Lincoln University of Missouri - Archives Yearbook (Jefferson City, MO)

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The year 1969 was a year of campus upset and unrest all over the country. Lincoln ' s campus was no exception. May 9 marked the beginning of a period of campus unrest which culminated on May 19 with the burning of the Student Union Building. It all started when a list of grievances were presented to Dr. Earl Dawson, then President of Lincoln University. A group of 23 students left the office when Dr. Dawson refused to meet with the entire group. The demands consisted of four broad categories: athletes, insti- tutional shortcomings, academic and social. They demanded everything from the removal of certain administrators to the inclusion of a training table for athletes in the University cafe- teria. And of course there was the all-time complaint — poor quality food served in the cafeteria. A boycott of classes and a sit-in in the Student Union also be- gan that Friday and continued through the weekend. State troopers were called in to police the campus Monday after- noon after some students made human barricades around the entrances to most campus buildings in order to assure 100 per- cent participation in the class boycott. Monday evening State Attorney General John Danforth served a restraining order to prevent further occupation of the Union. However, the sit-in then became a sleep-out as students dragged mattresses and blankets outside the Union for a camp- out. ■T • • | Vjt Talks dragged on . . . dissatisfaction reigned on both sides . . . nerves tightened . . . the worst happened = On Monday eve- ning, May 19, arsonists set fire to Memorial Hall, Page Library and the Student Union. The first two fires were easily extin- guished. But the Union burned.

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Headliner Week and Workshop The Twentieth Annual Headliner Week and Awards Dinner was held Oct. 15-17. Sponsored by the De- partment of Journalism, Headliner Week was held in the Fall for the first time this year. The week began with workshops for high school students. Classes were held in yearbook editing and news- writing techniques, headed by Mrs» Phyllis Wills of the Department of Journalism, and Mrs. Laverne Giffen, authorand former United Press bureau chief. Mr„ Matt Goree, city editorof the Kansas City Star, edited a special supplement to the local paper com- posed of articles by students who attended the Headliner Workshop. Concluding the exciting week was the Headliner Awards Dinner at Ramada Inn. The principle speaker was Dr. Phillip Monypenny, chair- man of the Department of Political Science of the University of Illinois, discussing the topic, Should Students Run Our Universities? Presented at the banquet were awards for significant contributions to better human relations, which went to the Gannett Newspapers, The Wall Street Journal, The Milwaukee Journal, The Chicago Sun-Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer. The citations of merit for outstand- ing performance in journalism went to Mr. C. C. DeJoie, Jr., Louisiana Weekly ; Jesse Henderson, The New York Amsterdam News and Mrs . Ada Crogman Franklin, The Kansas City Call. Dr. Phillip Monypenny of the University of Illinois was keynote speaker at the Headliner Banquet. Morton Simon, editorof Fami ly Weekly , Dr. N . A. Wilson, acting head of the Department of Journalism and Dr. Monypenny at the banquet .