bf-femea 1Co ,1I. Vol. 28, No. 2 Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University. Tallahassee, Fla. November 2, 1959 By Student Proxy Student Editors Plan To Attend Congressioal Committee, ACP Conference The editors of The FAMUAN Court Appointments Made and The Rattler student publica- tions will attend The Associated Collegiate Press Conference at the SGA President I. Charles Robinson recently announced the Hotel New Yorker in New York. committee and court appointments for the Student Congress for November 12-14. the 1959-60 school term. Such appointments were made and Remus C. E. Allen, editor or approved by Student Congress The FAMUAN, and Wilkie Fergu- in its last session held on Oc- son, editor of The Rattler, will Famuan Cops depart Wednesday night, Novem- tober 15. Second Class ber 11, for New York. Standing committees with The Associated Collegiate Press WOMEN'S DAY SFEAKER-Jausie Bemet Sa, eight, wil be Nrmbw 5 is an organization composed of all Cevcation speaker. Shown with Mrs. Sems is ho twia shter, Mrs. 3.i chairmen are as follows: School ACP Honor Mark United States college newspapers, Bennet Sottle. Spirit Committee, Barbara The FAMUAN was rated as a magazines, yearbooks, literary di- Black; School Policy Commit- second class newspaper by the 61st gests. tee, Buford Gibson; Hospitality All -American Critical Service The purpose of this meeting is Noted Anther of Whit. Mother Committee, Harriet Witsell; sponsored by the Associated Col- to acquaint the college journalist with the trends of journalism and Student Activities Commit- legiate Press. This rating is for and Slated For Women's Convocation papers published the second se- to judge individual college publi- tee, Clinton Butler. mester of the 1958-59 school year. cations. The judges of the news- papers are well-known newspaper- Novelist is Recipient Special committees were ap- According to J. W. McGuaid, men and journalism professors. pointed to revise the Student copy desk editor of the Minneapo- Several short courses will be Government Association Consti- lis Tribune and judge of The of National Awards, held. Panel discussion groups on Mrs. Jessie Bennet Sams, noted author of the recent best- tution and to draw up a set of FAMUAN for the Associated Col newspaper problems and the seller, White Mother, and gradua±e of Florida A & M University by-laws. William Larkins and legiate Press, "There is much to be "Learn From a Pro" Series, fea- Kenneth Baldwin, respectively. complimented In The FAMUAN. turing newspaper men and editors will be the guest speaker during the third annual Women's Week bead these committees. Presently, and there are other area that from New York papers, will also be Convocation at her alma mater Thursday, November 25. the BOA is entirely lacking of a need improvement ... front page featured. She was the recipient of the coveted Florida A & M University set of by-laws; and the Constitu- is on the whole very good." Meritorious Achievement Certli- tion contains a host of inade- The FAMUAN received excellent quacies, according to Robinson. cate which was awarded during ratings on balance, sports display, Mississippi Trial the '58 t exercidsn. Richard Mahburn was recom- printing, and the masthead. Very The auther was born in Alachua mended and approved for the pos- good ratings were received on news Gives Hope to the County, Florida, and reared In ltloh of chief justice of the Stu- sources, style, features, editorials, Fort Myers. She received her ale- dent Honor Court, 'along with the and editorial fee:- ~e. sports cov- mentrg and, high school edoce- Deep Neg ' following personnel who comprise erage, front page. .:adllnes, typog- Sot'th tion in For Mpe~en r rt s"als--- the court: Jesse McCrary, as- raphy, and plctures. Hopes for moe justice for Negroes in the U. S. built up was graduated from Dunbar High k sociate justice; Maxwell Clark, as- The newspaper received a total when the Fifth U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules that Robert School sociate justicq; Sylvester Roberts, of 2,800 points which was 200 Lee Goldsby's constitutional rights were denied by "systematic After receiving the bachelor of judge; Johnnie Olds, Judge; Na- points less than the minimum for science degree in English from exclusion" poleon Rhodes. Judge; Willie a first class rating. of Negroes from the jury that tried him for the Florida A & M College, she re- murder of a white woman in that Bryant, judge; Barbara Cooper, The papers were edited by bar Negroes from jury serv- turned to head the English de- judge; ice." Remus Allen, judge; Wil- Ira Charles Robinson and printed 