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1968-12-17 Daily Iowan Article: "UI's Black Athletes -- Some Happy Here, Others Not" Page 2

[CLAIMED BY SARAH NELSON]

THE DAILY IOWAN - Iowa City, Is. - Tues., Dec. 17, 1968

[handwritten]
2 (of 5)

'Every Morning, I Wake Up Wondering
ATHLETES from Page 1
Tome Wallace, who plays football, is completely content at Iowa. He said that of all the schools he visited during recruitment. Iowa's atmosphere was the most genuinely warm.
"Everywhere else," said Wallace, "it seemed as if they were putting on a show for you. I like it here a lot, people have been extremely nice to me."
Mel Morris, who also plays football, said, "I like it here pretty well. Most of the people are real nice and I like school real well."
Morris is getting married soon and will have two white football

[photo]
COLEMAN LANE
Tries to Meet Non-Athletes

players in his wedding party.
Greg Allison, a married football

[photo]
MELVIN MORRIS
Whites in Wedding

player, said, "I get along fairly well here. I figure I am well liked by most people around here.
"I know a lot of people in the town and I don't have too much trouble and getting adjusted."
Allison added, "I sometimes get frustrated with the size of the town, and the people. It's not that they're prejudiced, but that they're narrow-minded."
"I really love this place," said Ray Manning, who plays football, "and I would say I feel at home here. The thing is that I feel no pressure here. I think people accept me as Ray Manning, the person, and not Ray Manning, the football player."
"I like it here," said football player Bill Powell, "People around here are really kind and willing to listen. I think I have been treated as a man, and not as a black athlete."
Practically all of these athletes are married or have a steady girlfriend on campus. As Coleman Lane said, "I have a girl, and it does ease things some."
Every black with an opinion on the subject attacked the social life of the black at Iowa.
"Socially, it is dead," said Mike Phillips, who plays football. "The social life is oriented mainly toward the white man and has nothing to appeal to the black. On Saturday night, it is a toss-up, you can go to the girls' dorm and talk or go to a movie.

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[CLAIMED BY SARAH NELSON] THE DAILY IOWAN - Iowa City, Is. - Tues., Dec. 17, 1968 [handwritten] 2 (of 5) 'Every Morning, I Wake Up Wondering ATHLETES from Page 1 Tome Wallace, who plays football, is completely content at Iowa. He said that of all the schools he visited during recruitment. Iowa's atmosphere was the most genuinely warm. "Everywhere else," said Wallace, "it seemed as if they were putting on a show for you. I like it here a lot, people have been extremely nice to me." Mel Morris, who also plays football, said, "I like it here pretty well. Most of the people are real nice and I like school real well." Morris is getting married soon and will have two white football [photo] COLEMAN LANE Tries to Meet Non-Athletes players in his wedding party. Greg Allison, a married football [photo] MELVIN MORRIS Whites in Wedding player, said, "I get along fairly well here. I figure I am well liked by most people around here. "I know a lot of people in the town and I don't have too much trouble and getting adjusted." Allison added, "I sometimes get frustrated with the size of the town, and the people. It's not that they're prejudiced, but that they're narrow-minded." "I really love this place," said Ray Manning, who plays football, "and I would say I feel at home here. The thing is that I feel no pressure here. I think people accept me as Ray Manning, the person, and not Ray Manning, the football player." "I like it here," said football player Bill Powell, "People around here are really kind and willing to listen. I think I have been treated as a man, and not as a black athlete." Practically all of these athletes are married or have a steady girlfriend on campus. As Coleman Lane said, "I have a girl, and it does ease things some." Every black with an opinion on the subject attacked the social life of the black at Iowa. "Socially, it is dead," said Mike Phillips, who plays football. "The social life is oriented mainly toward the white man and has nothing to appeal to the black. On Saturday night, it is a toss-up, you can go to the girls' dorm and talk or go to a movie.