Collectively, they had filled out
and filed more nominations for me to be named Teacher Of The Year
than had ever been received before for one teacher. They were
devastated when the committee receiving these nominations
threw them in the wastebasket, following the instructions
of Henry Tarbuck.
Then there were some that went as a group to beg help from
the `Minority VP'--Dan Field. Dan talks a good game against
discrimination and even pretends to speak for the black community.
He's a brilliant, fascinating lecturer, a perennial favorite
with the students. They considered him to be the most impartial,
open-minded administrator they had ever known. His feet of clay
surprisingly revealed when he washed his hands of the students pleas
and sided with the administration, telling the students who
petitioned him for help that I am a criminal. At least the blacks
on campus weren't surprised by this. They had long ago discovered
he was not only a smart cookie, he was an oreo.
But, Diana mused on gratefully, Dan was the exception. Many pleaded
on my behalf. Someone once said that all it takes to stop evil
is for one good man to speak up and many good men, and women, did just that.
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