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Volume LVI LEXINGTON, , FEBRUARY 28, 1956 Number 34 Barkley To Keynote Convention * * * * * * * * * Phi Beta Kappa Selects 17 W&L Students Two Lawy~rs rvr. Waldo Beach Sets Conference Girl's Schools Former Veep And a Juntor Tone tn Opening Assembly Address To Be Visited Will Address Wru:hmgton and Lee's Univers1ty a.m.. Let> Chapel, •·What OUier- B Gl Cl b re osen IReligious Conlerence opened to- cnce Does It Make." Univu~ity y ee u A Ch day with Dr. Waldo Beach address- worship sen ice in Lee Chapcl, 7:30 First Session By CLIFF Sl\IJTH ing a university assembly on the p.m. Colonel Miller, principal Concerts To Be Given By ANDY G REESl\lAN subject of "The Danger of Decency." speaker. A W U Fourteen senaors, one jun- The theme ol the conference is Chairman Jack Lackmann com- t omen's Co eges Senator Alben W. Barkley, aor, and two law students have "Chrlsllnn Ethics on the Campus- mented that he hoped that the stu- Visits to Mary Wa!!hlngton and Democrat, will give been e lected co membership in and Beyond." The event is sponsor- dents would take advantage of the Hollins colleges wlll be made in the the keynote address before ed bv the university and all arrange- several class room lecturca that will next two months by the Washington Phi Beta Kappa b y t he G amma •- du"ted by th• atud"nl Washington and Lee's men .... are con ~ ~ " tK- given by the viaitmg speakers and Lee Gl~ Club, it was announced 1956 of Virginia Chapter Or. Lucius Christian Council on Tuesday and Wednesday. by pubUcatr d1rector Ed Wallace Democratic Mock Conven- Desha, Secretary of the Gam- A 11 c:peakers. are c;cheduled to Additional class lectures wHI be The Glee Club will go to Mary ton. rna Chapter, announced today. meet With varaous claSl>e at the g~ven by Dr. Samuel E. Stumpf and Washim(ton an Frederacksburg on The former U.S. Vice-Prcsadent This number is an increase over I regular class hours durang the three Colonel Francis Pickens Miller. Or. on Fr~day, March 9. They wiU be is !1Chcduk-d to deliver the openin~ the number elected to the national days, with the afternoons rel>erved Stumpf will lecture the Legal Ethics entertamed by the Mary Washington convention address at 4 p.m., April honorary scholastic fraternity last for confer~n ces. between the speak- class at 8:25 a.m. Wednesday mom- Glee Club for dinner before the show 30, ac<:ordin~ to an announcement year. At that time cight seniors, crs and md•v•dual students The ing and Col. Miller will address the and at a party afterwards. bv Carl Swanson, convention chair- one junior, and three law students schedule of event.'! for the remainder Religion 208 class at 10:45 a.m. in The program wall be div1ded Into man. were elected to membership. of the conference IS as follows: du Por't Hall. • six parts, each with a different type ALBEN W. BARKLEY Swanson said "1 feel Wa~hington Lee No date for the formal initiation Today: Or. Beach, 7:30 p.m ., Lac.kmann commented that these of music. The Glee Club will opM ------•~md Lee is truly honored by Senator has yet been selected. Dr. Allen W. Chapel, "The Ci rcle and the Cros..,." lectures will be open to aU students with several religious selections, fol­ Barkley's acceptance of our com·en­ Moger. President of Gamma of Vir- Tomorrow: Or. Stumpf, 9:45 am., Interested and that no one would be lowed by sea chanteys, American tion inv•lution. The Mock Conven­ ~inia Chapter. said that the names ~e Chapel. "The Tyranny or Free- turned away unless there was no folk..c;ongs. humorous songs, pieces German Visitor tiOn has secured America's greatest of the annual Phi Beta Kappa speak- dom.'' Dr. lump£, 7:30 p.m., Lee available seating space in the respec- from mus1cals, and w1U close with a Democrat and certaanly one of the er and the recipient o£ the aopho- Chapel, "The Moral Crisis in 1\tod- live class. Lackmann added thslt all medley or W&L pieces. nat1on's foremost speakers." more award will be announced em Law." additional lectures arc """led on all To Speak Here ..