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THE MAROON TIGER
The Voice of the Students of Morehouse College
Volume VIII APRIL 1934 Number 6
THE STAFF
MANAGERIAL STAFF
L. Raymond Bailey, '34
John Epps, '35 I
B. J. Mukasa, ’35 J
William j. Hamilton, '34
Hobart C. Jackson, '36
Frank Adair, ’34
Otis W. McCree, '36
Fred A. Haynes, ’35
Raphael McIver, '3 5
George Washington, '37_
Darwin Creque, ’36
Prof. G. Lewis Chandler
Rev. Maynard Jackson
Editor-in-chief
Associate Editors
Athletic Editor
Assistant Athletic Editor
F^ews Editor
Assistant T^ews 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 SAPIT
A distinguished visitor came to this cam-
NOW, YOU pus some time ago. During one of his
TELL ONE ardent talks he spoke until he was blue
in the face attempting to show that the
meek shall inherit the earth.
—We like his sense of humor.
I noted with interest the state of
TEN THOUSAND affairs in The Austria A new
SUCKERS ARISE constitution has been adopted, and
it is said that a government not
unlike that of the late Franz Josef is to be put in opera
tion. I noted further that democratic liberties were to
be restricted and dictatorial authority was to be vested
in one person on the theory that ALL POWER COMES
FROM GOD.
First of all, who is God? Nobody knows.
WHO IS However, past experience would lead us to
GOD? believe that God is the sum of what we don't
know; or better, God is that indefinable au
thority that preachers, diplomats, and princes use to back
up theories that cannot stand the scrutiny of fact or
logic. “In the Name of God" deserves its place on record
as the world’s greatest sucker bait. When one desires to
prevent his insane stuff from being questioned, he de
fends it in the name of God. “God” has been the excuse
for more mischief than could be stored in the warehouses
in hell! . . . Smooth sailing, Austria.
Perhaps the most controversial
THE LEADER IS topic of contemporary writers on
UNDER FIRE race questions is the recent stand
of Dr. DuBois on segregation.
When the writer first learned that the editor of the
“Crisis” had come out for segregation, he marched to the
library in rage to read of the gross betrayal. Upon read
ing the words from the editor’s own pen, he calmed imme
diately. He was amazed to find so much truth in the.'
article. As a matter of fact, he came away with the idea
that after all Dr. DuBois has a real program for the
Negro. It does not appear that the leader is retreating,
as one student, whose article appears elsewhere, seems to
think. On the other hand, it appears that the leader has
a plan for mobilization that has great possibilities for
success.
As I see it, the thing advocated is
SEGREGATION not entirely new. While the state-
TO FIGHT ment of the theory is a bit shock-
SEGREGATION ing to the uninitiated, the theory
in practice has been steadily going
forward. We have complained against segregation; yet
w; have fought for all we are worth to get schools with
Negro presidents and teachers. What is this, if it isn’t
segregation? Long before the dawn of the present century
Negro worshippers withdrew from segregated white
churches in order to worship in freedom. If that isn’t
segregation, what is it? We have found it to be highly
desirable; yet we howl in rage when a leader comes for
ward and advocates the further extension of it. We have
set up segregated bodies such as the Negro Chamber of
Commerce, Negro Civic Clubs, and to some extent the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People. These organizations are the fighting units. Their
service is indispensable; yet we kick because a man advo
cates the very thing we are breaking our necks to attain.
Such inconsistency is difficult to explain. I am of the
opinion that Negroes will awake to the fact that in his
program lies the greatest possibility for a real emanci
pation.
The lion is not retreating; he is, rather, preparing him
self for a new leap!
This is a question about
WHY COMBINE THE hich we, I regret, have done
ALUMNUS AND THE very little thinking. There
MAROON TIGER has been much complaint that
the graduate leaves these
walls and never hears what the students are doing. As a
result he loses interest and almost forgets that he is still a
Morehouse man. Since the “Alumnus” has encountered
financial obstacles and has failed to appear, the sugges
tion was made that the “Tiger” turn over a section to
the Alumni Office. The enlarged “Tiger” would then be
sent all over the country to
IT WOULD PROVE Morehouse men and persons
BENEFICIAL TO interested in Morehouse.
BOTH PUBLICATIONS Then, not only would the
Morehouse Alumni get news
of the Alumni, but of the students who are still in college.
What is more, it should lighten the financial difficulties
of both publications.