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MAROON TIGER
January, 1948
WANNA FREE MALT-A-PLENTY, CHUM?—You don’t have to guess the answer given
by our lucky winners who seem to find profit and enjoyment in our mistakes. This
practice was started to make us more conscious of editing our copy, but it appears
as if the “Printer's Devils” are working on the side of the readers. Enjoying their
delicious free “Malt-a-Plenty” are (sitting left to right) Clinton Batom, Emanuel
Eaves, Dr. Ira DeA. Reid, chairman of Atlanta University’s department of sociology,
and Samuel A. Turner. Standing are (left to right) Frank Stanley and Walter
Clements. If you find your name misspelled, encircle the error and bring your copy
to the Maroon Tiger Office, 113 Graves Hall, and Pick up your sales certificate.
Sideline Slants
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son and many others, doesn’t need to subsidize. We have a sub
sidized team. Anyone of the above named men could get a full
scholarship to anyone of a dozen of our top schools. We have a
subsidized, unsubsidized team and I, for one, am proud of it.
Morehouse’s football team doesn’t lose because of a dearth of
good individual men; we lose because of a dearth of cohesiveness,
playing together, stick-to-itness and that old spirit of do-or-die.
Until that flame is rekindled in the hearts of every single par
ticipant, from the coach on down to Frank Staley, our efficient
waterboy, we shall continue to lose.
What! No SIAA All-American
The Pittsburgh Courier’s annual All-American “Dream Team”
was recently released by Wendell Smith, Sports Editor of the
organ. No SIAA gladiator was judged good enough to make the
team for the first time in many a moons. Disgraceful, some say;
but the conference destroyed no worse fate. It’s about time our
conference and its component teams realize the value of pub
licity.
A local Sports editor gives us a revealing insight on the
selection of just such an All-American team. He declared, in
essence, that the selection of an All-American team is largely
a popularity poll dependent upon the notoriety of the persons con
cerned. The easiest and perhaps the best known way to attain
notoriety is through the medium of a publicity man and some
well-placed printer’s ink. A medium which is conspicuously ab
sent in our clime.
PRESS AGENTS MAKE ALL-AMERICANS
I would not be iconoclastic but “Dream Teams” aren’t com
posed of the best men available, but the men with the best press
agents. Collie Nicholson, director of publicity at Grambling—and
incidentally a Senior and Editor of the student publication, in
sured “Tank” Younger’s selection: Lem Graves insured the
selection of the CIAA players and Tennessee State’s ubiquitous
publicity man insured Drummond and Taylor’s selection. No one
insured the selection of a Southern ace. To be sure, stories of
SIAA activities are rarely displayed prominently in national pa
pers. Surely it’s about time the Southern Conference commis
sioned a full-time publicity man. Morehouse should do the same.
With good publicity and an abundance of printer’s ink Paschal
could have made All-American easily.
Maroon Tigers Spank Clark
Black Panthers Quint, 42-39
Weep no more for the House! The “Red Hill” boys are back—
rather roll in grandmother’s rocker, lock the door, shut the win
dow and pull down the shades. Irwin “Mister Basketball” Tomp
kins, Silas Davis, “Coot” Warner and company are on the ram
page. After pulverizing Morris Brown, 42-38, the Forbesmen shot
the Clark Panthers out of their own bailiwick, the old Sunset
Casino, by a score of 42 7 39 the next night. This victory marked
the first time since 1937 that the Morehouse Cagers have been
victorious in the Casino.
Morehouse College Cites 101
Students For Scholastic Honors
One hundred and one students at Morehouse College were
cited for scholastic honors recently at special chapel exercises
in Sale Hall. The Honors Day speaker, Dr. Mozell C. Hill, professor
of sociology at Atlanta University, named as “The Marks of an
Educated Man” openmindedness, tolerance, fidelity to truth, and
development of a sense of social responsibility.
The game got off to a fast start
when the Panthers, confident in their
lair, rang up an eight-point lead at
8-0 behind the uncanny shooting of
Paul Sweeney. The bewildered Ti
gers, finding themselves eight points
behind and far away from home, re
mained cool and calm as the veter
an “Smoky” Davis aided and abet
ted by AU-SIAA forward Irwin
Tompkins pushed Morehouse ahead
with a spectacular one-hand “crip”
shot, but Mather O’Neil came back
to knot the score at 15 all.
Tigers Grab Lead
“Coot” Warner, Hill, Davis and
Bell paced the Maroon cagers to a
safe lead at 22-16. Sweeney dropped
a long shot from mid-floor. Tomp
kins and Davis converted a free
throw a piece and the half ended
with Morehouse leading, 26-18.
High point man for the evening
was Paul Sweeney of Clark with 15
points; Irwin Tompkins was a point
behind at 14. Silas Davis scored 10.
