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A6LE EYE
Vol. XIV No. 70

Lock Haven Stnts Collei^e

Friday, March 26, 1911

Guardsmen Not Under Attack
NEW YORK, March 25 - Author
James A. Michener says that
his investigation of last May's
shootings at Kent State University
indicates
that
National
Guardsmen were not under attack when they fired the shots
that killed four students.
The author s a y s that a c cording to a photograph taken
several
minutes
before
the
shooting began - at a time when
many reports claim Guardsmen
were under direct attack - at
least 200 yards separated the
Guards from the mass of students. Moreover, the photograph shows nearly 40 yards
of empty space plus a high
steel fence between the Guards
and the parking lot where the
students were shot.
Michener says further that
the Guard unit may unwittingly
have trapped itself by taking up
its position without realizing
that it would be surrounded by a
six-foot chain-link fence.
Michener's
conclusions
about the Kent State tragedy are
contained in the April issue of
Reader's
Digest,
which comes
out |y)arch 25. His report is the
second in a two-part condensation of a book commissioned by
the Digest, to be published a s a
Reader's Digest P r e s s Book in
cooperation with Random House
on April 30. In the April Digest's
12,500-word
section,
Michener t r a c e s moment by moment the events leading to the
shooting and the upheavals that
shook the nation afterward.
In the aftermath of the
shootings, Michener s a y s , an
unparalleled
outpouring
of
hatred was unleashed. I t took
the form of vilification of the
dead students in particular and
of young people in general. Of
the 400 students he interviewed
in preparing his story, Michener
s a y s , ''lat least 25 percent declared they had been told by
their own parents that it might
have been a good thing if they
had been s h o t . "
Michener describes the Kent
State campus on Monday, May 4 the day of t h e shootings - as " a
scene of uncertainty, fear and
planned r i o t . " He s a y s that
incredibly, thousands of students
and faculty members returning
to campus were not even aware
of the preceeding weekend's
riots, nor of the burning of the
university's ROTC building on
May 2.
In the wake of the riots,
university and National Guard
officials - the Guard had been
summoned to the campus and
arrives late Saturday - had prohibited all outdoor rallies, including
those
previously
scheduled.
Yet, s a y s Michener, d e spite distribution late Sunday
and early Monday of thousands
of leaflets and radio announcements of the ban, t h e word just
did not get amund lo many of
the returning .students. Included
in the ban wns a rally set for
noon on Monday to protest l_).S.
involvement
in Camliodia. jt
was this rally that became the
fatal confrontation.
At 11:48 a.m., Michener reports, somebody began ringing
the s c h o o l ' s victory bell. The
bell, mounted on a low brick
housing on Blanket Hill, continued ckingiiig for the next 15
minutes. Michener declares ti
played " a niajci role, first in
assembling the stiKknls and^
then n keeping tti-'in .iiiitated."

He s a y s that no one knows who
started ringing the bell. But he
quotes, Prof. Murvin Perry of the
Kent Journalism School, who
says that careful study was
made of photographs taken of
speakers who led the rally at
the bell. " N o one could identify
them a s students who had ever
been seen here before," Perry
declares.
At 11:59 a . m . , Michener
s a y s . Guard Brigadier General
Robert H. Canterbury gave his
troo p orders to move on the
crowd, first ordering a barrage
of tear g a s . Michener s a y s that
"careful c a l c u l a t i o n s " indicate
that at least 113 Guard officers
and men were at this time arrayed in a skirmish line along
tiie ruins of t h e burned-out ROTC
building. He s a y s that t he
crowd confronting the Guard
was between 900 and 1000, with
perhaps anpther 2000 - including
citizens
of Kent and high
school students - on the outskirts as s p e c t a t o r s .
As the Guard advanced,
Michener s a y s , students began
throwing rocks, chunks of wood
studded with n a i l s , and jagged
chunks of concrete. However, he
declares, most of t h e thrown
objects fell short of t h e advancing troops. Along with the miss i e s , " a steady barrage of verbal filth, curses and challenges
came dowjj upon t he Guard.
During t h e half hour that the
Guard was in action, this rain
of obscenity never let u p . "
The Guard pressed across
the
field.
"But,"
writes
Michener, " a p p a r e n t l y none of
the Guards realized that along
the far side of this field ran a
six-foot chain-link f e n c e , topped
by barbed wire. If a unit were to
be surrounded in this steel
pocket, there would be no
escape."
As the troops took up their
position against the fence, t h e r e
was a flurry of rocks. Seventeen
Guardsmen knelt on one knee
and assumed a firing position.
•At
this point, Mitfhener
notes, many reports have t o l d
" a constant shower of r o c k s "
and " m a d , screaming masses of
students encircling the Guard,
attacking them from all s i d e s . "
But those reports are evidently
untrue, according to photographic evidence.
The photograph was taken
by Beverly K. Knowles, a Kent
State student from Alliance,
Ohio, from an upper window of
Prentice H a l l . It shows the
Guardsmen kneeling in firing
p<.isition. " A t the far end of t h e
practice
field,"
Michener
writes, "there were no students
for .•' !.-ast 200 yards. Not one
student is visible oulside t h e
fence bordering the length of the
field. "In the area directly
between Prentice Hall and the
Field,
where the mob was
supposed to have been there
was empty s p a c e for nearly 40
yards, then the P r e n t i c e Hall
parking lot. On it could be
counted a total of 22 students,
five of them walking away from
the Guard with books under
Iheir a r m s . "
Other students support the
evicence given by the photograph. Journalism major Harold
Walker, who was taking prctuit -,
of ihe Guardsmen, s a y s : " A te'-.s
kuls, maybe ten, ran inside the
fence to throw rocks and junk
at t h e Guards, hut little of it
reached them."