- A special feature "ill be the bar- within two weeks. Thun.day: Colonel MiUer, 9:45 university bulletin boards. In a letter to Senator Barkley ln keeping w1th University policy, monizmg of the Blue Tops, the Count Alexander Stauffenbcrg, Swanson s;ud, "we of Washington the name or the alumnus chosen for quartet composed of freshmen Bruce Dean of the philosophy faculty and and Lee feel most honored and honorary membership will be with- S St d t R t USSR Macgowan, Jerry Dinninger, Bob professor of ancient history at Mun- thrilled over your acceptance of our held until he has been nollfied nnd even U en S epresen Ke~cham, ?nd Dav~ Potee~. Warner ich University arrives in Lexington invitation to keynote the Mock Con­ gives official acceptance. k • • De~man wall also gwo a planO solo. tomorrow Cor three days during vention. We are greaUy l ookin~ for­ The names of the students and &omc In Moe u ntted N attons at u. va. Th.e singers will combine with the ~hich time he wm ad~ess classes word to your visit to Lexington and of their activities appear below. I IHollins Glee Club there on April 18 1an German and humaruties. believe me. exc1tement is al a ''Cry Arnold M. Appleleld, is a ZBT By BOB SHEPHERD The schools represented at the As- under the direction of. Mr. Oscar Count Stauffenberg is one of the h1gh pitch In this community." semor from Baltimore•. Md. He Is a Sc\en W&L studen ts stepped into sembJy were: u. Va., University of McCullough, Hollins Oarector, and famous Stauffenberg brothers who Entered Congre ln 191Z member of Phi E~ S1gma and the the shoes of the USSR United Na- Richmond, Randolph-Macon College, will give the same program an Lee ncar the end of World War n at­ Senator Barkley was clectNI to Commerce Fraterruty. lions delegates when they attended William and Mar.t. Mary Washington Chapel on April 23 under the guid- tempted the as:;asination of Adolf Clay B Carr, Jr., Deh semor from the Model United Nations at the Uni- College, Madison College, VPI. VMI, ance o( W&L director, Mr. Robert Hitler by means of bombs. His two the House of Representauves of the Wmchester, Va., is President of the verslty of Virginia this past weekend. Greensboro College, Emory and Hen- Stewart. brothers were executed for the at- U. S. Congress in 1912 from the 1st Christian Council, a member of the . ry College, University of North Caro- Each Slngmg group wlll do several tempt, but Alexander Stauffenberg district of Kentucky. He was a mem­ Quiz Bowl Team, and in ODK. ':he affaJr. sponsored by the Meth- Jina, and Washington and Lee. selections Individually and will then successfully convinced the Nazi au- ber or the 63rd to 69th Congress Gilber1 0 . Cornelius, a member odtsi Student Movement, ~as ~ ~ - combine coral groups at the close of thorltles that he was innocent. from 1913-1927. Barkley was elected tended by twelve schools m Var This as.o;emhly, which has become of OU social fraternity, is a senior . . . • the program. Together they wlU Makmg h is tour of lh"' Un·ted to lhe U. S. Senate in 1926, serving gutan and North Carolina represent an integral part of the work of the "' 1 Crom Charlotte, N. C. Cornelius has . . . . • sing twelve songs from Brahm's S•ft t"'s under the auspa·ces o' the four terms. He served as majority mg fifteen Uruted Nations delega MethodL~t Student Movement and "'" ' rervcd as senior EC. as President of . - Liebcslieder Walzer, opus 52 (Love- State Department, Count Stauffen- lender from 1937 to 1947, longer than the Troubadours and is a member or aaons. The se~en W~ students who Wesley Foundations, was opened by song Waltzes). b any Senator to date. He was minor­ ODK ' look on the difficult JOb of represent- an address by Colgate Darden, Pres- erg Is coming to Washington nnd Ity lead<.'r from 1947-49. He was Ed· d E Ell KA . sc • mg realistically the Soviet de lega- ~ ident of the An intercollegiate all Mozart mu- Lee partly on the suggestion of Pro- 0 1 elected Vace-President of the Unit­ stud;;:~r{ro~ Fo~t Kn~~. aKy~~; ~:'s lion were Jer~ Williams, the leader and U.S. delegate to the Unlt_ed Na- sic program will be given sometime lessor Kuhn, who is a personal friend ed States m 1948 with President Har­ c d th Executive Comm'ttee of the delegataon, Bob Lowe, Peyton lions. Other addresses wen• gaven by in May, but it is stall m the planning of Stnuffenberg Professor Kuhn ry Tn~man Barkley served one term, ~~~~e ~udeenl Body. as A~ •~ant Middleton, Steve Sohlman, Gerry Col. Francis. P .. Miller on "Christian stage. An announcement of this pro- VISited Washmgton and Lee last year. l!J.19-53 Edator of tht> Law Rev•ew, and L'l Ocnnmger, Roy Ball, and Bob S hep- , Statesmanship, and by Or. gram wall be given at 8 later In ndd1bon to hJS philosophy ancl 8 A ~red date. ln 1932 he wa!> ch<>:.cn Tempor­ herd. Fembach or the hu;tory mterests, Count Stauffen- b 0 r ODK ary Chalrrru~n o( the Democratic mem er · D tm F • Aff be h ' I d Ronald W Fast is a Lambda Chi Jere Williams and Bob Lowe rep- epar ent on oreagn aars. Cigarettes T o Be Awarded rg as written a poem antit e Der Party's National Convention in Chi­ senior from Chandler, Ariz. Fast has resented the USSR on the PoUlic.al The purpose of the Assembly is 11'od Oe.