Friday, April I2. I?“ SCARLET AND BLACK Sitttwrizrn hum; Mil MEMPHIS BLUES mum-m was mo new Disirlbbled by Hash-imam“ SYNDICATE In? RALLY (Continued tram page to) whom he lived and died," It declared. CBS RAFS MINISTERS “We do not intend to tie» tract Item the sincerity of those churches who did Wel- come our representatives in their services," the letter con» tinued. “But of sixteen churches in Grinnell, towa, ono halt ilatly refused to allow the presence of students to accept donations or to announce the rally in support or Dr. King‘s movement.” “The justification given by these pastors,” tlte letter ex- plained, “has generally been the ‘Conservation of establish» ment autonomy,’ that all re- quests he cleared through the administrative apparatus or their ‘church boards] ” “Has Christianity in Ameri» ca degenerated so far that it has become the product 01 board decisions dependent upon administrative process?” the student a u t h o r s rhetoricaliy fished. The letter was sent ID local ministers Wednesday by Hub- ert Forbes. MEMORIAL SERVICE DRAWS 509 The day rollowing Dr. King's assassination. April 5, a mem— orial seivice tor King was held in Herrick Chapel on campus Many professors dismissed their classes to allow students to attend. And as the Chapel hells chimed “GLORY, GLORY, HALLELU. JAH; HIS TRUTH IS MARCH- ING 0N,” over 500 people Con- gi-egated in i-leri-ich, Many or them remained standing through out the service. Nearly all of them appeared momse and guilt-ridden. Sponsored by Haas, who opened the set-Vice with the Bib- lical text King used when he participated in October's Grin- nell College Convocation. speakers included Negro Pro- lessor Denis tle Coteau (Mll- siC) Furbes; Thomas; and Chairman oi the Faculty Joseph F. Wall. “If Grinnell College will he remembered—it it is going to be remembered at all,” Wall [old the congregation, “it will be remembered as the place that gave Martin‘ Luther King a “my '-' King/.ggvetthevtiundayturmon ‘ during Convocation in a dash— iiirdash-out appearance October stix months helore his death. He leIt Grinnell hurriedly to serve a Iive~day sentence in Birmingham, All—his ninth and last prison term for en» gaging in nan-violent civu right activitiest KING WARNED GRINNELL “I never intend to adjust my- self to militancy or the selt~ lacerating eiiecta oi violence,’ King had told the Grinnell community, ”I constantly raise my voice against riots. But at- ter coiideming riots it is Hebe essaiy to condemn just as vi. ciotlsly the conditions that iiots form under." People who ignore the ciuli rights cause, Rev. King had told the more-than-capacity crowd or 4,000 in Darby Gym- nasium, “are sleeping through it revolution." "Aliy individualaor nation—— today that teels he can live alone," he had told them, "is sleeping through a revolution.” King was awarded an honor- ary Doctorate of Humane Let~ ters by Grinnell college. his de» gi'eewne oi twenty—one various honoraiy degrees awarded to Convocation participants was presented first at the ceremony in Dai’hy, as the Civil righIs leader had to catch an early plane to Atlanta. At. the Friday memorial serv- ice in HErrick, a visibly shaken and bitter Hubert Forbes jolted those present when he addressed himself to “Iellow members of What I might call the Young Negro Intelligentsia." "Where are you going wllh your $11,000 educatimt?’ Farbes asked themr “fake a few secs nails and stop your learning. . . Take a long, hard look at what lite in white America holds for you." “For with the death oi Mar- tin Luther King," the cos president concluded, “you will see more titan just the death or a Negro leader.” Fatbes called King “The vic- tim at every white, middle- class American irorn San Diego, Calliornia to Brooklyn, New York. . . to Memphis, Ten- nessee. . to Grillnell. lawla" “Martin Luther King's non- violent ntteinpt to elevate the black man, without sacrificing his pride— ‘ ind' dual 'auto» ingny—wgarlewi} «I ' lent Ll e ahh yesterday in Mem- phis.” King was shot twice with a highrpowei’ed riile Thursday, around 6 pint. Grinnell time, as he stood on the balcony or his motel in Memphis. Tenn, HI died shortly after being rushed to a hospital there. Rev. King, 39, was buried Wednesday in his native lit- Ianta, 63., at a Negro Ceme~ tei-y near Morehouse College —— is alnid mater. Between 100,000 and 150,000 persons gath- ei'ed at the funeralr END or