Another
student,
Peter
Winnen, recalls what he saw from
the porch at Taylor Hall: " T h e
Guards were surrounded, but
only by the fence. They all
seemed
damned irritable
by
being .trapped against the fence.
Then f saw the Guards to into
a ti'uddle, and it was obvious
that a decision of some kind
had been r e a c h e d . "
Was there an order to fire?
To
this
cruical
question,
Michener s a y s there is no
answer. "Moreover, no Guardsman will now allow himself to
be interrogated on this point."
But, s a y s the author, " I t seems
likely that at this t i m e ^ o m e of
the troops agreed among therrn
s e l v e s that they had taken
enough."
A"''
^
"secret
report" cited by Micheni-i cor>tains this passage: " A s the
troops marched back up Blanket
Hill, someone among the Guards
said, 'If they charge u s , shoot
them.' "
Michener notes that dozens
of reports of snipers were
investigated, but that " n o shred
of evidence was found to support any of t h e m . "
"\A(hen the troops reached
the pagoda," Michener writes,
" s o m e Guardsmen on the right
flank suddenly stopped, wheeled,
and aimed their
rifles
toward the students who had
collected on the south side of
Taylor Hall. There was a single
shot, then a prolonged but thin
fusillade. The shooting lasted
13 s e c o n d s . "
Credit for the lack of even
greated bloodshed is given
by Michener to Kent faculty
members who " t a k i n g upon
themselves great risks, stood
between the students and the
riflemen and, over an extended
period of fear and hysteria
stubbornly argued,
pleaded,
reasoned and cajoled."
At this great c r i s i s , "
he s a y s , " n o administrators
were in evidence, no coaches,
no c o u n s e l o r s . " Only the faculty
teai hers.

Dr. Herijert Wahl, a rccenflv
retired
Penn Stale
bota.iist,
spoke lo a group of inleresled
sludenis yesleiday .it lUiiier
Planetarium.
His

f'enns\h'iini(i,

CALENDAR

topic,

v,,,.,

,.;nlcicd

Liround tlu- distribution of plants
thri.iirdiout the s t a t e . Through a
series of s l i d e s and maps, Dt.
Wahl discussed the eflects of
waterways, altitude, glaciation,
t y p e s of soil, .md evolution on
the dislrihution of plant spc^ ies.
He pointed out tluit une
specie?, common t o Pennsylvania Chenopodium album, otherwise
known
as
"gooseneck"
or
"lamb's
quarters,"
is
also
distributed
throughout
the
world, and that a particular
property of certain varieties of
t h e plant is the dissimilarity
of the progeny from ihe parent
plant.
The program u a s sponsored
hy the Lock Haven State College Biology Club.

The Rev. Miss
Parker has been added to the
panel of the Abortion Discussion in Smith Hal! Lounge
on Monday.

AFTER

THE
PAGEANT
DANCE
740
Sponsored by the Class of
'74, Saturday, March 27, in
Roger's Gym. Dance from
10-? Everyone invited!

