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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 nr+o PnilTQPS 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 si [iTvri'.j ('.!; (■ ^i.■ i—.xu ,, i .1 .-...I 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. maroon m 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.