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THE MAROON TIGER
fair play is hushed. The decision will be pro
tested before the high committee on rules and
we hope for a reversal. If the referee attempts
to justify himself on the grounds that his deci
sion was fair and impartial then we might truly
exclaim: “0 Justice, thou art fled to brutal hearts
and men have lost their reason-
HIDDEN VALUES
There is more than trivial significance
in the fact that the most precious metals, the
most costly pearls, the priceless gems lay buried
either in the heart of some rock hundreds of
feet below the surface or on the slimy bottom q$
the deep sea, where they can be secured only thru
painstaking effort. Although each thing was
put in its place at creation, man, through the un
derstanding loaned him by the Creator has made
magic strides into the realm of the unknown and
as all energy may be traced back to its source,
the sun, so may man’s activities, his triumphs
be traced back to his “borrowed knowledge”. As
the ventriloquist causes his voice to sound, sup
posedly, thru the dummy that sits on his knee,
so may it seem that man reflects the Infinite
thru his actions. But the main point is: the ac
cess to the material things upon which such high
values are placed is hidden and it can be gained
only in proportion to the perseverance of the
seeker-after-them. We are surrounded by men
who started out handicapped by poverty, ignor
ance and a host of drawbacks, but today occupy
positions of financial security. The material
things, gold, silver, diamonds, precious jewels,
what makes these valuable? Wha!t makes a
thing valuable? The scarcity plus the demand
has placed the high premium upon them but the
access to them is open thru man’s insatiable de
sire and perseverance. As a by-product of his
activities many good as well as bad qualities
have developed. There seems to be an end to
the striving after the material but after the im
material there seems to be no end. As the river
spends its existence seeking the sea so have men
spent their lives in quest of truth- The real
values of life are always just out of sight and the
quest to obtain them forms an ever increasing,
ever interesting chapter in the history of man’s
life.
GARVEY HAS A RIVAL
The L’ouvrier Negre is a French newspaper
which sets forth in a very concise manner a call
for united action among the Negro workers of
the world. It has for its goal the organization of
a base for establishing the unity and solidarity of
Negro workers against imperialistic and capital
istic oppression in order to insure their liberty;
and the support and active development of the
proletariat Negro in unions.
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Alumni and students, keep mindful of the
$300,000 drive for Morehouse.
Expect Great Things
From Yourself
“Why,” said Mirabeau, “should we ca'll our
selves men, unless it be to succeed everything
everywhere?” Nothing will so nerve you to ac
complish great things as to believe in your own
greatness, in your own great possibilities. Count
that man an enemy who shakes your faith in
yourself, in your ability to do the thing that you
have set your heart on, for when confidence is
gone, your power is gone. Your achievement
will never rise higher than your self-faith. It
would be as reasonable for Napoleon to have ex
pected to get his army over the Alps by sitting
down and declaring that the undertaking was
too great a task for him as for you to hope to
achieve anything significant in life while harbor
ing grave doubts and fears as to your ability.
A man who is self-reliant, positive, and opti
mistic and undertakes his work with the assur
ance of success, magnetizes conditions. He brings
to himself the practical fulfillment of his ambi
tion. “For to him that hath shall be given.”
Thus, we must do as well as we are wont to do.
It is sometimes hard that some other person is
lucky, that everything he does proves successful.
Why is this? It is because he not only wants
this thing to happen but he actually works to
ward that end. Thus his accomplishment is
brought.
Set the mind toward the thing that you would
accomplish so resolutely, so definitely and with
such vigorous determination, and put so much
grit into your resolution that nothing on earth
can turn you from your purpose. In a course, of
time you will develop power, but power is largely
a question of strong, vigorous, perpetual think
ing along the line of ambition, parallel with aim--
the great purpose of life. The problem must
first live in thoughts, in dreams, or it will never
be a reality- But do not let your dreaming
stretch out over too long a period but from a
strong vigorous concept of the thing we want to
do. This is a powerful initial step.
Then we must have faith in our-selves. This
is the most important factor in the problem. By
faith we see our resources, our powers which
our doubts and fears shut from our view. All
things are possible to him who has faith, for
faith sees and recognizes the powers that mean
accomplishment. If we had faith in God and in
our-selves we could remove all mountains of dif
ficulty and our lives would be one triumphant
march to the goal of our ambitions.
It is doubt arid fear, timidity and cowardice
that holds us down, keeps us in the class known
as the ordinary people- So, believe in yourself
with all of your might and success will be yours.
By C. E. Boyer, ’29.