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Gregory Confined,
Replaced By Phillips

By Tom Jenks
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

Dick Gregory, who was jailed in
Chicago earlier this week, will definitely
not be able to speak at the
coalition's "Counter Sesquicentennial"
rally on April 14, Founder's
Day.

Phil Citron, Mr. Gregory's manager,
told The Cavalier Daily yesterday
that the speaker-comedian
would not be able to get out of jail
to continue his speaking tour but
that the Reverend Channing Phillips
had been contracted to take Mr.
Gregory's place at the rally.

Mr. Phillips is a Negro civil
rights leader in Washington and
was a candidate for the Democratic
vice-presidential nomination in the
last national election.

Mr. Phillips will fly in a
chartered plane to Charlottesville
from Colgate Rochester Divinity
School, where he is now giving a
series of lectures, and will arrive in
Charlottesville early Monday morning.

After his speech at the coalition's
rally, Mr. Phillips will fly to
Washington for another speaking
engagement that is set for 4 p.m.
that evening.

A preliminary schedule of events
for the student coalition's
"Counter Sesquicentennial" was released
yesterday by coalition member
Robert Rosen.

The "Counter Sesquicentennial"
will begin on Saturday, April 12,
with a Southern Folk Festival to be
held in Cabell Hall at 8 p.m. and
will cost $1.50. Proceeds will go to
the Transition Program.

A black-tie "Non-Banquet" will
be held on the Lawn between 6 and
8 p.m. Sunday, April 13. This
occurs at the same time as the
Sesquicentennial Banquet and is a
fast-protest of that banquet. Tickets
are $3 a couple, and the proceeds
will go to the Transition
Program. Water will be served.

During the "Non-Banquet",
Robert Rosen is going to present
the coalition's bogus awards, the
most important of which, according
to Mr. Rosen, is the Alexander
Hamilton Award to be given to the
person who has done the most to
thwart Jeffersonian principles.

"We will give almost as many
awards as the University does, and
we may even give our own civil
rights award. If they can play this
game, so can we," Mr. Rosen said.

The coalition is urging people to
attend the Sesquicentennial Seminars
at 10 a.m. on Monday, April 14,
because they feel that the topics of
the seminars are relevant to the
issues at the University.

At 12 noon the coalition will
hold its rally and present its guest
speaker.

At 2 p.m. the coalition is supporting
anyone who wishes to step
out of the honors procession in a
boycott of the Sesquicentennial celebration.
This is the only boycott
or demonstration of the celebration
that the coalition is formerly
supporting; however, there are ad
hoc committees planning to organize
walkouts from the ceremony in
Cabell Hall and a silent demonstration
on the Lawn.

Two "Counter Seminars," one
at 2:30 p.m. and one at 4 p.m., will
be held by the coalition.