It was not without some sympathy
that I read the Cavalier Daily
article on Newcomb Hall Director
John Herring's ousting of Messrs.
Tom Gardner and Alvin Long from
University Hall for passing out
issues of the Virginia Weekly
containing schedules of the events
of Black Culture Week.
Mr. Herring's bureaucratic fastidiousness
in forcing compliance
with the pettiest of rules and
regulations can only be matched by
his extremely logical mind: first he
tells Messrs. Gardner and Long to
leave, because the lease of the
building doesn't allow them to
distribute the Weekly; then, after
starting the thing in the first place,
he calls the Security Police "because
it was felt that he [Mr.
Gardner] was disrupting the performance
and that he and Mr. Long
should be ejected. Fantastic.
I guess you might call me one of
John Herring's admirers. In an
incident in Newcomb Hall last
month, I asked to see a copy of the
rule he said I was violating. Politely.
He responded that, because of my
attitude (I didn't trust him to give
me the straight poodah, apparently),
he was going to make an
appointment for him and me to see
"the Dean." Just for asking to see
the rules.
I think we ought to give Mr.
Herring a raise in pay.