Sophs Dominate
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burly Woods, Robert Dunson, Oliver
Corprew and Curtis Jackson, among
others.
All-Campus Selections
First Team
L.E.—Johnie Floyd, Juniors
L.T.—Lee Woods, Freshmen
L.Q.—Alfred Frank, Sophomores
C.—Kenneth Dunson, Sophomores
R.G.—Oliver Corprew, Juniors
R.T.—Curtis Jackson, Sophomores
R.E.—Robert Dunson, Sophomores
Q. B.—George Woodward, Sophomores
L.H.—Leonard Gainey, Juniors
R. H.—Oliver Blakely, Sophomores
F.B.—Nathaniel Wilkerson, Juniors
Winning tuition scholarships for
their high records were Seniors: Lief
Cain, Darlington, S. C.; Arthur L.
Clark, Orlande, Fla.; and William
G. Pickens, Atlanta; Junior;: Herman
C. Williams, St. Louis, Missouri;
Stephen E. Henderson of Key West,
Fla.; and Truman Wallace of Atlan
ta; and Sophomores John M. Lopez
of Nantucket, Mass.; Robert L. Tay
lor of Sarasota, Fla.; and James C.
Horton of Chattanooga, Tenn.
The entire list follows: Charles L.
Anderson, Haines City, Fla.; James
L. Anderson, Atlanta; George L. Ar-
terberry, Fairfield, Ala.; Leroy W.
Banks, Chicago, Ill.; Benjamin H.
Barbour, Greenville, S. C.; Richard
A. Barnes, Rome, Ga.; William D.
Bell, Atlanta, Lerone R. Bennett,
Jackson, Miss.; William W. Bennett,
Greenville, Ala.; Zorastro A. Birnel,
Atlanta; Charles L. Boseman, Syra
cuse, New York; Ernest W. Boston,
Metter, Ga.; William H. M. Bowens,
Newnan, Georgia; Thomas J. Brady,
Alexandria, La.; Lonnie R. Bristow,
New York City; George F. Brown,
St. Louis, Mo.; John Moses Brown,
Savannah, Ga.; William E. Bush, At
lanta; Lief J. Cain, Darlington, S.
C.; Calvin L. Calhoun, Atlanta; Ru
dolph J. Carson, Clanton, Ala.; Wil
liam S. Cary, Plainfield, N. J.; Ar
thur Lee Clark, Orlando, Fla.; J.
Preston Cochran, Gadsden, Ala.;
Wallace J. Coombs, Atlanta; August
Curley, Helena, Ark.; Alonzo L. Da
vis, Dawson, Ga.; Weldon E. El
bert, Vernon, Texas; John A. Ewell,
Alexandria, La.; Leander H. Falls,
Mt. Mourne, North Carolina; C. B.
Feagan, Maben, Ala.; William E.
Finlayson, Miami, Fla.; Carl A.
Fuqua, Chicago, Ill.; John D. Giv
ens, Norfolk,_Ya.; Odell Givens, Or
lando, Fla.; Henry Goodman, New
Rochelle, N. Y.; Clarence R. Gosha
of Savannah, Ga.; Will Gray, Jr.,
Winchester, Tenn.; James C. Greene,
Elkins, West. Va.; Lorenzo Gunn,
Baltimore, Md.; Ailue 0. Gunter,
Marion, S. C.; George W. Haley, Pine
Bluff, Ark.; Harvey Hall, Lumpkin,
Ga.; Leon P. Hall, Birmingham, Ala.;
James R. Hayley, Concord, N. C.;
Stephen E. Henderson, Key West,
Fla.; Thomas J. Hendricks, Chatta-
All-City Eleven
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tough hombre comes from Morris
Brown and was the bulwark of the
powerful Wolverine line. His home
is in Atlanta, Ga. Weighing 185
pounds, Cleveland moves out of the
way of no one.
BACKFIELD
EDWIN SMITH —• The brains of
our “Dream Team” is modest, unas
suming Edwin Smith, the sparkplug
of the Morehouse team. He is the
quarterback and a guy who can hit
a bull’s eye at fifty yards.
DANIEL HAWKINS — He’s the
only freshman on our team and he
deserves being on it. Operating from
the Morris Brown single wing, he
was superlative. He hails from New
Kennington, Pa.
JOHNNY RICHARDS — From
way down Mississippi way comes
this sparkling Clark star. He for
merly performed at Harris High
School in his home town of Meridi
an, Miss. Without his able support
Clark would have been just another
country ball club and the city cham
pionship would have eluded her
grasp.
MOSES PETTY — Last but not
least is this 180 pounds or granite.
He plays a violin in his spare time
and he is gentle like a bulldozer.
