University of Virginia Library

My attention was directed this
past Sunday to the half-time show
of the New York-St. Louis football
game, presented by the band of
Southeast Missouri State College. I
don't believe I have ever seen such a
flagrant display of bigotry and
racism in my life. During what was
supposed to be a series of patriotic
American tunes, the band suddenly
formed two flags, Old Glory and -
believe it or not - the flag of the
Confederacy. To top it all off, the
band then played "Dixie." And I
might add that this occurred not
only in front of 50,000 spectators
in St. Louis, but in full view of
countless millions of American
television viewers coast to coast as
well.

Obviously, Southeast Missouri's
band was not fortunate enough to
have read last Friday's issue of The
Cavalier Daily. Otherwise I am sure
that they, too, would have "seen
the light," as you have, and would
have refrained from such a vicious
19th century display of discrimination.
Even more guilty, however,
was CBS (obviously standing for
Confederacy, Bigotry, and Spiro)
for allowing such a fascist exhibition
to reach the public through its
facilities.

This occurrence must not be
allowed to pass uncriticized. I
therefore urge the following steps
be taken:

1) That the editors of The
Cavalier Daily draft a strong reprimand
of the shameful event which
occurred Sunday, and that copies
be sent to Southeast Missouri State
College as well as to Walter
Cronkite,

2) That the Student Council
officially censure CBS and demand
that a public apology be made
during next week's football telecast.

3) That the Student Council also
pass a resolution urging that all
concerned University students
watch only AFL football and
Huntley-Brinkley, and

4) That the Student Council and
The Cavalier Daily jointly draft a
letter to President Trickydick demanding
that he immediately declare
the playing of "Dixie" illegal
and urge that all violators of the
Executive Order be imprisoned
indefinitely.

If these steps are taken, I believe
those two organizations can at last
show the community and the
nation just the type of stuff they
are made!