1961-02-10

              SILLINOIS \.:WESLEYAN
Vol. 67 Bloomington, Illinois, Friday, February 10, 196U1 NIVERSITY
America's 'Freedom Fighter'
To Address RAC Banq uet
Newly Elected Bishop
Friday Convo Speaker
At its Founders' Day Convocation February 17 in Memorial Gym.
nasium Illinois Wesleyan University will honor the men who met to
establish it on September 23, 1850. Among those who pioneered in
feoruenndd inJgo htnh eS .i nBstairtguetiro, nt hwe erRee vtheree nRde vTerheonmd asP eMtearg eCe,a rtMwrr.i gJhatm, eths e ARlleivn-,
Mr. Isaac Funk, Mr. John W. Ewing, Mr. Lewis Bunn, Mr. James Miller,
and Mr. Ernest Fell.
Voigt Speaks '>' "
Bishop Edwin E. Voigt, newly ^
elected Bishop of the Illinois Area
of the Methodist Church, will be
the convocation speaker. BiShop
Voigt is not a newcomer to the
State of Illinois. He was born near
Kankakee, was raised at Roberts,
and attended school there.
He began his ministerial career
in the Rock River Conference,
which is now the Chicago Mietro-politan
Area, and was received on
trial in 1920 and admitted in full
connection in 1924. In October,
1960, he was installed as Bishop to
the Illinois Area after coming from
Aberdeen, South Dakota, where he
served as Bishop of the Dakotas
Area.
The convocation program will Bishop Edwin E Voigt
also include singing by the Co- Bishop Edin .Voigt
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the founders by Professor W. E. cessional and recessional.
ALL-U COUNCIL...
Whitehurst Unable TO Get'
Into Pfeiffer Hall-By Phone
"I have trouble getting into"
Pfeiffer Hall," said Dr. James
Whitehurst at the All-University
Council, meeting Tu e s d a y. "By
phone, I mean," he added.
The comment came up during a
discussion of the number of tele-phone
lines per dormitory and the
problems of trying to phone into
the dorms.
Dr. Whitehurst and several other
members of the council wanted to
know whether or not it was pos-sible
to provide another telephone
line into some of the dorms.
Sue Gilbert replied that she had
understood when the switchboard
in Holmes Hall was installed, sev-eral
lines would be opened in
Bloomington. These, she said, could
possibly be used for the dorms.
SRAC Banquet
Dr. whitehurst-promoting the
RAC Banquet speaker, Martin Lu-ther
King, Jr.-read from an arti-cle
in the February issue of Har-per's
by James Baldwin. Mr. Bald-win
said that Dr. King is "immedi-ately
and tremendously. winning '
in the article entitled "The Dan-gerous
Road Before Martin Luther
King."
The religion professor also
brought up the situation concerning
the sale of tickets. Since not
enough tickets had been sold Tues-day
night, the Religious Activities
Commission decided to announce
the banquet over the loud-speaker
in the Grill and Commons on
Wednesday. Mr. Ed Carpenter
agreed to do the announcements.
IAA and IWU
Mr. Jack Horenberger a s k e d
President Bertholf to clarify the
rumors of when the IAA will va-cate
their buildings.
As of the latest report, the IAA
will move to its permanent build-ing
in July 1961. At present they
are six months ahead of their
building schedule.
At the end of the meeting, Presi-dent
Bertholf explain ed "pro-grammed
self-instruction devices,"
or "teaching machines." "Maybe
teachers are going to be unneces-sary,"
he quipped.
Results of an experiment in
eighth grades have shown that stu-dents
can learn the material in one-half
the timb it would have taken
them a year laiter with an instruc-tor.
These machines are for factual
courses only.
ON THE INSIDE
Art
Drama
Editorials
Faculty News
"Glamour" Contest
M erry W hirl .........
Music
Next Week on Campus
S p o r t s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Student Senate
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Alabama Boycotts
Hit Segregationists
By NANCY HITCHINGS
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On December 5, 1955, Montgom-ery,
Alabama, became the proving
ground for the struggle and tri- ..........
umph of freedom and justice in iii
America.
The once dormant and quiescent
Southern Negroes could take no
more. Almost spontaneously they
decided to boycott the segregated
city buses as a nonviolent reaction ......
against discrimination.
Leads Bus Boycott
Leading the Montgomery Ne-groes
in their boycott was Dr.
Martin Luther King, young minis-ter
of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
tChheu rMcho. ntHgoem ebreyc amIme propvreesmideennt t Aosf- ignrg. equality for the American Ne-sociation,
the organization, which, Arrested Several Times
in King's words, "is seeking to im- It wasa happy day When the
prove not the Negro of Montgom- Montgomer y city buses made their
ery but the Whole of Montgomery." usual rounds carrying both Negroes
Martin Luther King, Jr., was and whites-carrying them without
born January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, the bars of segregation. But the
Georgia. As the son of a Baptist story was not without pain.
minister, he grew up in the South Martin Luther King was arrested
deeply resenting the system of many times. His home was bombed
segregation., twice. He r e c e i v e d numerous
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Crozer Theological Seminary in of a near-fatal stabbing.
