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4 TAMPA ~ORNING TRIBUNE, Saturday, January 26', 1957
FSU Head Is Jn .. Quandary _Over How To Ban Stud t Support Of Integration Enforcement Of Board's Edict· Poses Problems
By MARTIN WALDRON ~ Tribune Staff Writer TALLAHASSEE, Jan. 25.-"If
they were holding these mass meetings in a juke joint, it certainly w o u 1 d simplify matters," said Dr. Doak S. Campbell, presfd e n t of Florid 'a
- State University. "I would just
put it off limits." ,::::::e::::·:,,,,~~ But "they" -
Tallahassee Ne groes - a r e n ' t h o 1 d i n g their m e e t i n g s in a juke joint. They are holding them in churches.
And Dr. Campbell is facing a decision on whether to ban attendance by white coll~ge students at these meetings of Negroes who are trying to end segregation.
Pose Difficulties Several factors-including the
constitutionally g u a r a n t e e d rights of free assemblage and free speech - are making the decision rather hard to arrive at.
How far can a college student go in such ·activity before crossing the · line drawn by the State Board of Control in a statement issued Tuesday?
"Participation by students in
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FSU Head Faces Proble"tli , In ·student Aid To Negroes·
(Continued from Page 1) port for Negroes seeking to end , demonstrations or other activ- bus segregation. . ities calculated to, or having Campbell said tod~y 1:e did the effect of, inflaming the not. thmk fu!th~r editorials or public, or inciting strife or vio- ar~icles _of this kmd will he per• :lence will be considered as en- mitted rn the student paper . . dangering the welfare of our He said a newspaper commit- : universities n said the board of tee, composed of four students ·
·:: control. ' and three _members of the fac-. May a white student give ulty,. constitute almost a board _
active vocal support to a Negro of directors of _T~e Fl~mbeau, _ candidate for the city commis- a11:d that_ he beheves this comsion in a town already somewhat ~1tte~ will veto an:Y attempts to
-. torn by a desegregation dispute h1¥,hllght segre?,at10n: without violating this regula- Fo~tunately, s-a 1 d c,an~p-tion? bell,. The F!ambeau wont be--
"Studying Situation" publI~hed agam for several more · "I am studying the situation," days. . . .
said Campbell. Pub1Icat10n of the paper 1s He said he was having as stopped betwe~n semesters.
many facts gathered as possible Campbel~ _said he wo_uld not about student participation in t~~e ~ pos1t10n of denymg spe
X the meetings and about students cifics rn advance. involved in a test with Negro Gives Example stud ·ents of Tallahassee's new To explain what he meant, ~-bus laws. he said that 40 years ago, when ·_
Said Campbell: "I expect to he was a new school teacher ·. arrive at a decision in the next he told a frequently tardy pupd few days." he would whip him if he were
The university administrator late again. said he wondered if speeches by "He was, and I laid into him,• FSU students at a 'Negro meet- and asked later what the reason ,, ing on Wednesday night could was " said Campbell. be considered as "flaunting" _ the He has regretted ever since"' board of control's order. the incident. · ~
He said the . adm_inistration FSU students have not really had been holdmg , its brE:ath gone beyond what generally is . through Wednesday s ~eetmg, regarded as the right of stunot because students might at- dents to fight for changes. · tend the meetin~, but because "A lot of them feel they must other students might try to k~ep save the world," said Campbell. them from doing so by physlcal "I felt that way at 17." means. But there seems to , be art
Fortunately, nothing occurred evenue of danger in the Talla- along this line, and the danger hassee situatipn. A small group new seems past. of the white students beHeve so
. Paper. Involved . deeply in the cause of desegre----A third basic freedom which gation they would ignore any
has entered into the problem edict of the administration that has been freedom of the press. they are not to participat ,e, and · ,
The FSU student newspaper, the possibility of physical dan .. • The Flambeau, has endorsed ger does not s e em to have
desegregation and has run sev- crossed their minds. eral letters urging student sup- "Very Sincere"
Jap Who Signed Surrender Dies
"These students all seem to . be very sincere about this," said~-Campbell. _
He said he has been under pressure from various sources to discipline severely the 20 or so students who have attended 1
e the meetings. At the same time, he said,
others have suggested he do , nothing. Along this latter line,
he said it had been pointed out to him that progress is . being made.
There were about 20 young - white students at the mass meet
ing last Sunday. On Wednesday, there were
- only about a dozen. Campbell said that some seem
to feel that if left alone for a few more days, the situation will end of its own accord .so far as white students are concerned.
