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Volume No. 2
Atlanta, Georgia, December, 1942
Number 3
Surrender to Nazism
Who in the H..’ said that
Dr. W. E. B. Dubois
LEADS FORUM
AT MOREHOUSE
The Department of Sociology of
Morehouse College, of which Profes
sor Walter R. Olivers is chairman,
sponsored two Forums on Wednesday,
December 9. The afternoon session
was held from 3:30 o’clock until 5:30
o’clock in the Exhibition Room of the
Atlanta University Library. The eve
ning session began at eight-thirty
o’clock in the Robert Hall Lounge.
On both occasions, the speaker was
Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, chairman of the
Department of Sociology of Atlanta
University and editor of “Phylon.”
His subject for discussion was:
“What Is the Next Step for American
Negroes Living in the South Toward
Social Uplight and Reform?”
CIVIL SERVICE
'ANNOUNCEMENT
Announcements with reference to
opportunities for employment through
civil service examinations are con-
stantly being received in the Office
of the Registrar. Students are in
vited to consult frequently the civil
service announcement folder.
Artsmen Draft Not Wise
Move Claims Dr.
Trueman
SACKVILLE, N. B.—(CUP)—Dr.
George J. Trueman, president ot
Mount Allison University, said in an
interview that he did not consider
“the drafting of students taking the
arts courses in colleges a wise pro
cedure.”
Referring to a prediction ot L.
Austin Wright, assistant-director of
National Selective Service, that able-
bodied men might be restricted to
University courses which would fit
them to be technical officers in the
armed forces or key specialists in
war industries, Dr. Trueman said,
“students maintaining their high
standard in their arts courses should
receive the same consideration as stu
dents taking scientific and technical
courses.”
Such consideration should be given
“at least until the manpower needs of
the country are more acute. Where
are we going to find our teachers,
our preachers and community leaders
if we withdraw the students taking
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Dr. Trueman said: “There is a pre
vailing belief that colleges and uni
versities are harbouring youths who
seek to avoid service in the armed
forces under the cloak of the hu
manities and cultural courses.”
BASILEUS SAWYER TO PRESIDENT
MAYS FOR $50.00
The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity climaxed their celebration of Achieve
ment Week when Basileus Wesley Sawyer (left) presented a check for
$50.00 to President Benjamin E. Mays (right) as a contribution to the endow
ment campaign.
OMEGAS OBSERVE ACHIEVEMENT
WEEK
On December 1, Psi Chapter began
its celebration of Achievement Week,
the annual national program of the
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.
The celebration began with a chapel
program which featured Dr. Ira De A.
Reid. Dr. Re d made a very interest
ing and inst. active speech in whicL
he pointed out many interesting tacts
concerning the history and expense of
the present war, its effect upon
schools, and its effect upon world
society. In closing, Dr. Reid brought
out the challenge, “We die for a
cause. For what do you live?”
At the close of Dr. Reid’s address,
Brother Wesley Sawyer presented to
Dr. Mays the sum of fifty dollars as
a contribution to the Morehouse en
dowment campaign. Upon acceptance,
Dr. Mays made a few remarks con
cerning his feelings about fraternities.
On December 2, the second of the
series of chapel programs was pre
sented. On this occasion Mr. E. B.
Williams, Professor of Economics,
spoke on the subject, “The Negro in
the American Economy.” Mr. Wil
liams pointed out the mercantilist
beginnings of the United States. He
also cited the fact that the Negro
has participated in the wars of this
country in the past and that the
present war is no exception. Mr. Wil
liams pointed out the position of the
Negro in American society today. He
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an important part in Vhe develop
ment of the economic resources of
this nation. In closing Mr, Williams
stated that we as Negroes have a
definite part' to play in the making
of a better world.
In order to further better fraternal
relations on the campus, Psi Chapter
closed its Achievement Week with an
inter-fraternal smoker in the lounge
of Robert Hall. It is sincerely hoped
by the members of Psi Chapter that
inter-fraternal cooperation will be
greatly improved.
Among the most recent of our
members to leave for the armed
forces is Arthur Kellar. Brother Kel-
lar was inducted in the Army on
November 26 and is now stationed at
Fort Benning.
Morehouse Honor
Roll Lists 47
Students
In consequence of their scholarship
records, students were named to the
honor roll at Morehouse College, it
was announced by Dean B. R. Bra-
zeal. The rating is based on work
done during the second semester of
1941-42. To qualify, a student must
maintain an average of “B” or above
with no grade below “C.”
