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After her release, Brenda applied for readmission to her tenth-grade class at Burgland High School and was turned away by Principal Commodore Dewey Higgins. Angered, 120 of her schoolmates walked out, assembled at a Negro Masonic hall, and were advised by organizers of the Nashville-based Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (who had come to McComb to spur Negro voting) to march upon city hall. The students filed two abreast to the city hall steps, began to pray-and were all arrested. A white S.N.C.C. leader among them, Robert Zellner, 22, of Atlanta, was beaten and kicked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mississippi: Contributing to Delinquency | 10/20/1961 | See Source »

...status, however, is still "very much in doubt," according to the Office. Whether she remains in the Corps will depend on the wishes of the Nigerian government. The Office said the situation at Ibadan was "calm," adding that the total number of demonstrators had never exceeded 150--barely a tenth of the early estimates...

Author: By Frederic L. Ballard jr., | Title: Monro Avoids Prediction On Peace Corps | 10/17/1961 | See Source »

...Mark Mullin surprised nobody by turning in a fast second place finish. Dave Farley of Brown came in eight seconds ahead of Mullin to take first place. Brown's John Jones took fifth slot; Brownies Smith, Gunzelman, and Libby were seventh through ninth; and Don Kirkland of Harvard was tenth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cross Country Team Noses Brown, 25-30 For Third Victory | 10/14/1961 | See Source »

...Football rolled on, taking its toll and separating the men's schools from the boys'. Columbia's best team in years lost to Princeton for the tenth straight year, 30-20. Maryland upset high-ranked Syracuse, 22-21. Notre Dame, strong on the ground, took to the air to edge tough Purdue, 22-20. The Big Ten looked like one big powerhouse: Michigan routed Army, 38-8; Michigan State took Stanford, 31-3; Ohio State set down U.C.L.A., 13-3. But, in the week's thriller, Iowa, rated first in the nation and heavily favored, just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard: Oct. 13, 1961 | 10/13/1961 | See Source »

...Crimson's Bob Knapp finished sixth, in his best showing as a varsity performer, and Hamlin took seventh. Greg Baldwin contributed an eighth-place finish to sew up the Crimson victory. Two Cornell runners filled the ninth and tenth slots...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Underdog Cross Country Squad Upsets Powerful Big Red, 26-29 | 10/9/1961 | See Source »

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