All organizational budg e , must be turned in to the
PUB by April 1 , 1971. Budget
request forms can be obtained from the secretary's
office on the lower level of
the PUB or from George
Bowers in Smith Hall. Absolutely no organization will
be allocated money if their
budget requests are not
submitted by April 1, 1971.

Centennial Ball ticiccjs
for the student body tmf be
purchased from Mrs. Brown
in Raub 411. The price of
tickets for our students has
been reduced to five dollars
($5.00) a couple. This is a
rather formal occasion, but
dress is optional. Music
will be provided by Jack
Pur ceil
from
Pittsburgh.
This is an eleven piece band
with a vocalist. Let's get
behind the committee, and
support this very important
occasion'.

Because only one form
for the SOS was received by
Eagle Eye, the information
for obtaining more forms is
listed below.
Interested students may
obtain job application forms,
job listings and descriptions,
and rhe SOS Handbook on
earning a summer abroad by
sending their name, school,
address, and $1 (for handling,
materials, and airmail from
Europe) to SOS! StudeiU
Overseas Services, Placement Department, 22 Ave. de
la
Liberte,
Luxembourg,
Europe. Students with questions should call the Information Office at Santa Bar
bara (805) 9G9-1176.

The author also describes
the tragic efforts of parents to
find out what happeden to their
children. He quotes Mrs. Barbara Agte, a faculty member:
" N o one felt responsibility
for informing the parents of
the dead s t u d e n t s . " (Actually
they were not notified officially
until the day after the d e a t h s ,
when
Kent
State
President
Robert White sent telegrams
to the parents.)
Especially brutal was the
experience
of the
parents
ot Allison Krause. They tried
to phone Kent, but all lines were
out. Finally they reached university police who assured them
no one *•''•'* hurt. " B u t , " says
Mrs. Agte, " T h e y were still
concerned, and on the 6:30
television news they saw the
report that their daughter was
dead."

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FIRST

W E L L - I T ' S HERE

Rippey Comes From Behind
To Register 'Big' Pin
b y Al

Smith

AUBURN,
Ala.
-- L o c k
Haven
State
College
advanced
NAI.\
c h a m p i o n Larry R i p p e y into the
q u a r t e r f i n a l s of t h e N C A A w r e s t ling
championships
held
here
last
evening
when
he
pinned
J o e B o o n e of O k l a h o m a in 7 : 0 9 .
T h e Bald H a g l e s ' other two
e n t r i e s B y n i e P a r k e r at 126 a n d
Paul
Brodmerkel
at
142
both
d r o p p e d d e c i s i o n s in l a s t e v e n ing's action. Parker was drubbed
1 1 - 3 b y K e n D o n a l d s o n of .Xir
Force
and
Brodmerkel
dropped
a
close
3-2 v e r d i c t l o
Pacific
8 c h a m p B o b B e r g e n of P o r t l a n d
Stale.
R i p p e y w h o h a d lo c o m e from
a
4-0 deficit
in the
afternoon
session
to
clip
Larry
Morgan
College
Division
runnerup
from
Cal Poly, 12-9, gave L H S a total
of s i x t e a m p o i n t s w i t h h i s fall
over Boone.
Rippey Trailing
Rippey
was
trailing
6-5
a t t h e t i m e of h i s p i n a n d c a u g h t
B o o n e a t t h e e d g e of t h e
mat
a n d put h i m to the m a t with a
lateral
drop
and
clapped
hiniThe
LHS sensation
took a
3-2
lead
a f t e r o n e p e r i o d on a n
e c s a p e and takedown after Boone
had gotten a takedown.
Boone
then
took
command
in the
second
period and
was
pushing
for
the
takedown
with
one
minute
remaining
in
the
match.
According
to
LHS
Coach
Dr. Ken Cox, Boone was staying
a w a y from R i p p e y but w h e n t h e
I^HS s t a r w a s d r i v i n g h i m off t h e
mat Boone stopped
momentarily
a n d R i p p e y hit h i m with the lateral d r o p .
Rippey
has
a
chance
for
r e v e n g e tomorri>w a f t e r n o o n w h e n
h e f a c e s T o m M i l k o v i t c h of Mic h i g a n S t a t e , w h o p i n n e d him in
last
year's
tourney.,
Milkovitch
went
on
the
finish
fourth
last
year. The Michigan State
sopho m o r e h a d b e a t e n Brian SchiiiKtt.
4-2,
in l a s t e v e n i n g ' s
session.
E x p e c t s R i p to Win
Cox reported that he expects

