Word: sncc
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Some Cliffies have objected that students would do better to send a personal contribution to the feedom movement instead of participating in a "gimmick," which only supplies SNCC with 50 cents for each fasting girl. But the fast should not be regarded as an alternative to an individual donation; anyone who wishes can give to SNCC on his own. Rather the fast provides a convenient channel by which many students--some of whom might not have otherwise given--can make a small personal sacrifice in order to aid the civil rights cause. Furthermore, the fast itself should be a significant...
...possible to determine emotional maturity, discipline, and non-violent conduct. We will hold one orientation session here for New England applicants in late May, and all applicants for the project will undergo extensive training in Berea, Kentucky in June before departure for Missisippi. None of this indicates either that SNCC will accept young people who cannot act in a disciplined fashion under what will certainly be dangerous circumstances, or that students are looked upon as expendable "cannon fodder" to be put to "tactical advantage...
Members of the RGA Legislature yesterday passed overwhelmingly a proposal to allow Cliffies committed to the cause to abstain from eating dinner in the dormitories on May 14 and to donate the money saved to the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC...
Ellen Lake '66, who proposed what she called the "Fast for Freedom," predicted last night that over 500 students would volunteer to take part. President Bunting has indicated that unless that number sign up, the fast will be cancelled. If it does take place, SNCC will receive approximately 50 cents for every fasting Cliffe...
...battle-lines are in the South, where volunteers have heard from last summer's veterans that life is rough. Volunteers expect frustration and they are prepared for danger. Bullets smashing through rustic SNCC offices, water hoses, cattle prods, beatings and the consciousness of possible death--to say volunteers are "prepared" for this is perhaps too kind. For too many, none of whom admit it, violence is the summer's wage...