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PAGE 4 — The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Oct. 16, 1969
TAKING PART IN A FIRE PREVEN
TION WEEK program last Tuesday at the
Newberry Fire Department were, from
left, Tuffy Milstead, captain of the Fire
Prevention Bureau; Lewis Lee, chairman
of the Fire Prevention Committee of the
Newberry Exchange Club, which co-spon
sors Fire Prevention Week; Howard Lee
Wilson, of the Charlotte, N. C. fire de
partment, who was guest speaker; Gordon
Leslie, who presented Capt. Wilson a
plaque of appreciation on behalf of the
Exchange Club; and City Fire Chief Ed
Hazel.
COLLEGE DENIES . . .
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about these things, nor do we
judge the merit of them. We
only ask that if you are as con
cerned as we are about the edu
cation of our children (even
though they consider themselves
adults), about the way our
church money is being spent at
Newberry College, about t h e
Radical Element with so much
influence at the college, then we
suggest that you find out just
what is going on. You can't do
this by a simple walk or drive
through the campus.
“Write the college and ask
about these things. Ask your
pastor, as we have, to find out
the facts. Also, write members
of the Board of Trustees, but
please find out before it is too
late. Be informed I’’
The following reply was made
by the college officials:
“We shall respond to the un
happy, unsigned charges one by
one:
1. It is true that there will be
offered in January 1970, a course
entitled “The Psychology of Hu
man Sexuality” It is actually
a college-level course in sex ed
ucation and might just as well
haw been called that. Such a
course, of a more elementary
nature, is now offered in many
high schools under the title of
sex education. The Newberry
College course has been approv
ed by the head of the Psycho
logy Department, the Interim
Courses Committee, and t h e
entire faculty. It is to be an
objective treatment of the sub
ject at a time when sex educa
tion seems seriouslv to be need
ed.
2. Our college newspaper's
garbled reference to “touring as
a part of a theatre company”
as one of the Interim courses
for January, 1970 has to do with
our Department of Dramatics
presenting a production of Geo
Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion to
a number of high schools in the
state during the month. This
project has been enthusiastic
ally endorsed by the State De
partment of Education. Pygma
lion is one of the plays studied
at the upper level of high school.
3. It is true that the head of
the Sociology Department will
conduct in January a sociology
seminar on current racial pro
blems. This will be limited to
not more than thirty interested
and qualified Newberry College
students, each of whom must
have his parents’ consent to par
ticipate. It is planned that for
two weeks the seminar will be
held at the Atlanta University
Center so as to make use of
special personnel and other ed
ucational resources. The course
is an attempt, now being made
by numerous colleges, to under
stand changing perspectives in
race relations in the 1960’s. It
was also approved by the In
terim Courses Committee and
the faculty.
It is NOT true that the head
of the Sociology Department will
have Negro students visit this
campus as a part of the course.
It is NOT true that there will
be “a social get together’’ at
the end of the course.
4. The unsigned letter brings
up again the advisability of sche
duling or playing a Negro col
lege in basketball. Last year for
the first time a Negro college
was scheduled for the Christ
mas double-header at Newber
ry. The scheduling was presum
ably acceptable to the majority
of the Faculty Committee on
Athletics, which must approve
all schedules well in advance.
About two weeks before t h e
double-header a member of the
Faculty Committee and a few
members of the Constituency,
called or called on the president
and asked him to cancel the one
team’s participation, but it was
felt that cancelation at such a
late date would be a gross in
sult. When the question of sche
duling the double-header for
January 1970 was brought up,
it was thought by the president
that the Negro college which
had conducted itself admirably,
should be again invited or the
double-header dropped. The Fac
ulty Committee and the Coach
were to make, and made, the
final decision. They elected to
reschedule the Negro college,
and to invite Presbyterian Col
lege and Emory and Henry to
participate also, both of whom
accepted.
5. It is NOT true, as the un
signed letter alleges, that ‘'some
students are expelled from this
college for seemingly minor rule
violations.”
It is true that a star basket
ball player was convicted in a
court of law, NOT of ‘breaking
and entering,’ but of ‘mali
cious injury to real estate’, that
he is now on probation by the
court, and that he has been
granted readmission to Newber
ry College on a basketball schol
arship. The facts are these: (1)
he was suspended from college,
in the middle of the semester
(April 1 1969), immediately fol
lowing the offense, pending the
outcome in the courts; (2) fol
lowing conviction for ‘maliciou;
injury to real estate’ and a sen
tence of one year and $200, sus
pended on payment of fine and
probation for eighteen months,
he was readmitted to the col
lege (for the fall term 1969)
and his scholarship reinstated;
(3) the considerations leading
to the college’s actions were hu
mane ones: it was the boy’s
first offense; his lawyers felt
that he had suffered enough;
supported by his mother and
himself since he was very young,
he had no way of attending col
lege except on scholarship.
