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Joe floehret. Jun Kopp, Jane Klein, Ann Richards, Pat Tomlinson, Pat O'Neill.
Why Town Independents Look Unfed
Tile opening of the Terrace Boom in the FLUB
a year ago ti n month , -hould have been the best
thing that ever happened to ease the sorry lot
of the downtown student.
Eating—cone of the chief problems that con
fronts most downtown independents three times
a day, seven days a week—should have be
come a happier proposition as the result of the
cafeteria in the HUB. But it hasn't
There are not enough restaurants in town to
accommodate the 1400 students who live in
private off-campus housing. The restaurants
fall into one of two categories: clean, serving
well prepared and Uedy food at out-of-bounds
prier;,or dirty. serving ill-prepared and taste
less food at low prices.
Many of the students who live downtown do
t-, an economy ll:Ca:Aire, Off-campus life can
be les,-; expen,lve than fiaternity or dormitory
life And it can also be miserable.
A chance to better their lot was offered to
downtown students by the ffill3 cafeteria. At
fairly reasonable price.;, good, well-prepared
meals were made available.
Despite this, something less than a mass surge
toward the HUB cafeteria has taken place. The
cafeteria was built to accommodate 1500 per
sons at each meal. But it has been drawing
only between 400 and 500 customers. From the
viewpoint of both the downtown student and
the Food Service this is unfortunate.
One method which might help downtown
students find better meals and help the food
service meet its capacity is putting meal tickets
on sale. This is done by several town restau
Why Miss Lucy Had to Leave
Lucy will not go to school—at least at
the University of Alabama.
In a surprise move, following a federal dis
trict court's order to readmit the 26-year-old
Negro woman to classes, the Board of Trustees
of the university expelled her for charging that
school officials had conspired with outsiders in
the mob rioting which drove her from the
campus Feb. 6.
On the request of Miss Lucy's attorney the
charges against the school officials were elimi
nated from her petition in the federal court.
The attorney said that he had been unable to
find any evidence to support the charges,
At that time the university attorneys had ob
jected strenuously to the_ elimination of the
charges contending that the university should
have an opportunity to answer them. But the
judge disallowed their contention.
The universitirs trustees based their expul
sion proceedings on the unproved charges. First
reaction to !hit, sudden action on the part of
those who favor integration would probably be
unqualified condemnation. But such a judgment
would not be completely fair.
We are certain that Alabama officials would
be able to cite sections of their rules governing
the behavior of undergraduate students which
will support the expulsion.
If an ordinary student at Penn State or any
other school for that matter made such un
proved charges against his university's offi
cials he would probably be expelled with little
fanfare or concein. And the university would
probably be perfeetl within its rights.
But since this case involves no ordinary stu
dent but a principle of primary national con
cern the same values can not be applied to it
as to a usual case.
We feel that the action by the Alabama
trustee's cannot be def snded on a basis of ad
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rants. By buying a ticket for $5, the purchaser
is entitled to .$5,50 worth of food.
The Terrace Room offers a "student special"
at every meal which, from the viewpoint of the
student, isn't very special. The "student special"
sells for a 'tickle less than would the same
meal if purchased a la carte.
Last week's average student special at noon
cost SLO3 and in the evening, $1.09. But the
customers spent an average of $.79 for lunch
and $.93 for dinner. Unless a large number of
people buy just a portion of a meal, lowering
the average, these figures indicate that most
customers prefer to spend less than the price
of a "student special."
Aware of this, the Terrace Room is now
offering a soup-and-sandwich "HUB special"
at noon on Thursdays. If this special is wel
comed, plans call for it to be offered every day.
According to food service, the Terrace Room
is a break even proposition. It is operated as a
service, not as a money-making venture. If the
principle of mass production is valid in the food
business, lower prices could be possible if the
HUB drew more customers. It now serves only
a third of its potential.
Lowering prices might accomplish this. We
doubt that the HUB will otherwise find the
number of its customers doubling or tripling.
But if it lowered its prices—and posted menus
on campus bulletin boards—it might find it
possible to feed three times as many customers
as it now does and still break even.
Food service would then be offering a greater
service to the hapless downtown independent.
—The Editor
herence to law. In spirit, at least, their action
circumnavigates the law,
The reason for the expulsion can, however,
be defended as a matter of expediency. As is
evidenced by their !palimony under oath, uni
versity offiicals were just plain scared to have
Miss Lucy come back to school.
