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THE MAROON TIGER
The Voice of the Students of Morehouse College
Volume VIII
FEBRUARY, 1933
Number 5
THE STAFF
MANAGERIAL STAFF
William N. Jackson, ’33 Editor-in-Chief
L. Raymond Bailey, ’34 J r ,,
Charles C. Gaines, 34 J
A. B. Henderson, ’33 Athletic Editor
John Epps, ’35 I Assistant Athletic Editor
Luke A. Murphy, ’33 News Editor
Thomas Kilgore, ’35 Assistant News Editor
Georce Shivery, ’34 n
Wilmer Jennings, ’34 J
Nathaniel A. Harrison,
James A. Hulbert, ’33
’33
Art Editors
Exchange Editor
Literary Editor
Harold J. Breazeal, ’34 Wit and Humor Editor
Richard G. Martin, ’34 : Secretary to Editor
Prof. G. Lewis Chandler Critic
Prof. C. J. Gresham Alumni and Faculty Editor
Thomas A. Dawson, ’33
Ralph C. Reynolds, ’33
Marion I. Cabaniss, ’33
Eusibus M. Barron, ’34
Bernard W. Smith, ’34
Business Manager
Assistant Business Manager
Circulation Manager
Subscription Manager
Advertising Manager
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NEMO SOUS SATIS SAP1T.
c Witb the Editor
THE SIXTY-SIXTH YEAR
The month of February, the shortest month in the
year, offers more illustrious sons and more famous
events than any other month in man’s calendar. Horace
Greeley, the famous journalist; Sidney Lanier, Charles
Dickens, John Ruskin, George Meredith, Charles Lamb,
James Russell Lowell, Christopher Marlowe, Victor Hu
go, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, all writers of
lasting repute, were born in February. Thomas A. Edi
son, Charles Darwin, Galileo, Cyrus W. McCormick,
Volta, Copernicus, Arrhenius, all preeminent in the field
of science, began their existence in the second month.
Abraham Lincoln, “the great emancipator”, and George
Washington, “the father of his country”, were born in
February. The all importenl St. Valentine’s Day is in
February.- -Morehouse College was founded in the month
of February.
On Saturday, we celebrate our sixty-sixth birthday.
Sons of Morehouse the world over will pause to pay
tribute and homage to their Alma Mater. Many will
trek back to the walls marked with tradition and history.
On Sunday, the nineteenth. Dr. Brawley, a typical prod
uct of Morehouse, will represent and speak for the
long line of men who received their training for life
at Morehouse.
In the past the “Red Hill” has produced strong men
and leaders.—Can she still produce men of extraordinary
calibre? Is she doing it, now? The significance of the
college’s anniversary being in February together with
her products in the past makes it mandatory for us to
give the best that is in us to the uplift of the college and
the race.
Remember, February has produced the best, don’t
force Morehouse to spoil the record!
“ET FACTA EST LUX”
ON SCHOLARSHIP
Since the close of the first semester the students have
been in an uproar over the poor marks received. They
were disturbed to the extent of having a special meeting
to discuss the marks.
Low marks have been particularly evident for the past
three semesters. The number ol students on “The Dean’s
List” has dwindled down steadily to a mere handful of
students. — There must he some cause for these poor
grades.
In accordance with regulations of the Southern Asso
ciation of Colleges and Secondary Schools and probably
in an attempt to decrease the large number of failures,
the college has barred men from participation in ath
letics who make low grades.
In general, low grades were quite prevalent last se
mester. However, the Freshman class presents a para
dox on the one hand.—Nineteen men in a class of fifty
made 2.500 averages or better, but nineteen men also
received one or more F’s. Seventeen of these failures
were in one subject!—One student received an A, two
B’s, two C’s and an F.—
There is something radically wrong with both par
ticipants in the case.—On the part o'f the students it in
dicates laxness, and mere laziness.
On the other hand, (speaking of Freshmen) we should
adopt methods that correspond in some measure to mod
ern senior high school methods of teaching. It’s a diffi
cult problem for a man in a new environment to ad
just himself to new conditions and situations.
What’s the use of having term papers written if they
do not count on the final average; why have daily recita
tions if they contribute nothing toward the final mark
in a course?
Conditions such as the ones mentioned above should
be righted—if we wish to maintain an “A” rating—if
we ever hope to have a large representative student body.