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Volume No. 4 Atlanta, Georgia, February, 1944 ~~ Number 1
MOREHOUSE CELEBRATES 77th ANNIVERSARY
What About Post War
Employment?
There is much discussion today
as to what will be the nature of our
economic system after the war. There
are some saying that capitalism has
failed and that Russia and her eco
nomic plans have succeeded and there
fore we should adopt this method.
Others are saying that America has'
arrived at a matured economic sys
tem which has come to the end of its
expansion. And still others are saying
that the post-war period will be one
of the most progressive stages in our
economic development. Time will tell
which of these three groups has the
correct answer, or, if either has the
correct answer.
Today, to a large extent, govern
ment, business, labor and agriculture
are opposed to each other. Each is
trying to get the “mostest for the
littlest.” Therefore, I should think
that one thing we definitely need is
a united economic front. I emphasize
united, for the prosperity of post-war
period which we would like to see will
not come if we continue trying to get
ahead as battling groups.
Of course labor wants good work
ing conditions, good living conditions
and wages sufficiently high to af
ford a living and not a mere exist
ence, But far more than this, labor
wants the assurance of a JOB. At
this point, however, we must not for
get the seven million service men and
women now engaged directly in this
mighty struggle to protect our
Pseudo-Democracy.
Yes, business wants as little gov
ernment control as possible to con
tinue as a free enterprise, to amass
high profits and to keep labor in a
subservient position. Then there are
the cries and wails of ■'■'overnment and
agriculture, each trying to outwit and
outmaneuver the other in order to
grab the spoils.
In the light of this confusion, some
one should see that we are getting
nowhere going in our many different
directions. William Hard has truth
fully said that “the BIGGEST BAT
TLE is not between the New Deal and
business; it is between two philoso
phies of business. One group takes
the existing American Market and
tries to wring the most out of it in
profits and in wages; the other makes
its prices a bid for an ever-growing
American Market. How can the post
war period yield the type of prosper
ity we hope for with such direct op
position ? I do not mean to say, how
ever, that we will not enjoy some
prosperity but the prosperity will be
resting on an unstable economic phi
losophy and therefore ' short-lived.
Then, if we are not careful, a severer
depression will come than the one
which followed the last war. Clanster-
ism, ^ greater juvenile delinquency,
moral lowering and other evils will
burst forth and haunt us all now fac
ing thq bright side of the sun. Better
insurance against sickness, unem
ployment and old age must be insti
tuted now to take care of the rainy
years ahead.
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PREXY
DR. B. E, MAYS
President at 77th Anniversary
[BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF CAMPUS
Good Service to the
South
Morehouse Men Who
Left Us
On February 18, next WednesJa-p- Last semester several students com
an Atlanta institution which has coiW^pleted the requirements for admission
tributed importantly to the advance'
ment of the south, will celebrate its
75th anniversary. It is Morehouse
College, institution of higher learning
for Negroes, which was founded by
the American Baptist Home Mission
Society and named after one of the
society’s great leaders of the 20th
century, Henry L. Morehouse.
Probably the majority of Atlantans
are little aware of the great work
being done by such an institution as
Morehouse. Yet, through the roster
of Negro leaders who have remained
in the South and who have done much
to help their people and to improve
their lot, will be found the names of
hundreds of Morehouse graduates.
Morehouse teaches not only the
learning of classroom and laboratory,
but teaches also Christian character
and the truth that no man can serve
his fellows who is not himself a hum
ble follower of the Christ whose mis
sion on earth was but the epitome
of service.
Morehouse graduates have made
great names for themselves in many
fields of effort. But it is, probably,
among the more humble ones that the
truest and greatest service of the in
stitution has blossomed. These are the
ones who preferred to stay with their
own people, in the South, rather than
accept tempting opportunities in other
parts of the country.
These loyal ones are found as teach
ers, principals, ministers and agricul
turalists in every section of Georgia
and in the other southern states. They
haye done much for better interracial
understanding, as well as in lifting
the standards of life among their
people.
