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THE MAROON TIGER
February, 1944
Charles Du Bois Hubert
“Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime
And in parting leave behind us
Footprints in the sands of time."
Longfellow.
The eulogies have been said and the
man has gone. It is not in our power
to add or detract from the man who
has given so much to Morehouse and
taken so little.
From the depths of our souls we
loved Dr. Hubert and we shall re
member him, not as a professor, but
as the exemplification of all that is
fine in a corrupt world. His was a
personality that spoke for itself. His
dealings with men have made him
loved not only by Morehouse men
but by the pulsating humanity that
stood around him.
It is useless to tell his life. It is
a familiar story to us all. His edu
cation and his principles stood for
something which can never be for
gotten.
His life should give us all a glow
ing inspiration of the power that can
be brought to a life by pure simplic
ity, for simplicity has power which
the sophisticate can never know. It
gains the confidence of all people and
makes for an understanding which
only those who are cognizant of its
glow can comprehend.
Morehouse can never regain what
it has lost. Morehouse men can never
find another friend as they had in
Dr. Hubert. As has been said so
well by Donne: “Every man’s death
diminishes me because I am involved
in mankind. Therefore never send to
know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls
for thee.” We can never surmount his
loss, but we can fight for the spirit
that has been a gladdening spark to
all who knew and loved him.
The man is gone but his spirit
shall be a beacon and a blinding light
of indescribable beauty to lead men on
the path of truth and understanding
of the common man.
He is gone, yes,.but his memory
belongs to all men who knew him.
Thanks to Spelman’s
Quartet
The Student Body of Morehouse
College would like to take this oppor
tunity to thank the members of the
Spelman Quartet for their y^deavors
GJnfp&l pro-
gnnR^^^eeml^pPvery thankless job
to sing to an empty chape! every
Sunday morning, but to those of us
that have been present it has been
the bright spot on the program.
If Sunday Chapels were in our
hands, we would assure you that this
embarrassing situation could and
would be averted. But since it is not
with us, we can only say thanks. So
to Misses Ida Kilpatrick, Anita Lewis,
Nanna Patterson, and Alfreda Wooten
the students of Morehouse say a mil
lion thanks.
An Open Letter to
Morehouse Men
Dear Student Body:
Our new adventures in re-opening
the dining hall here at Morehouse
College, after it had been closed for
more than a decade, is succeding very
well. On the whole, the students have
cooperated beautifully. But as we
go forward into the second semester,
I believe we can make further im
provements in our working together.
Although food is rationed and some
what scarce, we shall do our best to
give you good food, well seasoned
and well cooked. The quantity will be
as much as rationing and the amount
you pay will permit. The quantity and
the variety may often be beyond our
control; but the quality of the food,
the seasoning and preparation of the
food—these are within our control,
and we will see to it, as far as it is
humanly possible, that your food is
well cooked, well seasoned and the
quality is good.
Now we want you to help by being
considerate and understanding when
things do not always go as you want
them to go. This circumstance hap
pens even in our own homes.. Things
do not always operate perfectly even
there. You can help, too, by being
prompt to meals, by ceasing to talk
as soon as the gong sounds, by talk
ing no louder than necessary—in fact,
by being gentlemanly in every way.
Consideration and understanding on
my part and the same on your part
will bring about a happy experience
in our dining hall for the rest of the
year.
Thanking vou, I am
Yours truly,
Georgia E. Poinsette,
Dietitian.
An Open Letter to
Miss Poinsette
Dear Miss Poinsette:
I am writing this letter in reply to
the letter we received concerning the
re-opening of the dining hall at More
house College.
I am certain the fellows realize the
scarcity of food, the small amount
of money we pay for food, and, in
fact, all other difficulties of managing
a dining hall.
Now I want to see a smooth-run
ning dining hall. 1 believe the only
way this can be done is through con
sideration and understanding by all
concerned. I mix with the fellows and
I know what they are thinking.
The majority of them are against
“hoodlumism.” They believe it should
be stopped. I believe that it is a
shocking display of bad manners and
vandalism which some of the young
men have exhibited. In general, the
fellows will listen to reason and will
not show the wildness of their youth
unless they believe responsible adults
are intolerant and lack understanding.
I admit this may be wrong, but the
boys will simply laugh when any
Whether In Defeat or
Victory
Earl W. Lawson
One of the hardest dispositions to
acquire is loyalty to a principle in
defeat. Morehouse men are known
to do just this. There is no crazy
notion of unbroken triumphs in life
in us. We have calculated a reason
able measure of frustration and loss.
Defeat ne’er transmutes our spirits.
Every competitive combat receives
austere loyalty from the men of More
house. The saneness of this spirit is
insistent, dependable and characteris
tic of everyone of us. Inwardly is
known no defeatism; no infidelity to
our almost incomparable heritage,
ideals, and aspirations.
Yielding to our victors our heads
are never shamefully bowed; our
hearts are never ultimately battered.
We are “loyal just the same.”