1951 and received his Ph.D. from This, then, is Martin Luther King
Boston University in 1955. He mar- -a man vho never forgot to "love
ried the former Coretta Scott in his enemy;" he made suffering a
1953; the are the parents of three virtue. From the beginning, the
children, basic philosophy of the movement
accTohuen t "Moof ntgao mbeursy sSttroikrye" wish icahn ahne d ledit wwaass ntohnev ioSleernmt onre siosnta ncthee,
aenndd edis int hae Sfuiprsrte mseu cCceosusrftu ld, eclaisrigoen- MMoounntgt otmhaert yi'n stp6i redd igthnei fiNede groseosc iaolf
scale application of nonviolent re- action.
sistance in the United States today. In other words, Christ furnished
For Martin Luther King and the spirit and motivation, while
50,000 Negroes, the "Montgomery Gandhi furnished the nonviolent
Story" held hope-hope for achiev- method.
Alpha Gamma Delta, Acacia
Win Dance Attendance Prizes
Acacia fraternity and Alpha
Gamma Delta sorority won top
Black Book Deadline
The Black Book, IWU's English
department literary publication,
has set its deadline for receiving
material as February 25.
'The Black Book will use poethy,
short stories, or essays of good
quality. All students are invited to
submit some material. The publica-tion.
date is set for the first week
of March.
Materia may be submitted to
Anne Beall or Judy Epple, co-editors,
turned in to the desk in
Memorial Center, or givento Mr.
Joseph Meyers, Black Book advisor.
honors for having the highest at-tendance
'at the Campus Chest
Dance February 4. Kappa Kappa
Gamma was second and Kappa
Delta third for the sororities, and
the fraternities Phi Gamma Delta
and Tau Kappa Epsilon gained sec-ond
and third place, respectively.
Ed Coursey was the master of
ceremonies for the entertainment,
which included a dance by Nancy
Ransdell, a novelty act of a medley
of songs by Sandy Jamerson, a
vocal number by Bob Vyverberg
accompanied by a Phi Mu Alpha
combo, and songs by a Sigma
Alpha Iota quartet.
Sue Greene stated that approxi-mately
$260 was gained for Campus
Chest through the dance.
Dr. M.L King
'Falces Challenge'
Dr. Martin Luther King of At-lanta,
Georgia, will speak on the
topic "Facing the Challenge of a
New Age" at the Religious Empha-sis
Banquet February 14 in the
Main Lounge of Memorial Center.
At this meeting he will explain
his philosophy of nonviolence, and
after the dinner, during an infor-mal
question peribd in Presser
auditorium, students will have an
opportunity to discuss his speech
and ask questions. Admission is 50
cents or by activity ticket.
Dr. King and his father are co-pastors
of Ebenezer Baptist Church
in Atlanta, where Mr. King lives
with his family.
Holds Degrees
A man who holds many degrees,
pDurb. lKici ngsc'sh oeodlus caotfi onA tlgaonetsa frtoom H tahre-vard
University. He holds a B.A.
from Morehouse College, a B.D.
from Crozer Theological Seminary,
and a Ph.D. from Boston Univer-sity.
His academic career also includes
study at the University of Pennsyl-vania
in 1950-51 and at Harvard
University in 1952-53. His honorary
degrees include a Doctor of Hu-mane
Letters, Morehouse College;
a Doctor of Divinity, Chicago Theo-logicai
Seminary; a Doctor of Laws,
Morgan State College; a Doctor of
Humanities, Central State College;
and a Doctor of Divinity, Boston
University.
At present Dr. King occupies a
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the Montgomery Improvement As-sociation,
Inc., president of the
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Dr. King's Schedule
TUESDAY-February 14
2 p.m.-Principles of Sociology-speakirig
on minority groups,
civil rights (Science Ldcture
Hall)
3 p.m.-New Testament-(Shaw
Hall, Room 204-5)-speaking
on the principle of non-vio-lence
in community and inter-national
relationships
5:30 p.m.-Banquet-Memorial
Center-
Address: "Facing the Chal-lenge
of the New Age"
(Note Admission by ticket
only. No one will be allowed to
come at the conclusion of the
dinner in order to hear the
speech.)
8p.m.-"Talk-Back Session"-
Open to the public-Presser
Hall Admission-50 cents (or
by your Activity Ticket)
Question and Answer session.
Tickets for the dinner are still on
sale at Memorial Center desk.
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