K V *<-^rr\ ^ 2} Discar cbd CSL Connecticut Daily Campus 15 - 3 Sorv/nnServing StorrsC(n»v SinceC;»««. 1896<ooc " CD > VOL. LXIX, NO. V5 STORRS, CONNECTICUT TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 196g|gg ' i -< Committee Begins Review Of Selection In Towers Dean Northby Affirms Authority by Frank Molinski The report continued, "It Is not The controversial Tower's Sel- the exlstance of the Towers Pre- Of Student Court As Interpreter ection Boards are presently being ference Boards which are a cause reviewed by University admin- of the Fraternity Dilemma, but Dean of Students Arwood Northby istrators. the very exlstance of the Towers the Court as a "big step in the erslty Board of Trustees. Selection policies of each Tower has affirmed the authority of the development of an effective stu- Following the confirmation of and Hillside dormitories them- newly-established Student Court house were requested at a joint selves." dent government on campus" and the Student Court by the ASG meeting last Tuesday between to act as constitutional inter- announced that he was relinquish- Senate last month, the Justices administrators and Tower pres- Each Towers president will sub- preter for Associated Student ing his post as acting Interpre- notified Northby that the Court idents. mit a statement of house sel- Government. ter. would assume the role of consti- William Schimpft, Assistant ection procedures to the admin- In a letter to Chief Justice James Northby had been temporarily tutional interpreter. Dean of Men, stated that the istrative com-nlttee for review. Mezzanotte, Northby endorsed assigned the post by the Unlv- "I sincerely hope that your policies will be reviewed by him- organization will receive the full self, John Dunlop, Dean of Men, support of the student organiza- and Arwood Northby, Dean of National CORE Director To Speak On tions comprising the Associated Students. Student Government," he stated. The review was Initiated In res- The Justices informed Northby ponse to President Babbldge's Civil Rights Revolution In America that the Court's power would be request that the Administration more fully defined as specific actions were brought before it review the Selection Board pol- James Farmer, outspoken lnte- and others have carried articles icies. The President made the on his work through CORE. for adjudication. gratlonlst and National Director "We therefore intend to urge request In his report on the of CORE, will speak this evening Farmer has a unique talent for fraternity study reccomendations keeping Americans aware that all students and student organ- on the Civil Rights Revolution in izations who feel that they have last January. America. He will appear at there is a civil rights revol- The Fraternity Study Com-nlttee been unjustly injured...to avail 8:00 p.m. in Von Der Mehden ution taking place in the nation themselves of the opportunity Report, issued October 19, 1964, right now. He led CORE mem- Recital Hall. to place such a grievance before recommended that "these 'Selec- Farmer Is Internationally bers in America's first Free- tion' Boards be abolished and that dom Ride, spending 40 days in a this court", they stated. recognized as an articulate The Justices defined Its juris- the decision as to where a stu- spokesman in the struggle for Mississippi Jail as a result. diction as an Injury Incurred dent be assigned be placed solely racial equality among all men. Headlines across the nation and "through an action or a failure in the hands of the University's In many of the emerging nations the world carried the story. In to act either by the Associated Division of Housing." The re- throughout the world today, he 1963, Farmer, who believes that Student Government, a member port cited the boards as a con- is one of the best known Am- a leader must do more than just organization of this government, tributing factor in UConn fra- ericans and his writings and plan, was arrested following a or by an individual acting as a civil rights demonstration in ternity weakness. comments are influencing men representative of ASG or Its The Tower Presidents' Report, Louis ianna. Police, who used everywhere. member organizations." Issued after the Fraternity Study, He attracted national attention electric cattle prods and tear defended the selection boards during the hunt for the civil gas on the demonstrators, with the following statement; "If rights trio in Mississippi. Mil- charged Mr. Farmer with, "dis- the University arbitrarily places lions of Americans then saw turbing the peace and obstructing Finalists For persons together at random, him and heard his incisive com- a sidewalk." In 1964, he again 9 there Is a much greater proba- ments when he appeared on many made world headlines when CORE 'Jungle Bunny bility that there will be a lack national TV news shows. Such and its supporters