The complete honor list follows:
Anderson, John D.; Barton, Ken
neth E.; Blayton, Jesse B.; Boseman,
Charles L.; Bryant, Perry J.; Bunyan,
George W.; Burwell, Lawrence C.;
Cain, Leif James; Calloway, George
F.; Creque, Luritz C.; Davis, Griffith
J.; Gandy, William S.; Harper, Sam
uel J.; Henderson, Arthur; Hyde, Paul
L.; Johnson, Robert E.; Jones, Marion
H.; Jones, Thomas L.; Jones, Wilbur
A.; Kornegay, Hobert; Lewis, John
H.; Lights, Frederic L.; MacDonald,
Harry P.; Martin, James D.; McClean,
Vernon; Miller, Calvin M.; Moore,
William J.; Mosley, Robert M.; Moss,
Clarence I.; Nelson, Marcus V.; Pet
erson, Louis S.; Ricks, Walter E.;
Sampson, Samuel S.; Sapp, William
P.; Scott, Robert L.; Sheats, Samuel
C.; Shorter, Charles L.; Smith, Rob
ert L.; Southerland, Plato; Stevens,
Charles M.; Tarver, Jesse J.; Turner,
John B.; Whatley, Ison W.; White,
Otis, Jr.; Williams, Albert R.; Wil
liams, Roy J.; Williams, William R.
DEAN BRAZEAL ANNOUNCES
SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
Dean Brazeal announced that Scholarship Awards will be given to the
following students for work completed in 1941-1942:
Junior Class
First and Walter Edward Ricks 3.71
Second Awards* William Randolph Williams 3.71
Sophomore Class
First Award John Daniel Anderson 4.00
Second Award Otis White . - 3.50
Freshman Class
First Award Luritz Clergyman Creque 3.87
Second Award Leif James Cain 3.76
*I n the case of two students having the same average, the total amount
is divided equally between them.
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ASSOCIATE EDITOR
KILLER ...
Samuel Ayers, qtp
the Maroon Tiger, was killed
accidentally during the Christ
mas holidays. As this paper
goes to press, we have not re
ceived any word as to how he
met his death.
Ayers, a native of Boley, Ok
lahoma, was a senior at More
house. He was an active stu
dent and participated in many
extra-curricular activities. Be
fore he met his death, he served
as president of the Chi Sigma
Delta Debating Society, and was
a member of the Glee Club,
Band, Alpha Phi Alpha Frater
nity, and iMaroon Tiger staff.
COLUIM UNIVERSE
AWARDS DEAN BRAZEAL PH D.
AMERICAN COUNCIL TO FOOLISH
DESSERTATION
Average Amount
3.71
$32.50
3.71
32.50
4.00
$40.00
3.50
25.00
. 3.87
$40.00
3.76
25.00
STUDENT CENTERS IN THE REFUGEE
UNIVERSITIES OF CHINA
INFORMATION TO
18 YEAR OLD
REGISTRANTS
The registration dates for all
r ouths who reached their eighteenth
drthday since the last registration
ir who will reach their eighteenth
lirthday by the end of December,
942, are set as follows:
All youths born between July 1,
.924 and August 31, 1924, must reg-
ster between December 11, 1942 and
December 18, 1942. All youths born
letween September 1, 1924 and Octo-
>er 31, 1924 must register between
December 18, 1942 and December 24,
1942. And all youths born between
November 1, 1924 and December 31,
L924 must register between December
16, 1942 and December 31, 1942.
General Hershey’s office reports
;hat questionnaires will be distributed
to 18 and 19 year old registrants who
will begin to be inducted as their
order numbers are reached.
The name of an American college
can now be borne by a Student Serv
ice Center in China, announces the
World Student Service Fund, the stu
dent war relief agency located at
8 West 40th Street, New York City.
The Centers can be operated for ap
proximately $600 a year; and if an
American college wishes to send that
amount to China through the World
Student Service Fund, the center can
be named for the college here.
The plight of Chinese students is
by now well known. Bombed from
their universities on the east coast,
they trekked across hundreds of miles
of rough terrain to reach west China.
There they set up new universities
so that they could continue their
education which is so essential to
Chinese resistance, as well as to their
future.
These refugee universities have
been most inadequately equipped. In
many cases the dormitories for stu
dents were make-shift affairs, set up
in the space used for class-rooms in
the day time. There were no social
rooms, libraries, etc.
