Woody's Rescue
Once again it is Dean Woody to
the rescue. Undaunted by ethics,
age or proper regard for our elected
representatives he saved the cause
of the conservatives and snatched
the University from the jaws of the
liberal threat.
It was a conservative coup. The
"damn" liberals sent representatives
to Richmond, so he arranged for a
group of "conservative" students to
trot down and undercut by formless
complaints the concrete proposals
of our representatives.
The Student Council president
and his cohorts were asking for a
more just racial balance and a 20th
century method of appointing
members to the Board of Visitors
and rapid coeducation. Shouldn't
we then presume that by taking the
opposing position "Woody's
Raiders" were speaking for racism,
19th century methods and male
supremacy. Nay, that is too harsh.
In the true style of an honorable
(dishonorable) gentleman (the
terms seem interchangeable judging
from Dean Woody's actions) they
cloaked their requests in euphemism.
To top it all off, like a real
insurgent Dean Woody carried it all
off in (near) secrecy. Doesn't that
smack of bit of dishonor.
Radicals on the ground owe
Dean Woody a debt of gratitude for
a real demonstration of subversive
action. However, he tipped his
hand. He showed his real associates
to be those who don't want racial
equality, meaningful coeducation
and just representation. And all of
the administrative talk about proper
channels proved itself to be
nothing but a front. Dean Woody
only operates through proper Channels
(i.e. the Student Council) when
it suits his fancy.
In other words Woody, stay the
hell out of student affairs (unless of
course you go through proper
channels) and let the conservative
student cause sink or swim on its
own merits.