-. Mehtcrs, (Death of the cago, and al Philadelphm in 1936. served as president or his fraternity, Commillee, Peyton Middleton on the t? glv.e college slu~cnts a better In- A carton of Chesterfields will be MAstt'lrs). This work describes the He wa:. Permanent Chairmnn ln Chi­ as a member of the Acsimilatlon Economic and Social Committee, s1ght mto the workmgs of the United awarded to the two 5ludcn ts who illne:;s, dc:alh. and burial of the cago in 1940; Temporary Chairman CommiUee and is Vice-President of Gerry Denninger and Roy Ball on Nations and a better understanding come clo e 1 to gue sing the flnaJ famous poet Stephen George. and Keynote Speaker in Philadel­ the Senior' Class. the Trusteeship Commitll'C, Bob of the problems facing this inlema- !>Core in W&L's first bask etball Count Stnuffcnberg will arrive phia in 1948 when nominated for Don E. Fryburger IS a P1KA from Shepherd on the Catch-All Commlt- tional organiz.ollon. game in the forthcoming touma- here tomorrow and leave on Sat- vice-president Cmcmnat1, Qh1o. Fryburger has lee. and Steve Sohlman served The local Wesley Foundatio~ ~d ment in Richmond. Submit en- urday. March 3. During his stay he ~erved a.s vice pre-ident and presa- as a technical advisor to the dele- Method~l Student Movement IS di- 1 tries to Dale Guy; Sirma Chi will addn'SS Dr. Pusey's German 208 llo,..,ebac:k Can1pait:n dent of P 1KA Also. he is a member or gates. reeled by the Rev. Malcolm Yaple. Rouse before !\larch 1. class at 10:45 on Thursday. Barkley '~> political career began Phi Eta S1gma and the House Man­ w1th o horsc!Jack campairm Cor the agers' A soclalion. ofiict of Prosccuhnl( Attorney of Rotx>rt Gordon Gooch. senior Phi McCrnckln County, Kentucky. He Dell, I from Fort Worth, Texas. He won the elcctaon 111 1905 and served is forme•· SWMSFC Chairman, Corps until 190!1 when he was elected judge Commander of the ROTC. and 11 or the county court. wh1ch post he member of OOK. hdd unt.l elected to Congrcb:. in 1912. Will am D Goode, Jr.• Fulbru~ht Smalor Barkley was hom in Scholar now in Germany. wns a Gravl Count\' Kentuckv on No­ member of the class of 1955 While vcmlt-r 21 1877. Ht allcnd<·d the at Wa hington and Lc<-, he \\a a county •chools in Gran•s County and rn~mber of the Glee Club and thl' at 19 \\a:. graduatc·d from Marvin Concert Guild ICcll<~l' 111 Clmtm, Kentucky. He Walter R Holmqua:.t is a junior nl e Cluh Edward M. IIood, Jr., senior Phi frc.m Univer!lity of Louasvill(, Unl- vcn;ity of Kl·ntucky, Ccnln• College, Ddt, IS from Bummgham, Ala. Hood Nutional Unt\ us1t~, Emory Unl­ " <•ditor or tlw Shenandoah. member Vll'!.lty, K<'ntucky Wl· )cyan College, of the Qutz Bowl team. and 11 mcm­ her of lh< Scmmar:; m Llttralure ~1 chignn State Collt:ge, D Paul Uni­ Committt'c. vt:rutv, Wcslmin.o a member of Alpha Epsilon Delta pre-medical Pa A socialion Award for Ken­ Cratcrmty. and a member of the Co­ tucky' Outstnntiing Catlztn, 1918; ullion Club. Frnnklm D. Roo evclt Four Free­ Philip D Monger is a senior from doms Award, 1919; uwardcd gold medal by act of Congr~s. August Bay Village, Ohio. He is a member BEFORE THE CO~CERT-Condurtor GibM~n 1\torri' ey (left) was brieCinr a rroup of ~tudent lnge~ for the all t\lo1.art toncert held in of OU ocl81 fraternity. Monger has 12, 1949, an recognition of dl!lin­ Roanoke la.o;t w~ek In whlrh Glee Club from ..everal Virrlnia Coll eg~ participaltd. Tl1f' ~>inter ari!: (left to ritht) Tony Week , W&L; Rllt hNI sen·ice; and many other (Continued on pate four) l\lis Ge()rrena Draper, Lynchburr CoUere; Uur h Morrell, W&L; !\liM Jud) Graham, Sweet Briar, and l\tary Martin, Ratldolph Macon. IICI'VICe awards. Page 2 THE RING-TUM PHI Lmu MAN ON CAMPUS br Dick Bibler The South's Bias Problem; Tuesday Edition Alabama Whites Defend tWay of Life' Published on Tuesday and Friday during the college year. Editonal and Business offices: Student UnJon Building. Maallna address: Box 899 As Negroes En1ploy tPassiYe Resistatzce' Pnnted at the Journalism Laboratory Press or Washmgton and Lee Um­ versaty, Lcxmgton, Vtrgmi.. ( Edator's note: The follo" tng article is rcpranted courtesy Entered as second cl.ua matter September 20, 1946 at th~ PO$l Office, of the New York Herald Tribune.) Lexington, Varginia, under the act of March 3, 1879. NaUonol Advert1$1Dg ReprtienlaUve: The National Advertising Service, By Robert S. Bird lnc., 420 Mad1son Avenue, New York. 1-:diturials are a ·u.mtd to be written by the editor unless otherwi!le Copyrivht 19S6, New York Herald Trabune, Inc. initialed. MONTGOMERY, Ala., Feb. 25-A sickness of frustra· BILL H. WllJ.