1954. Goldsby's death has been partment at Dunbar High from liam Thompson, alternate judge; by the Rose Printing Company. postponed five times in the past 1938 to 1946. She now resides in and Octeon Cumberbatch, clerk. four years with yet another re- Los Angeles where .she has been Since The FAMUAN received employed in the Los Angeles pub- Already at work was the Traffic third class rating during the first cent legal delay which will Alpha Kappa Mu lic school system for the past 13 Court of which Robert Kemp is semester, the second semester's simultaneously push forward the years. chief justice; Herman Pratt, cause of Negro civil rights In the achievement represents a Mile- White Buford Gibson, judge; Lor- Deep Seeks 3 Point Mother, best-seller among judge; stone of hard work. This aichieve- South. non - fictional enzo Brown, Lea books a few Judge; Ester ment will serve as a stimulant to The Circuit Court ruling was months ago, is an autobiography Byrd, clerk; and Faye Gary, clerk. the present staff. made on the following basis: Plus Honor List of Mrs. Sams and her twin, Mrs. Mississippi law requires that Bessie Bennet Battle, grand and petit juries are drawn Kappa Iota Chapter of Alpha a nurse at Kappa Mu National Honor Society the Los Angeles County Hospital from lists of registered voters The book MEMORIAL who have paid poll tax. Carroll discussed plans for the institution is a tribute to the late Mrs. Rossie Lee of Fort County, Mississippi, where Golds- of a dean's list to supplement the Meyers honor roll which now calls for a who befriended the twins Jessie by was indicted and tried has a 3.3 average. and Bessie characterized in the A Tribute To Oliver Joyce total population or 15,448 of The dean's list is to consist book as Veanle and Mingle. which 8,836 are Negroes but does of Oliver Joyce is a name that will be forever remembered in not have one registered voter. persons who make 3.3 averages The novel, published by Mc- the hearts of the students, faculty and staff of FAMU. Joyce was Therefore, there is no Negro qual- while the honor roll is to consist Graw-Hill in '57, has been printed of persons who make 3.0-3.29 av- the victim of a fatal accident sustained during football practice. ified to be juror. Such is the case in London, Norway, and Sweden, in some twenty-two other coun- erages. and has been translated into 14 The heart of every true FAMUAN is heavy with the loss of ties in Mississippi in which the Such a change will mean more languages in condensed form. students receiving due recognition a true RATTLER who exhibited the qualities of sportsmanship, Negroes are In a majority. Mrs. Sams did graduate work at The Carroll County court has for scholastic achievements since courage and fortitude on and off the gridiron. all students who make 3.0 and the University of Souithern Cal- been ordered by the U. S. Circuit ifornia and has been doing grad- Judge Richard Rives to re-try above averages will be entered on Football is a rough game and it takes guts and a genuine either the dean's list or the honor uate work in English at the Uni- love to play it. Joyce had the determination and will to make Goldsby within eight months in versity of Colorado for the past the presence of a "legally consti- roll. the Rattler eleven. He was one of the few men to leave his prep eight summers. She lives with tuted jury" to be chosen from a Plans were drawn up for the her husband, football days and make the varsity squad during his freshman John Bams, a native panel from which Negroes have semester's reception for honor stu- of Fort Meyers, dents making last semester's at 10500 West year. not been excluded. He threatened Zamora Avenue, in Los Angeles. to grant Goldsby's plea for a writ honor roll to be held on November He helped to engineer the Rattlers to their first three vic- of habeas corpus if the state falls 4. The honors' convocation has "We keep very busy here in tories of the season. His running, blocking, and tackling were to carry out such orders. been set for November 15 at which Los Angeles-happily so-making an inspiration to the entire team. Although Goldsby's main con- time some seven neophytes will be ceramics and practicing painting," cern is the saving of his life, the tapped into the society. said Mrs. Sams. About half of To the family of the deceased, we express our deepest sym- incidents evolving around his Robert Kemp is president of their spare time Is spent in writ- pathy. It is a tragedy that he had to be taken from the ones who case will have far reaching effect Kappa Iota Chapter. Agnes Phil- ing. Mrs. Same has completed a second novel and two short stores.