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THE MAROON TIGER
February, 1944
TEhe Maroon lipr
The Voice of the Students of Morehouse College
VOL. 4
Atlanta, Georgia, Feb., 1944
No. 1
EDITORIAL STAFF
Bennie Harris - - - Editor-in-Chief
Thomas Sutton _ - - — Associate Editor
Warren Perkins Managing Editor
Louis Peterson and Bernard Peterson - Feature Editors
Butler "Henderson Alumni Editor,
James Pittman - Exchange Editor
J. C. Walker Sports Editor
Albert Barnes — —- Editor
S. S. Abrams and Arthur Henderson Photographers
G. L. Chandler and N. P. Tillman Faculty Advisors
MANAGERIAL STAFF
James Castina Jackson Business Manager
Ty Jay Jackson Assistant Business Manager
Andrew Gray. Advertising Manager
Thomas Malone and Marion Lipscomb Asst. Advertising Managers
John' Eagan .Circulation Manager
Charles Morton, Maurice Moore, Walter Washington Staff Secretaries
Our Policy
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dents of Morehouse College. It is not partisan in policy, views and
opinions. All proponents are invited to its columns.
It will give the people facts and let them think for themselves.
It will provide delightful and profitable reading material for stu
dents and faculty members alike, increasing their knowledge of student
activities, interests and achievements.
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An Editorial
Why?
Whv is it that many of our college
presidents, professors, and students
study, read, and talk about the plight
of our people and yet do little con
structive work to help the people?
Why is it that a group of students
would come to the point of thinking
it’s right not to allow freshmen to
vote until they have finished one se
mester’s work?
Why is it that an institution as
outstanding as Morehouse College,
tries so little to train its students in
citizenship?—Why is it that the class
in U. S. Government has only five
students out of a two hundred odd
student body?
Why is it that students at More
house are required to attend chapel
six times per week, when other pro
gressive institutions are meeting the
problem on an ethical basis and not
on a compulsory basis?
Why is it that a student at More
house College, whose major interest
is other than physical sciences, is
required to take two years of these
detailed courses and not 'one-half year
of government, political science, or
some such related course?
Why is it that students at More
house College can not act half-like
gentlemen in the dining hall ? Just
half-like gentlemen.
Why did I ask the above questions ?
Well, I asked them for many reasons.
Can I get reactions from any mem
ber or members of the College family ?
F. Douglas Carter.
Kiss Me My Dear
The feel of your cheek upon my cheek
Shuts out the outer world, even thun
der;
When I desire you, please don’t re
treat,
For that will shatter my hopes
asunder.
My love for you isn’t like the morning
dew
Which appears as enchanting as Chi
nese Jade
But fades away when the sun shines
through;
My love is steadfast when all others
fade. j
So when I say, “Kiss Me lly Dear,”
Give all, there is nothing to fear.
Thomas Sutton.
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To a Very Sweet Girl
Darling, when I whisper, “Be Mine”
Deep in my heart with sincerity
I rejoice, even if you decline;
For true love is natural, free.
Readers of the MAROON TIGER
and students of Morehouse College, I
want you to know that I am afraid.
I am afraid that this paper, which
will be to you a symbol of my ability
as an editor, will not come up to your
expectations. I want you to know
that I am aware of the fact that the
fault with those people who fail as
editors is not in their stars, but in
themselves. Therefore, if the God of
nature who has charted the course of
mankind will hear, and answer my
patient cry for assistance, I shall not
fail.
As editor of this paper, I shall en
deavor to print all that is good and
all that is clean. I shall prepare to
the best of my ability a paper for
you each time one is due from now
until my term expires. And since we
are the last stronghold of the cham
pions of freedom and justice, I shall
also use this paper as a machine for
war, and fight anything that seeks
to crush our freedom and take away
our liberty. And with God’s help I
shall be eternally vigilant against all
attempts to check the expression of
opinions of all Morehouse men. And
now with these few words, I shall
leave you, but I shall return again
when I am due.
Editor.
Equality Through
Patience or Pressure
As the future men of our race,
we should take the race problem more
seriously. The suestion of equality
concerns all of us.
I have a serious question that should
be given a great deal of consideration.
Can we as Negroes best win equality
through patience or pressure? This
question is sharply divided according
**' to color, as far as public opinion is
concerned. While Negro sentiment is
virtually one-sided in favor of out
right pressure to gain equality, a ma
jority of the whites believe that a
gradual change is at present, the best
method for the Negro to achieve his
goal.
This is a question in which South
ern whites take a strong opposing
stand, while Northern Negroes are
just as determined on the other side.
Most Negroes express impatience,
claiming that Negro America has
been waiting long enough. A large
number point out and believe that the
Negro would remain in a rut if there
were no acceleration of his progress
in these crucial years for democracy.
The most widely expressed view of
whites is that the Negro is not yet
ready for equality. It is up to us as
Dig This
The' MAROON TIGER, a “monthly
publication,” has come out three times
in five months.
The Robert Hall door is locked at
10:30 every night, but the Lounge
windows stay open all night!
