the atte111pted fixer. :· "'<" •] raphy,drama,muslc,,anddanceof In For Hawkins and Brown, their make It the older league •;.,:•. ,,,.• ... ·;·;.,., ·M'l". ·· 'J:,/:J • the two countrles.1ihls l1 the . switching \ between guard and exclusion· by the NBA came about regular course work aboard Chapman'• shipboard ampus, the s.s. Ryndam. forward. • because of their association with • Vlrslnla and Frank tranal1:11ed the credits they e 11ied back to their home colleges, f. Plvotman ·Hawkins of the Pitts- Jack Molinas, theformerColum­ Arizona State University and Northern Arizona Un erslty, and are 1oln1 on for their burgh Pipers, smooth and agile bla star who was convicted of baccalau~ate de11 ees. Chapman Colleie Is curnn~~Y acceptlns enrollments for the at 6-9 and a superstar where­ attempting to fix games. Their • 19111 1969 academlecyear with the World Campus "r""t Pf'.Oltam. ver he has played. could probably association with Molinas, .ac­ • slide between the center and cording to the players• teStl­ - · ITINERARI~ • • forward slots alid earn acclaim mony, was strictly as dinner Fall 1961: Dep. New York Oct. 10 for Dublin, Lon~lon, Copenha1en, Rotterdam, Lisbon, comparable . to his ABA status, , guests after Informal neigh­ Rome, Athens, Haifa, Catania, Barcelona, I .a• Palma\•, Freet~wn, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Moe of the New Orleans Bue- ! borhood l/allgames. All'e•, Montevideo, Punta Arenas, ,Santllip>, Llma, ~capulco, arrlvln1 Los :'n1eles Jan:29. , · J • Sprlns 1969: •Dep. Los Anple• Feb. 3 for Honolul1" , Tokyo, Kobe, Hong Kon1, Bangkok, . , Cricket Schedule· K11&la Lumpur, Colombo.. Bombay, Momba•!'• Dur an, Cape Town, bakar, Casablanca, • Cadiz, U.bon, arrlvlq-New :York May ?7. . . •• The c0upon below, If completed and malleid at o ce, will provide the first step In DATE OPPONENT PLACE TIME reservln1 space for your fall 1961 and/or sprlns I semeaters with World Campus Afloat where you can take full advantqc ol Chapman Co e1e'1 p.anlque three yeitr experience ln I ' • Apr. 6 Washington Cricket Club Howard University. ·. 1:00 p.m. effective tcacblns aboard ship and In world ports. . ' . J ' •

13 Haverford Cricket f lub Haverford, Pa. · 1:00 p,m. "' '- • I Chapman, College Oran,.. California 12 •• · I , , 27 Fairmount Cricket Club - ffoward· University 1:00 p.m. · I Mr. • • •, I · ' Miss Mrs. DATE I . L.AS1' NAMIC - ,I.ST INITIAL I Campus I ' Cam~Md~u ~ I \ • 28 Fairmount Cricket Club Howard University 1:00 p,m. I City St1te Zi ~ ' CampusPhone ____ _,.--- I ~ 1 Name of School ' 1 • Year ;n ' " I May II Sportsman Cricket Club Hartford, COIUI, i 1:00 p,m. Academ ;c Major Approx, GPA on 4.0 Scale School '' • • I 1 • • Home Address :::e 1 • • 12 West Indian Cricket Club Hartford, Conn. 1:00 p.m. I City State Zi Pllone --'--• . ----;:c--- ·' • • 1 • I dd t · 1 h Id b t Campus Home O Paren or Gua'rdi an'------• 1 O I '- 18 British Commonwealth Hains Point, D. C. 1:00 p.m. I ;::hii:the;est~e;~n~a ~ ;al~ o~ s:,~:; ~emester 19 D Land ampus i D Float!_n1 Campu' D Both I I Cricket Club -• I SAFETY INFORMATION: The s.s. RYNDAM, sistered In The Netherlands, meets ' Intematlo,al Safety StilDdarda ror new llhips ~eloped In 1941. · · , __ . .. 19 British Commonwealth Hains Point, D.C. 1:00 p.m. l _J Cricket Club •