The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1958-11-13
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His report proves one thing The further get away from
home the drawer get!
Attending the bull session that night still another
reporter 10 Smtherman of the Twin City Sentinel Inc
following afternoon she reported:
The gigantic bulk Of the man bellies his assumed
position Of social satrs Il didn't play football at col
lege because didn't want to" ne Said II was my
money and my time."
One of the Wake Forest students was heard TO re-
mark as East stood vp How would you like to tap him
on the shoulder and say don't like what you're print
ing in your paper?" IA note by P D. East The boy didn't
know what a coward am. .ts
On Dr. Martin Luther King Negro leader in Alabama,
East thinks: Dr. King has workable theory Passive re-
sistanee is used by King not as weapon, but win
sincerity"
Joe Smitherman as was Lloyd Preslar exception
ally kind, for which I'm grateful.
Finally after the sinoinq pledges retired at about 200
AM got off TO Sleep But my sleep was troubled try never
to think about an address prior TO making it. and anyone
who had every heard me speak voUch for that I'm sure
ANYWAY the thought of the speech kept creeping into my
weary mind and it kept me from sleeping very we'll
understood from Jerry Crawford that he'd come by
for me at AM and we'd have breakfast and I'd speak
at 100 wanted TO get the feel Of the public address sys-
tenn in the chapel because always have trouble With those
thnqs So at $50 Jerry by and was busy IN my room
reading comic book something equally enghtenng and
in nv drawers An expression of horror swept over Jerrys
Inc d00reSS Was TO De d U:UO! Fiu loui' O'oh
started to dress We made to the chapel Just ahead OF the
student body.
With an empty stomach and head to match, began
nv address, There were over 1000 kids in the chapel pos
sby between 1900 and 1900. But believe me, you'd have
to look into that many Baptist faces to get the fu mpdc OF
it. At one brief moment I'd have bet half Of my expense mo-
ney that there were 10000 of em I've always known there
were MANY many Baps but never expected TO face them
all at once
And every kid at Wake Forest College had the Whoopng
couch! never heard so much coughing in my entire lite.
AT that moment appreciated fully the story about John Bar
ynore stopping in the middle of play once and saying
somethinq about Getting with the show when the seals
stopped their whooping.
But in all fairness TO those Students must say don't
blame them for anything whatsoever Ny speech was oUs
The speech itself read fairly we'll but the delivery gave!
Just awful that's ALL Finally to the Joy to everyone mostly
me, the thing was over
The first plane out of town was at 527 M to Boston,
was the first person to board IT.
In all seriousness the courtesy extended me by Jerry
Crawford Dr. Bryan Mr.. Reece, Dean Wilson, and others
was and is appreciated fully I'm most happy TO have had
the opportunity Of meeting and being with everyone at Wake
Forest College.
think possibly the kindest of all things TO come my
way was the news story in the Twin City Sentinel on the
afternoon Of October 10TH and by person whom do not
know In part If read:
Easts speech at chapel exercises in Wait Chapel this
mornnu was arred by the fact that he was hoarse and
his voice failed to carry over the public address system
As result even those persons seated on the front row
said they could moi hear him.
On nv word wasn't hoarse just stupid, and the
Kindness of the news story lies in the fact that they didn't
SO say