The College Hospital was closed
because the Head Nurse was away.
It costs the College $10.00 nearly
every Sunday morning to have a
speaker who has less than 50 students
to address.
Dining hall waters make $14.00 a
month. For every meal they don’t
work, fifty cents is deducted from
their salaries.
The laundry is more efficient this
year than ever before. Now we get
at least 40% of our shirts back and
most of the buttons are still on.
Page four of the last edition of the
CAMPUS MIRROR carried so much
news about Morehouse that one was
forced to look at page five in order
to conclude that it was not a belated
issue of the MAROON TIGER.
James C. Jackson.
Morehouse men and as future Negro
leaders to prove that we are ready
for equality.
This war throughout the world will
be hopeless unless we can win full
freedom on the home front.
Benjamin J. Dobbins, Jr.
I recall the touch of your fingertips
The glowing radiance in your lovely
hair;
I’m forever dizzy from the thrill of
your lips,
You do make my world so fair.
Dear, don’t ask me how much I care;
My love day by day is steadily grow
ing.
To attempt to measure it, I wouldn’t
dare;
For it is like a river continually
flowing.
Every moment spent with you is as a
chain of pleasure,
Whatever happens then, I will always
treasure.
Thomas Sutton.
A Sonnet
How black my soul is now; how cold
my heart.
For I am parted far away from thee
Of all the wonders that this world
impart
The wonder of our love will ever be.
But now we’re parted, and in grief I
spend
A never-ending night in deep despair,
And in my saddest dreams that never
end,
I know I’ll wake and you will not be
there.
So let the world go mad with grief
and pain,
And let men fight until the world is
red.
My love for you will be a winding
lane,
Where I can go to find a peaceful bed.
For now I know the world can never
blight
A love that’s full of hope and faith
and light.
Louis S. Peterson.
When Are We Going to
Grow Up, Gentlemen?
What’s wrong with the Morehouse
student body? When are we going
to gro wup? Do we accept the rules
of order, or, are we irrespective of
the fact and its significance? How,
when, and where do we expect to be
come leaders when we as college men
do not abide by the rules and reg
ulations of good conduct here in Col
lege ? We are supposed to be leaders
in the future but how can we be
accepted as good influential leaders
when we can’t have order in a stu
dent bodv meeting? Are we aware
of this fact or have we reached that
stage yet?
We are in college now, gentlemen,
and we are supposed to have some
ideas of cooperation and know the
necessity of it, especially in this crisis
when we, as a group and as a race,
should stick together more so than
ever. Are we in a deep slumber? Are
we in a deep slumber? Are we lost?
Well, good fellow students, it’s about
time we were turning to a new era.
The world is changing incessantly
day by day. Are we still thinking
that we are in elementary school ?
It seems as if we haven’t grown up
yet. Are we still confined to that
adolescent stage? When are you go
ing to grow up, young men?
Let’s awaken from our slumber,
gentlemen. We have work to do and
loads to lift, no time to loath, to
play, to drift. When we play we
play and when we are dealing in
business, please leave off the playing,
and do business and in so doing, do
it with the best of our abilities. How
about it? Are you for it? Well,
alright then let’s do it and do it so
well that anyone can come in and
observe that a meeting is being con
ducted and not a bull session.
Let’s maintain the standards which
are expected of us as Morehouse men.
Are we dedicated to the task which
lies ahead of us ? I trust that you
are, so let’s live up to our expecta
tions.
Band Organized
Recently a group of swing-minded
young men organized a swing band.
The purpose of the organization is
to cooperate with the different col
leges in supplying music for the af
fairs where dance music is needed.
At this time the organization has not
been named, but you can be sure that
you will hear more of it in the near
future.
The band is composed of the fol
lowing men: first trumpets, Edward
McDonell, Linza Ford; solo trumpet,
Wendell Hammon; second trumpet,
James Montgomery; third trumpet,
Preston Cochran; saxophones, Byron
Ragsdale, William Terrell; clarinets,
Thomas Malone, William Johnson;
Jacob Williams; drums, Ceasar Hill;
pianists, Cleophus Lumpkin, Thomas
Collier; vocalists, Bennie Harris,
George Shields.
The officers are Wendell Hammond
and William Terrell, business mana
gers, Jacob Williams, secretary, and
Jeffrey C. Lumpkin, director. Student
cooperation and encouragement will
be highly anpreciated by this new
organization.
Cleophus Lumpkin
Why is there so much uproar in
the student body meetings? Are we
trustworthy? Why is it that we con
duct ourselves as long as a member
of the faculty is on the rostrum ? Oh,
we are gentlemen then, but as soon
as they make their departure so much
unnecessary confusion is carried on.
Check up no yourselves, gentlemen.
We are supposed to be capable of con
ducting ourselves as gentlemen so
well anywhere that we will be able
to correct others and not be defaulted
ourselves in doing so.
This is our college, gentlemen, and
it is up to us, the student body, to
be dedicated to the task of maintain
ing our rating as, “The Pride of the
South.” When are we going to grow
up, gentlemen?
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