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Campus ZHews
Morehouse College Quartet Sings Before
President'Elect
Scoring its most decisive hit of the
season, the Morehouse College Quar
tet, composed of Sim-in Clements,
first tenor; Edward RMeriquez, sec
ond tenor; Kenneth Williams, bari
tone, and Wilson Hubert, bass; ac
companied by Professor Harreld, the
director of music; and Mr. M. II.
Jackson, the alumni secretary, jour
ney to the “Little White House,” at
Warm Springs, Georgia, and enter
tained the President-elect, his family,
and friends with a rendition of sev
eral Negro spirituals as the final fea
ture in the celebration of Mr. Roose
velt’s fifty-e'ghth birthday.
Immediately following the pro
gram, refreshments were served and
the members of the party were intro
duced to the President-elect, Mr.
Roosevelt; the next “First Lady of
the Land,” Mrs. Roosevelt; and the
MOREHOUSE STUDENT BODY TO
PRESENT “KING RICHARD III”
The Student Activity Committee
is arranging for the presentation of
Shakespeare’s King Richard III which
will be presented in Sale Hall
Chapel, March 24th and 25th by a
cast composed of men selected from
the student body with the assistance
of a few young ladies.
As one recalls the favorable recep
tion given Macbeth last Winter, it
is widi great enthusiasm that every
Morehouse men should take an active
interest in the coming production
which promises to be an even greater
success. Tryouts were held early this
month and although the cast cannot
be announced at this lime, acting
of a worthy calibre is assured from
the colorful array of talent in train
ing. The direction of the play is
again in the hands of Miss Anne
Cooke, who never fails to present
a well-trained cast. It is hoped that
by various means, the public may
be well informed of this treat which
is in store for them and that every
one interested in Shakespearean
drama will reserve not only the date
(March 24th or 25th), but also a
bloc of good seats for the occasion.
national chairman of the Democratic
Partv. Mr. James A. Farley, who en
gaged them in a warm conversation
concerning MorehouSe College and
the affiliated institutions. The mem
bers of the party reported that Mr.
Roosevelt expressed an interest in
the work of the schools and encour
aged them to continue despite the
inroads of the depression. In addi
tion, the party was invited to visit
the President in Washington some
time in March.
Much interest is being manifested
by the work of the quartet whose
main weekly feature is a radio broad
cast over station WSB. Numerous
engagements, out of town as well as
in town, have been filled, which are
very instrumental Sn making new
friends for the College. Hats off to
the Quartet!
GLEE CLUB AND ORCHESTRA
TO BEGIN TOUR ON
FEBRUARY 27
The Glee Club and Orchestra is
making final preparations for its an
nual tour of Florida and several
points in Georgia. Enthusiasm ac
celerates and maximum output is evi
denced among the members of the
organization as the day for depar
ture approaches, February 27th.
The itinerary is as follows: For
syth, Ga., Jacksonville, Ocala, Or
lando, Tampa, Lakeland, Ft. Myers,
Miami, West Palm Beach, Cocoa,
and Gainesville, Fla., and Thomas-
ville and Columbus, Ga.
The Glee Club and Orchestra will
appear in their annual concert im
mediately after the tour of Florida.
MOREHOUSE CHAPTER OF AL
PHA PHI ALPHA ELECTS
NEW OFFICERS
On Sunday, February 5th. Alpha
Rho Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha
installed the following officers for the
1933 term: L. Raymond Bailey, pres
ident; Geo. Shivery, vice-president;
E. L. Davis, secretary; Leon C.
QUESTIONNAIRE REVEALS
STARTLING STUDENT
ATTITUDES
Albert C. (“Pinhead”) Howard
conducted a survey of the student
body by means of a questionnaire
in order to discover its attitudes
toward certain situations, its habits,
beliefs, etc. Some of the results fol
low: Seventy-five per cent of the stu
dent body uses profanity occasional
ly; ninety per cent expects to marry;
seventy-two per cent likes girls who
pet, and seventy-five per cent believes
in love at first sight.
Besides these habits and expecta
tions, the students believe that W. E.
B. DuBois is the most outstanding
Negro in the United States, that Mr.
Dansby is the most valuable man on
our faculty, and that the college needs
more students.
These and more attitudes and
opinions revealed by Mr. Howard’s
survey will appear in the March is
sue of The Tiger; student views will
be “aired” or what is more appro-
prite for that month -“winded.”
SIXTEEN FRESHMEN PLEDGED
TO FRATERNITIES
The present freshman class can
justly pride itself in having the larg
est number of men making a 2.500
average or above since the present
senior class. Out of a class of fifty
men, the freshmen produced nine
teen men eligible to be pledged to
fraternities.
The freshmen pledged during the
week of February 6th are: Dillard
11. Brown, James H. Franklin, Hob
art C. Jackson, Lester McFall and
Freddie Watley, pledged to Alpha
Phi Alpha; Joseph W. Davis, Drew
S. Days, David T. Mel Is and Theo
dore H. Menchan, pledged to Kappa
Alpha Psi; Winfred 0. Bryson, Ar
thur E. Christopher, Johnson Hu
bert, Marshall Jones, Charles R. Law
rence, John C. Long, and Rosco W.
Merriwethei, pledged to Omega Psi
Phi; Darwin Creque, James H.
Jones and Otis W. McCree are also
on the eligibility list.
Greenwood, treasurer; John J. Epps,
chaplain; Scott Barrett, sergeant-at-
arms, and Wilbur H. Sullivan, editor
to The Sphinx.