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Page 4' THE NEWS TEXAiN Friday, September 14, 1962 HISTORY MAKERS Willie Roland, left, and Tommy Chambers, right, seem happy about being among the first Negro students to enroll in the previously all white student body of Arlington State College, The historic integration move opened the college's facilities to an as yet undetermined number of Negroes. Both SMOOTH TRANSITION Roland and Chambers say they could not have afforded to attend college anywhere else. Roland is a 21 year old math major from Fort Worth and Chambers, 18, also of Fort Worth, is a freshman planning on biology studies. Both students will commute to classes daily NEWS TEXAN PHOTO. Integration Accepted As Fact On ASC Campus By PAUL MCAFEE Integration at Arlington State College was an accomplished fact Thursday.

At least seven Negro students had signed up for classes yesterday with more expected to enroll today. No trouble has marred the integration and college officials, along with students, and faculty, expect none to occur. The college opened its doors to Negro students forthefirst time this month rather than oppose threatened court action by Negroes. A Negro atiorney in Dallas had said the college would face lawsuits if it didn't integrate voluntarily. The College's president, Dr.

J. R. Woolf, had said the school would integrate completely, including social events, but that varsity athletic teams would not include Negroes this year because the college still has games scheduled with out of state teams whose school policy forbids them to play against or with Negroes. Dr. Woolf.

said that dormitories would be open to all students, but that the dorms were already booked to capacity by white students. Ben Arlington State's public information director, said the college would release no names or statistics concerning the Negro students. He said this policy was topro- tect the new students and to keep them from being "singled out" or put into a position of 'hardship." Cook said he believed the integration of the college would go smoothly and that neither he nor the administration expected trouble. Charles Nelson, Registrar of the college, said that he had no idea about how many Negroes would eventually be attending classes this semester. He said that his office was keeping no records on Negro students as such, and that he did not know how many had integrated the school so far.

He said he suspected that most of the Negroes would br; freshmen. Neither Nelson nor ether college officials would say how many Negroes had actually been accepted by the school in pre-registration proceedings. Negro students interviewed by The News-Texan Thursday differed in their own estimates as to the number of Negroes that would be in the college this year. Estimates ranged from 10 to 100. One Negro student said he believed most of the Negro students would be girls.

Estimates by white students working in the registration lines about the number of Negroes already enrolled, ranged up to 10. One coed estimated that Wednesday's registration had seen "five or six boys and, four girls." The biggest influx! of Negroes are expected today when the college registers new freshmen students. Lt. Col. Charles T.

McDowell, head of the college's ROTC program, said that at least two Negro boys had already signed up for military training. McDowell said the ROTC department's policy of dealing with Negro students would bt that of the Collegeas a whole. Asked if Negro cadets would be accepted for membership on the schools famed, wide-traveling drill team, the "Jodies," McDowell said that Negroes and whites a like could try out for the team. Normally, he said, a Freshman student belongs to the team only as a recruit and usually doesn't get full membership in the marching group until his second year. Interviews with students, faculty members, and someof the new Negro students showed the college as a whole was taking the matter calmly.

No one questioned about the integration expected trouble, and the majority opinion seemed to favor the change-over. Generally, the feeling among those interviewed is that the college is for higher education and that the Negroes have a right to it. Paula Fuller, 19 year old sophomore English major from Grand Prairie said she had "mixed feelings" about the integration at first, but said that the Negro students 'tieserve" a higher education "just like us." Another white coed, Carmelee Schug, also 19, and a sophomore from Arlington, expressed firm approval. She said integration was "needed" and thought that there would be no trouble because the students were The Negro students 'tieserveedu- cation just as rnuchaswedo," she said. John Graves, 19 year old Dallas sophomore majoring in psychology-said he wasn't concerned about the college being integrated "tine way or the other." Several faculty members interviewed werealsoapprov- ing of the move.

John Hudson, the college's head librarian, said "I am pleased." It is the normal thing, he said, because college is for students, and the admitted Negroes were high school graduates, and therefore integration was only a natural thing. Dr. Hubert Mathias, a member of the college's history department, and a native of Germany, said that he believed the integration was the right thing to do. Harry Hanks, members of the English department teaching staff also said that opening the school to Negroes was desirable, but that it was a step that 'Should have been taken along time ago." Hudson and Hanks both felt that anoverwhelmingmajority of the faculty was in favor of admitting Negroes to thecoll- ege. Paul Blakney, also of the English faculty, and supervisor of student publiciations said integration at the college was an 'Accomplished fact." Negro student? interviewed said they enrolled in the college as a result of personal decisions rather than through any organized movement backed by Negro organizations.

Two of them said they could not have gone to college- had ASC not integrated. All of them seemed to be unconcerned about the novelty of their being among ASC's first Negro students. Willie Roland, a 21-year- old mathematics major from Fort Worth said he expected no trouble and that he had heard no one on the campus make remarks about his race. The Negro youth said that he worked in the college's cafeteria as a busboy last year and had attended a junior colX 1 lege in Chicago during the summer. He said he plans to work part-time in the cafeteria again this semester.

Tommy Chambers, an 18 year old Fort Worth biology major said that he intended to enroll lor classes Friday and that he was on thecampus with his brother, Oscar Chambers, who he said was presently registering. Chambers said he expected no trouble. He said he had been on the track team in high school but that work would prevent him for trying out for the college team year." He said he might like to participate in track later when he 'tias the time," Melvin Callins, a 33-year- old Freshman from Temple, Texas said that he had served in the Air Force for 14 and a half years but had given up his military career to enter college. Callins, anindustrial engineering major, said he is married and has three children, but that his wife plans to work and help him finish college. Members of student social and professional clilbs manning booths in the registration line werenon-comrnittalabout their policies toward Negro students, but all who were interviewed said that a student's race would not by itself exclude him from membership.

An International Relations Club member explained that members of his club have to ask to join. The same comment was made by a member of the Business and Economics Club. Norm Henthorn, president of the college's club said his club was sponsored by the International Kiwanis organization and that the parent group itself is presently making a decision about the race of members. Henthorn said Circle club members are selected from 'hard working" students, but had no comment on what his club's policy would be toward Negro students who might want to join. "How about a little dip be- for lunch.

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