HERE IT IS , , , THE MAROON
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Student of Morehouse College
nooga, Tenn.; James C. Horton, Chat
tanooga, Tenn.; Forrest A. Humph
ries, Atlanta; Roy Hunter, Jr., Bir
mingham, Ala.; James E. Jackson,
Bainbridge, Ga.; Robert E. Johnson,
Birmingham, Ala.; Robert Lee John
son, Atlanta; Edward A. Jones, At
lanta; Calvin E. King, Valdosta, Ga.;
Levi S. Kirkland, Camden, S. C.;
Nicholas F. Leach, Florence, Ala.;
Clarence Littlejohn, Gaffney, S. C.;
Eddie Lomax, Atlanta; John M. Lo
pez, Nantucket, Mass.; Walter R.
McCall, Marion, S. C.; Rathuel L.
McCollum, Bennettsville, S. C.; Mar
vin C. Mangham, Atlanta; Charles
E. Martin, Atlanta; John Y. More
land, Atlanta; Sere Myers, Kansas
City, Mo.; Theophilus E. Neal, Jr.,
Greensboro, N. C.; Willie L. Paschal,
Americus, Ga.; Herschel Perkins,
Kansas City, Mo.; Abraham F. Peter
son, Orlando, Fla.; William G. Pick
ens, Atlanta; Arelius Dewey Pinck
ney, Atlanta; Fred B. Renwick,
Knoxville, Tenn.; Clarence E. Rich
ardson, Savannah, Ga.; Delta Hope
Ross, Orangeburg, S. C.; Earl Al
len Sanders, Evanston, III.; James
Edward Schell, West Point, Ga.; John
Edward Scott, Washington, Ga.;
Bertram E. Sears of Miami, Fla.;
Leroy Shropshire, Douglasville, Ga.;
Francis A. Simmonds, Charlotte Am
alie, St. Thomas, V. I.; Robert V.
Small, Ft. Gaines, Ga.; Arthur F.
Smith, Alexandria, La.; Desmond F.
Smith, Pensacola, Fla.; LeMon
Smith, High Point, N. C.; Robert C.
Stewart, Birmingham, Ala.; William
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EMORY O. JACKSON
E. 0. Jackson Wins
Omega Frat Award
Emory O. Jackson, former Editor-
in-chief of the Maroon Tiger, Editor
of the Birmingham World, recently
received the coveted “Achievement
Award,” presented to him by the
Alpha Phi Chapter of Omega Pi Phi
Fraternity for “work in the field qf
public service.”
The award was made at the Elks
Rest in Birmingham,
Aptly titled “the fighting editor”
by Wiley E, Daniels, newly-elected
Keeper of Records and Seals for the
chapter, the presentation was made
on the basis of Jackson’s militant
battles on the behalf of the vote,
equal educational opportunities, eco
nomic justice and human good will.
Jackson’s militant stand on the re
cent controversial issue of Birming
ham’s refusal to accept the Freedom
Train,” gives him the ristinct honor
of being Birmingham’s symbol of
leadership.
Not Anti-Athletic
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ball, baseball and basketball,” he an
swered.
We parlayed momentarily on non-
essentials and I directed another
question his way.
“Do you think that some schools
over-emphasize athletics?”
“Definitely, many schools do,” he
replied.
“What about Morehouse? Do you
think we attain the right balance
between athletics and classwork?”
He paused a minute, pursed his
lips and replied cautiously. “Yes, I
do; I think we give athletics the
right slant.”
“Then what are your ideas con
cerning subsidization ? ”
Against Recruiting
“I’m not sure what you mean by
subsidization,” he countered; “if you
mean Morehouse should send agents
all over the country recruiting ath
letic talent, I’m definitely against it.
There are many dangers inherent in
subsidization. If you subsidize the
star halfback why not the leading
tenor in the glee club or maybe the
debating society, the orchestra or
band?”
“Then you equate debating, the
chorus and glee club with football,”
I queried?
“Definitely, they are all a part of
our extra-curricular activities and
should be. I think the boys should
participate for the love of the game.
Now if a student is a football play
er and also a needy student, a job
might be found for him. Certainly
he shouldn’t be penalized just be
cause he plays football. But no con
cessions should be made on his
scholarship.”
“What do you think about the long
string of losses which our football
team has suffered?”
“No statement,” he snapped; “but
I do think we could win more.”
“Perhaps you read the last edi
tion of the Maroon Tiger. If you
did you ran across an article en
titled ‘Let’s Drop Football.’ What do
you think about the article and also
the Talladega and University of Chi
cago plans?” I asked.
“I don’t think we need to drop
football; however, I do think we need
to play teams more in our class with
similar ideas and ideals.”
I noted my time was up, so I
thanked him and prepared to leave.
He called me back and said: “Oh,
yes, one more thing. I think you
ought to quote me on this. Many
schools who subsidize do not have
winning teams.”
On that pungent, if defensive, ob
servation the interview emjed.
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