• IAMS LARRY A. ArLER tion afflacrs the Deep South today. Ed1lor Bustncss Manager Most white people have little doubt deep in their hearts Managing Edtlor- Tom Litzenburg Associate Editor...... ".- ...Phil Labro that racial integration of schools and de·.segregation in general News Editor."'"_... , ...... Cliff Smith Sports Ed1tor .... - .... Jerry Sw..ltind arc tn the end inevitable. At the same time they are totally in­ Copy Editor...... _ ...... - ...... " Farris llotchkl5li AssiStant Sport.s Editor...... Bob Shepherd capable of racing up co the prospect. The unthinkableness of Assistant to the Editor...... - ...... - ...... -·""""_..... Lash LaRul' it is n ot merely preJudace. It is as if their cherished "southern Proofreaders." ...... - ..... ",_...... --·- Dtck Bowis, Ed Reeves way of life" is the only way of ltfe they can conceive of laving. PhotOJtrapher ...... ".- ...... " ... _ .. ______, __,A,·ery Juhrmg The Negroes, on their side, are certain that law and time Rcoortcrs: Joe Craycroh, Russ Early, Enm Kemp, LIWl LaRue ColumniSts: Ed Hood, Max Caskie, Phil Labro, Reks now and I their ~o ubUe approach Is aggravat­ IAlabama in Tuscaloosa and the Negro bus boycott here in lions of W&L men to the Ca\1alier how are we supposed to know which for lhe next one, the Lync has of- ing a all h~ll. Montgomery. In one sense the Autherane Lucy case is the more Daily\ little diatribe ol sour grapes, Pearly Gale is for Wh1te Folks and Cered, will offer some very "old'' ''R R W"''D0.. \1" f lh important because the main effort of the organized N egro drive and have oh$erved that they arc (air­ whach is for colored people-or has movies whach I hope you have seen I EA . •n ' .w~~ one O. e ly well dtstributt>d along the emo­ the Good Lord put up the proper and will 'l'e al(nm :'The Barefoot finest Hatchcocks, thnlhng, bralhant. is co c rack open the segregated white public school system. tional rnng(' from anger to amuse­ sagns? Counlessa," "The Bed," "The Sheep walh lhe usu:'l witty daalogues and ment. I thmk that there is M little • Ha' Five Legli" will all be worth- gorgeous achng, hc.-ndro by Ji~y I M ISS LUCY'S CASE call to g('t mod with the barbarians while in thear different ways-as St~w~r t a!'d Grace Kelley Le Prance 1 os to laul!h them off. If anything, we Just to prove lhat can do any- much as "Rear Window," "Julius Rnmhlcr, '1 ba -~~ahucoup de chance, The case which has attracted the notice of the entire world, thing, I have written a poem: ,._ ,. d "C l M tl l" M t cy say a~ orne. should paty them. The deprecations ...,..esar an our ar a pres- Ienters a new phase of development Wednesday when United scattered through that article are Canto I sen ted some mteresl I am not mak- ''T 11 E BEN N y GOOD~IA N ...... th simply another mani!estalion o£ what All Chanatown turned out to ee ang cheap publicaty ror Mr. Side, STORY" was not verv sensational. States Dastnct Court an Barmmgham wall hear argumentS on e can belit he descnbed as a collective The fi~thl between the WonR:>. bu.t it is obvaous lhal he IS trying to Donna Reed S3ld the other day to a Negro gael's contempt suit tO force the university to allow her mferioraty complex in Charlottes­ Wong Lo hod been with words quate bnng movaes that '>hould intere t a sympathic journalist that she was to attend classes from which she was excluded after mob ville. There ~:> no need to defend our­ Cree, coUt!ge crowd. Or at least an mtel- sick and tired or playing the wual . I F b Th' ld b h ' · d · · relvcs agamsl such snide intimations, Referring to Wong Chong. l ligent one. I! you love cinema, you goodie-goodie wife who spends her VIO ence on e . 6. tS cou e a ts tonc eosaon. ond I would not even think the mat­ wiU not worry about the old. small time watching her husband being a In a different sense the Montgomery situation is more re- ter worthy or comment, except tho tit Wong Chona cnme out with eyes 1 saze screen-neither wiU you care hero, with a big Idiotic grm on her vealing of the sentiment which underlies both cases. This is be- marks a break in the recent har­ aglow, about the sub-lilies or the poor dull ond lovely face. I understand h h 1 · · d ' 'd d · If · monious relations (relalively) be­ A meal ax In hls paw; 1>0und track. u you enJOY "going to h . t cause ere a w o e aty ts IVl e agam st ttse on a segregauon tween the two institutions. H e d e alt Wong Lo an awfu1 blow the flick'' that's a very different l'rThank pom ·God, m\bac wos tops: Gene issue, even