Page Four
THE TWIG
December 12,1968
Tension Rises as Carmichael
Preaches Violence, Hate
VISIT EUROPE
(Conlinued from page 3)
By EMILY BARBOUR
it was an average afternoon as
five of us rode over to St. Augus
tine’s for a lecture. But after our
arrival we were stopped at the front
door by a group of students and
told we were not wanted. An older
man approached and told us to fol
low him. That was how our en-
! counter with Stockley Carmichael
began.
Visiting St, Augustine on the after
noon of Nov. 21 were Dr. Charles
Tucker, Mr. Hal Littleton, Ann
Brown, Ann Morris, and me. We
were part of about 1,000 gathered
for Stokely Carmichael's speech
and were also part of the white
minority that made up two or three
percent of the group. 1 thought
tensions were high in the gym, but
since 1 was part of the minority it
might have been my own feeling of
unrest.
Before Mr. Carmichael appeared
on stage, the “brothers,” stu
dents dressed in black clothes with
red arm-bands and Afro-hairdos,
marched forward. The audience’s
reaction to the “brothers” was
mixed, but mine was prejudiced
and negative — these were the
same students who had stopped us.
Stokely Carmichael’s speech was
based largely on his book Black
Power. He spoke of violence, but
this was expected since he is a black
militant leader. What was unex
pected was his overwhelming con
demnation of the white man. He
said that the white man has tricked
and suppressed the black man. He
said the white man has taken every
thing away from the African and
has left him with a hatred of any
thing that reflects blackness, includ
ing himself. Whites, Mr. Carmichael
continued, have tried to instill their
own values in the black culturc.
The only solution Mr. Carmichael
offered to the Negro was violence,
and he seemed to think that another
civil war is quickly approaching.
I wonder if I were a Negro I
would agree with him. Why should
the Negro man fight in Viet Nam
for a democracy that is a farce to
him in so many places? Would pro
fessional killers here in the U. S.
be any more unethical than those
in the army? Why should the Negro
accept the white man's education
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while the Negro has a history of his
own?
I cannot change my whiteness,
nor would I; but L can sympathize
with the things Stokely Carmichael
wants to do. Even so, I cannot ac
cept his method. Martin Luther
King said, “ff a white man strikes
you, turn the other cheek.” Stokely
Carmichael’s reply to this method
was, “tear his arm off. But if a black
man strikes you, turn the other
check."
Surely there has to be some way
for the Negroes to be accepted
equally with the whites. Stokely
Carmichael doesn’t want equality as
a gift; he wants to take it. There
must be some other solution, BUT
WHAT?
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your travels to Europe both as a
student and as a person? As stu
dents say last summer’s travelers
unanimously, they were helped by
seeing many of the things they’d
studied.
Shera Jackson explains, “My stay
in England brought so much of my
English to life — visiting famous
places, just seeing England itself.”
Junior Bonnie Sparks adds that she
has been motivated since return
ing from Europe “to apply what
I’ve learned in college to what I’ve
seen in Europe."
All the girls agree, a visit to
Europe makes you really appreci
ate your homeland. The experi
ence of getting out on your own
adds to personal growth, they con
tinue. As Mary Stuart says, “It
really gave me a chance to make
decisions,” and Shera backs her up
saying, “The freedom of being on
my own changed some of my con
ventional reserves and attitude.s.”
Thirdly, a trip to Europe provides
many opportunities of meeting peo
ple of other cultures. Bonnie Sparks
says, “It really helped me realize
the unity of humanity—that peo
ple arc basically alike everywhere.”
WHAT TO TAKE
The first tip for travel these girls
suggest is “Pack light!” Other travel ,
hints include advice to take spend
ing money, but not too much unless
you’re out to see the really unusual
parts of Europe; to invest in a good
map and study it; to avoid tourist
traps; and not to be ashamed when *
you're caught reading Europe on $5
A Day. They also urge that the
tourist try to meet as many natives
as possible.
Well, there it is — the scoop on
how to get to Europe. As Carrie
Frampton urges, “You shouldn’t
miss it and now’s the time to go .
— while you’re still in school.” If
you DO go, adds Linda Hollings
worth, “I don’t think you can help
but have a good time.”
LIBRARY
(Continued from page 3)
of tradition which I felt around me and the traditions will, too. The re-
then would survive in Campbell Li- location will simply be a transmi-
t>rary. gration — the same soul in a dif-
My eyes fell on the open book ferent structure,
before me, and I thought, “How out “Of course some things will take
of place these well-worn books with getting used to {after all, it’s a
their taped-back-together pages and longer walk from Brewer to Camp-
musty odor will look on brand new bell than from Brewer to Johnson),
shelves. But you will adjust — not because
That alterego of mine once more you will completely forget second
interposed her thoughts, “The li- Johnson Hall (Who could ever for-
brary is not a building, nor is it get that freshman research paper?),
books in a building; a library is the but because you will add new ex
ideas in the books. Ideas are the periences in Campbell. Tradition
soul of a library; they will continue and the ideas in the library will not
regardless of where they arc housed, die.”
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