FRI., MARCH 30, 1962 ROGUE NEWS PAGE THREE South African Tells Of Native People By Yvonne Nicolson For many centuries before the Portugese explorers first rounded the Cape of Good Hope, the Bush men those little pigmy hunters who live on roots, locusts, larvae of antns, reptiles and mammalia of all kinds were the only in habitants of the greater part of Southern Africa. When the Hot tentots came down from the north, they all but exterminated these little yellowish-brown people, forc ing those that remained to live in small, isolated groups. This, roughly, was the position of the inhabitants when Jan van Riebeeck, founder of European civilization in South Africa, ar rived in Table Bay on April 6 1652. A grave difficulty facing the authorities in the seventeenth century was that of obtaining suitable immigrants. Fortunately, however, they were able to obtain a number of Huguenot refugees among whom were many families of the best calibre. Then, in 1820, four thousand hand-picked British settlers arrived brave men and women to whom South Africa owes a deep debt of gratitude. Later still came Germans, French men, Swedes, Danes, Belgians, Norwegians, Portuguese . . . From every corner of the earth they came to this land of sunshine to help us in our national growth. There are actually no fewer than five distinct racial groups inhabiting the Republic of South Africa: the Whites or Europeans, who number 3Vi million of the 15 million population; the 11 mill ion members of the Bantu tribes; the Gloreds; the Malays, and the Indians. The Malays have adhered to the doctrines of Islam and have remained a separate section of the community; many of them have adopted the language and to a certain extent the ways of living of the European. The Indians are descended principally from the indentured laborers who came to dork on the sugar estates in Natal between 1860 and 1911. Many of them have thrived and become prosperous. The colored people number over IVi million. They are a mixed race resulting from con tacts between Bushmen, Hotten tots, Bantu, imported slaves and to a not inconsiderable extent Europeans. In the course of time this mixed race became a unit in South Africa with its own identity and, while recognizing their dif ference from the European, they have always tried to identify their interests as closely as possible with his. For general purpose one may divide the colored people into three distinct classes firstly, the increasingly large number of well-to-do and educated colored people, including the doctors, the lewyers, the teachers, the inde pendent workmen; secondly, the farm and unskilled laborers, the factory workers, and the house hold servants; and thirdly, the undesirable class, the so-called 'skollies." The Cape Coloreds are fast developing a musical and artistic culture of their own. White, Black. Brown, Yellow- all are afforded every opportunity to progress, to follow their own way of life, culture and religion, to work and to play, to receive education. FIRST PERIOD STUDY HALL Study Hall is usually a free period in which students may study or go into the library to increase their knowledge. Although study hall is a place to study, it is not always done, as anyone could see if they hap pen to drop into first period study hall class when the teacher is tout of the room. Provost's Furniture RUGS CARPETS LAMPS DESKS Serving Ashland For Over 50 Years When the teacher is in the room, she makes sure there is no noise such as unnecessary talk ing, but as soon as she leaves, the fun and frolic begins. Almost at once, everyone starts to chat with neighboring students Every so often, someone has an excess of rubber bands and im mediately the air is filled with flying strands of rubber anr sticky, wet balls of paper. The students begin to get up and walk around to arouse more trouble. and an added touch of a thin wire stretched tightly from seat to seat adds a bit of humor as students hurrying down the aisle trip over it. About the time the up-roar gets going quite strongly, everyone knows it is about time for the teacher to appear. When she ap pears, there is almost at once a sudden hush over the entire study hall. Those who continue to cause a disturbance usually find them selves rearranged to a new seat in the front of the study hall quite close to the teacher. SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE ROGUE NEWS By Sharron Oviatt Apparently most of the sopho more's didn't hear the announce ment which asked them to please not gather in crowds in the halls. If you wish to take the trip to Seattle for the World's Fair in April or May, please contact Mrs.. McAlaster or Mr. Ley bold. Twenty-one applications are needed. 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