The Stetson Reporter

Vol. 83 Friday, April 23, 1971 No^^S"" 2-p 'Keep Your Pride' Black Women Told "The strength of a woman is the strength of a nation, but you must know how to handle that strength," Mrs. Henrine Banks, dean of women at Bethune- Cookman College told an audience at Stetson. Mrs.-Banks, who headed a panel discussion on the role of the black woman on the college campus, appeared with six coeds from Stetson and Bethune- Cookman. She was the second featured speaker for Stetson's 3rd annual "Black Emphasis Week" activities, which continue through Saturday on the DeLand campus. Other panel members were Bethune Cookman students Ernestine Dickson, Largo, and Marsha Guion, Miami, and Stetson students Sandra Sanders, Tampa, Terrye Singletary, Tarpon Springs, Ella McGill, Hollywood, and Linda Wilson, Tampa. Speaking at a gathering in the Stetson Room of the Carlton Union Building, Mrs. Banks told students that it is not important being black unless one can accept the rights and responsibilities of being an American. "The role of the black girl on the college campus is to keep the pride and to endure the hardships she faces, but to go after her goal to accept responsibility as a student, citizen and civic" per- son...and to give out all the love, the respect, to other people," "It's not the great women, but the women who have made America great," she said. The black woman has been the mainstay of the black family because the voice of the black man has been silenced. Although he has had his pride, he has not been able to show it. Even today black women outnumber black men on the campus, said Mrs. Banks. "The first role of the black woman is to protect her man," she said, "not to supercede, but to give him his rightful place." "She must teach that being black isn't enough. If you're black and bitter, the bitterness stands out; if you're balck and hate, the hate stands out; if you're black and crude; the crudemess stands out; and if you're black and ignorant, the ignorance stands out." "Remember to gain the respect of your men and become a total part of the community where you live." (ConlinuedOn Page2) Washington Marches Heldj Stetson Students Arrested BY TIM CUNNINGHAM Reporter Staff Writer "Everyone wanted to be arrested", according to Diane Gilman who was one of the three Stetson students arrested in .Washington. D.C. this pastweek. Speaking of her experiences at the Justice Department on Friday, April 30, Diane said, "There was too much of a happy feeling to be scared about anything". Gilman was one of seven Stetson students whose caravan arrived in Washington Thursday morning, its members setting up camp in West Potomac Park along with several thousand other demonstrators. Along with Diane, the eighteen other Stetson students who participated in the" Spring Offensive were: Tim DePalma, Bill Lee, Robert Mowery, Denise Deeds, Thorpe Shuttleworth, Don Chauncey, Bill Borden, Jim Skowbo, George Mathey, Ed Jordan, Mike Jackson, Debbie Pridgen, Dave Price, Sue Gould, Dan Bohl, Kevin Donahue, Denise Singleterry, and a student who wishes to remain anonymous. The siege of the Justice Department began at about 9:30 A.M. Friday morning as Bill Lee and Diane Gilman joined the ranks of about 150 demonstrators milling about the building. The plan was to shut off all of the entrances to the building by sitting in front of the doors. At 10:00 A.M., protestors sat down in front of the small side entrance to the Justice Department.. The General Service Agents inside of. the building shut the door, and leaving a small contingent behind, the demonstrators moved on to the next door. In a few more minutes, two more doors had been barricaded, leaving only three entrances to the buUding open. People were sent to Potomac Park to gather support to help close the remaining doors. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference responded with a mule train led- by the Reverend Ralph Aber- nathy. The mule train surrounded the Justice Department, and its members went to the assistance of the demonstrators in front of the doorways. Federal employees were allowed to leave for lunch, and shortly afterword the remaining doors were successfully barricaded. "The police had warned us ahead of time that we would not be arrested until all of the entrances to the building were blocked", said Diane Gilman. "I got up to walk around the building, and saw about eighty policemen marching toward us". Diane decided to be arrested and was taken to the Washington City Jail, but Bill Lee evaded arrest in order to be available for other actiyjt.ies....later, that day. Four more Stetson students, Jim Skowbo, Bill Borden, Don Chauncey, and George Mathey, arrived in Washington at 1:00 A.M. Saturday morning. Says Mathey, "It was a very brisk night. There were about 5,000 people around the Washington monument.Everyonewas keyed- up-anticipant of the activities yet to take place. There were about 50,000 people camped in Potomac Park. I was impressed by the fact that there were very few policemen around". (ConlinuedOn Page2) Publications Board elections for Hatter business manager will take place Tuesday. Sammy Bearman and Terry Mullen are the candidates. Glaze Leads Cast for Verdi's "Traviata" Performances of Guiseppe Verdi's opera "La Traviata," produced by the School of Music and featuring lyric tenor Gary Glaze of the New York City Opera, will run in Stover Theater through Saturday at 8:00 pjn. The opera is under the direction of faculty member Matthew Capell, who will also sing in the cast. Capell will be asisted by Geoffrey Gilbert, who will conduct the Orchestra. Glaze, who has evoked critical acclaim from the press and general public alike, will be make his last appearance on the Stetson campus with the Affiliate Artist Program. He will sing the male lead role of Alfredo Ger- mont. Graduate student Carolyn Egedal of the University of Colorado and Stetson senior Holly Roeseler of Brookfield, Wise., will play the feminine lead roles of Violetta Valery. Wallace Shearon, Associate Professor of Music, will appear as Giorgio Germont. Other members of the cast are: Andrea Andonian, Satellite Beach; Patricia Stone, Charlotte, N. C; Mia White, Bradenton; Larry Hancock, Riverview; Denis Murphy, DeLand; Jimmy Touchton, Palatka; Christopher Walsh, Altamonte Springs; Bonnie Bessler, Melbourne Beach; Buffy Desert, DeLand; Mary Ward, Lakeland; Dennis Bell, DeLand; Mark Godfrey, DeLand; Cindy Birtwistle, Titusville; Robin Lester, Cocoa Beach; Becky Steiner, Silver Springs, Md.; Chuck Nelson, DeLand. Violetta Valery's (Carolyn Egedal, seated) closest friends come to her bedside during the fourth act of Verdi's opera "La Traviata," which is being produced by the Music School Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m. in Stover Theater. Cast members left to right are Wallace Shearon as elder Germont, Gary Glaze as Alfredo Germont, and Christopher Walsh as the doctor.