NON-VIOLENCE! i .As sure as the blood of a dedicated black man was spilled in Memphis," Forbes whispered, closing his polemic in Herrick Friday noon, “so the possibility oi peaceful in- corporation oi blacks (into American society) has been crushed in the eyes or Negro youth." The Friday service closed with the congregation of 500 singing one oi Dr, Kings t'a- voi-ite hymns—Number 441 in the College liyritiial: “ONCE TD EVERY MAN AND NATION: COMES THE MOMENT T0 DECIDE; IN THE STRIFE OF TRUTH WITH FALSEIIDOD; FOR THE GOOD 0R EVIL SIDE; SOME GREAT CAUSE, GOD’S NEW MES» SIAII; OFFERING EACH THE BLOOM OR BLIGI‘IT; AND THE CHOICE GOES BY FOREVER; ’TWIXT THAT DARKNESS AND THAT LIGHT.” Page ling SORROW, SOME lllOTS AT OTHER By WALTER GRANT JACKSON, Miss, April I) (CPS) — Black students on some college campuses reacted to the assassination of Dr. Mars [in Luther King with violence, but most black students re- mained peaoeiul and held mem- urlal services and sympathy marches. The administrations DI mast hlaclt colleges cancelled classes arter Dr, King’s death. Classes also were cancelled at many predominately white colleges and universities while memorial services were being held in cam- pus chapels. Most black students who were Interviewed by CPS said Dr. King’s assassination already has contributed to the growth of the black militant movement. Students who remained peace- iul say they did so in respect for Kings nonviolent principles, but most made it Clear.they think non-violence died with Dr. King RIOTS NEAR CAMPUSES Riots erupted on or near sev- eral Mack college campusee shortly after the assassination. Students were injured In (Us- turbancee on some campuses. ' in Tallahasse, Fla. a l9»years old white youth was killed when students from Florida A&M University ilrehombed e White- owned grocery store near the campus. A small band of snip- ,ers armed with small caliber guns and one how and arrow took pot shots at police from the A&M campus, and two trail— ers near the campus were burned, Several persons, includ- ing some students, were injured. During a memorial service tor Dr. King on the Florida Aile campus, President George W Gore Ji't pleaded for the stu- dents to be non-violent, He was shouted down by students who said, “Dr. King was non-violent and look what happened to him." About. 300 students at Missis- sippi Valley State Teachers Col~ lege in his Betta, Miss., massed on the campus after hearing of Dr. King's death and began matching to downtown itta Bena. Police advised the Stu- dents to stop, and they reiused. Two students were injured hiter CAMPUSES police opened the on the silh- dents. There are conflicting repom about Whether or not the Elm dents fired first. In Jackson, Miss, students 23 Jackson State College gathete on the campus after hearing D». King had been idiled, and polic‘o immediately sealed nit the are; with barricades. This provoked the students, and a disliirbanco began. Young Negtoes oven turned and burned one car, and Windows were broken by stus dents throwing r o c k r and bottles. j MOST BLACK STUDENTS PEACEFUL On most black camp however, students remain peacetui, although they were gry and bitter. in Atlanta, abou 1,500 students from the five black colleges that compose t Atlanta University complex he a sympathy march In a drench- ing "in The march was led , the presidents oi the five to leges. . At Hampton Institute in Hamp- ton, Va,, about 2,500 studenti and raculty held a sympathy march in reaction to the assess!- nation. Students at Fisk UiIIVeI'Sit‘ in Nashville, Tenn, hecam tense after National Guardsmen were called in to put down t small disturbance in Nashville" Negro section. “We were upset because we are scared of the police,’ said Gloria Anderson, ti Fisk coed. She said female stua dents tunied oti the lights in thl dormitory rooms and stayEd in the halls because they thought police would shoot in the wins news it a riot erupted. The next day, about 1,200 FiSH students participated in a mom. oi‘ia] rallva At Central State University, in Wilheriorce. Ohio, student. sent a telegram to President Johnson asking that Jan, 15, Dr. King’s birthday, be set aside a! a national holiday. Several him- dred Central state students. led by President Harry Groves, marched four miles to the Court- KING— (Continued on page 15) Distributed hy Boom-lump" cs taut,” ... . ., ‘A SHOT” DID I HEAR A SHOTI' IYNDICATI