thoug h b us segregau· on · t s, to b e sure, a Iesser ·tssue School loyaltaes are fine thmgs And eleavt>d off haU his jaw. story. Krupa, Benny GoodmAn, Lionel at the moment than school intergrataon. and have n definite therapeutac value In mortal pam dad Wong Lo r!SC, Enough or that moralizlng. The Hampton, and the rest of the boys In Montgomery the capital of Alabama and the birthplace for the in~oecure individual, but they And whipping out his rod, gave us a wonderful two-hour festl- ' d . d should never be pursued at the Shot Wong Chong right between the 'bows this "cck: I would have op- val of truly good jazz. But you of the Confederacy, nearly 50,000 Negroes are range an e- price of personnl integrity. prc.-ciated "Juli u., Caesar" im- might as well have bought the LP fiance--uprotest," they call it- against a white population • • • eyes; menscly (and thi.. Cor the third d ed b Next let us frown upon the mythi­ Then both went to their God. lime) but for 11 trio of old ladies an stay orne o f 12 5,000 persons. Their refusal to ride the buses, n ow e nter- cal magnates who decide What shaiJ Canto n behind me "ho ne\·er stopped Thank God. the musac was tops: ing the thirteenth week, is something altogether new in the meet When, the mscrutable They rommentin( upon the "b~a ty but Gene Krupa, Benny Goodman, Lion- h N 1 b . . 1 N d c. As I stood by the open graves o;cxy looks of Mr. Brando" and el Hampton, and the rest or the boys Sout . ot mere y ecause at an vo ves egro mass enance who gather every so often m a dark­ And mouthed an epitaph, tht' u.,hort but .,trikinr role of muddy and bloody facl.', the devil- of white tradition, whach is serious enough from the white view- ened comer of the ODK c~rcle, robed and hooded from chance passers-by, I pondered why man thus behaves, Mr. Purdom.'' Tht>y bothered me a ·~h and frustrated gambler, the girl- point, but also because the movement has both a method And could not help but laugh. lot-up to the pulnt that 1 wbhed who-is-not-a-lady-but who-lnside- d l h ' I . f 1 b d 11 to chuckle &atnnically as they con­ ha ~ _ _damn _ good _ and _ gener- and an i eo ogy w ac, are provang success u eyon a ex- spire to fix all urgent meetings at For one small thought had come to I could watch good mO\•ies in on ., 8 some hour between 7 and 7:01 p.m. me empty, deserted hou!>e. Thi ~ goe ous heart etc. Jeff Chandler and Rory pectation . on Monday night. As the collins sank from sight: al'>o ffJr the terribly funny unday Calhoun made a cute couple of This movement may, m fact, be setting a pattern for the Who can they be, these cloaked That once m aU our history rollege crowd . Their humor llnd (Continued on pafe four) Mephi· to , that with such unemng Two Wongs had made a rite. future. PASSI VE RESISTANCE The method as Gandi-type of " passive resistance"-that is Concert by Paul Doktor Com~~sed lLETTERS TO THE EDITOR Ithe phrase that has become the watchword of the movement. The ideology is built around the idea of " no hatred of the white EditOr, The Rin«-tllm Phi to change it. Of Several unusual Compostttons man" and "no violen ce," whatever the provocation . The move­ Th T esd EdT The power of the federal govem- By EO 11000 presstomstac thing, well-played and e u ay 1 ton mcnl has increased to alarming pro- ment as carried o n and supported wath deep religaous fervor Mol.t or tht mUSIC Paul Doktor entertainm~e Cor as long as it look to Dear Sir· porltons since the founding ol this through all the Negro church parishes, and well educated occur It was a warm-up pat.« for great nation The soverl'i~tnlY or the played Thursday n1ghl was M un­ Negro ministers are providing truly expert leadership. Since familiar to Lc.:xm~on as the vaola the major event of the even mg. Dok­ The Negro problem tn the South ia st.ah.-s has becom~ almost mi. Each OnanCl'S of the luxurious truly unfortunate that so many peo­ have 1pent millions (or new &ehools, ple not living in the South feel that whate and Negro. On both sides, the leaders are m agreement compo. et ~ cherished by audiences (Continued on pare four) ap.lrlmcnts, playgrounds. and other have writl<:n for it.) they know whnt1s best for the South. municipal facililiClo which the whites that the matter s hould have been settled long ago. But the ef­ In order to nvoid rntastrophic re­ enjoy. forts to settle it have been inept to the point of absurdity, large· He opt:n<:d with a su1tc by Calx Cancer DriYe Will Open IH'tions to the.- Supreme Court de­ d'Hervelois, a charming 18th cen- . • c.