Rippey
lo u p s e t M i l k o v i t c h
lie
added
that
Rippey
is
"looking
g o o d a n d c o m i n g o n . " If h e w i n s
his n e x t t w o b o u t s he will prob a b l y f a c e D w a y n e K e l l e r in t h e
finals.
Donaldson
came
on
strong
in t h e f i n a l s t a n z a to w h i p P a r ker., H e t h r e w t h e l e g s o n
Parker and r e c o r d e d
thrt
pre
ments
and
two time
advantage
p o i n t s for h i s 1 1 - 3 v e r d i c t
after
he trailed the Bald Eagle s e n i o r ,
3-2, after two p e r i o d s .

l o d ^v h r n
Hci g e n s c o r e d ;
cape
aiut
aelualK
hoU!
lead..
Beigl-n
then
f o u n d r e d .1
B r o d m e r k e l t a k e i . U n ' . n a t i o n - , '1 . m d
w i l h Ivv'o s ^ ' o o i u l s s h o \ v n i , e Ml t h e
c l o c k , l i e r p c i i o w n e d ,i l - I u 111,
f o s s a i d the taki'dow I call
« a s q u e s t i o i i a l i l e , but " s p . e a k i n g
I r i i t h f u l l y , l l i e k i d d i d h a v e it "
B r o d m e r k e l ' s e h a i u e s at gell i n g a s h o t in \\\e v \ r e s t l e h a c k s
look d i m s m e e l i i r g e n is m t h e
s a n u ' b r a i . k e t w i t h l.arrv O w i n g s ,
,NC.\.-\ c h a m p l a s t y e a r a n d o u t standing "lostK'r
In a n
earlier
meeting
'i;is
season
Bergen
d r o p p e d a 1-0 o v e i t i n i e
decision
to O w i n g s .

Parker
had
advanced
into
last
night's
session
after
he
p i n n e d J o h n T e r r y of C a l . L o n g
B e a c h S t a l e in 1 : 5 4 in t h e a f t e r noon s e s s i o n .
Cox
added
that
he
leels
P a r k e r h a s a s h o t in t h e w r e s t l e
b a c k s a d d i n g that he feels
Donaldson
h a s a good c h a n c e
at
m a k i n g il t o t h e f i n a l s .
Real

Heartbreaker

The
real
heartbreaker
for
LHS fans c a m e al 142-pouiidswhen
Brodmerkel
dropped
his
decis i o n in t h e l a s t s e v e n
seconds
on a t a k e d o w n .
Cox reported
that the
first
period w a s s c o r e l e s s and
Brodm e r k e l t o o k a 1-0 l e a d i n t h e
s e c o n d period. He had a minute
t i m e a d v a n t a g e in t h e t h u d p e - -

l\-nn State a d v a n e e d
C'lvde
l - r a r i l z , .Aiidv
Matter
and
D.^ve
Jov n e i
into
today's
st-ssion
w h i l e lA'higii i r - o h a d itirt'e siir\i\ors
111 H e r b C a m p b e l l ,
Steve
Sine Ids . a n d ( i r e g S u r e n i a n

Kappa Delia Rho captured
the
1971
Lock
Haven
Stale
College
intramural
wrestling
team championship as a result
of a 2 7 - 1 3 s l a u g h t e r
over I'au
Kappa
Epsilon
at
Ihonias
F ieldhouse.
TKF{
junipetl
mit
to
an
early
5-0
Ivad
when
Marts
Bergstresser
v.-as
awarder!
a
l o r f e i l at I I S p o u i u i s . I l o u e x e r .
K D R \\ o n t h e n e x t l i v e n i a U h e s
which
featuied
baek-tivb.ii k
p i n s by C h a r l i e
I h o n i a s a l I .M
pounds
and
Waviic
Hai. on
w r e s t l i n g a I 142 p o u n d s .
K D R r a c k e d up a 19-5 Ic.id
tiefore
TKH's
Bill
Holland
d e c i s i o n e d H o b H a i i i s t e i at I d "
p o u n d s . Rick Seitz then bolslered K D R ' s
lead with a pin
al
177 a n d J i m Weidman d e c i s i o n e d
C u r t H e v e r l y al 190 to i c e t h e
m a t c h for K D P .

