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We're Game We were told by last year’s staff that it we wanted to make any innovations on the 5&3, we had better make them right away or we’d get sidetracked by the million details in- volved in getting out a paper every week. We liked a lot of things about the old paper. In fact, we kept the old nameplate. But we have made several changes and hope to make a few more before we’re through with our independent study. We have a couple iiew columnists, a cartoonist, an ex- change editor, and an editor digging through old papers for items that could Just as easily have taken place today. We have fine new offices in the Forum; the inner office has cork»board walls just like the Forum lobby, and the outer offices have a view of the construction for the science build- ing addition to the north. We are using the new newsprint, which, if you compare it discerningly with the paper used in last semester’s issues, doesn't look quite so yellow. It will be in permanent use except for a couple weeks around the beginning of March while the printer waits for a new shipment. We’ve put sports on the last two pages, because that’s where the sports editor thinks sports should be. We have a portable tape recorder with which we hope to do much of our intei'Vlewmg this year. You know, like US. News and World Report and Playboy. We have an editorial this week, but we can‘t promise one every week. We don’t think there will be an issue of impor- tance every week, but when something juicy comes up we want to take plenty of time on it. For those of you who would like to know our policy, we will consider being more irreverent, more responsible, more intellectual, more interesting, more vital, more unbiased, more thorough, more provocative. But all we can promise is that we will be more game. .. David Lighlbourne letters to Mother “Yeah, well, I'm headed for the union at about 10:30 one Shades of Gray The liberal Art By Carl Otis Gray it seems that nowadays the hig thing is the “how to“ book. Helen Curley Brown, Norman Vincent Peale, Dale Carnegie, Charles Atlas and a score of others have set down on paper the various rules and instructions tor making everything tram muscles to men. Far from being on the outside at such a iast growing enterprise, i think that Negroes should meet the challenge of the sixties and come out with their own “how to” book. Although the table of Contents of such a book would fill more space than is available in this col- umn, i'd like to brieily give a summation of one chaptn- that; might be included. Chapter xxw— The College Negro, it is one of the lengthy chap- ters but of great interest to all young people at color from Cambridge to Oxford (American ver- sions). "Being a Negro on campus is simply not enough," says What Every Young Negro Should Know. “You must be a liberal Negro." This means many dutiful hours of practice and patience for this great goal cannot be achieved in one reading. “The liberal Ne« gro is truly a thing to be admired. and in ten days you can achieve admiration at your triends. the adoration or your parents, and complete mas- tery or human nature — or your money back." First, the problem is to establish your specific pose; there are three approaches: 1) Angry Young Man—hate your society, protest against it, start a young socialist league; 2) Le petit Buurgems Noir — accept your society, become part of it 7 as similate completely; a) Athlete~by far the best ap< preach—everybody loves youAand when you're on the iootball iield nobody's going to care Whether you're a Negro or not—make sure you stay on the football fields. Regardless of which approach you choose, sever- al basic rules must be obeyed First. all displays oi sensitivity to the word (and we won’t mention it) must be stitledvit's best in look startled and say “Where? Where?” Next, learn to dancband dance well, everybody counts on you to keep abreast of the latest tunes and steps so that they can watch you and then go to their rooms and practice in secret until they've perfected it. Next, be curious about things that you've never come into contact with before—fried chicken, watermelon, Dixie Peach, and even other Negroes! Read Ebony; chauvinism, doesn’t hurt it it's done with grace. Always keep an old Bessie or Billie Holiday 78 handy just in case somebody wants one~it you don't have one. you’re looked on as some sort of freak. Every now and then slip some small bit of “Lhe talk" into the conversation—"Yes, we were all quite mellow.“ or “Man, I declare that damsel IS quite a lox."—lt never hurts and you get the reputation for being glib and witty. Most important, approach the world with a “loan of Arc oi the cocktail party" attitude easserr yourselt at coffee hours and at lunch tables, Hate lames Baldwin and Sammy Davis With a passion. lt always helps to have some ties with “the old country,” speak at great Attican leaders with carefully rehearsed intimacy —. “Well Jams and Leopold were visiting Krummy — Mr. Nkruma to you . Talk about the great Negroes in American histor push peanut butter. Know what the editorial policy oi the Pittsburgh Courier is; keep “let" in your back pocket. Show them mat deep down inside, you’re really one of them— learn an lsi'aeli tolksong or two. Show them that if they’re not prejudiced you're not—try out for the lead in a Strindberg or lbsen play. Do the things they doisunbathel Deny Negro sexual super- iority openly, but believe it in your heart. Most important,' it you wish to be both successful and popular, never write a column on civil rights— then they call you an “Uncle Tom.” Needed: Go-Getter type young college students to work on the 58:3 business staff, Ad salesmen, circula- tion assistants, and general do-gooders badly needed. No experience necessary. Take advantage of this opportuu~ ity by calling the son office (ext. m) or putting a note in the SM! box it doesn't matter. l'ni zero on night, just passing South Younker, when this red Corvette pulls up and the driver sticks his head out the Window. "Hey, man, where's the action?” i consider mentioning Langan Hall, but then notice his California license plates and realize he wouldn't appreciate a local joke. By this time he's out at the car, snapping his lingers and doing a little (lance in the snow. He‘s got a white cat coat and a long red scarf that matches his car. He’s h-iendly. so I ingratiate hiin. “Follow me. it's linals, man, but maybe we can troll over to the union and hustle some dollles any- Way.” "Groovy.” So we’re off, taking me shortcut across the show through the gap between the sctence huilding and the women’s gym. I’ve got last week’s copy of Time under my arm and I'm making quick ret- ereuccs in it during our conversation. “ln [he light Of our ebullient insouclance, ah (wrong page), what's your bag, man?” ‘OliWUW, put some words on me! Man, I swing out on the big guitar. Rock stomp cool shake teen bop mother love pepsi-colu bop. You know, man, E cuortl rock. I tour with Edale and the Snakes ” Noddlng ivisely, 1 consider the Rex. “Llsien mun, mayoe there's something better happening down- town, that is it you dig on beer and towny girls." “N0, mini. l Can't hack that- stuff. Bad tor the good liver." coins right now anyway." We're approaching the lights oi The Forum, and we can hear the music from the jukebox through the wlndow. This means two things. First. they haven't locked the doors lately, and second. they haven’t turned the jukebox down yet. “While you’re traveling around, do you ever catch the Righteous Brothers on “shindig,“ man?” We’re inside and I'm moving toward the door to the North lounge. -, “Yeah, shoore. but let's make it in here lirst."i He's motiuning w the grill. “1 got to get the good girls picked out." ‘ inside, the grill has its usual scattering at peo- ple. Not very crowded tonight. A girl l've been ad- miring all year is coming toward us to leave. she's very pretty; maybe she’d like to dance. But my friend has spotted a girl with ratted hair, sitting alone in a far corner. “Hey, baby," he waves, “What'd ya hear from your hair?" He's shouting as he moves toward her unaware of the people staring at him. They lnll‘O-‘ diice each pillar, and has quickly got her into a‘ conversation, It's time for me to slip away, looking like I've forgotten something important. But l‘m curious about the girl With the rotted hair. She can‘t be a student, and I thought the Forum legion discouraged outsiders. She must be somebody’s daughter. (TO BE CONTINUED)