Morehouse has been a powerful fac
tor for good among the Negroes of
the South for three-quarters of. a
century. For the sake of the entire
South. Negro and white both, it is
to be hoped Morehouse will continue
to serve for many years to come.—
Atlanta Constitution, Feb. 16, 1942.
Morehouse Men Keep
’Em Flying
As in every other branch of the
Armed Forces of the country, More
house men are outstanding as flying
cadets and ground crewmen at Kess
ler Field, Mississippi. Among these
are John Cook, Samuel Brinson,
George Bunyan, James Bradley, Sid
ney Marzette, Roland Pearson and
McKinley Marshall, Marshall, a 1943
graduate, is scheduled to enter Offi
cers’ Training School at Fort Benja
min Harrison, where he will receive
training in the Department of Fi
nance,
to medical schools while others com
pleted the requirements for gradua
tion from Morehouse. The pre-medical
students will enroll in medical col
leges in the March class; and after
having completed one year there,
Morehouse will confer upon them the
B.S. Degree. Jerome Williams and
Charles Pierce have been accepted at
Meharry Medical College. Bernard
Gibson, by volunteering for the
army, has already t enrolled in the
Medical College at Howard Univer
sity. Albert Gaston, a business ad
ministration major, is now doing
graduate work in the same field at
Atlanta University. Charles King, a
psychology major, is now an assist
ant professor of Sociology at Florida
A. and M. College.
Alumni In the News
CHARLES WESLEY BUGGS, ’28
(M.S., Ph.D., University of Minneso
ta) has recently resigned his position
as head of the Department of Biology
at Dillard University to become the
first Negro to be anpointed to the fac
ulty of the College of Medicine of
Wayne University, Detroit, Michigan.
JOHN HOPE, ’30 (A.M., Brown
University) is the pewly appointed
Fair Practice Examiner of the Re
gional office of the Fair Employment
Practice Committee with headquar
ters in Atlanta. Mr. Hope is on leave
from the Department of Economics,
Spelman College.
CHARLES DUBOIS HUBERT, ’09
(B.D., Rochester Theological Semi
nary) died in Washington, D. C., on
January 26, 1944. Morehouse Col
lege conferred upon him the doctor of
divinity degree in 1923. (See page 2
for further news concerning Dr.
Hubert.) ■ .
EDWARD CRAIG MAZQUE, ’33
(M.S., Atlanta University, M.D., How
ard University School of Medicine) is
the first Negro to hold an important
medical position with the American
Red Cross. Dr. Mazique received this
appointment in December.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace G. Emerson
this month announced the marriage
of their daughter, Cora Emma, to
Cadet Corporal LOUIS V. REESE,
JR., ’43 on November 13, 1943 at
Nashville, Tennessee. Corporal Reese
is attending Meharry Medical College.
JOHN JACOB STARK, ’98, for
many years president of Benedict Col
lege, died at Columbia, South Caro
lina on January 6, 1944. Morehouse
College honored him with the doctor
of laws degree in 1938.
WALTER DRAKE WESTMORE
LAND, ’40 (M.A., Atlanta University)
received the commission of second
lieutenant in the United States Army
Air Force in December, graduating
from the base at Tuskegee. Lieuten
ant Westmoreland is now overseas
with the 432nd Fighter Squadron.
Success At This Stage
A couple of weeks ago Morehouse
College sent another one of her men
out into the deep. The young man 5
Charles King. He came to Morehopse
in September of 1942 as a transfer
student from Georgia Normal and
Agricultural College, at which insti
tution he spent two years, graduating
as valedictorian of his class. So re
markable was his record there that
he was given a liberal scholarship to
Morehouse.
While at Morehouse he took fervent
interest in the extra-curricular activ
ities. He was a member of the Chi
Delta Sigma Debating Society and
was one of the chief exponents re
sponsible for its reorganization in
1942-43. He was elected to the Board
of Governors of the S. O. O. C. and
later became chairman of that board.
He left the institution as president
of the senior class of 1944.
