Clearance Problems, But . . .

'Brotherhood Week' Begins

By Judy Geissler

Assistant News Editor

Desipte numerous difficulties with speakers and university clearance for programs, Brotherhood Week begins today with a panel discussion of "Causes of Racial Prejudice and its Political Effects.”

The panel consists of Dr. Lee Farnsworth of the Political Science Dept., Dr. John Seggar and Dr. Wilford Smith of the Sociology Dept., and controversial staff member A. Fritz Becker, and adviser to the conservative American Study Association. The panel begins at 1 p.m. in the Varsity Theater.

The week is being sponsored by the Sophomore Class, with the class vice president. Bob Elliott, serving as chairman of the week’s activities.

"Originally we made an attempt to secure Negro speakers, but due to a recent decision of the Board of Trustees to limit the number of Negro speakers to two a year, our attempts were rendered impossible,” Elliott said.

“A great number of further activities, including discussions of Church and university racial policies, were planned but had to be scratched at the last minute because Church and university officials preferred to stand on previous statements,” the student leader continued.

“Though the loss of these programs pretty much cut the heart out of the week, some events designed to improve racial understanding will continue as planned,” Elliott said.

Among the activities now scheduled are today’s panel discussion at 1 p.m. on the Wilkinson Center West Patio, several film showings, a book display, an art and literature contest and a clothing drive which will be co-sponsored with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

“A Time for Burning,” a documentary film on integration, will be shown every day throughout the week at noon in the Varsity Theater. Each showing lasts one hour.

Other films will be shown every day during the week. Notices of the titles and showing times will be posted in the DAILY UNIVERSE each day.

Throughout the week, books showing some black approaches to the racial situation will be on display in the Wilkinson Center Reception Area (Step-down Lounge) from 9 a.m. to S p.m.

Six major Negro organizations, including the NAACP, Black Panthers and the Student Afro-American Society, have been asked to send policy statement [sic] concerning the national racial problem and their opinions of this university. Their responses will also be on display with the books.

A major event of the week is the Art and Literature contest designed to involve students in the theme of international and interracial Ibotherhood.

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Entries must be thematically related to brotherhood, and must be submitted to the Sophomore Class office, 424 Wilkinson Center, by Friday, May 9. Prizes of $20 await the first place winners in both the art and literature categories.

Judging the contest is being done by members of the English and Art Dept. faculties. Winners will be notified by the chairman and announced through the UNIVERSE.

One of the week’s most important activities is the clothing drive. Co-sponsored with the NAACP, the dirive is designed to aid a needy southern community. It begins Wednesday and will continue for a week.

"Our purpose in holding these activities is to clarify the racial situation on campus, in the Church, and to some extent in the nation--to have controlled exposure to the issues,” Elliott concluded.