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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, May 16, 1968
"... It's a touchy subject here." —
continued from page 17
patcher at Paint Rock of the disturbance. The town marshal was informed, and he rounded up a group of Paint Rock citizens.
When the train arrived at Paint Rock the nine Negroes were taken off. Some time later the two girls were found, and they told a story of being raped and attacked by Negroes.
Here begins the "Scottsboro Case"—a case that received national and international publicity for more than 16 years. This case and the events that followed this case are what the people of Scottsboro are trying to forget.
Of the handful of people who remember the trial, there are only a few who talk about it. Those who do talk about the case say they were too young to remember it. One finds that the "Scottsboro Case" becomes secondary to the way the people of Scottsboro are trying to forget the case they feel made their town infamous.
The people who will talk about the case preface their remarks by informing you that "none of the people involved were from our county," and "if the train had gone another five miles, into Madison County, it would have been the "Huntsville Case," instead of the 'Scottsboro Case.'"
They also are quick to tell you the publicity their town got was not justified. All insisted that the "Northern press" had misrepresented many facts.
This Alabama town is trying to forget the "Scottsboro Case." One man explained that there "would be only one in 100 persons under 30 years of age who would even have heard of the case" in the town today.
"The Scottsboro Case' is a touchy subject here. People just don't like to talk about it. Why, I can't remember about more than five times my folks ever talked about the case in front of me." one man said.
He continued, "Why, in another ten years, nobody will remember anything about the case. It just isn't talked about."
"Why?"
"Scottsboro got a lot of unjustified publicity for something that more or less accidentally happened here. The people are just plain bitter about what the 'press' made our town out to be. And that book, why some of the things in that were just lies. You take that 'lynch mob' he (Haywood Patterson), talks about. I was here in the square and there just wasn't any such mob. By the way, what do you think George Wallace's chances are in Kansas?"
According to one couple, the people of Scottsboro are "afraid, because they know they're guilty of punishing the wrong men." This is their explanation as to why the people won't talk about the case today.
"There doesn't seem to be any outside pressure—like the Klan—but they just seem ashamed of what they did. That is why they are so quiet. King's assassination did seem to tighten a good many more mouths, though. They seem worried about offending somebody, now."
One man explained, "You all think we go around barefoot down here. Well, I did as a boy—because I wanted to. That's the way the Northern reporters covered the 'Scottsboro Case'—like we all didn't have enough sense to put shoes on. Those Northern lawyers came down here—Leibowitz or something—w wasn't that his name? Anyway, they just came down here to stir up the 'niggers.'"
What remains for the people of Scottsboro? They have a fast-dying memory. The curse follows the town as well as it did the "Scottsboro Boys."
Dr. Martin Luther King's death helped tremendously in squashing out the case's memory—especially in the days after the assassination. For now the people seem to feel that anything mentioned about the "Scottsboro Case" will make the Negro population restless again. It could be just an excuse for killing the memory of the 1931 incident more quickly, or it could be the truth.
At any rate the people of Scottsboro soon may forget completely about their problem. Now, their only hope must be that the rest of the world forgets the events that brought Scottsboro, Ala., such dubious notoriety.
Phillips fund benefits 10
Ten students in the School of Engineering and Architecture have been honored for the excellence of their academic records, Dean William P. Smith said.
The ten received a total of $650 from funds provided by the Phillips Professional Development Fund, established last year by the Phillips Petroleum Company.
Bruce Peterson, Prairie Village senior, was awarded a cash prize of $200 as the school's outstanding senior. Peterson, majoring in chemical engineering, has a 2.47 grade point average.
Six other seniors received $50 awards as the outstanding graduates from their various departments. They were Wilson G. Weisert, Glendale, Mo., majoring in mechanical engineering; Francis L. Dolechck, Wilson, majoring in metallurgical engineering; Alan R. Mulally, Lawrence, majoring in aerospace engineering; Mitchell A. Brown, Lawrence, majoring in architecture; Jayanti D. Patel, Mufalira, Zambia, majoring in civil engineering; and James M. Eller, Leavenworth, majoring in electrical engineering.
Three sophomores, Bunsen Fan, Taipei, Taiwan; Ralph Chatham, Chagrin Falls, Ohio; and Jonathan Ophir, Columbia, Mo., were awarded $50 each for maintaining the highest grade point average in their freshman class.
A graduating KU student, Dorn Barlow, Haven senior, has received a $3,300 scholarship from the University of Southern California to do work on her masters degree in business administration.
Award to KU senior
The scholarship was awarded to Miss Barlow by the Commerce Association Fellowship for the 1968-69 school term.
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