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February,. 19.44
THE MAROON TIGER
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MOREHOUSE COLLEGE CAMPUS SCENE
NEW EDITOR AND BUSINESS MANAGER
Morehouse Celebrates
77th Anniversary
(Continued from Page One)
constant friend and benefactor of the
Negro race.
In 1931 President Hope resigned
and was succeeded by President Sam
uel Howard Archer, who had served
the College as professor since 1905,
and dean since 1920. On October 1,
1938, President Archer retired from
the presidency and by vote of the
Board of Trustees became President
Emeritus. On May 10, 1940, Dr. Ben
jamin Elijah Mays was elected pres
ident to succeed Dr. Archer. During
the interim Dr. Charles D. Hubert,
Director of the School of Religion,
served the College as Acting Pres
ident. Dr. Mays began his duties as
President on July 1, 1940.
As Morehouse celebrates her Sev
enty-seventh Anniversary her leader
and sixth President is Benjamin E.
Mays, an able executive who since
1940 has walked in the footsteps of
his distinguished predecessors with
dignity and consecration. An alumnus
of Bates and Chicago as well as the
widely known co-author of THE NE
GRO’S CHURCH (19331 and author
of THE NEGRO’S GOD (1938), Dr.
Mays accepted the presidency nine
teen years after coming to the Col
lege as a teacher of mathematics
during the administration of John
Hope. Three years as a member of
the Morehouse faculty and as a co
worker of Drs. Hope, Archer, and
Hubert gave the present incumbent a
thorough understanding of the tradi
tions, program, and ideals of the Col
lege, and marked him, as he him
self confesses, “as a Morehouse man
all over the country.” Not only is
Dr, Mays currently doing an excel
lent job in directing the thinking and
developing the character of More
house men, but he is also evoking
the good will, confidence, and sup
port of the Board of Trustees, the
Faculty, the Student Body, the Alum
ni Association, the former enrollees,
and the friends of the College. To
his difficult task he is giving his max
imum time, means, and strength.
Closely associated with him in his
work is Dr. B. R. Brazeal, who for
ten years has been doing an admir
able job as Dean of Men.
John Hope, Benjamin Griffith
Brawley, Samuel Howard Archer and
Charles DuBois Hubert gave More
house College a nation-wide reputa
tion as a school having great and
illustrious teachers; and the current
Morehouse Faculty is maintaining the
institution’s rich tradition as a cen
ter of professional distinction. Hold
ing degrees or certificates from And
over Newton, Atlanta University,
Bates, Chicago, Clark (Massachu
setts), Colgate, Columbia, Dijon
(France), Fisk, Garrett, Grenoble
(France), Harvard, Havana, Heidel
berg, Indiana, Knoxville, Michigan,
Middlebury, Minnesota, Morehouse,
the New York School of Social Work,
New York University, Northwestern,
Oberrealschule, Paris, Pennsylvania,
Rochester, Sherwood, Sorbonne, Spel-
man, Virginia Union, and Wisconsin,
Morehouse instructors are representa
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ATLANTA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK
CLARK COLLEGE MORRIS BROWN COLLEGE
GAMMON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
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TWO SESSIONS
June 12 - July 15 1944 July 17 - August 19
GRADUATE SCHOOL COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Supervisor’s Workshop « Summer Theatre • School of The Future
Demonstration School • Teacher-Librarian School • Nursery School
Workshop for Teachers of Science • Rural School • Arts and Crafts Worpshop
Courses for Teachers and Administrators • Courses related to War and Defense
Favorable Climate Beautiful and Healthful Location
FOR BULLETINS, ADDRESS: REGISTRAR, ATLANTA UNIVERSITY,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
B. Harris J. Jackson
War J3ond$ and Stampi
FOURTH WAR LOAN DRIVE
What About Post War
Employment?
(Continued from page One)
History has proven that the evil re
sults of wars are many and that eco
nomic depression is one of them.
Here again we should face the post
war period realistically and draw up
some practical, workable plans which
will assure a great many workers
jobs. Almost anyone can sit behind
a typewriter and tap out a beautiful
theory on post-war employment to
make our service men and women
feel that the future will be just
dandy .
Well, what is your solution, Mr.
Writer? What have you to say? My
solution lies in youth. Youth’s ability
to take the reign from the bald heads
and gray hairs and steer the horses
of destiny to a brighter, greater fu
ture. That solution seems meanging-
less ar^_jt will remain meaningless
unless j'outh all over the world steps
forward and voices its much pent-up
expressions. Politics, business and la
bor are open fields, dynamic and pow
erful. Let’s enter into them with a
purpose and a goal.