Aquafins

Editor:

I hate
but for my
others who
would you
question?

t o s h o w my i g n o r a n c e
s a k e a n d t h e s a k e of
a r e in my c o n d i t i o n s
p l e a s e a n s w e r me o n e

W h a l i s t h e p u r p o s e of t h a i
* 15,000.00 globular shape which
is
presently
situated
in
tlie
ground
floor
lobby of
the
library?
I a m w e l l a w a r e of t h e f a c t
that
it i s
a structure
of
the
e a r t h a n d it s h o w s the c o n t o u r s ,
shapes,
and formations
of t h e
l a n d b o d i e s but a s k y o u r s e l f a s
I h a v e , ' S o w h a t ? ' Il h a s
no
purpose other than show doesn't
i t ? If y o u a s k m e , t h e p a p e r m a p s
w h i c h a r e l o c a t e d in t h e l i b r a r y
would
suffice
for t h e
purpose
of g e o g r a p h y s t u d y . . . and 1
m i g h t a d d il i s a l o l
cheaper.
T h e s l a t e i s in d e b t e n o u g h
already.
If t h e r e a r e f a c t s
to this
mailer
which
I am not
aw.;irc
could you e x p l i c a t e '
I a m o n l y o n e of m a n y vvho
feel
this object
is a ' h u n k
ot
iunk' a n d to sonic extent worthl e s s hul Iheie is n o t h i n g we c a n
do about
ii iioM. b u t
complain.
A s t h e c I u i l l - s l a t e s , ' W i n i.rv
over
spilled
milk'
Init
if
we
don't
complain
about
these
things
bel'ore Ihey occur
what
w i l l t h e y get a w a y will; l u n i n i ;
later
thai may
prove
USCIL'SS '
.lim S h a n n o n

fii.al

IK I

w o n by forleil

5-()
- Mark Shipe
( K D R ) dv
s i o n e d Boh I'ullei (i-l.
Charlie
Ihonias
(KDR)
134 pinned Kieth Hall 2-45.

126

142 - W a y n e H.icon ( K D R ) p i n n e d
R i c k l l i l n e r 3:.s(l.
I'lm M a g g s ( K D R )
deciL50 s i o n e d l-'raiik C o n d i n o 1 2 - 0
1 5 8 - D a n So hai ler ( K D R )
s i o n e d J e f f D o c k f)-3.
167
177
190

deci-

- H i l l H o l l a n d ( 1KI-.) d e c i sioned
lioh B a n n i s t e r
7-2.
- !•'•. k S e l l / ( K D R ) | M i i n e d
I - r e d r i r i . i n ."l:!!?.
- .lim W e i d m a i i ( K D R ) d e c i s i o n e d Curl H e v e r l y l!)-4.

I'nl. Jim Hess (TKi:) pinned
Larry Schubert 2:40.

WOMEN'S ARMY CO'^PS
OFFICF,:i PROGRAW
Women's 'Vrni' ?orps Selection Officer, Captain Margaret M. Kirchmaier, will be
on campus March 30, to give
students information on ths
.Army Officer Programs open
to ,,iem. She will be in Bentley Hall Lounge from 1 p.m.
to 2 p.m., and will tell Juniors about a new program
that wc!i iiay shidents while
they are o3H!irs .

Sfiow

Successful

Jim
Hess
secured
IKH's
o n l y p i n o f t h e n i g h t at U n l i m i i ed
by
clamping
KDR's
Larrv
S c h u b e r t in t h e s e e o n t l [ l e r i o d .

I o The

r h e b i g w i n for t h e e o n l e r erice c a m e w h e n Slippery R o c k ' s
Bill S h e l l h o r n , w h o did not p l a c e
in t h e c o n f e r e n c e t o u r n e y , u p s e t
B i g 8 c h a m p R i c h B i n e k of I o w a
S t a l e , 3 - 2 , in o v e r t i m e .
Clarion has
Bill
"l-'lbows"
S i m p s o n a n d " W o n d e r o u s " Wade
Schalles
remaining.
Other
reniaining eonfereiiee grapplers are
Ted
P e a s e of K a s t
Stroudsburg,
Paul
( i i l l e s p i e of W e s l
Chester
and
Sum
D/.icd.Me
ot
Slippery
K o e k , wiio w a s s e e d e d
ttrst al
15(1

KDR Clubs
TKE, 27-13

I'h-malehups
anil
scored are as follows:
118 - Marty
Bergstresser

C o n f e r e n c e l - a i i s Weil
I'he
Pennsylvania
(onierence
has
faired
well
and
has
seven
wrestlers
g o i n g i n t o today's quarlerfinals.

tl.

