 | The Cavalier daily Wednesday, February 7, 1968 |  |
Re-evaluation
By a vote of eleven to six,
the Student Council last night
temporarily suspended its rule barring
recognized University organizations
from using segregated
facilities to study the regulation
further.
The motion was submitted by
George McMillan following the
efforts of the Nursing School Student
Council to secure permission
to use Fry's Spring for their junior-senior
dance February 16.
The group first applied to the
Council for recognition, and, having
received it, then asked to use
the segregated establishment since
their commitment to it was already
set and there was no other
available place for the dance.
Joseph Fioravanti countered,
however, that "We excepted Phi
Alpha Delta just a while ago.
If we except two organizations this
quickly the true purpose of the
rule fails: to place economic pressure
on these establishments."
Alan Bigley replied that "At
present this rule discriminates against
the majority. There are no
Negroes in the Nursing School,
so if the establishment where they
have this dance is segregated it
doesn't matter; yet it prevents
them from going where they
choose."
| The Cavalier daily Wednesday, February 7, 1968 | |