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..0 0- editorial page I Page Two the clarion NOVEMBER 5, 1965 From The Editor; Integration Is As Well As Political Social I live in the small southern town of Wilmington, North Carolina. The citizens have a Ventage. A century ago they were fightmg the noble war at Fort Caswell and Fort Fisher. Wilmmgton was the last open seaport in the Confederacy lives in their Southern blood. . Integration came quietly to Wilmii^ o . Negroes work in Belk’s and Penney s Department Stores They can eat in most of the restaurants, sleep in most of the motels, sit anywhere m mo^^ theaters or buses, and attend the local white high Their pride The school. When the’y asked for admission to the First Baptist Church, they were seated at the front. A though there are three Klan organizations m the city itself, they are largely impotent, unable to carry out their threats. The town is so quiet that it is listed as one of the top fifty cities for retirement in the United States. , But Wilmington is a perfect example as to wny integration will not infuse the deep South for many generations. As an old Southern town, rts center of attention rests on the social plane. The prime functions are those related to the magnolia da,nces and mint juleps that have been handed down generation to generation. The Negroes will not be able to crash this barrier. One may eat beside them, work beside them, sit beside them on the bus; but socially to them the Negro is inferior. And in Wil mington as most Southern hamlets, the social rules the mind. No legislation can get them an engraved invitation to the Country Club. No act of Congress will get them a cool whiskey on a hot summer night. Integrationists had best realize this. They have a long way to go. That long way will take a long time. Demonstrators Ai| A Student Farce' Student demonstrations coming more and more arey St; on ca^. Society News (Continued from Page one) were given by Sue Contreras, Joan Holder, and Jackie Howie. Officers and new members were then inducted and the olub flower, white carnations, were presented by Kay Whitmore. People in charge of induction ■were Mrs. Walker, decoration; Kathy Kanipe, programs; Gay Everitte, dinner; and Sue Lew is, candle holders. A special thanks goes to the Delphians for helping set up the decorations. "XT‘5 DAt,... WHY SE/Vi) OtVi-V THE "BAl) HOME:/! own 'iRic/Cm/Cos' From The Mann Editor: Still Unread ent throughout the United es. When students here pus were asked their on the usefulness of and for demonstrations, the'flj mg remarks were made STODENT A: “They sfo useful, but the students get tense and upset that they w to get rid of their tensions how. The only thing they reiH do IS make the people when participating feel better” STUDENT B: “Ithinkdea, strations are both good and I depending upon the situation ' far as Brevard College goes,! are always bad and they are«. sided.” Many students expressed t. opinion that demonstratic' were a complete waste of ti»i STUDENT C: “When you« onstrate, all you do is get® pused. It amazes me, no tii how exited the students on U campus get over such trivia^ Some students expressed £ opinion that the idea of slat ing around holding a signii silly and rather foolish, ft students didn’t have any of; ions and just laiughed the wk matter off as a joke. new members. Plans were also discussed to order sweatshirts and sorority pins. Susan Tabor is head of the pin committee. The officers are Jackie Howie, president; Joan Holder, vice- president; and Kay Whitmore, secretary - treasurer. Recently elected were Kathy Keller, his torian; Glenda Lovell, Sgt. at Arms ;and Cindy Nummery, re porter. The adviser is Mrs. Walk er. The Nu Epsilon Mu Omega, formally Mnemosynean Society, held its weekly meeting on Thursday, October 21. Plans were made for their formal tea, which was held in the faculty lounge on October 27. Dinner was served before initiation of The Cliosophic Society held their smoker for pledges and old members Tuesday, October 26. Ken Cook the President, and Mr. Ray Fisher, Olio Advisor, pre sided over the meeting. The smoker’s purpose was to ac quaint the pledges with the pro posed plans for this year. Ken explained that the Clios was a social fraternity, provided by Some students feel that in my commentary con cerning the students mode of clothing themselves, I did a great injustice to the nonconformist. Not at all. The nonconformist has very little to do with the exhibitionist. Just as clothes do not make the man, desert boots do not make the nonconformist. The great rebellion against the man in the grey flannel suit was not against his fashions, but anti- striated thinking. Thus, students let themselves fall into the accepted mode of dress and style for offbeats and consider themselves the wild new prophetic voice, which, incidentally, died with Greenwich Vil lage. There is revolution afoot. But this revolt is as useless as that which preceded it. Our famous few are fighting for the freedom that was extended in the fifties. Long live individualism, even if it must be obtained by conformity. The revolutionary students of the fifties and the sixties have rejected the idea of man’s surpassing tem porality and have begun to make “stone walls a pri son and iron bars a cage”. The only everlasting and important part of mankind is his mind. Whether the body is covered in the lily’s finery or embrionic sac is unrelated to the process of thinking. A true non conformist reads Kant and Buber with no care as to whether they wore beards or sunglasses, just as he reads Gnsberg and Ferlinghetti with no association made between their thoughts and their fashions. If one chooses to wear madras and wingtips, he is no less a nonconformed individual than one who rides a motorcycle and shoes himself with sand&ls. Again, anyone for Mann? I didn’t think so. European Stud) Offer Announcel The Clarion EDITOR Benji Sullivan ASST. EDITOR Diane Warman BUS. MANAGER jiiji Reeves NEWS EDITOR Jenny Munro FEATURE EDITOR Diane Warman SPORTS EDITOR jim Case ADVISOR Ena Kate Sigmon the school. He told of the new policy of selective membership which has been different from that in past years. Ken told of the plans of the club, these including a Clio-Eu- terp Dance, hayrides, hootenan ny, Clio Dance, Christmas Dance, and the Clio-Delphian football and softball game. He explained about the initiation, which was Friday, October 29. Ken then introduced Mr. Fisher, who spoke about the social clubs, their standards, and their need to improve over years past. The old members were then intro duced to the pledges and the meeting was adjourned. After the meeting Ken Cook had these things to say about the Clios—“I want to get more done this year, mainly for the purpose of preserving the soci ety.” Why was the membership lim ited? “We wanted to create a fraternity atmosphere, mainly lor the purpose of individual co operation, rather than mass con fusion. I feel that in any or ganization there has to be a cer tain standard of perfection in order to obtain a desirable goal. My main purpose is this goal of perfection.” What are the requirements for membership? “Our one main requirement is character. We try to select members that we feel can add to the purposefulness of our organization.” Ken has confidence in the usefulness of the club and also in its members. Confidence in stills confidence and Ken sum med it up by saying, “This year is going to be the best.” EAST LANSING, Mich.-Cij lege students interested in sir in Europe diu-ing the wit spring and summer terms r invited to apply now for id gan State University progrc beginning in 1966. Offered by the American It guage and Education Ceis (AMLEC) of MSU’s Contiir Education Service, informal s economical programs are scl* uled for Paris, France; Lais ne and Neuchatel, Switzcrlii Florence, Italy; Cologne, many, and Barcelona and ft rid, Spain. Winter programs start Jan i and the spring programs, A|f 18, with the exceptton of i Madrid course which bef April 11. The deadline for® ter term applications is D® ber 10, and for spring let March 18. Details for the summer crt and informal courses available soon. The programs will classes in conversation, co®P tion, grammar and readinl ticipants will also visit [*• of historic and geographic * est, which become the top® lectures and seminar-tyP® sions covering cultural, P® , social and economic inst» of the country in which we!- residing. , i To promote the use of eign language and to P them with . ter understand their contemporanes, American ? ticipants will attend cl^* share living accomm^ with students from mans tries, including Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Greai A descriptive brochure application tained by contacting . 58-A Kellogg Center' ^ State University, Mich. f
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