ILlgll
tlu
dil
ior t h e t i r s t
night,"
ml 1
"iinented
Dr
.lean
Deobold
the annual .Aquafins
produci:i, " Bv R c r i u e s t , "

Performing
lu-loie
a
large
erowil,
thev
presented
unusual
sLiilaei.' t l i v e s , h - a i i e l l e g s ,
and
other stiinls
Ihev
started
the
frrograni
using
sueh
popular
songs
as
"Hello, 'loung Lovers,"
"Born
free,"
and " B r i d g e Over
Troubk'ei W a t e r s " h ' a e h ot t h e s o n g s
were
i l u - o i c l i v a l ly r e n u e s l e t l
by
p e o p l e 111 tliv c o l l e g e c o n i i i i u n i l y .
Muhsay through the program
a n a q u a r e i K i i t i o u ol ' ' S w e e t llorir
of
Praser"
was
well
reeeived.
leaiured
m
lliis
number
were
I'aiii
\loek,
.lulie
Ihill,
Liiula
C i . n v s l i a w .uid . l a n u - N l L N i e r n e y . ,
I:\vii
O s i ar
Iroiii
"Sesanie
Street"
l:inii'
w ,is
Iv.iiared
.is
C l i n s 1 e i h u m d i d ,i e u l e s k e t i li
to " I l.o\e
l i a s h "

RAP CORNER
nawa.
.\round
1779,
DuSable
moved lo a portage which
the
I n d i a n s referred to as E s c h i k a g o u .
I l e i e h e b u i l t a h o m e '.iy a r i v e r
which flowed into a v a s l lake.
DuSa.hle w a s j o i n e d by a F r e n c h
Indian, Aiitoine Ouilmelle
who
helped
h i m i n hi.s fui
trading
a n d h a u l i n g s u p p l i e s a c r o s s the
C h i c a g o P o r t a g e . When DuSable
s o l d h i s p r o p e r t y in 1 8 0 0 , t h e
bill of s a l e s h o w e d that he had
substantially
expanded
his
h o l d i n g s . H i s buildings included
two b a r n s , a h o r s e m i l l , a bakehouse,
a workshop,
a
poultry
house and a smoke house.

/ / / ( ' Real
Rrvohtfinn-Race,
i'l i,,e
,' ;..
>,\-.i.
; \iiI
lire!
'Thouahl.
'Without an atliluduial
revolution, this race pride, this
l i l a c k i i i a n - w h e r c \ e r h o mav' b e will c o n t i n u e to
prev t o the
s o c i o - p o l i l ical
economic
s\ s t e m s
ol
tl .' d a v . " O n
Ihe
occasion
eon iiemorating
the
twentv-scventli
anniversary
ot
the
.iholition , f slaverv , F e d erick
Douglas
unleashed
his
u n p a r a l l e l e d e l o q u e n c e over the
i s s u e of r a c e p r i d e aiiiong black
people.
He
uncompromisingly
d e n o u n c e d aii\ a n d e v e r y a l l e m p l
directed towards promoting lave
pride, c o n t e n d i n g that a people
I. a n n o l h e p r o u d of i l s r a c e or
color s m e e
il h a s n e i t h e r
the
c h o i c e nor t h e p o w e r to be w h a l
il i s .

Jean
Baptisle
Pointe
DuS a b l e left C h i c a g o a n d j o u r n e y e d
lo M i s s o u r i w h e r e he lived with
his son until h i s death
aboul
1814.
His
property
had
been
sold to another trader w h o resold
it t o J o h n K i n z i e , t h e r e p u t e d
founder
of
Chicago.
Over
the
years,
DuSahle's
home
and
buildings were continually sold
and improved. Today a bronze
p l a q u e o n t h e c o r n e r of D e a r b o r n
and
Wacker
Drive
Marks
the
spot
of
the
first
permanent
residence
in C h i c a g o , o n e
of
.America's mosl popular
cities.
- Soul Soul i s . . . . C o m i n g from
the ghettos and going b a c k when
you a r e e d u c a t e d .