A million failures do not smash
our active toils for a better More
house. The acquisition of raw deal's
does not determine cowardice and
fearfulness in us. In the duel of life,
if we find ourselves prostrate at fate’s
threshold, as good losers we sing only
one song, “Morehouse College.”
In defeat we are as though we
were in victory, cheerful, manful,
loyal. Knowing that life is a succes
sion of defeats and triumphs, we are
above all, good losers, fair players,
hard fighters, faithful giants.
Nor are we angered in a lost
cause—loyalty is the one constant
characteristic of Morehouse men. Fi
delity we do solemnly manifest in
exam-failures, athletic defeats and
life’s wrong investments. Noble mas
ters of the situation of defeat ever
are we.
Ordeal after ordeal tends to en
rich our collegiate loyalty. Fidel
ity is the one regular adjustment we
make toward each of our beatings,
lickings and set-backs. The outcome
of any test, whether hard or fair,
does not shape the attitude of More
house men.
No suicide! No retaliation! Our
only alternative in all particulars of
college life is fidelity to our rich
towering traditions. Only in such is
magnification of the virtue faithful
ness. We men know no defeat even
in defeat.
adult who doesn’t speak their lan
guage attempts to threaten them, even
if it is for their own good.
Again I state—there isn’lfctnything
wrong with the fellows Ait youth.
Maybe the man was right! when he
said youth was too wonderful a thing
to be wasted on young people.
If the fellows are just told in a
pleasing manner what is expected of
them, I think they will cooperate al
most perfectly.
As you have said, “Consideration
and understanding on our part and
the same on your part will bring
about a happy experience in our din
ing hall for the rest of the year.”
Thanking you, I am
Yours truly,
Thomas Sutton.
DON’T BE PENNY WISE AND POUND FOOLISH !!!
Don't let temporary jobs which offer a few extra dollars keep you from obtaining
technical training now for good paying jobs which will be permanent 11
War jobs may soon end, but social work jobs will be more plentiful than ever after the
war.
The Atlanta University School of Social Work has placed graduates during the last two
years in the following social work jobs making contributions to the war effort:
Serving in Hawaii—
as Personnel Worker in war industrial plant:
1 woman
Serving overseas with the American Red Cross in
England. Ireland, Australia, and Africa—
as Club Directors and Counsellors in Soldiers'
Service Clubs:
14 women 1 man
as Traveling Representative 1 man
Serving with American Red Cross "on the Home
Front"—
as Case Workers in the Home Service Division:
6 women
Serving in United States Army Camps—
as Hostesses:
8 women
Serving with USO, USO-YMCA, USO-YWCA, USO-
Travelers’ Aid, and USO National Catholic Commu
nity Center—
as Directors or Case Workers:
10 women S men
But, in addition, during the past school year alone, it has placed 115 graduates with
the following agencies where employment is permanent:
Family Societies
Child Caring Organisations
Social Settlements
Young Men's Christian Associa
tion
Young Women's Christian Asso
ciation
Departments of Public Welfare
Tuberculosis Associations
Housing Authorities
Social Planning Agencies
United States Public Health
Service
Farm Security Administration
Social Service Departments of
Hospitals
Today the school has a greater demand lor its graduates than it can fill.
• Salary range during the past year from $1,600 to $3,000.
• Tuition only $100 a year. Living expenses very reasonable.
* Benefit of affiliation with six other outstanding negro institutions of high learning in Atlanta,
Georgia.
For further information, write ;
Forrest B. Washington, A.M., LL.D., Director
ATLANTA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK
247 HENRY STREET, S. W. ATLANTA, GEORGIA
MOREHOUSE MEN
YOU ARE THE PRIDE
OF THE SOUTH
Thou art great and Thou art good,
And we thank Thee for this food.
By Thy hands we all are fed
Give us Lord our daily bread.
Those of us with highly sensitive
auditory organs in conjunction with
a burning curiosity to become intel
ligent of noises which are most dis
turbing may recognize the above
lines as those of the Grace which we
disgrace two times a day. Grace is a
prayer, just in case we don’t know,
and it is obvious that we don’t know
or don’t care. And yet people as in
telligent as we claim to be should
get into a reverential mood out of
respect for the Almighty when we
pray or when others around us pray.
I dare say that inmates of institu
tions for the insane act like people
when they pray; but when we chant
the Grace, many of us are sitting,
others are talking, still others are
tinkling with the china and silver;
and those few who do participate in
the singing try to see just how
many discords they can render. Re
cently we have allowed our soloist
the opportunity to display his skill
in badtone. Instead of looking with
disdain upon those who dominate the
chant with purposeful bad tones, the
conduct is encouraged by laughter
and allusions to the fact that “that
cat is crazy.” If prayers were bricks,
all of us would have head injuries
because such a disgraced Grace gets
no closer to God than the ceiling be
fore it starts back. But we are the
pride of the South.
