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THE MAROOPi TIGER
The Voice of the Students of Morehouse College
Volume VIII March, 1934 Number 6
THE STAFF
MANAGERIAL STAFF
L. Raymond Bailey, '34
John Epps, '35 )
B. J. Mukasa, '35 )
William J. Hamilton, '34
Hobart C. Jackson, '36
Frank Adair, '34
Otis W. McCree, '36
Fred A. Haynes, '35
Raphael McIver, '35
George Washington, ’37_
Darwin Creque, '36
Prof. G. Lewis Chandler.
Rev. Maynard Jackson
Editor-in-Chief
Associate Editors
Athletic Editor
Assistant Athletic Editor
Flews Editor
Assistant Flews Editor
Exchange Editor
Literary Editor
Secretary to Editor
T echnician
Critic
.Alumni and Faculty Editor
George Shivery, '34 Business Manager
William D. McCloud, '34 Assistant Manager
Scott Barrett, '34 Circulation Manager
George C. Smith, '35 Subscription Manager
Milton White, '34 Advertising Manager
Leon C. Greenwood, '34 Auditor
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NEMO SOLIS SATIS SAP1T
No doubt every one is familiar with the
IT’S AN story of a student of one of the out'
OUTRAGE! standing Negro institutions who was
“kicked” out of the university because of
certain protests which were printed in a national news
paper. The student protested because the students and
faculty members attended jim crow public institutions at
which the students themselves were rendering programs.
The faculty, led by the president of the university, agreed
that such expression could not be tolerated, and accord
ingly compelled the student to withdraw. As a result of
such action the president is being given a heavy broadside
of criticism from the guns of the L. I. D., the National
Student League, and several other organizations.
It is indeed a sad day for the cause of progress when such
student expression is crushed. Particularly is it a tragedy
for the Negro student who is already handicapped by his
refusal to assert himself. While the case mentioned re
ceived much publicity, such practice is not uncommon. I
can name the Negro institutions at which student expres
sion is really unrestricted in two seconds flat. Our so-
called “student publications” are huge lies that cover up
damnable conditions that might well be exposed. The
average exchange that comes in disgusts me. I can read
nothing but tame stuff about “The Emptiness of Nothing,”
“Chapel Speakers,” and a lot of other junk that is as
dead as Julius Caesar. I am not blaming the editors of
these publications, but I do blame the powers behind the
throne who insist that such timidity be maintained.
We deplore the action that has taken place. Our hearts
ache at such brutal suppression. But we doff our hats
to that “radical” student who was “bad” enough to raise
a heated protest. May his tribe increase!
At last a new
THE NEW INTERFRATERNITY code for fraterni-
AGREEMENT IS IN EFFECT ties has gone into
effect. It brings
to a close a long controversy. For the last three years
there has been much agitation for a more liberal and
up-to-date agreement. It was not until a crisis had devel
oped, in which we faced the possibility of doing away
with agreements altogether, that the revised agreement
became a reality. All of the fraternities concerned seemed
to feel that some standards were desirable. The agree
ment is printed for your convenience on page 7.
The new agreement is unique because
IT IS QUITE of its liberal features. First of all, the
LIBERAL scholastic requirements have been re
duced. The average of C does not hinder
those who have made good marks in most of their courses
but who have been unfortunate enough to register failures
in one course. According to the old agreement, a man
with an incomplete mark or a failure could not become
eligible, regardless of how high his quality point average
might have been, until the incompletes or failures had
been removed. As it stands now, one need not be stopped
by a grade of failure provided he has enough good marks
to bring his average up to C. Suppose a student regis
tered for five three-hour courses and received for his
grades three B’s, one C, and one F. Three B’s and one
C would give him a total of 11 points, which, if divided
by five, the number of courses registered for, will give
him an average of better than 2 points, the required
average. Likewise, a student is eligible who makes two
F’s, two A’s, and one C—assuming three-hour courses.
The next liberal feature is the new arrangement con
cerning hours. After one has acquired twenty-eight hours,
no more shall the matter of hours enter into question of
eligibility to complicate things. A very absurd condition
existed formerly whereby it was possible for a man to
make all A’s but be ineligible because he was not straight
in the matter of hours.
Special students have come in for consideration. Here
tofore it was virtually impossible for a special student to
make a fraternity because of the complications growing
out of the shortage of hours. While it may seem un
reasonable that a special student would have the time and
money to make a fraternity, the framers bore in mind
the fact that one does not remain a special student for
ever, nor does one necessarily remain in financial straits
forever.
Perhaps the most radical departure from the old agree
ment is the omission of group scholastic requirements.
Heretofore the fraternities have been required to maintain
a group average of 2.500 or above. Failure to meet that
requirement for two successive semesters subjected the
offender to suspension until the average has been com-