He s l r o n g h pre.ichcd doing
away
wilh
Ihis
'supercilious
non-sense.'
For
him,
only
a e l i i e s eriicnt s l i o u k l g i v e r e a s o n
for p r i d e . H b l a c k p e o p l e w e r e
t o h e p r o u d , ' L e i it h e b e c a u s e
w.e h a v e h a d s o m e a g e n c y
in
p r o d u c i n g t h a t of w h i c h w e c a n
p r o p e r l y he p r o u d . ' I n d e e d ,
he
w a s p r o u d of h i s o w n a c h i e v e ment,'
not
because
he w a s
a
colored
man,
hul
because
he
was a man, and because
color
was
arul s t i l l
is a
misfortune
arid I s t r e a t e t i a s a c r i m e b y t h e
. • \ n i e r u a n p e o p l e . ' U-laek
World
h\ RukLid/.o M t i r a p a . )
.lean B a p t i s l e Pointe DuSable
1745-1814
DuSahle
was
the
first
p e r m a n e n t r e s i d e n t of C h i c a g v i .
Ile e s t a h l i s l i e d a t r a d i n g
post
there
and
had
a
fur-trading
h ' i s i n e s s . .le.in H a p t i s t e P o i n t e
D u S a b l e w a s h o r n in H a i t i a b o u t
n 4 s . His lather was a French
pri\ale
wlui
married
a
Black
slave woman. DuSahle's mother
Was k i l l e d a few y e a r s
later,
and the boy w a s sent to P a r i s
toi I n s e d u c a t i o n . T h e r e h e m e t
l a e q n c s C 1 enior gan who became
Ills l l i c l o n g c o m p a n i o n . D u S a b l e
l e t u i n e d to Haiti to a s s i s t
his
lather
vvhi)
was
now
in
the
l . g i t i i r . a l e b u s i n e s s of
trading
island g o l d s .

While
sailing
to
America
on
business
a storm
wrecked
DuSahle's
schooner.
DuSable
and (.'leniorgan. who a c c o m p a n i e d
h i m from P a r i s , w e r e
rescued
and
brought
lo New
Orleans.
DuSahle's skin color made
his
p i e s e u c e in N e w O r l e a n s d a n g e r ous
since
at
any moment
he
was
likely to be captured
and
s o l d into s l a v e r y . With t h e h e l p
of s o m e J e s u i t p r i e s t s D u S a b l e
e s c a p e d by b u i l d i n g a boat and
sailing North up the Mississippi
River
lo
St.
Louis.
DuSable
remained in,this area some lime
learning
the
Indian
languages
and
establishing
a
trading
business.
After
m a n a g i n g a fur
post
for
the
Ciovernor
of
Detroit,
DuSable
settled
near
Peoria,
I l l i n o s . H e r e he lived wilh the
Potavvalami Indians and married
an Indian w o m a n named
Kiua-

Soul is. . . . Swimming in
t h e river b e c a u s e our n e i g h b o r hood doesn't have any
pools.
Soul i s . . . . G e t t i n g yourselves
together
and n o t
realizing
what
your
purpose
is.
Soul i s . . . . T h i s
whole
world is a s t a g e and you are
playing a major part.
Play

il

- Soul L i n g o cool:
unemotional,

cautious,

composed.

Pig:
a policeman.
Mason
line:
the
main
:itreet,
especially,
and
indicating
the
boundary
between
a
black
and
a white
comm u n i t y . A n o b v i o u s t a k e off
of t h e a c t u a l
Mason-Dixon
line that s e r v e s as a marker
between
the
North
and
South.
Mean:
the finest; good;
downto-earth;
honest;
strong;
p o s s e s s i n g soul;
gutbucket
spirit; funky
Funk:
a 'nittygritty,'
truly felt
blues
mood
in j a z z
and
t h e r e f o r e in the p e o p l e w h o
produce
this
art
form;
sometimes called 'a
sense
of t r a g e d y ' in E u r o - A m e r i c a n
logic.
- Book List C l a u d e M c K a y - an
immigrant
from
Jamaica,
wrote
a
b o o k o f v e r s e , Harlem
Shadows,
which e x p r e s s e d bitter
resentment
of
Blacks
in
.America
W a l t e r W h i t e ' s , F i r e in
the
P'lmt
( 1 9 2 4 ) c o n f r o n t e d s o m e of
the p r o b l e m s f a c i n g N e g r o e s in
t h e i r effort to e s t a b l i s h a p l a c e
in .American s o c i e t y .
R i g h t On !
T.

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