-asion. the South mu t -:land on the A!l lung II!. thl'y pun;uc the pohcy ly because whue communaty sennme nt will not, emotionally, al­ tury pa .. tlche of minuets, plaintt<>, O( " eparate bul equal." Wtth an eye In Lexmglotr A prtl 1 princ:iplr or interposttion. Varginla low compromise. and Neapolitan popular melody. . has begun the great battle ror inter­ toward progr~ive n\ltgrahon, the Doktor's firm control over lhe deli- , The .1951i CanCt'r Dm·e w1ll. began postlton, and it ts the JOh of lhe government should not Interfere. I The Negroes don ' c demand total desegregation of the buses. cate dynumacs or this piece allowed m Lexmgton on Sunday, Aprtl first, South lo follow. In order to avotd do not believe that tht- cross-section What their demand boils down to is chat a Negro pays his fare us to overlook an OCC41sional bungled nccordmg to Walham Chtpley, head or the Negroes in the South want unnC'<'£·~al)· \•ioiC"nce and bloodshed. an d takes a seat in the bus he must not be required beer, as the trill. llis subdut-d, accurate occom- or th'-' city's drive again this year. \\t' must expedite thas measure. intcgnalton Immediately. They real­ panist, Fnl.t Juhoda, also de:.ervea The drive chairman has named be that one cannot arbllrartly change bus fills up, to yield his seat to a white man simply because the The nine old m('n or the Supreme high praise. lic:al the town. The goal has Court was not a wise one. Many were judiced. The1r decasion was one based perfectly yt.isfied with the reforms The situation ts nfe with m consastcncy and irrationality, bert • Ar!)(IUJIIme" Sonata, wath its b<:en set at $3,000, ind Mr. Chip­ on quixotic dreamlt, rather than on falst! chmox~ , boring, insl5tenl ley has said that he hopes that It can that were already being made before which the white people are frank to admit. For example, a large the realism that we are faced with the Supreme Court t\lecled itself to rhythms, and ofle:nsively over- done be met. part of the white children of Montgomery are being brought today. The South needs lime more th~ posalaon of omn~cience. The fu­ coda. Perhaps Doktor played It well, The drive will geL underway with thon nnythlnJ( t>l e to overcome lhis hut his pluirnlti were inaudible, and a bam dance on March 3, Mr. Chip­ ture or the South I greatly cn­ up under rhe care of tho u sands of Negro servants who work in c:olo~al problem. But no true south­ dangerl..'d by thlli Rclton . It Is my his tone went fl,,t nl extreme ranges. ley said. He abo alated that he hopes erner will accept thb decision just white homes in a relationship of t rust and even affection. Out­ Eath~ r the work wa markt.>d acce l~r- to hold a radio panel discUSbion on earnest hope that the stat • men or bccau e nine old men ct~n arbitrarily the: South can-through interposition side the home, these same Negroes and their white employers ondu, or Doktor ha hot and nnllious cancer with hoth docton and lay­ peo­ a; ct the fate of the: South. The -£aVe are implacably entrenched against each other in the boycott to get through for intermi~ion . men participating, as well as promot- thc South and thert:by pre- ple of the South ha\·e a God-gaven rvc the solidarity of the nation. Thc Malhaud suite, Quatrt- Vb- ing the showing of films and provid­ right to determine their 0\\-7\ des­ showdown ... ares, that followed was a slight, im- ing speakers for private c:lubs. limics. No nine men have the raght F. M. MANTZ (Conranued on page 4) THE RING-TUM PHI Page 3 • Swimmers Place Fourth tn Southern Conference Richardson Takes 2nd in Diving; •W&L H ts 6 T · Wr tim· g Meet . Generals Bow to Cincinnati T earn En ds W1.th 6 - 3 Recor d OS earns .m es . ' Face GW in sc Tourney

By BOB IIEPIIERD record automatically as it was the injury- ftrsl time the event was held. VPI Is Favored to w m Conference T ttle B\v~~~~n~t!~~~~~e's The Washington and Lee tank.mcn plagued Gt:nerals, who dropped a came throuqh with a 3rd place in Bill van Fossen of VMI was the By DICK MAUTER Stu Bowdon, by A fall for his first col- !olk's Granby H1gh School wh1ch had 87-57 decision to Cmcinnnti last the 300-yd. medley relay to sweep indivtdual high scorer of the meet wlll be 8 heavy fav- lcgiate loss. Guidi nb.o lolit once this two o( its alumni lake notional weekend, will meet George Wash­ iuto fourth pluee nmong the seven os he captured three first places. He orite to win the Southern Conference year by a 5-4 marf{m to the same NCAA championships last year. ington University in the opening team!