Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 19, 1962, Image 23

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Newspaper Page Text12 B WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 19. 1962 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON James Meredith, Preoccupied With Thoughts, Having Scholastic Trouble Editor'! Note! Al Kueitnar, UPI loulhern reporter, who was on lha tcana whan Jamaa Meradith antarad lha Um vanity of Miisitaippi and covered lha iubequent xiot and othar avanti, hai return' ad to the Oxford campus of the univeriiiy to report on the lituation 11 weeki later. Ha report! Meredith facet an academic crliii, and datcribei lha atmosphere at school where 20 U. S. marthali and 500 troopi are still on duty lo enforce the attendance and insure the safety of the single Negro student. By AL KUETTNER Oxford, Miss. - ItlPIl - James Howard Meredith, through tome of the hardest studying any college student has ever done, may pull through at the University of Mississippi. But unless his grade level starts up sharply and quick ly, he is a good candidate to flunk out. The fact that Meredith Is a Negro has no direct bear- I : y Phono : ing - but plenty of indirect bearing - on his academic situation. To put it bluntly Meredith at the moment is a borderline student. The time of decision could come either at the end of the current se mester in January, or in June. Meredith, who was brought to the campus under court order and the power of feder al marshals and the U. S. Army on the riotous night of Sept. 30, began classes short ly after his formal registra tion the next day. In the beginning, despite volatile demonstrations and insults against him, Mere dith plunged enthusiastically into his studies. With virtual ly all campus activities closed to him, he spent most of his spare time in his Baxter Hall suite studying. Undergoes Change But in the 11 weeks the 29-year-old Negro has been on the "Ole Miss" campus, he has undergone a subtle change. His scholastic record has taken a nose dive. It is known that he has been tak ing tranquilizers so he can sleep. He has chewed his fin gernails lo the quick. He nervously gnaws on pencils in -class. Meredith will not discuss his grades or his chances of academic survival. But inter views with students who have classes with him and with other sources at the univer sity permit a reliable look at the dilemma of this conlro- 1 CRATER FINANCE $ 135 PINE 664-1273 R for Chrltfmai Shopping GET A $ Handy Hundred $ on signature only Loam to $1500 Home Owned & Operated "MONEY FROM CRATER FINANCE Is like MONEY FROM HOME" versial young Negro who was the first of his race knowing ly admitted to the university. University sources empha size that the first point to get straight about Meredith is that he is not stupid. He is having his worst trouble with algebra but shows consider able intelligence in the so cial sciences. Man Preoccupied Looking at his textbooks and talking with the man, you get the impression Mere dith has the stuff to pass his work - if he weren't preoc cupied. But, although he won't say so, Meredith is a man preoccupied. On the sur face, things look almost nor mal on the campus, right down lo the glowing Christ mas tree at the edge of "The Grove" where the Sept. 30 riot occurred. The explosive days and nights of demonstrations and violence, of Army Jeeps every few feet on the campus, of U. S. marshals dogging Mere dith's every footsteps are vir tually gone. The force of marshals as signed to the Meredith case Is down lo about 20. The Army has pulled out all but about 500 troops, most of whom stay off the campus. The few marshals who "mother hen" the Negro to and from classes try to blend into the landscape. They try lo stay out of sight when Meredith goes alone lo the university cafeteria. Hardly a head is turned these days as he moves about the cam pus. But Meredith knows they are there. They sleep in the room next to him al Baxter. They answer his telephone as a secretary would. At least once, human nature being what it is, Meredith is known to have given his guardians the slip briefly. Denies Any Effects Meredith denies that the little things which happen to him on the campus have any effect. But they happen. There was the boy in one class, two seats away, who periodically flicked on a cig arette lighter, causing it to play "Dixie" every time the thing lit up. By the end of class, there was an uproar of laughter. In algebra class, It takes another tack. On severfll oc casions, Meredith has gone to the blackboard with class mates to copy down equa tions assigned by the profes sor for calculation on the board. Unable lo handle the as- 1 Freedom from this... makes si hereof f J gift: ifor the homemaker at your1 house signment, Meredith takes his seat. The class is asked if anyone can help out with the answer. Hands go up enthusi astically. The teacher then asks Meredith if he would like a classmate or the pro fessor to help him out. Mere dith chooses the prof. He says little in class, often just answers the roll. In English literature, Mere dith is in a class of about 40. It's a lecture type class re quiring quite a bit of note taking. Meredith takes few notes. Exams Naxt Month The weeks of lectures, of blackboard experiences with cubic equations, irrational al gebraic expressions and solu tion of linear equations and of pop quizzes are about over. Following the Christmas vacations, final exams are set for Jan. 17-25. Meredith needs good grades on his finals to pull up his average. If he or any stu dent - ends the semester with a grade between 1 and 2 (E and D), he could petition the committee on admissions to let him in next semester on academic probation. If a stu dent's semester grade is be low 1 (E) he normally would be dismissed. If readmitted on probation, such a student would have to pull his average up to a 2 (D) in the next semester or he would be finished. Meredith denies that the little things in his life on the campus have made a moun tain of pressure for him. In an interview, he said: "The thing that worries me is that the atmosphere that caused the federal forces to be here in the first place is still here. Nothing has been done to change that. "I am not concerned about the little things. I am con cerned about the fact Negroes don't have adequate oppor tunities for getting an educa tion. The little things are simply part of the system that keeps Negroes down. "The system is what caused the riot. My ultimate goal is lo find a cure for the system and I am only important as . 1 can affect the change." Comments on NAACP Meredith was asked about ! reports that he is on the outs with the National Association for the Advancement of Col ored People which helped fi nance his court fight to en roll at Ole Miss. "I am not at daggar's point with the NAACP or anyone," he said. "But I have never felt the NAACP had exclu sive responsibilily where Ne gro problems are concerned except for the fact that the NAACP is an established or ganization." Meredith said the battle he Is fighting is "not a day to day situation. I will be in this five years from now, ten years." The Justice Department estimated it already has cost almost 5450,000, not count ing military costs of $3,85(1, 000, to keep Meredith in the university. The government is prepared lo carry on in definitely so long as Mere dith Is a student. OMT "" ' " !'' ii n MM ilea f Ov I AlJTOMATIC ELECIIIIC J ST3 A DISH WASH Kll I vTny V';"w,yi-f Wm ami . ?ywai ; , ,Vv . k' "!t . " "'' ' v! ; '.v !- 1 : yC : ' ) i el i Mania llliiiiaeawieieatoeLaMeMatoaLaiiaaieiiiii t jenni mi uimeam i , ' See your favorite CalOre Electrical League Dealer about portable, permanent and convertible models. Li,., School News Hedrick Junior High The Hedrick seventh, eighth and ninth grade choirs will put on their annual Christmas show Dec. If). Carroll Graber and Gary Lovre are the in structors of the presentation. The Hedrick orchestra, di rected by John Drysdale, also will be in the presentation. The narrator is Paul Brain cni, who will speak between the singing. There will be a Nativity scene along with the singing. The Hedrick basketball teams and the w restling teams arc doing well this season. The ninth grade basketball team and the eighth have not lost a game yel. Tile canned food drive at Hedrick was successful. We had a contest to see which home room could bring the most canned food. Room 306 won. They brought the most food percentage wise and won tiie ice cream feed. Hedrick has their Christmas tree up in the lower hall. Tlip Christmas tree is 15 feet tall and is covered with decora tions. The tree was decorated by the Kutuie Hoinemakeis of America. 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