We are not too young to die for
something we did not plan; certainly
we shouldn’t be too young to live for
something we would plan.
Guy L. Darnell, Jr., ’45.
Solution to “The Guest”
served it to his dog, whom he insisted
was a very ardent coffee-drinker.
Program during the chapel period
were The Reverend Oscar Cornelius
Thomas, ’22, and Attorney George
William Crockett, ’31. The final oc
casion in connection with this cele
bration was the Founder’s Day Ban
quet Friday night.
tive of some of the best colleges and
universities of America and Europe.
Having such an administration and
faculty as those mentioned hereto
fore, Morehouse students today find
themselves not only part of a great
tradition—moulded by master teach
ers like Hope, Brawley, Archer, Hu
bert—but also the beneficiaries of a
wholesome and challenging educa
tional experience designed to evoke
their best abilities. To stimulate high
scholarship Honors Day is observed
early in each semester; and on this
-occasion students who for the pre
ceding semester have maintained an
average of B or above with no grade
below C are named and awarded cer
tificates of merit. Further contribut
ing to the development of a well-
rounded Morehouse man are such or
ganizations as the Athletic Associ
ation, the Band, the Chi Delta Sigma
Debating Society, the Glee Club and
Orchestra, the Ministers’ Union, the
University Players, and the Young
Men’s Christian Association. THE
MAROON TIGER, a student publica
tion, is a training ground for men
having journalistic ambitions. De
partmental groups like the Science
and Mathematics Club appeal to men
with specialized interests. On the
campus are four national Negro
Greek-letter fraternities—Alpha Phi
Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, Omega Psi
Phi, and Phi Beta Sigma. The Maroon
and White Reception, the Christmas
Breakfast, and the Birthday Party
are annual social events. The Presi
dent’s Residence, superintended by the
gracious and accomplished wife of
Dr. Mays, is open to students for teas
and informal gatherings.
In connection with her Seventy-
seventh Anniversarv Morehouse Col
lege presented three one-act plays in
the College Chapel on Wednesday and
Thursday evenings. “Tides,” “The
Beggar and the King,” and “The
Sun” met with much success and
proved to be one of the best examples
of acting and directing presented on
the Morehouse stage.
The speakers for the Founder’s Day
3or £befett£e Buy. . .
A Letter to My Soldier
“O. G.”
Morehouse College
Atlanta, Georgia
Dear (Ex) O. G.,
Many Morehouse men have left us
and many have returned. The latest
ones to return are Thomas Massey
and Benjamin Walker. These men
have related to us many interesting
stories, fabliaux, and lies—most of
which would be very boring to you.
Morehouse is still carrying on despite
the national crisis. One thing, “G,”
there is a manpower shortage here,
and it is well recognized. The men
from the “House” are being invited
to entertainments all over the town,
and they are finding it exceedingly
difficult to accept all of them. The
basketball team is carrying on in the
same good ole Morehouse way under
the leadership of Coach Archer; the
Georgia Peaches are as fine as ever,
and you can still find them “on the
block.” By the way many f the fel
lows are getting their strings crossed
with so many women to handle. Well,
General, I must close; so be a good
soldier. Remember—if you can’t be
good, be careful.
Your “O. G.”
Negroes are not only participat
ing in the Fourth War Loan drive
as purchasers of War Bonds, the
Treasury Department announced
this week, but they are also helping
to sell bonds in larger numbers than
ever before.
At present, four full-time ex
ecutives and a clerical staff in the
national office of the War Finance
Committee are assisting the drive on
the national level, and 15 Negro
leaders throughout the country are
sreving as dollar-a-year consultants
in States with large Negro popula
tions.
Nineteen States and the District
of Columbia have Negro representa
tion on War Finance Committees.
Several of these have full-time paid
Negro members of their war finance
staffs.
The Inter-racial Section of the
Defense Saving Staff, which later
became the War Finance Com
mittee, was set up in May, 1941,
under supervision of James L.
Houghteling, assistant to the Secre
tary of the Treasury, and with Dean
William Pickens, noted orator and
publicist, as head of the unit, Mr.
Pickens began work with one as
sistant in the main Treasury build
ing, but in a short while two clerks
were added and one additional ex
ecutive, Jesse O. Thomas, field sec
retary of the Urban League.
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