\ rcprCtiCnted at the Southern copped the 1,500 meter Cree style wrestling crown for the second year University or Pltl~hurgh hoy. Bob Washmgton and Lee-the Generals round of the Southern Conference Thul"&day, added the 220-yd. free Conference me:ct in a row this w~kend at Washing- Perry, who hoot him for the notional bt"St bell are its l wo seniors, Mc­ Basketball Tournament on Thursday. style Friday, and sped in first in The meet, which was held at VMI ton and Lee University. champ1on htp Last year. Spadden and 147-pounder John Elli~. Again~! Cmcmnati, the combined th111 pa,l Thur<>day, Friday, and Sat· the 440-yard free style Saturday. McSpadden's £our-year record is now Dtck Hoyt of VMI wu the only oth­ The two-day tournament ~tets un ­ Armand Taylor poor first half shooting and the ab­ urday, WB!i parlicJpattd in by VMI. derway at 2 p.m. Friday, !'tt arch 2 37-3-0, and he is a two-time confer­ sence oC Lee Mar..hall from the W&L VPJ, Davidson, The Citadel, West er swimmer in the meet to wm more Tech's other champ, sophomore ence champ, winning the tourney's than one championship. He won the with finals in all e\cnts cheduled limup helped account for the 42-25 Virginia, William and Mary, and for 8 p.m. Sat urda~ in W&L's Dore­ Armand Taylor, m1J}\t have a rough most oullitanding wrestler award two lead that the Bearcal~ ran up in Wachmgton and Lee. VMl made a 100 and tht> 200-yard Back stroke road ahead also, for his lone loss of years ago. EU11, runner-up to Tay­ titles. mus Gymnasium. the first half While Cmcinnah was rout of the meet Cor the second his college career came this winter lor last year at 137 has won six, lost hitting for over 50 per cent of th( ir With two individual chamipon.s strl~hl year as they rolled up 162 The Generals won their last dual when he was dt>feoted by VMl's 147- one nnd tied one this season for :.hots, the be~lthe "Blue and White" points to capture their third Con­ meet lnst Tuesday at the expense of to defend their titles and a trio pound senior Stu Jones, also a de­ a career mark o£ 32-8-1. could do was make 2.5 per cent o! ference crown In a row. The Key­ Randolph-Macon and ended up tht> of unbeaten freshmen, the Tech mat­ fending Southern Conference champ. their shots their tall and men appear to hove an easier time VMl-Stu Jones heads a formid­ a~ainst dets were followed by VPI with 68 sa~on with a record of six wins Taylor's triumph last year was at able list or veterans who have won experiencto.d opponents. ahead of them than they dld last last 137-poWtd welfdlt class. Jones oC VMI points, Davidson with 41, W&L with a~alnst thne losses. The Blue and SIX, lost four this year. They hnve Dom Flora was high man again year, when they just nipped West is un~aten thl.-o year in 10 matches 22, The Citadel with 15, William and White tankmen defeated Catholic good solid team strength. Cor W&L, but his shoohng wns fur Virginia by one point for the con­ and the chanc:cs are that these two Mary w1th 8, and West Virginia with Univer-ity, University of Virginia, Wt-st Virjlinia-although not as ~low his usual form. Center Frank Lynchburg College, Dav1dson Coi- ference honors. will tangle on the mall before the 1. ru; Hoss chipped in with 12 pomts and In all, there will be five boys back weekend 1:. over. strong last year, they are still V!\11 Triumphs Again lege. Wilham and Mary, and Ran- capable of gJvmg Tech a hard bottle. Barclay Smith had 11 markers. Top An abundancy of depth once more dolph-Macon College while losing to defending their individual champion­ ships, two from Tech, AUred Carson Washington and Lt-e's lone cham- Gu1d1, Kramer, and Ernie Fuchs man for Cancannali was their Cap­ proved to the odvantagc o! VMI as East Carolma Teachers College, pion il> 167-pound lithst senior G1bby 067) are the only lettermen back lain Phil Whecll.'r w1th 21 poinlc;. they captured 10 first places out of Duke University, and Virginia Tech. and Armand Taylor; one from VMI, Stu Jones; one from W&L Gibby McSpadden, who received his first I from last year's runner-up squad. Coach McCann sprang a surpriSe m the 13 events in the meet (VPI The Generals only Conference loss loss thiS ~a:.on since his freshman Davidson the Wildcats are bank­ the :.t~cond haU as he sLarted Gary got the other three first places). The In a dual meet was to the Gobblers. McSpadden; and one from West Vlir­ ginia, Bryce Kramer. ye:u-., He was pinnt-d hy Appala- mg on Pete Coleman, a 123-pound McPherson and Dick Skolnick. The Keydets failed to go into double fig- The team is rather young as they chiBn s Red Vohden m the 177-pound frosh who stands at a 4-2-1 record Generals, sparked my the hustle of ures on only two occasion~, the 50· graduate