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THE MAROON TIGER Page 3 founder’s dDay Qelebration Is (yala &vent SIXTY-SEVEN YEARS OF PROGRESS By Maynard Jackson It is a far cry from the little school which began in a frame church building in Augusta, Georgia, in 1867, to the present Morehouse College. The celebration of the sixty-seventh anniversary of this great institution found Pres. Samuel Howard Archer it one of the six “A” class colleges for Negroes in the South, well in the forefront of the educational life of our people. The faculty and equipment of Morehouse College are among the best, while the men who have gone out from it have established for it an unique place as a builder of leadership. When we think of the courage and foresight of men like William J. White, who took an active part in the founding of the then Augusta Institute; when we look back on a little frame church in which it had its begin nings; when we consider the one teacher with limited preparation, it is a source of inspiration to know that such great and significant things can grow out of such small and impoverished beginnings. It is a re-emphasis of the spirit which has been the drifting force throughout the entire history of this school. Augusta Institute, At lanta Baptist Institute, Atlanta Baptist College, Morehouse College—whatever the name has been, the vital substance has always been the same. Frame church, the Springfield Baptist Church; Graves Hall with one building school; or the present creditable outlay, have all housed an institu tion which has tried to meet the needs of its day. It is also to be noted and remembered that Morehouse College grew out of the effort of Negro men who felt a responsibility to build and who possessed the willingness to attempt the difficult. Morehouse College began with nothing but men and determination. Its future depends upon the same two elements. Men like Richard C. Coul ter, William J. White, Frank Quarles were in their spirit indicative of the men who were to follow. So that today Morehouse College rests its primary claim to recognition and fame not on its buildings and equipment but on Morehouse men. We would not overlook men, not colored, who were active in helping lay the foundations of this great school; men like Charles H. Prince, of the American Missionary Association; J. W. Parker, Lucian C. Hayden, and the first president, Joseph T. Robert, together with others. From the administration of President Robert to that, of the present incumbent, Dr. Samuel Howard Archer, Morehouse College has been having at its head men who were not only prepared but who had a definite interest in the problems which the college has through the yeais strived to meet. Presidents Robert, Graves, Sale, Hope and Archer have all been men of whom we can in retro spect be proud. The expression which came to us from various ones, especially the Founder’s Day speech of Reverend James B. Adams, ’15, were not exaggerations but were founded on verity. The men who spoke on the program of the Annual Alumni Banquet were able to tell the truth about the college and still put it on a pedestal which is not reached by many. As glorious as the past of our college is, we look for ward to an ever greater future with more men carrying the idyl of Morehouse College into the world of men and things. Toward this possibility we all work and by the time of the celebration of Our sixty-eighth anniversary it is our hope that announcement can be made that the future of Morehouse College shall have been made safe and broader in scope by the securing of an adequate en dowment. THE STUDENT ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN HAS ENCOURAGING BEGINNING The initial report of the Student Activity Committee on the endowment campaign showed that the students have responded with nearly forty dollars. This amount was contributed by sixty men who paid part of their pledges. Contributions are still coming in and it is reasonable to believe that by the time all students shall have paid in full a substantial sum will be placed in the hands of the endowment secretary. The class reports as of February 18 are printed below. Additional contribu tions will be published in subsequent issues of the Tiger Senior Class Freshman Class G. D. Kelsey .$1.00 H. B. Bitchette .$1.00 B. W. Smith 1.00 T. E. McAfee . 1.00 C. O. Gaines .50 W. H. McClendon 1.00 H. J. Battle 2.00 J. F. Birchette 1.00 T. R. Bailey 2.00 E. F. Jones 1.00 H. F. Fields .25 W. H. Ingram 1.00 W. j. Sampson .50 F. F. Green .25 R. H. Payne .50 Fred Dorsey .25 D. D. Crawford .50 E. M. Garner .50 T. E. Huntley .25 W. A. Holmes .50 W. N. McGlocton 1.00 R. G. Holmes .50 W. L. Bell .25 B. Ingersoll 1.00 W. H. Sullivan 1.00 Charldon Rhetta .50 W. A. Jennings .40 William Marshall .50