The Daily Texan [article]

University Of Texas At Austin, Austin, The University Of Texas At
2022
Policy Hit By Negroes By RICHARD COLE Issue News Editor Forty Negro students sat on the entrance steps of the Chancellor's Office of the Main Building and passed out leaflets to passers-by between 11:50 a m. and 12:10 p.m. Monday. The group plans to do the same Tuesday. Joan McAfee, a member of the group, said. The leaflet stated: ' We are aware that the spring performance of the Southern Sing ers was rearranged so that the Ne gro students who are members of th* organization could participate
more » ... the entire program which will l*e presented on April 2. "However: "If we w ere fully accepted as students of this U niversity, such change* would not h a te been necessary. " We are protesting: " 1 The subtle segregation and unequal treatment of Negro stu dents at The University of Texas. "2 The unwritten polirv n< the 1 . 'nJvwiity, which allows Negro stu dents partieipatlon only with reser-\ ations '* NY Timesman To Speak Here James Donald Adams, hook edi-1 >r of the New York Times since 1 *43, will speak to the public Wed rewday at 10 a m. In Journalism Building 205. In addition to his New York Times weekly column entitled * Speaking of Books," Adams has achieved fame In other fields. ' He Is the author of the book "Lit erary Frontiers ' and ' The Shape H ie performance of the Southern Singers will be held at 8 p.m. Tues day in the Texas Union Auditor ium. The final number of the presen tation, "The Merry Widow W altz," will not Include w altzing now. UT Law School To Honor Baker The University Law School will honor Rex G. Baker, retired Hous ton oil executive, as Its outstand ing alumnus during the 1963 I .aw Day observance Friday. The day's activities speeches, presentation of $1,300 in student awards, and final arguments In the Hildebrand Moot Court Compete tkm -will be dedicated to Baker He ts to be presented by Law Dean W Page Keeton In 1958 Baker headed the Com mittee of 75, a citizen group which made studies and recommendaticm during the University's 75th year on the future of the Univer sity System Mr and Mrs Rex G Baker and Mr. and Mm Hines H Baker of Houston have endowed two profes sorships in the University Law School, to be filled by September. 1964 Both professorships require that the holders devote part of their time to courses emphasizing the philosophy of law and the ori gins of the role of law-In a free society. The Rex G. Baker and Edna Hef lin Baker Professorships will deal with course* on the fundamental principles of law In a free society', including constitution law and the * Star nature and function of law. Courses yir< of similar nature will also he taught by the Baker professor to Six Pages Today No. 142 Senate Approves Ban on Poll Tax By The Associated Press t! ic r retirem ent benefit-if they Te.vas senators agreed Mon-arr n ' ' n !he |,rn h when thc> becom e 65, regardless of length of require records w ith the secretary' of s'ate. Sen. W. T. Moore of B ryan, the spon-Blanlcet Tax Tickets . still available for Round-Up events. LGW UFRU, Fellers; Spree Begins Pronto dav to ban the poll tax and ^ 1 service. then gave tentative approval Passed a -c to to setting up an annual voter polling institution-to f:m registration system. Backers of perm anent reg istration failed 22-9 to sub stitute th eir system for an nual registration. Then sena tors voted 17-14 against bi ennial registration, NO TEST T h e House Elections C om m it tee M onday night approved a m easu re by Rep. Malcolm Mc G regor of El P aso setting up a p erm an en t reg istratio n system , w ith no fee and no literacy test. The bill now goes to the floor for debate. Efforts by Hep. Bill Walker of Cleveland to substitute By BARBARA TCMMH A ssistant Managing Editor W L. White, journalist, novelist, and urn of the late Pulitzer Prizewinning Mitor. William Allen White, wall be here Thursday and Friday for two speeches and a cof fee in his honor. TIC K ETS U A roving editor for Reader s Di gest and former war correspondent for 40 American daily newspapers. White will speak on " A Writer Looks at Writing" at 7 p m. Thurs day at Green Pasture*. Tickets for the dinner are $3, available Tues day in Journalism Building 108. At 1 p.m. Thursday a coffee will be held for the writer In the Humanltle* R esearch Center on the fourth floor of the Main Building. At 1 p.m. Friday White will speak to m em bers of the Pres* and Contemporary Affairs rla a i in the Home Econom ics Auditorium. The clase is open to the public. William Allen White established News hi B r ie f... Compiled From AP Reports BAYI>OR. The editor of Baylor University's Ex-Student Associa tion magazine resigned Monday over events growing out of the closing of Eugene O'Neill's play, " Long Day's Journey Into Night." Mrs. Frances Provence, editor of the Baylor Line, charged the Ex-Students Association with "censorship in its crud est form." INDIANA. A form er director of scholarships s t Indiana I niversity w as charged Monday with em bezzling $2,700 in rigged scholarships. Eight em bezzlem ent counts w ere filed against Ja m es H. Lochary after a sophom ore governm ent student's su s picions led to a state audit. "T hey're uncovering m ore every day," prosecutor Thomaa Hoad ley com m ented. NEW YORK. The city's nine major newspapers again shared news-stand space for the first time in nearly four months. Five and a half million copies rolled off the presses to herald the end of the 114-day blackout. Business circles estimated the cost of the tieup at more than 5250 million. Back on the job after 16 weeks of idleness were nearly 20,000 newspaper employes. CUBANS CAPTURED. Seventeen anti-Castro raiders were ca p tured by a British w arship on a sm all Bahamian Island Sunday night. An Am erican adventurer In the raiding group, Jerry Buchanan, w as flown to Nassau In a British Navy plane. The other m en had been detained by police in and placed aboard a ship.
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