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Page Two THE SKYSCRAPER-APRIL 9, 1968 S W T 1 Thou: V loleime * in the name. i Senate honors king, adjourns Thousands Leave Capitql as Fear Grips the City ' AWS*** Here's How It Was In Harlem: Tears, Dismay d of the apostfc-A V* nonvioleS '...,* fass rignts laws, LBJ urges Congres lt; ,/. of G.I.'sGuardingCapitcl and White House Looting Spreads OJt. DCiiiQ /tet sjicd Sorrow and Anxiety Apparent in Mood Volatile City cJ? WildRw ./ s* Nothing can be more diabolical than a delib erate attempt to destroy in any man his will to be a man and to withhold from him that some thing that constitutes his true essence. * Every human being has etched in his per sonality the indelible stamp of the Creator. Every man must be respected because God loves him ... an Individual has value because he has value to God. . * * Let us never succumb to the temptation of be lieving that legislation and judicial decrees play only minor roles in solving this problem. Mor ality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless. The law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me. gt; /, The nonviolent resister must often express fy ' O/ his protest through non-cooperation or boycotts, Q,iy o e. POLICE HERB PUT True integration will be achieved by men who are willingly obedient to unenforceable - 12-H0UKt0UIob,igat,ons- '*. A gt; lt; T5 gt; W V V /; It is my personal conviction that the most potent instrument the Negro community can use to gain total emancipation in America is that of non-violent resistance. Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both imprac tical and immoral. It is impractical because it ends up creating many more social problems than it solves. It is immoral because it seeks to annihilate the opponent rather than convert him. It destroys community and makes brother hood impossible. but he realizes that these are not ends them selves, they are merely means to awaken a sense of moral shame in the opponent. The end is redemption and reconciliation. The aftermath of nonviolence is the creation of the beloved community, while the aftermath of violence is tragic bitterness. lt; * How often the Church has been an echo rather than a voice, a tail light behind the Supreme Court and other secular agencies, rather than a headlight guiding men progres sively and decisively to higher levels of under standing. * * * The non-violent resister not only refuses to shoot his opponent but he also refuses to hate him ... the nonviolent resister would contend that in the struggle for human dignity, the op pressed people of the world must not succumb to the temptation of becoming bitter or indulg ing in hate campaigns. Africans Express Sft FBI has leads on slaver C, Kino We must face the fact that one hundred years after the Emancipation Proclamation, the Negro is still dominated politically, exploited econom ically, and humiliated socially. Negroes, North and South, still live in segregation, housed in j unendurable slums, eat in segregation, pray in . 9*i segregation and die in segregation. He who openly disobeys a law that conscience tells him is unjust and willingly accepts the penalty is giving evidence that he so respects fhnviole Key Life, CareeC Kfu'S ? Of Dt KinO J hnson Orders Troops Into the Capital lViol'nC *? s. I. '7. gt;4 It. OS a. The undergirding philosophy of segregation *sf/* , gt; is diametrically opposed to the undergirding f * fn philosophy of our Judeo-Christian heritage and r*f* all the dialectics of the logicians cannot make f J-f-N V gt; ** Z them lie down together. l/ gt;a i mm gt; I M i the law thai he belongs in jail until it is changed. E r.i, r.m Dr. Martin Luth.r Sp ch . r gt; y Word UMmy aim v brutalized society killed King o V A gt; 1 anital x kS College pays tribute to Dr. King Reaction to the tragic killing of Dr. Martin Luther King has been strong on this campus, as throughout the nation. Through the long weekend of mourning, the tributes, the tears, the vio lence have made one fact painfully clear: the need for a real istic confrontation between the black people and the white people of this country now. Following t o d a y's funeral service for Dr. King, the black community at Mundelein will sponsor a confrontation in dia logue between the black and white communities at 2:00 p.m. in McCormick Lounge. Par ticipants will discuss communi cation between the races at this college. All classes have been can celled today in memory of Dr. King. In today's discussion, we will attempt to expose certain myths and set forth certain truths. stated Chervl Daniels. one of the planners of this af ternoon's program. The death of this black leader brought to a head many of the problems that we con front first as black people and second as black students in ; gt; white community, added sophomore Flea Jeter. Helen Moorhcad explained the program's purpose further: Inasmuch as each black girl at Mundelein is an individual and that no one girl can pro sent with any accuracy the feelings of the entire group. we would like to present an over-all view of varied ap proaches to the entire issue. One of the primary pur poses of college should be to help interrelate different cul tures. added Diane Allen. If because of apathy, mistrust or naivete this process is hin dered, a positive part of educa tion is lacking. Freshman Cathy Webb said '.hat the black community feels it can no longer ignore the prevailing attitudes at Mundelein. A Soul Food dinner in the Tea Room will conclude the dialogue. Last Friday afternoon, ap proximately 1,000 members of the college community paid tribute to Dr. King in the col lege theater. All classes were cancelled from 12:30 to 1:00 p.m. as the administration, faculty, students and food ser vice and maintenance staffs gathered for a half-hour me morial service for the slain civil rights leader. MSC president Gerry Kurtz challenged those present to transform Dr. King's dream into reality: Martin Luther King's mo ment in time occurred during times preponderant with hu man brutishness. enmity and selfishness. Yet he rose above brutishness, enmity and self ishness climbed to the top of the mountain and saw the promised land. Now we as students in our moment of time should take it upon ourselves to profess and exercise his gospel, that his dream for America may soon be realized . . . This nation is ours, its fu ture is in our hands. The de cisions we make now will de termine whether Martin Luther King's dream will become a reality for man. Vol. XXXVIII April 9 No. 17 The Skyscraper is published weekly. October to May inclusive except durina exam and vocation periods, bv the students of Mundelein College. 6363 N. Sheridan Road. Chicago, lit. 60626. Opinions expressed are those of the Skyscraper staff Second-class postage paid at Chicago, Illinois. Entered as second-class matter Nov. 30. 1932 ot the U S. Post Ofhce Ch coao III., under the act of March 3, 1897.
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