6. Of peculiarly sinister im
plication is the next to the last
paragraph of the unsigned let
ter. Briefly let it be said that
Newberry College is deeply com
mitted to “the education of our
children,” that she seeks to
spend church appropriations and
donations wisely, that she knows
of no “Radical Element” that
subverts her commitment to
Christian higher education.
She bows her head before the
fact that “a group of concerned
Lutherans” would write a name
less fault-finding letter rather
than to speak out frankly and
openly to her.
To launch UF
drive Monday
Leaders and divisional work
ers in Newberry County’s 1969-
1970 United Fund Campaign will
launch this year’s drive with a
breakfast meeting 7:30 Monday
morning, October 20, at the
Community Hall in Newberry.
“This will be a working ses
sion so we have not scheduled
any speakers,” Campaign chair
man Jack Raffield said. “Offi
cers of United Fund have re
peatedly said during the year
that the one-gift conception is on
trial in Newberry so we want
to devote all of our efforts to
our campaign.”
Campaign materials will be
distributed at the breakfast,
which Mr. Raffield said should
not last more + han an hour.
One important change in this
year’s solicitation program is
the pledge card. Pledge cards
have been so prepared so that
United Fund contributors can
indicate which organizations
they wish to receive their dona
tions, according to Mr. Raffield.
“We hope this change will open
the door for more people to join
us in our one-campaign pro
gram of charitable giving.”
The 1969-70 United Fund Cam
paign opens October 20 and the
leaders have expressed the hope
that the drive can be held the
first week in November.
The goal of this year’s drive
is $37,000.
ATTEND CANCER
SOCIETY MEE1ING
Mrs. Herschel A. Kemper and
Mrs. Joe Bishop attended the
Annual Meeting of the Ameri
can Cancer Society, held Tues
day at the Wade Hampton Hot
el in Columbia. Mrs. Kemper is
President and Mrs. Bishop is
Vice-President of the Newberry
County Unit.
At the election of officers, Dr.
George Meetze was named new
President of the Society. Pro
grams for the coming year were
outlined, with emphasis to be
placed on education for the pub
lic and regular medical check
ups. The goal for 1970 is one
volunteer worker for every 40
people, to further reduce deaths
caused by cancer. Workshops
were offered on “Volunteer Pat
ient Service”, “Crusade-Memo
rials”, “Unit Organization” and
“Public Education Information.’
Following the luncheon, Lt.
Governor John C. West gave
the keynote address.
Revival begins
at Trinity
Trinity United Methodist
Church will hold its annual re
vival next week, October 19-23.
The services will be held each
evening at 7:30 p.m.
Guest minister for the services
is the Rev. Rex V. Martin of
Honea Path. The Rev. Martin
is a son of Trinity, having been
born and reared in Newberry
County. He is a graduate of
Nev/berry College and of the
Candler School of Theology of
Emory University. He has serv
ed Methodist churches over the
state since entering the minis
try in 1933.
One of his appointments was
Prosperity in Newberry County.
He is married to the former
Eunice C. Ellison of Grenville.
The congregation is delighted
to have a native of the county
and son of the church home
to share in the services.
The church choir will provide
special mustic each evening.
The choir is under the direction
of Mrs. James Kesler. Rev.
James G. Mishoe is the minis
ter at Trinity.
There will be a special fellow
ship supper at 6 p.m. on Octo
ber 22, Wednesday evening, in
honor of the guest minister. All
friends and former members of
Trinity are invited to join in
♦hese services.
T. N. Parks, 72,
service Friday
Thomas Nixon Parks, 72, died 4
Thursday morning at Newberry
Memorial Hospital after a short
illness.
Mr. Parks was born in Cross
Hill, son of the late Thomas
Nixon and Mary Emma Quarles
Parks.
Prior to his retirement in
1962, he was office manager of
the Oakland Plant of the Ken
dall Company. He was a vet
eran of World War I, a member
of the First Baptist Church, a
Mason and a Shriner.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Ethel Williams Parks; a
son, Lt. Col. Howard N. Parks
of U. S. Army, Augsburg, West
Germany; and a sister, Miss
Mamie Parks of Newberry.
Funeral services were con
ducted at 11 a.m. Friday at the
Whitaker Funeral Home by the
Rev. J. Anderson Bass, Jr. In
terment was in Rosemont Ceme
tery.
LOST— on 1200 block of Friend
St., on October 9, one pair of
men’s black-rimmed glasses.
Finder is asked to please call
Blease, Griffith & Stone offices
or Judge Steve C. Griffith.
P? ief g
IT WILL RE MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC when Dr. John
Wagner and Mrs. Carolyn Savko present their recital at
8 p.m. Monday, October. 20, in the A. G. D. Wiles Chapel.
The concert is one of a series given by faculty members
of the Department of Music at Newberry College. There
is no admission charge for the concert.