Tougaloo Professor Reports on Southern Reactions
An Auburn University style critique piece compiles Tougaloo College instructor John Garner and editor Jimmy Ward letters detailing June 1963 Mississippi racial tensions. The excerpts comment on rapid hate courses, NAACP debates, King protests, and federal troop use amid Birmingham unrest, with lingering Ole Miss fallout.
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Mississippi
John Garner
Tougaloo College
Tougaloo
Garner
Jackson Daily News
Jimmy Ward
Ward
Cancer College
Edwin King
Vaiden
NAACP
National Association For the Advancement of the Communist Party
Questioning Campus Dress Rules and Visual Arts Controversy
A student piece criticizes Welles Dining Hall attire restrictions pushing slacks and jeans over suits, arguing it enforces prestige and promotes the snack bar. It also notes a Jackson exhibit with censored paintings and a protest against interracial marriage bans. Signed by John, Margrit, and Stephen Garnes.
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Welles
Saga
Margrit
Jackson
Mississippi
John, Margrit
Stephen Garnes
Foreign Program In Erlangen Rated Success
Kalamazoo College runs a foreign study program in Erlangen Germany praised as a success. Leader Keith Bekoske notes student satisfaction while Frau Dr Leonhardt earns praise for housing placement and guidance with Erlangen University officials aiding trips and integration.
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Erlangen
Keith Bekoske
Kalamazoo College
Germany
Kalamazoo
Frau Dr. Leonhardt
Frau Leonhardt
Don Frost
Friedrich-Alexander University
Italy
Hen
Leonhardt
John Ingles
Foreign Office
Herr Behrans
University of Colorado
Boulder
Berlin
Bekofske
America
Theater Arts and Speech Dept abandons Where's Charlie? plan
Scheduling issues force cancellation of the Abcott Loesser musical set for February 27 to 29. The department will stage Thornton Wilder's Plays for Bleeker Street as the replacement production.
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Theater Arts and Speech Department
Thornton Wilder
Senate Meets Problems As New Quarter Begins
The Kalamazoo College Student Senate opened the winter session amid transition from fall terms under a new president Gene Tidrick. Elections for several class representatives were discussed along with how to determine class standing for accelerated or advanced placement students serving as senators. A committee chaired by Tom Seeley was approved to investigate the issues. A separate Ecumenical Council proposal to fund a Radio Free South station for civil rights news prompted partial review and subsequent updates to be provided later.
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Jackson Daily News
CORE
Jackson
NAACP
Freedom Riders
Alabama
Hinds County
Russel Moore
G. Ray Kercin
Ole Miss
Kalamazoo College
Mandelle Board
Gene Tidrick
Jamaica
John Osborn
Tidrick
Society
Senate
Barry Sherman
Tom Seeley
Student Ecumenical Council
Athens
Ohio
Radio Free South
Stanford University
Sherman
Review of Aiken Reason and Conduct by David Scarrow
Review assigns Prof David Scarrow Aiken's Reason and Conduct as an accessible introduction to contemporary moral philosophy. It highlights Aiken’s embrace of Delphic self knowledge and contrasts his practical approach with classical metaphysics.
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David
Scarrow Aiken
Henry David
Alfred A. Knopf
New York
Aiken
England
America
Socrates
Plato
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Birmingham
House Committee On Un-American Activities
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Peoples' World
Los Angeles
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Communist Party
Jen Kennedy
By Elizabeth Cushman
K Group
Jim Albert
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