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high schools or junior colleges, and one is principal of
a high school. The seven men engaged in graduate work
are enrolled in Atlanta University, Meharry Medical
School, and Teachers College, Columbia University. All
three men in business hold responsible positions with
insurance companies here in the South. The graduate
who is doing library work is in charge of the Negro
library facilities in a large Texas city.
MOREHOUSE PROFESSORS APPOINTED
TO PLACES ON FEDERAL COMMITTEE
Two members of Morehouse College’s faculty have been
appointed on committees which are to investigate specific
aspects of Negfo education and report to the National
Conference on Fundamental Problems in the Education
of Negroes which is to be held in Washington, D. C.,
early in May.
Walter R. Chivers, teacher of sociology, will serve on
the functional committee on citizenship of which Dean
V. E. Daniel of Wiley College, Marshall, Texas, is chair
man. Mr. Chivers has been assigned to make a study of
the relation and possible contributions of education to
citizenship, and to investigate the opportunities and re
sponsibilities of Negro schools and colleges with respect
to citizenship.
Dr. Charles D. Hubert, director of Morehouse School
of Religion, has been named as a member of the func
tional group on ethics and morals. President Willis J.
King of Gammon Theological Seminary is chairman of
this group.
The national conference which is sponsored by the
United States Commissioner of Education will be directed
by a committee of 29 leaders in the educational, economic,
social and religious life of the colored people. Among
those on this planning committee are Dr. W. W. Alex
ander, director of the Southern Interracial Commission;
Mr. J. C. Dixon, supervisor of Negro education of the
State of Georgia; Dr. Willis J. King, president of Gam
mon Theological Seminary; and Mr. Forrester B. Wash
ington, Director, Atlanta School of Social Work.
MANY NOTABLES VISIT ATLANTA
UNIVERSITY, MOREHOUSE AND
SPELMAN COLLEGES
During the past ten days an unusual number of dis
tinguished persons have visited the campuses, inspected
the new buildings ,and observed at first hand the work
ing of the graduate school and the affiliated colleges,
Morehouse and Speiman.
Among these visitors were three representatives of
foundations which are particularly interested in higher
education: Mr. Edwin R. Embree, president of the Rosen-
wald Fund; Dr. E. E. Day, director for the social sciences
of the Rockefeller Foundation, and Mr. A. W. Armour
of the staff of the General Education Board.
Other guests included: President Lotus D. Coffman of
the University of Minnesota, Dr. George A. Works, pro
fessor of education of the University of Chicago; Dr.
WilFam F. Ogburn, professor of sociology of the same
institution, who recently resigned as a member of the
consumers’ board of the NRA; Dr. Ambrose Caliver,
Negro education specialist, U. S. Bureau of Education,
and Dean V. E. Daniel of Wiley College, Marshall,
Texas
While her distinguished husband was busy in confer
ence in Atlanta last week, Mrs. Robert M. Hutchins, wife
of the president of the University of Chicago, visited the
Atlanta University Library and spent an hour on Speiman
College campus, observing the operation of the college
nursery school where 20 children between the ages of
18 months and four years are enrolled.
PENTAGONAL DEBATERS WILL ARGUE
ECONOMIC NATIONALISM
With economic nationalism as their subject, teams rep
resenting the colleges in the Pentagonal Debating League
will face one another in each of five member colleges on
the evening of April 13.
In making this announcement, Professor Nathaniel P.
Tillman, of Morehouse College, newly elected president
of the league, stated that the subject for the 1934 debate
series would be: “Resolved: That economic nationalism
is the most effective means of international economic
security.”
It was further announced that Mr. N. Barr Miller, of
Knoxville College, Knoxville, Tennessee, had been chosen
secretary of the league.
The 1934 schedule is announced as follows:
Shaw at Johnson C. Smith.
Johnson C. Smith at Morehouse.
Morehouse at Knoxville.
Knoxville at Talladega.
Talladega at Shaw.
THE MINISTERS UNION
By Leroy Carter
The Ministers Union met last February 6, and with
a new hope and high aspiration for their success in the
new year, elected the following officers to carry on their
new program:
Henry Banks President
Burgie L. Davis Vice President
John Malcom Secretary
John West Treasurer
Dillard Brown Chaplain
John L. Carter News Reporter
It is the firm belief of the Union that President Banks,
along with the aid of the other ministers who have
pledged to contribute their best efforts to aid the new
president in his undertaking, will unite the ministers into
one of the strongest organizations on the campus.
IMPRESSIVE CHAPEL SERVICES MARK
CELEBRATION OF NEGRO HISTORY WEEK
Presenting Professor Rayford W. Logan, of Atlanta
University, as the opening speaker, Morehouse College
began the celebration of Negro History Week on Feb
ruary 13. Mr. Logan gave a brilliant citation of the
accomplishments of Negroes in foreign countries and in
connection with events that are not generally known.
So scholarly was his lecture that he received a tremen
dous applause at the close of his speech. Of particular
significance was the challenge that Negro cease fighting
the battles of others and fight for himself.
On February 14 the Senior Class had charge of the
program and presented as its speaker L. R. Bailey, who
spoke on the subject “Why We Need Negro Historians.”
Two reasons were cited—first, that historians were needed