only Captain Frank Guen­ Guidi to Wrestle classification, but it Is not settled yet for the year; Henry Griffiin, 130- lht::.e two guards, staged a comeback, yd. freestyle, and the 200-yd. Bultt>r· ther and have all the rest of the learn as to the weight McSpadden will pound soph. who IS t-1-1; and senior but finally ran out of gas and suc­ 1n addition to this array of wrest­ cumht'd 87-57. Ry. W&L placed in six of the thirteen returning. With a bit more depth and ling talent there's Lew Guidi of West wrestle in the tournament. heavywe110tht Dave Rcgm who is also Washington and Lee will enter the events with Charlie Richarclc;on's experience and perhaps a few more Virginia. former conference 130- Bryce Kramer Will defend his 157- 4-1-1 on the season. G<'orge Wao;hlngton contest as under­ second place in diving being the pcrformt:rs from next year's Fresh­ pound champ who was edged out by pound title for Wht Virgmia. The The C1tadel - thib tournament highest place the Generals were able man class. the Generals could very Tech's Carson last year in a "wild Mountaineer !'Cmor ha•1 been injury- marks the fir))t time the Bulldogs dol!'>. for the lop-seeded Colonials to capture. easily become Conference contenders and wooly" finals match. Guidi then ridden this season and his record have entered a run team m several art: a strong choice to win the tour­ The other events in which the in the near future. Coach Cy Twom­ went on to the NCAA national st.ands at 2-1. It's a possible that he year:;. They have a new coach m nament. Howe\'cr, the Blue Comets Generols placed were: Jay Fox third bly, Manager Ben Hoover, Captam matches and fought his way into the may move up one weight for the Harold "Red" Springer, but their mat pulll'eao;on against Furman, and it is in Ute 200-yd. Butterfly; the 300-yd. Frank Guenther, and aU of the mem­ finals for the U. S. 130-pound tiUe, tournament. fortunes have not bloomed yet. E. L. Mcdlcy relay team of Duncan, Gold, bers of the team deserve a hearty where he lost by a narrow mnrgin. Six Southern Conference schools Dw.nis, a 167- pound sophomore, has hoped they might come up with an­ other surprise. and Allotti placing third; Aliotti, round a( applause for the outstand­ Tech's Carson has been hampered will enter full teams in the tourna- the best mark at 2-0. Guenther, Morris, and Glauser fin- 1 ing job they have done this year in by injuries this year, but he is ex­ ment. Here's how they look: The winner of this year's touma- lshing fifth in the 400-yd. free style representing Washjngton and Lee so pected to be ready for the tourna­ VPI -defending champs. Besides menl seems to be VPI by a wide relay; Duncan placing sixth in the well. ment, and the prospect of a re-match their two defending champs there margin, but the &econd slot is wide ART SILVER 100-yd. Backstroke; and Lou AUotli ------­ with Guidi looms as one of the big are three freshmen - Ernie Piercy open to everyone. U one team can Complete Line of l\ten's ClothinJ placing sixth in the grueling 1500 me­ h1ghlights of the affair (123 lbs., 6-0) Joe Heller (137 lbs., compile enouqh second and third- Grapplers Fall to U . Va.; V A.V liEUS EN SDJRTS ter Free Style. Carson, a sophomore, has wrest­ 5-0), and Sherman Vandevender (157 place vicloncs they might lake that The meet was scored on a basts of McSpadden and Ellis Win led only four bmes thiS year, losing lbs., 6-0) who wtll be strong title ~tpot. The heavyweight division is Robert E. Lee llotel Buildinr 7-5-4-3-2-1, except for the 400-yd. once to Virginia's blind 130 pounder, contenders All five are from Nor- also wide open (or contenders. Free Style relay which was scored on Washington and Lee's wrestling a basis of 14-10-8-6-4-2, and the team bowed to a powerful V1rgima 300-yd Medley relay which wns on squad 24-6 Saturday at Charlottes­ '""o a basis of 12-9-7-5-3-1. William VIlle. Gibby McSpadden declsloned • and Mary got their 8 points in one previously unbeaten Butch Schawb G-3 and John Ellis stopped Mlke THESE ARE FOR YOU! LUCKY DROODLES! event, n third place in the 400-yd. 0 Free style relay. West Vrrginin got Nesbll G-0 Cor the lone Generol 0 its lone point on a seventh place in points. The Blue and WhJte rounded D1ving. out their regular season w1th a 0 3-5-1 record. Bill Grossman of VPI was named 0 the outstandmg individual perform- ;.,. er in the three-day meel The Sopho­ more performer captured the 50-yard FAMOUS LAST WOlDS ROBERT E. LEE BARBER BOP OP DIIP·HA DIVa freestyle and look the 200-yard In­ David M. 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