We wear our hats in the dining
hall. Some of us even eat with our
hats on. While eating, we often stomp
our feet to the rhythm of an under
tine bass hum of popular jump num
bers. We think this is fine because we
really come on when we have visitors,
especially visiting basketball teams;
but we aren’t so bad when Miss Poin
sette goes around taking names of
the pride boys of the South.
We are the most brilliant students
enrolled in the Atlanta Colleges. We
can learn more and make better
grades than anybody else even if we
do spend more time in the Drug Store
tha,n anybody else. We can party all
night and sleep all day every day
and still do better than some of
the students in other colleges who
study all the time. Yet 75% of
us don’t find places on the Honor Roll.
Twenty or more of us flunked an in
troductory course in European His
tory. We enroll in courses at Spelman
and Clark in order to show our su
perior abilities, but we punch out
with Big Fat F’s. We can’t even read
and the College has to conduct special
courses in remedial English. Even
some of our Seniors who are about to
go out into the world and take their
places among other outstanding More
house men are required to take spe
cial courses in spelling and English
composition. What difference does it
make if we fail in biology or zoo.
They offer the same courses next
year. We are the pride of the South.
South What?
We are the most democratic stu
dent body in town; yet student body
meeting usually ends with exactly
nothing accomplished. Remember the
mess that came up at the time of the
election of Miss Maroon and White?
But we are democratic. The student
body doesn’t even have a president,
and a movement is on foot to deny
Freshmen the right to vote in student
election.
There’s something in the hymn
about being honest and true. Bet you
can’t prove it by Mr. Yates, Mr. Mil-
ton and Mr. Hobart Jackson. Neither
would anybody who saw some of our
Homecoming Game posters sanction
our conduct as good.
Morehouse boys, you are the pride
of the South. So you say.
James Jackson.
A Gripe
For the entertainment of quite a
few Morehouse men, along with many
of our city friends, as well as a
means of showing our appreciation
for the many courtesies shown them
since our stay in Atlanta, an "Ap
preciation Ball” was planned. Steps
were made toward putting the affair
over in a big way, invitations were
being made, and the music as well as
the hall had been rented.
As it. has often been said, “Nothing
grows on flowery beds of ease, It
proved to be true in this case because
the invitations had hardly been out
before a little office-errand boy was
running all over the campus looking
for Eugene and “Texas” with a mes
sage, that the dean wanted to see
us about the dance we were giving,
Although we went through Blood,
Sweat, and Tears to give this dance,
we do hope you had a nice time,
Eugene Power.
—
Income Tax Returns
The pay as you go income tax pro
gram requires that employers with
hold a certain percentage of the em
ployees’ wages on payment on his in
come taxes. These weekly or bi
monthly withholdings are turned over
by the employer to the Office of the
Collector of Internal Revenue of the
particular district. The new ruling
reauires that everybody who works
must pay, but not everybody who
works earns enough money to make
him an eligible tax payer. This is
true of most students as a single per
son with no dependents may earn up
to $500 before his income is subject
to income taxes and few students
make more than $500 during the va
cation months.
If you earned $500 or less last year,
although taxes were withheld from
your wages, your tax withholdings
will be refunded if you file your in
come tax returns before March 15th.
When you left your job your em
ployer should have given you a state
ment of the amount of money you
were paid along with a receipt of the
amount withheld for taxes. If you
don’t have such a statement and
receipt, you may secure the same
by writing your employer for them.
In the meantime, write to the Col
lector of Internal Revenue of this
district for instructions and forms
necessary for filing income tax re
turns. When you have done these you
are then ready to proceed to file your
returns, requesting you refund in cash.
Do this before March 15th.
THE GUEST
A Maroon and White
Vignette
By Bernard L. Peterson
On one of my recent visits to New
York’s Spanish Harlem, I met a
seemingly wealthy Mexican with a
very handsome Russian Wolfhound on
the end of a leash. It attracted my
attention, and I went over to him ana
admired it, because I have always
had a special interest in this very
unusual specimen of the canine fam
ily-
The man was very friendly, and we
talked for quite a long time about
ouf experience with dogs. To show
his appreciation for my kindly inter
est, he invited me to his house for
dinner. I gratefully accepted his in
vitation, for my greatest desire was
to make some very good contacts
among the better class of New York’s
Latin American society.
Dinner, served in the best South
American manner, included many
South American dishes, with which
I was unfamiliar, but which I man
aged with great success through
watching my host, who was very
well-mannered.
When after - dinner 'coffee was
served, however, he did something
quite contrary to American custom,
which set me back quite a bit. ITe
poured his coffee into his saucer and
began blowing on it. At first I was
skeptical, of course, but judging it to
be some unusual Spanish custom, and
still determined to be well-mannered
to the end, I did the same. He added
cream and sugar, then tasted it, and
so did I,
Finally to my utmost horror and
embarrassment, he picked hii saucer
up in both hands and
(Try to guess last line; then turn
to page three and compare yours with
that of the author■)
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The Pioneer Store
Ashby St. at Hunter
RA. 6144