Word: hunters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first class at the University of Georgia last week, pretty Negro Coed Charlayne Hunter, 18, heard a psychology lecture on human behavior. The subject was timely, for that morning she and Hamilton Holmes, 19, breached a sorry human-behavior barrier: the 175-year-old tradition of segregation at the campus in Athens. They ignored slurs from some white students ("Make way for the nigger"), reveled in a countering welcome from others ("She has such poise"). But that night, even as Georgia was being toasted across the nation for a display of tolerance and maturity, Students Hunter and Holmes learned that...
Holmes found quarters off campus, and Charlayne moved into a suite in Central Myers Hall. Attending class next day, Sophomores Holmes and Hunter got a friendly welcome from every teacher, were convoyed by solicitous students and officials. Every time Charlayne heard an insult, she found a white girl beside her saying, "Just ignore those people." University President O. C. Aderhold proudly praised his students for "good judgment and conduct," and it was a fact that all through the week most students refused to oppose integration and a stout minority publicly supported...
That night Georgia lost a basketball game to archrival Georgia Tech in a disputed overtime period, and this frustration fired up the actively prosegregation minority of the students. Furiously they raced up to Central Myers Hall, and at 10 p.m. joined the outside demonstrators in hurling bricks at Charlayne Hunter's windows, smashing ten panes. Two Athens cops ignored them, confining themselves to directing traffic. The growing mob next flung giant firecrackers. Three leaders sparked rousing cheers...
Mulligan continued unbeaten in the distance events, with victories in both the 220 and the 440 yard freestyle, while Hunter, Kaufmann (with victories in the backstroke and the medley relay), and Schellstede (who won the breaststroke and swam in the opening relay) were also double winners for the Crimson...
Swimming the 220 yard freestyle for the first time in competition, Chadsey turned in a highly creditable time of 2:14.6, half a second behind teammate Harry Turner's winning mark and only one second slower than Hunter's time against Brown...