One of the projects sponsored by
the National Student Relief Commit
tee in China, the administering body
of the World Student Service Fund,
has been the creation of student
centers which would make up for
some of the deficiencies in the uni
versities’ equipment. These centers
have served as places where, among
other things, students ^ could take
baths. This has been a service badly
needed because of the inadequate dor
mitory facilities.
Another function for the student
center has been to serve as a place
where news could be received and
read. Copies of the few newspapers
available in west China are generally
found in the student centers. There
are also wall newspapers where a
group of students can read at the
same time. Furthermore, the Na
tional Student Relief Committee
planned to buy a radio for each
center, feeling it essential that stu
dents must be kept in touch with
happenings in the outside world in
these troublous days. Occasionally
there are a few periodicals to be
found in the universities, though
these are rare in west China.
One of the student centers has a
self-help barber shop in connection
with it. This has proved a great boon
to students, not only from the stand
point of expenses, but from the
standpoint of sanitation, as well.
Most of the centers have a small
room where ping-pong and other
table games can be played. They thus
serve as a focus for the limited social
and recreational life available to
students.
There is generally some provision
for the serving of simple refresh
ments in the student center. Tea can
be provided at a minimun cost. It
has been impossible for the centers to
provide real meals since the students’
limited means have made it necessary
for them to get their meals at one
place, generally the college dining
room. In several centers there is a
soy bean milk bar for students suffer
ing from malnutrition, especially those
with tuberculosis.
The policy is now to rent several
rooms in a building, rather than to
build a special building for the purpose.
This is not only cheaper but it prevents
the loss of invested capital in case of an
air-raid. The student centers are gen
erally staffed by volunteer student
help under the oversight of the local
Student Relief Committee Secretary.
There are at present only six stu
dent centers in the 18 university
cities of Free China. Twelve more
are urgently needed.
Dean Brailsford R. Brazeal, of
Morehouse College, has been awarded
the Ph.D. degree in economics by Co
lumbia University as of October 31.
His dissertation entitled “The Origin
and development of the Brotherhood
of Sleeping Car Porters” will be pub
lished in the near future by the
American Council on Public Affairs.
With the exception of one year
when he was studying towards the
master’s degree, Dr. Brazeal has been
connected with Morehouse College as
a student and teacher for nearly
twenty years. He was graduated
from the Academy in 1923 and from
the College (with honoiip'^ in
Bl, Uni
versity, and in the fall of 1928 he
was appointed to the Morehouse fac
ulty as instructor in economics and
sociology. Today, in addition to his
administrative duties at his alma
mater, Dr. Brazeal is chairman of the
department of economics.
During his undergraduate days* Dr.
Brazeal was prominent in student ac
tivities. Among these were his duties
as a varsity debater, editor of the
Maroon Tiger, and manager of the
basketball team. He was co-organizer
of the Atlanta Student Interracial
Forum, and in his junior year was
sent as a delegate to the annual
meeting of the Commission on Inter
racial Cooperation. In his senior year,
the faculty voted him an award for
participating in the largest number
of extra curricula activities and
maintaining an average of “B” or
above.
In 1933, Dr. Brazeal attended the
Race Relations Institute at Swarth-
more College. He is a member of the
Executive Committee of the Georgia
Student Christian Conference and the
Atlanta Intercollegiate Council and
Forum. He is editor of the More
house Alumnus. He is also treasurer
of the Association of Personnel Deans
and Advisers to Men in Negro
Schools; and a former member of the
Executive Committee of the National
Association of Collegiate Deans and
Registrars.
Dr. Brazeal is a former fellow of
the Social Science Research Council
and of the Rosenwald Fund. He is
also a member of the Alumni- Asso
ciation of the New York International
House and a Hazen Foundation Asso
ciate in Student Counseling,
EDITOR’S NOTE: Morehouse Col
lege is a member of the W. S. S. F.,
and the students should cooperate in
contributing money to the fund
Combination Plan for
Medical and Dental
Students
For the duration of the war, More
house College is to have a combina
tion plan whereby a student may
complete three years in college and
one year in medical or dental school
and be awarded the bachelor’s de
gree from Morehouse.
To be eligible for this combination
arrangement, a student must have
completed all of the specific require
ments for a degree at Morehouse, in
cluding a major and a minor, and a
minimum of ninety semester hours.
Upon the satisfactory completion of
the freshman year in medicine or
dentistry in an approved medical or
dental college the student will. re
ceive his bachelor’s degree from
Morehouse College.
All students who wish to take ad
vantage of this opportunity should
make that fact known in the office
of the Registrar at once.