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THE MAROON TIGER
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The boys told me that big “Jeff” Lamar had a hammer
in his togs. But I was somehow cool and steady, when
the whistle blew to start the game;I was on him every
time the ball snapped. Verily he played a hard, last
game.
It is indeed interesting to note the many changes that
have come about in the game through the years. Too,
the change in attitude toward the game on the part of
many fellows furnishes interest. I can say truthfully
that during the whole time I played football I never
bore any ill feelings toward any of my opponents.
For seven years, in academy and college, I played
football; I received only one injury of a serious na
ture, and it came in my last year as a player. An
other thing happened during my last year which I re
gretted very much. For it I am to blame, especially
when one takes into consideration the fact that I have
always looked askance upon those fellows who showed
the slightest semblance of dirty playing. I remember
this incident as the one time I was ashamed of my
playing tactics,—it occurred in the Clark Game: I lost
my head because my running mate “Candy” Allen,
who was in all probability, up to the time of his in
jury, the outstanding linesman of the conference and
who deserved, if any man did, the all-American toga,
had gone from the game as the result of a “dirty” play.
I was very much hurt over it; it was so atypical to the
brand of playing I had tried, as captain, to set for my
team-mates.
The game has meant much to me, as I look back over
the years and catch up the threads that have woven for
me a cloak of many colors. I was able to know the
fellows better; I was able to get a hold of myself and
break myself of some habits. I am glad for having
played the game.
Finally, the spirit of “hail fellow—well met,” the
working and playing together, keeping training, the
“frolic welcome,” with which we met the foe, the ob
stacle—all these were parts of my enjoyment, as I
look back.
Editor’s Note: Mr. Edward “Rose” Latimer, twice
honored with the captaincy of the big Maroon Tigers,
all-American linesman, has graciously reminisced on his
years as a player for the readers of the Maroon Tiger.
A REVIEW OF DR. JACOB’S LECTURE
B OR AGES there has been a disease that has af
fected the human race in a most detrimental way.
It has slowly and surely carried in its clutches
some of the most promising people of all races
that exist. This is the disease of tuberculosis. It has
greatly affected the Negro within the last four decades.
Now a great attempt is being made to stamp it out. As
one of the steps in this attempt a series of three lec
tures were recently given at the Atlanta School of Social
Work on “Tuberculosis and the Negro,” by Dr. Ja
cobs, president of the National Tuberculosis Associa
tion.
The subject was discussed under three heads: First,
What Is Tuberculosis?; Second, The Social Significance
of Tuberculosis; and, Third, Methods of Tuberculosis
Control. Let us first take the first topic. “What is tuber
culosis?” It is a germ that is peculiar in form, in that
its outer coating is made up of a waxy substance.
Thus it is hard to penetrate the coating in order
to kill the germ. Its method cf growth is by spitting.
It has no method of locomotion, but it is very easily
carried by the blood stream to various parts of the body.
This germ may enter the body by four ways: first
through dust; second, by droplet infection, that is by
excretion from the mouth or nose, thus spreading the
disease to other persons; third, by hand to mouth meth
od, and fourth, by milk and other foods that contain
tuberculosis.
This rod-like germ enters the body by one of the four
above named methods. Then it lodges and begins to
grow. As it grows the cells of the body automatically
begin to wall it in. This process continues until the
germ is entirely closed in by these cells. The body salts
fill in around the cells and form a hard shell. This
is the beginning of Tuberculosis. As long as the wall
stands there is no danger. But when the walls weaken
the germ is released and it begins its growth again.
Lowered vitality is the cause of the breaking down
of the protective walls around the germ. Thus the germ
is freed and due to this sub-normal condition, the germ
cannot be wailed in and the reproduction begins. Then
we have signs of the disease. Your power of resistance
measures your ability to withstand the disease. This
power is three-fold: First, it is measured by the strength
of the wall around the germ. As long as that wall holds
you are protected. Second, your resistance is part and
parcel of your general vitality. Thirdly, your resistance
depends upon your extent of exposure to other diseases.
A person may become infected in two ways by this
tuberculosis germ: first, he may have a minimal infec
tion. This is an infection whereby we have a constant
entry into the body of minute doses of the germ. This
immunizes the person from terbuculosis. Then we have
what is known as the massive infection. Here a person
is brought into daily contact with the disease. In a
course of time he has such a great amount of the germ
in him that cells cannot wall them in. Then we have a
general spread of the germ. This type of infection gen
erally settles in the lungs.
There are certain symptoms that a person may ex
pect in the early stages of this disease: they are, loss of
vitality, loss of weight, loss of appetite, a cough that
hangs on for two or three weeks, and the spitting of
blood. When these things are seen, the person should
see a doctor at once for an examination, and take some
treatment for the case. Do not let it run too long.
The social significance of tuberculosis is very evident
when we consider the fact that it is fifth in the list of
causes of death in the United States. Methods that were
used to eradicate these conditions were directed at the
major causes. Attempts have been made to better wages
and housing conditions for the poor. Thus some of the
causes have been partly corrected.
From statistical information it has been found that
babies up to one year of age die in great numbers from
tuberculosis. It is given the child by its parents, and
not being able to withstand it, is quickly taken away by
it. The Negro rate is about twice that of the whites.
For colored women between the ages of fifteen to twenty-
five, six hundred die of tuberculosis to every one hun
dred thousand girls. For colored men between the ages
of twenty to thirty-five, five hundred die out of every
one hundred thousand. This rate is very much higher
than that of the whites. This is so because the Negro
has not been exposed to this germ of tuberculosis as
long as the whites, and also because he gets massive in
fections which he cannot easilv control.