And justifiably so. As was reported in Sun
day's New York Times, the situation in Tusca
loosa was ready to explode if and when Miss
Lucy came back. University officials were fac
ing a kill-hungry mob.
It is evident. we believe, that their decision
to expel Miss Lucy was not based on the color
of her skin but in an effort to forstay a riot
possibly resulting in murder. We may quarrel
with their methods of forestalling threatened
violence, but not with their motive.
Miss Lucy and her backers will probably
fight this latest turn of events against them in
every way possible. And they may well win.
The basic right is on their side although their
tactics may be open to question.
But whether Miss Lucy wins or not Alabama
officials and thinking people all over the South
know that the struggle has only begun. not
ended. Other Miss Lucy's will come and they
will not be turned away. Their rights are the
same as the whites.
The South must not be caught unprepared
again. Integration can be accomplished and its
price does not have to be bloodshed. If care
ful steps are taken by both the whites and
Negroes concerned, integration may be accom
plished with a minimum of difficulty within
our generation.
But if flamboyant attempts continue the situ
ation will be only worsened, not bettered. The
rabblerousers on both sides should not prevail.
If ever there was a place for logical, planned
action it is in any situation concerned with inte
gration.
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University Illoapital
Slid' ley Anselmo, Rosemary Bass,. Esther Brotzman,
James Ferraro, Mary Kate Herbein, Elaine Kloures. Fred
erick Kerr, Vincent Lukash, Robert McKenzie. Meredith
Miller, Raymond Sands, William Simon, and Janice Sum
niers,
Editorial• represent the
viewpoints at the writers,
net necessarily the pellet
of the paper, the student
body. .r the University
—Mike Miller
Little Man on Campus
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Look Who's Talking ...
About Bermudas
Few clothing styles in recent years have raised as many moral
eyebrows in the administration as Bermuda shorts have.
We're not sure of the present ruling because its many amend
ments have distorted its original intent—of which, also, we're not
sure. But we do know this. Bermuda shorts are positively pro
hibited in the Terrace Room of the Hetzel Union Building.
In the spring of 1954 women
were first allowed to wear them
to play tennis if they wore long
coats so people couldn't tell how
they were dressed. Later on that
same spring things got lenient
and coeds could
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wear them to
play tennis even
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• if t h e y didn't
wear long coats
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' 'Mr vided, and this
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provided the y
, '•"" 3 " had a tennis rae-
N o ,t 1 quet with them
lin plain sight.
Many tennis
racquets were
seen on campus
that spring
But these rules pertained only
to Bermudas athletically. The so
cial rules were different. Exact
dates escape us but one or two
seasons ago women were allowed.
to wear them in the dormitory
hallways through still not in the
lounges, lobbies, and dining halls.
They could wear them on after
noon dates if they took long costs
with them so when they returned
to the dormitory people sitting in
the lobby would not be aware
that's what they had on.
Still later women were allowed
to appear in lobbies with Bermu
das on if they passed through
rapidly. They didn't have to run
—just walk through as unobtru
sively as possible and as quickly.
This lobby procedure, as far as
we know, still prevails but noth
ing has been changed as far as
lounge and dining hall procedure
is concerned.
Now, back to the Terrace Room
where Bermuda shorts are still
definitely taboo. This is a more
tar-reaching regulation because
it affects men and women equal
ly. Thus, it requires more thought.
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So that's what we're going to do
—think about it.
Why can't we wear Bermu
das in the Terrace Room? Eat
ing places in this vicinity• of
even better repute permit
them.
But we're not going to close
our minds to the problem. Sup
pose we try to apply the old so
cial Bermuda rules to the Terrace
Room problem. It would go some
thing like this.
Men and women in the shorts
would enter the Terrace Room
wearing a long buttoned coat. As
they passed the coat racks near
the far left entrance they would
be permitted to unbutton their
coats. take them off, hang them
up, then walk unobstrusively and
quickly to the serving room.
After they filled their trays
they would pay their checks and
proceed quickly to a table in a
darkened corner which would
have been reserved especially . for
people wearing Bermuda shorts.
When they finished eating they
would go to the coat racks, put
on their coats, button them and
leave without letting the people
sitting in the snack bar know
how they were dressed under
neath.
In theory this sounds fine. But
things don't always turn out the
way they are supposed to. Maybe
social Bermuda rules would nev
er work in the Terrace Room.
In that case we let the problem
rest because we're sure not go
ing to have people carrying ten
nis racquets with them just so
they can eat in the HUB.
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