Charles King was born in Cuthbert,
Georgia, graduated from Talbatton
High School, Georgia Normal anfl
Agricultuaral College and Morehouse
College. He had planned to enter the
University of Chicago next quarter
to do work in the field of clinical
psychology. This was before he re
ceived and accepted an offer to teach
at Florida A. and M. College.
Circumstances may cause him to
seek the coveted Ph.D. degree, but
his main interest is law. He is of the
opinion that law after the war is go
ing to be a wonderful field for Ne
groes. While he thinks he could make
a great contribution to the field of
clinical psychology, he thinks he can
make a much larger one at law.
King has had a wide experience.
Graduating from high school at four
teen, he remained out of school until
three years ago. All this he profited
richly by experience he received while
working at different jobs and going
from place to place. Now, at twenty
one, he is a great joke teller and per
haps knows all the jokes on and off
the records.
On Senior Day he gave the princi
pal address in the Sale Hall Chapel.
One professor present remarked,
“He’s good presidential material.”
We hope so. We expect to hear from
him soon as one who dominates his
chosen field.
Albert Gaston, Jr.
Memorial Service
On February 23, 1944, Morehouse
College held a memorial service for
two of its greatest presidents—John
Hope and Samuel “Big Boy” Archer.
Two well-qualified Morehouse stu
dents delivered the commemorative
addresses—Arthur Henderson (’45),
and Eawler J. Burt (’44).
This commemoration is one of the
finest traditions at Morehouse, and
is presented as a tribute to these two
great men who have contributed so
much to the development of the Col
lege.
February 18 was Founder’s Day.
For seventy-seven years Morehouse
College has ably served her constitu
ency and the nation as a builder of
men of character and intellect. As a
result of this service, the College now
stands in the front rank of institu
tions of higher education in this coun
try. Having enjoyed the unqualified
Class-A rating of the Southern As
sociation of Colleges since 1931, More
house is at present a College of Arts
and Sciences and a School of Reli
gion. Morehouse has come a long
ways since it was organized in the
year 1867, in the city of Augusta,
Georgia, under the name of “THE
AUGUSTA INSTITUTE.” In 1879,
under the presidency of Rev. Joseph
T. Robert, LL.D., it was removed to
Atlanta and incorporated under the
name “ATLANTA BAPTIST SEMI
NARY.” At this stage of its growth
the institution owned only one build
ing, that being a comparatively small
three-story structure, located near
what is now the Terminal Station.
President Robert was succeeded by
President Samuel Graves, D.D., in
1885. Dr. Graves served as president
until F890, continuing as Professor
of Theology for four years longer. In
1889,. as the surroundings of the old
location in Atlanta had become un
favorable, a new site was secured and
in the spring of 1890 the school was
removed to its present location. In
the autumn of this year President
George Sale entered upon his duties.
In 1897 amendments to the charter
were secured, granting full college
powers and changing the name of the
institution to “ATLANTA BAPTIST
COLLEGE.” In 1906 President Sale
resigned to become Sup'-mtendent of
—+1——
Home My sion Society', and he was
succeeded by President John Hope,
who had been a professor on the fac
ulty since 1898.
By a vote of the Board of Trustees,
concurred in by the American Baptist
Home Mission Society, and by a
change in 1913 of the charter granted
by the State of Georgia, the name oi
the institution became “MOREHOUSE
COLLEGE,” in honor of the Rev.
Henry L. Morehouse, D.D., Corre
sponding Secretary of the American
Baptist Home Mission Society and the
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Grace Overton
Guest of The
University System
On January 30, 1944, through Feb
ruary 4, 1944, Mrs. Grace Sloan Over-
ton, author and lecturer on the prob
lems of youth, was guest speaker for
the affiliated institutions. Mrs. Over-
ton, who is one of the most able
women on the American platform to
day, gave some very interesting and
timely advice to young people in her
first lecture, held in the exhibition
room of the A. U. Library. There
she spoke on the subject: “How War
Affects Men,” which deals with the
problems of youth in wartime. Many
interesting questions were asked and
her appearance at the affiliated insti
tutions will be long remembered.
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
The late Dr. Charles Du Bois Hubert