picketed the of the mutual Interests and co- national news magazines as N.Y. World's Fair, protesting operation required for responsi- LIFE, TIM3,NEWSWEEK, LOOK racial discrimination and seg- James Farmer Queen Selected bility to manifest Itself." regation. Farmer, the grandson of a slave, Negro population. CORE'S mil- Five "Jungle Bunny" finalists helped form the first chapter of itancy has captured the imagin- have been selected to reign over World News Briefs CORE at the University of Chi- ation of countless thousands of the upcoming Jungle Ball, m cago in 1942. These pioneers young Negroes and they have will- electing a Jungle Bunny Queen, King Leads March; Confederates Drop Leaflets intended, Mr. Farmer states, ingly participated in sit-ins, North Campus men are intro- (SELMA, ALABAMA) (AP)—Dr. of the Federal Community Rel- "to substitute bodies for exhor- stand-inSjvand even jail-ins. ducing a new tradition on campus. Martin Luther King walking arm- ations Service, Leroy Collins, a tations" and to apply to the strug- Farmer declined ordination, The "Queen" will be selected in-arm with his wife has led former Florida Governor, joined gle for racial equality In America however, and began his career from five contestants by male 300 persons out of Dallas County the marchers. During the day, the techniques of non-violence in social action as race rela- ticket holders as they enter the and passive resistance that in the march to Montgomery. a plane showered the marchers tions secretary of the Fellow- dance. The marchers entered Lowndes with leaflets carrying segrega- Gandhi used so successfully in whip of Reconciliation. Later The five finalists are: Pam County and headed for a camp- tionist messages and announcing India. he was active in union move- Whiteman, second semester stu- Since that time Farmer received site some 17 miles from the pas- they came from "the world's ments in the U.S., helping to dent from South Hall B; Sharon ture where they spent last night smallest air force, the Confed- a B.S. in chemistry from Wiley organize the South for the Up- Choate, six semester student and 25 miles from the starting erate Air Force." College when he was only 18 holster's International Union. He from Delta Pi; Ricky Bradley, point at Selma. The Director years old. He then studied for was also International Represen- second semester student from the ministry at Howard Univ- tative of the State, County and Crawford B; Denise La France, State Dept. Defends Use Of Tear Gas ersity's School of Religion, earn- Municipal Union, and served as second semester student from ing a Bachelor of Divinity De- a member of a five-man dele- Holllster A; and second semes- (WASHINGTON) (AP)—The US forces against Communist Guer- gree when he was 21. gation from the International ter student Georgette Ponton. State Department has defended rillas. The Department says Farmer has been involved with Confederation of Free Trade On Wednesday the above con- the use of a type of tear gas the mild type of gas designed the social, economic, and cul- Union to 15 African nations. In testants will be given a tour to disable the enemy temporarily, tural problems of America's supplied by the United States (Con't To Pg. 6, Col. 3) (Con't. To Pg. 4) for use by South Vietnamese Is more humane than guns. Jungle Bunny Finalists ai Pamela Wniteman Ricky Bradley Denise LaFranee Georgette Ponton PAGE TWO CONNECTICUT DAILY CAMPUS TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1965 Connecticut Daily Campus the editor We Began To Wonder... of view when dealing with "ques- about twenty five per cent of New Program tionable" articles In the future. our educated and enlightened stu- Early Sunday evening we got a call from a 1 shall quote Shaw; dent body bothered to vote, even To the Editor: "A Fool's brain digests phil- the winners have a right to spout young lady from Hartford. Her voice gave osophy Into folly, science Into sour grapes. the hint of a Negro accent as she proudly pro- I propose that the IFC Investi- superstition, and art into pedan- Frultlly, claimed that she had "just returned from gate the possibility of running try." Senator Ognatz Selma" and now ahe was helping to organize weekend dining hall facilities The True "VOICE" of ASP a massive civil rights rally in Hartford on on a profit basis and that the Sour Grapes M New Senator* Wednesday night. She told how "the Governor money raised should be put into a University scholarship fund or To the Editor; is going to be there," and that "we need every to some charities. Students run- To The Editor: person we can get from the University of Con- ning the program could be I as a senior have listened to selected and paid according to Last Wednesday, Lord Alfred a total of eight different cam- necticut." need and responsibility.
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