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MAROON AND WHITE DAY
THE MOREHOUSE OPEN FORUM
Maroon and White Day has come and gone .... and
there was much joy and hillarity on the “little red hill.”
The game, played by two evenly matched teams, ended
in a 0-0 deadlock; hence, nobody “hoo-rahed” anybody
and nobody felt dejected over a defeat.
Planned and executed by a most efficient committee,
the day’s activities proved to be more than entertaining
to all who deemed it wise and necessary to attend.
Morehouse and Atlanta saw their longest and most im
pressive parade in many moons. Automobiles gayly dec
orated in the various colors of the various organizations
on the campus, bearing the insignia of each, drove slowly
from the center of the University campus activities,
through downtown Atlanta to Ponce de Leon Park, where
at the interval between halves of the game, Miss Maroon
and White, portrayed in the person of the debonair Miss
Eloise Usher of Spelman College, ’38, proved to be the
center of attraction.
At the precise moment that the game was halted for
the fifteen minute rest period, Miss Maroon and White,
riding in a green Lincoln Zephr, wihch was literally cov
ered in the colors of Morehouse, drove to a vantage point
in front of the grandstand and alighted with the aid of
Mr. Carl Rhetta, President of the Student Body, to be
flanked on right and left by her beautiful attendants,
Misses Majorie Gaines and Margaret Creagh. Words
worth’s “A lovely apparation sent, to be a moment’s orn
ament,” seems better to describe the occasion than any
phrase that might be coined.
Miss Maroon and White and her attendants were es
corted to the microphone in the center of the field, where
presided the illustrious Mr. George Washington, assisted
by Samuel Solomon, drum major of the Morehouse band,
and President Rhetta. The Captain and Co-Captain of the
football squad appeared and a large bouquet of white
chrysanthemums was presented to Miss Usher by Captain
Roscoe Johnson. In return, Captain Johnson was pre
sented with a gilded football. Both the captain and Miss
Maroon and White spoke to the spectators over the am
plifying system; then Morehouse men held sway as Ernest
Ponder led the student body in singing “Morehouse Boys,
You Are the Pride of the South.”
Solmnity reigned over the occasion as the men sang
the glorious strains of the Morehouse College hymn,
“Dear Old Morehouse.”
With the same degree of rare precision that had marked
all previous activities, the assembly dispersed, and the
grandest display seen in these parts came to a close.
At eight o’clock on the same evening, the same hilarious
group hied away to Sunset Casino to enjoy what had pre
viously been dubbed a “Victory Ball.” With music by the
inimitable Troubadors lasting until twelve p. m., the con
tingent danced away its cares and sorrows.
At the intermission of the dance, the Queens of the
fraternities, Miss Hazel Marbles of Omega Psi Phi, Miss
Elizabeth Battle of Phi Beta Sigma and Miss Edwina
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By Milus J. Graham
The Morehouse Open Forum got off to a fair start this
year.
Thus far it has brought before the student body Dr.
Rayford Logan and Dr. Rufus Clement.
Dr. Clement addressed the Forum on October 22, 1937,
on the subject, “War or Peace, What Shall It Be?”
The address was opened with a discussion of the Uni
ted States’ foreign policy. In mentioning the foreign
policy some remarks of Roosevelt’s Chicago speech were
made. Namely, world cooperation in keeping peace, the
quarantining of belligerent nations, and the Nye Res
olutions.
Leaving the U. S., Dr. Clement discussed the present
Eastern Affair (China, Japan, and Russia). The seed
of the present troubles was planted in 1854 when Japan
began to take part in world affairs. Since that time Ja
pan has always wanted a share in the Eastern spoils and
this Russia has never permitted. This is the basic cause
of the cropping up of Russo-Japan arguments today.
In 1923 the Nine power treaty was made primarily to
crush the growth of Japan. Now today to make her
strength felt and to gain needed territory for expansion
Japan has stepped into China.
However, the Chinese are putting up a harder fight
than was expected.
Upon leaving the East Dr. Clement opened the Euro
pean situation. He seems to believe that the unrest in
Europe revolves around the Spanish Civil War.
Italy is definitely aligned with the rebel side in hopes
of establishing another facistic state in Europe.
Germany is with the rebels trying to keep out Russia
because she does not desire another communistic gov
ernment in Europe.
As usual France is with the loyalist; most because
Germany is with the Rebels.
Dr. Clement stated that the outside aid in Spain by
ratio is four to one; the Rebels having of that ratio ten
to one.
Some of the stimulating 1 questions asked at the Forum
were:
How is it that Hearst has before taken a stand for war
and now is against it?
Do you think that the Chinese would be ruled better
by the world?
Is there any fear of a union of Hitler and Mussolini?
Westmoreland of Kappa Alpha Psi, were presented by
the Editor of the Maroon Tiger.
All told, Morehouse has filled another page in its his^
lory with an affair that will long be remembered, and a
good time was had by all.
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