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THE MAROON TIGER
FIRST ANNUAL HONORS DAY EXERCISES HELD
Our first “Honors Day” services were held on Novem
ber 17th. Mr. Kendall Weisiger, President of the Boartl
of Trustees, spoke on the “Aims and Purposes of Edu
cation and the Part It Plays in Citizenship.” Some of
the points that he brought out were: “Education aims to
have us think constructively—to work effectively and to
live abundantly so as to make this world a better place
in which to live.
“Education purposes to develop the individual to his
or her highest capacity.
“Education plays a part in citizenship. A construc
tive citizen thinks hopefully and logically foi the fu
ture. He is an optimist.”
THE PROGRAM
The Prelude. The Invocation. Glory to God in the
Highest, Schubert, by the College Glee Club. Address
by Mr. Kendall Weisiger. The College Hymn.
The Deans List
John Henry Gary Anderson, James Raymond Bailey,
Haron James Battle, Charles Henry Bonner, Hortenius
Chenault. Janies Allen Colston, Milton King Curry, Ken
neth Duval Days, Marion Richy Edmonds, Coy Emer
son Flagg, Charles Clement Gaines, Henry James Jack-
son, William Nichols Jackson, Frederick Leopold John
son, Glanville Alfred Lockett, Luke Alexander Murphy,
William Christopher McKelvey, Jr., Edward Craig Ma-
zique. Richard Dean Rambeau, Mortimer Herman Robin
son, Wilbur Herschel Sullivan, Roscoe Edwin Thomas,
James Tapley Wardlaw.
SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS, 1930-1931
junior
Milton King Curry First .$40.00
Henry James Jackson—Second 25.00
Sophomore
Hortenius Chenault—First .. 40.00
William Nichols Jackson—Second. . ... .... 25.00
Freshman
Haron James Battle—First... ... . 40.00
Charles Clement Gaines—Second .. . 25.00
PAUL BLANSHARD ADDRESSES STUDENTS
Serving somewhat as a follow-up to his talk on Mon
day night at the Ware Memorial Chapel at Atlanta Uni
versity, Paul Blanshard spent more than one-half hour
after his address in answering very timely and thought
ful questions asked him by an interested audience.
The talk on Monday night was followed by two ad
dresses to a class in Labor Problems and the combined
students of the University, Morehouse and Spelman Col
leges at Morehouse Tuesday. Both talks were as im
pressive as the one delivered Monday night.
Monday night, Mr. Blanshard spoke on “The Econom
ics of Future International War.” He mentioned the eco
nomic motive behind imperialism and cited the country
of Japan which is densely populated with people try
ing to find an outlet, namely Manchuria.
He warned that unless Japan paid some attention to
the League of Nations, trouble would ensue between
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ALUMNI NEWS
• j N. P. Tillhlan, ’20, who is working on his Doctorate
at the University of Wisconsin, has been active in inter
racial work while in Madison. He recently spoke at
a meeting of the National Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People on the reasons for the compara
tively small Negro enrollment in institutions of higher
learning. Mr. Tillman laid special emphasis on the
fact that the student sees no opportunity ahead for put
ting into practice the training and skill which he ac
quires in colleges and universities.
Albert W. Dent, 26, has been released from his duties
as Endowment and Alumni Secretary of Morehouse Col
lege in order that he might accept the position of Super
intendent of the new $400,000 Flint Goodridge Hospital
in New Orleans, Louisiana. In the three years that Mr.
Dent has been at Morehouse he has organized the alum
ni into a functioning group, gathered and recorded data
of the graduates and fully 95 per cent of the students
who attended the institution for one or more semesters,
and has been instrumental in securing pledges from col
ored people to the amount of $115,000 of which $30,000
has been paid in cash. We feel sure that the same tact,
fine judgment and business acumen that gave success
to Mr. Dent’s efforts at Morehouse College will be de
voted to this new task. He has our best wishes.
Maynard H. Jackson, 14, has been pressed into serv
ice to continue the campaign of collecting the $100,000
pledged by Negroes to Morehouse College. Mr. Jack-
son brings to the work a new enthusiasm, a well-trained
mind, and a wide experience as a business man, pastor,
and as National Field Secretary of the Foreign Mission
Board of the National Baptist Convention. It is hoped
that every alumnus, student and faculty member of More
house College will cooperate with Mr. Jackson in help
ing to put over the big job confronting him. He comes
to serve his Alma Mater in this emergency with a leave
of absence of six months from his pastorate at the New
Hope Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas.
Walter R. Chivers, ’19, Professor in the Department
of Sociology at Morehouse College, was granted a leave
of absence of one semester last year to study lynching
as special investigator for the Commission on Inter
racial Cooperation. This report, under the title of, “The
Report of the Southern Commissions on the Study of
Lynching.” has just been published. Copies may be se
cured from the Commission on Interracial Cooperation,
703 Standard Building, Atlanta, Georgia.
H. Councill Trenholm, ’20, President of the Alabama
State Teachers College at Montgomery, spoke over a
coast-to-coast hook-up on the National Education Week
Program over the National Broadcasting System from
Washington. Mr. Trenholm is serving this year as Presi
dent of the National Association of Teachers in Colored
Schools and the Alabama State Teachers Association.
Edward S. Hope, ’23, is at home after spending three
years in South America doing hydro-electric engineering.
At present, Mr. Hope is building a new roadway on the
Spelman campus from a point at the intersection of the
roads at Giles and Packard Halls to Greensferry Avenue
at a point almost directly in front of the Chestnut Street
intersection. The new roadway is being built so that the
new library will be more accessible to Spelman students.