White Knight
I feel that Mr. Cullen's sports
column in the February 10 edition
of The Cavalier Daily deserves more
than a little criticism. I have
managed to read some of his
previous articles dealing with the
recruiting of Negro athletes only by
assuring myself that time would
improve his somewhat lopsided
view of the situation. I agree with
his statement that the general
atmosphere at the University is less
than salutary to the recruiting of
black athletes. But it is ludicrous to
imply, as he does, that "Confederate
flags" and "the melodic
refrain of Dixie" are so offensive to
Mr. Martin Lee of Marion that he
picked Tennessee over Virginia.
(I'm sure Tennessee's football stadium
has never seen the "Stars and
Bars" or resounded with the words
of 'Dixie.')
Mr. Cullen could better play his
role as "white"-knight-of-noble-intentions
as a recruiter for the
athletic department rather than as a
sports writer for The Cavalier Daily.
Nothing would give me greater
pleasure.
