SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1921
THE MICHIGAN DAILY MAGAZINE
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Student Interviewed On Ku Klux Klan
(By Ilughston 3f. Rcahi)
The '24 man from Missouri settled
himself comfortaby in a big morris
chair and thoughtfully puffed at his
cigarette. The only sound in the room
was that inevitable tick, tick of his
pet alarm clock Oi. the bureau.
"No," he drawled, "I am not a mem-
ber of the Ku Klux Km. You thought
that I was?" he raised his eyebrows,.
Tite interviewer nodded. Prospects
of finding a Kit Kluxer among the stu-
dent body who was willing to admit
the fact seemed dimmer each day.
"But," continued the '24 man who
had to be shown, "I have lived in a
locality where the Ku Klux has been
all powerful, I have watched them
aork, I have ,tee toil of teir o-
jects, their aitts, their ansiititis, I
hare Petet askedi Io joft. Yes, toil I
may as well admit, I have filled out an
applicatiosn Ptank' to Ktt Klutx Ktan
a h "ot tntunelievatle ttmber of
others in my home townt-and," his
eyes twinkled, "in Ann Arbor.
"What do I think of the Klan? Well,
in the first place, it is a powerful or-
ganization. At the present tiame it is
controlable, as to what it will be in
the future is beyond the knowledge'
of man. 'Of course the question of
whether or not 'mob rule' can sue-
cessfully exist is always questionable.
Should the leaders of the Klan ever
become men of the wrong type, the
order would certainly accomplish
more bad than good.
"One instance of their work out in
my town comes to my mind. For years
there has existed there a. famouss
gamling den. It had police protec-
tion. Policemen guarded the doors.
Vice, in all its forms, reigned there
night after night. One day the own-
er received warning from the Knights
of the Ku Klux KIlan to cise dosn,
It was disrecarded, but, interesting
Is say, a fens days later the place
closed its doors forever. Don't mis-
understand sue. No extreme act of
violence was committed on the nit-.
He still lives, but a wiser man is he'
"In brief, the Ku Klux ideals are
excellent. Propaganda which has re-
cently appeared against them has been
published purely for selfish reasons.
I have read everything I could con-
cerning the Klan duirng the past
month and at the present feel per-
fectly free in saying that I am willing
to join the organization at any time.
"The K. K. K. is sti'ong in the South.
Its exact place in the North has yet
to be determined. I. too, am watch-
ing the outcome of the fight against
the Klan with the greatest of interest."
Editor's Note-That there are stu-
dents at the University of Michigan,
who are members of the Ku Klux
Klan, is more than a matter of sup-
position. Almost anyone at some
time has discovered a man, who be-
longs to that mystical organization.
Privately these men will admit their
connections; to get them to admit
such a fact publicly in an interview
is more difficult. The editor, himself,
had an interesting and enlightening
experience with a Klansman.
While discussing the organization
pro and con with a group of fellow
students, a new arrival suddently as-
tounded us by asking what we would
think if lie admitted his membership '
in the Klan. It developed that he was
a member.
This man, a graduate of an eastern,
university, crime this year to Michi-I
tan for the study of law. He was
etgage' in newspaper work last year
in a southern city. It was there that
he joined the Klan. According to his
version of it, the Klan in that city
consisted principally of young men,
w ho were ianded together for social
purposes more than for anything else.
lie admitted that there might be seed
for trouble in the Ku Klux Klan; that'
the legality of such an organization, have my suspicions that his thots of
might be questioned, but he insisted that gentleman are not the best."
that in the city where he became a With such a fund of information,
member the Klan had been perfectly we thot it would be interesting to
law abiding. have this student write an article for
The most interesting phase of this the Magazine. This he declined to do.
man's story was that his grandfather; It may have been the pressure of his
was a member and officers of the work in the University; it may have
original Ku Klux Klan of reconstruh- been because he did not wish to an-
tion days. "If my grandfather knew tagosie the Ku Klux Klan.
th.at I belonged to this present or-
ganization, I would probably be fool- In the good old days when we used
ish ever to visit him again. I don't topull a loose tooth by means of a
know what he thinks of Walter J. string and a door-knob, it was a case
Simmons. the imperial wizard, but I of making the door a drawer.
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