
Speech by Dr. Clarence Ayres reported in March 11, 1960, Daily Texan.
Some documentation from the 60s at the University of Texas

Speech by Dr. Clarence Ayres reported in March 11, 1960, Daily Texan.

This reaction to the desegregation crisis at Little Rock Central High School appeared on the March 3, 1960, Daily Texan editorial page.

Texan editor Carl Howard advocates that Student Assembly candidates take a stand on integration, among other issues.

A four-student panel agrees that people should be judged as individuals and not by their race or religion in this presentation covered in the February 23, 1960, Daily Texan.

The January 19, 1960, Firing Line in the Daily Texan had a letter from future stand-inners Tom DeGregori and Leonard Giesecke as well as one commenting on racial slurs at the UT-Syracuse game. (Click image to enlarge.)

From the January 15, 1960, Daily Texan. (Click on image to enlarge.)

From the January 14, 1960, Daily Texan. (Click on image to enlarge.)

This letter appeared in the January 10, 1960, Daily Texan. (Click on image to enlarge.)


More on the Steer Here committee’s actions on integration, and an editorial supporting it from the January 8, 1960, Daily Texan. (Click on images to enlarge.) The Texan editor was Carl Howard.