Selma Sparks Campus Civil Rights Fervor Reaction to Selma Shown in Dispatch From 5&3 Writer Ed. Note: The following dis- patch was sent from Selma, Alabama, Monday morning by 5&3 associate editor Bob Ho- dierne. Four of us, Henry Wilhelm, John Phillips, Harold Fuson and I, decided Tuesday afternoon of last week that we had to go to Selma. We left that night. It was a ZUrhour ride in Wil- helm’s well-traveled. nearelegene dary VW. We stopped in Mont- gomery Wednesday night, At that time demonstrators were Still standing on the capital lawn. The next morning we drove to Selma, a wealthy town of some 28,000. It's an old town with old customs, The customs are hard to change and that, perhaps as much as anything, is why it was chosen for this drive. The news releases from Selma give a fairly accurate description of what has happened here. That’s not the whole story, One drives into Selma and ens ters a never-never land. it’s kind of an Alfred Hitchcock version of Alice in Wonderland. The area where the Negroes live and the area where the dem- onstrations take place — a three block by three block federal hous- ing project encompassing Brown's Chapel AME Church and a Bap- tist Church —- is a World unto it- self, separated from the city by a line of city, county and state po- lice. People here can’t help re- SELMA— (Continued on Page 1) Ed. Note: Special thanks go to Jim McIntyre, John w. Johnson, and Rick Seifert, whose assistance in the busi- ness operations of the SM} this week enabled us to put out this special lZ-pago is- sue. editor Bob Hodierne. SELMA'S CONTROVERSIAL Public Saieiy Director Wilson Baker, lett. corironis SCLC's or. C. T. Vivian as Vivian attempts to lead marchers to the Dallas County Court House lés‘l’ Fri- day. Reaching with his tape recorder microphone to catch Baker's words is 5&3 associate G nnell College 9mm Oldest College Newspaper West crib. Mississippi Vol. LXXll Grinnell, lowa, Friday. March 20, I965 No. 2| By Don Winney “Non-violent love in action is a reality today, whatever qualifications are placed on it, It demands my attention." Rev. Robert Dewey thus sum- Human Significance of the Space Age Subject of Phi Beta Kappa Lecture Walter Roberts, the National Center for Atmos- director of pheric Research at Boulder, Colo., will give two addresses at Grinnell next week as Phi Beta Kappa visiting scholar. Dr, Roberts, internationally known solar astronomer, will speak on “The Human Signiiiv cance of the Space Age" at 8 p. m. Thursday in Herrick Chapel, under sponsorship of the Grinnell chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Seniors newly elected to membership in the national honorary scholastic society will also be announced, Next Friday at 4:15 p.rn, in the science lecture room, Dr. Roberts will address the divis< ion of natural sciences senior colloquium on the question “Can Man Control the Weather?" A research associate atHar- vard University since X948 and professor of astrogeophysics at: the University of Colorado since 1957, Dr. Roberts was WALTER room’s director of the High Altitude Observatory. He was chairman of the Solar PHI BETAKAPPA— (Continued on Page 9) « ference marized Wednesday night his experiences in Selma, Alaba- ma. His talk was the kick—off of a series of dinners on civil rights sponsored by the Board of Religion. "Songs and chaotic impresA sions are whirling around in my head," he said, “I’ve had seven days of Southern fried chicken, and I weep at the re- markable graciousness of Dr. Vivian and all the rest. My mind and heart are back in Selma. What I have learned there, I'm not sure I can de- scribe or accept or believe. But I know that non-violence is a viable alternative to brutality and barbarism and that it holds great hope to all men.” Dewey described the South ern Christian Leadership Con- (SCLC)—its role and philosophy. “To the SCLC,” he said," the issue is not just the Negro or voting rights, but the issue is man. The issue is how :to change the structures of evil so that all men can be free. The flagrant injustiCe to the Negro is the immediate focal point, and the effort is to raise this issue of conscience to the level of humanity‘s consci- ence." Dewey was impressed by the total commitment of everyone in SCLC to non-violence. In a Dewey Tells Impressions of Selma, Kicks Off Dinners on Civil Rights tense and dramatic confronta- tion, as in Selma, works can very easily provoke violence; SCLC leaders, though, cau- tioned everyone and main- tained a tight control at all times on the demonstrators. These marchers themselves showed a "tremendous sense of rellowship, of community, and humor, They Weren’t con- fined: they confined the pod lice.” , Dewey termed Clark’s posse “ludicrous” against this non- violent army, “He's more scared than I am,” Dewey heard a little Negro say while looking at the 'mamnioth bulk of an armed state trooper. But ludicrous or not, violence occurred, and Dewey ex- pressed some reservation at the nonrviclent approach. say- ing, “Nor would I pretend it works altogether. The demon- strators were a motley crew; there was terrible frustration, impatience, and emotion — and very high, tremendous fa- tigue." “There is a very significant power at work here for King has a great deal of understand ing," Dewey said. “He taps that power with an amazing sense of responsibility for everyone involved. King believes the knife of injustice is poised at Special 8&3 Issue Studies Situation A combination of factors brought interest in the civil rights mow ment, and especially the voter reg- istration drive in Alabama, to 1 high level on campus this week. Four Grinnell students undef- took a journey to Selma to looli into the situation and report it to the 58:3. (See story at left and pictures on pages 6 and 7.) A local minister represented his state conference in demonstra- tions in Selma. (See below, and interview page 2.) He also an- ranged for C. T. Vivian of SCLO to speak to the college commu. nity via long distance telephone. (See page 7.) Seventy—five Grinnell sludem called for federal intervention in Selma by demonstrating in Del Moines. (See story and picture all page 5.) Angry British Ploy Will Be Presented ‘ “Look Back in Anger" by John Osborne, one of Britain’l most important contemporary playwrights, will be presented four times this weekend in th‘ Arena Theater. The performances. which are directed by Ned Donahue (speech and theater), will at 2:30 and 3:00 Sunday, a at 8:00 Monday and Tuesday evenings. Of the play, the New Yolfi Herald Tribune said the fol- lowing: “The hero in John 0.4 homes ‘angry’ play is a vio- lently embittered young tyrant: who keeps his devoted wife in an attic hovel, sneers at her mother as an appetizing lump of worm-bait, does her physi. cal violence, betrays her ch. instant another pair of arm. coils about his neck. You lard asked to believe that two wom- en love this VOICano of cease- less, sputtering venom. You believe it! The truth about thlg conscienceless sadist is that he is absolutely alive." Donahoe explained that tlic main characters are two peo- ple who are angry in different ways. They find themselves in a world without defln 'ons. and what is the choice? The cast consists of Mike Al‘- now, as Jimmy, an angry young man; Lucia Lynner. an Allison, his wife; Max Helrgott. as Cliff, their buddy; Deli Burnstine, as Helena, a friend of Allison’s and Dick Reicfh mann, Allison's father, Advance reservations will b] required for each of the pets formances the aorta of this nation. He in lieves that if you want to pug sue the values of truth, lov and justice in a society, y must confront evil with nonsvio- lence, you must act." ADDRESS HERE: