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Voice of the Students
Vol. 50, No. 1
MOREHOUSE COLLEGE, ATLANTA, GA.
May-June, 1948
AH! HAPPY DAY—Climaxing the historical senior week exercises, the largest graduation in the history of Morehouse Col
lege is seen standing before the Atlanta University Administration Building. This class, like many others throughout the
country, is represented by many returning veterans, who have after many years work finally come to the crossroad.
Reading on the first row, from left to right, are C. Washington, M. King, J. Nash, H. Lomax, L. Cain, C. Calhoun, W. Owens,
A. Clark, C. Willie, A. Johnson, M. Few, J. Blasingame, J. Spencer, L. Kirkland, C. Fuqua, and C. Robinson. Second row:
B. Barbour, J. Greene, E. Lomax, J. Herndon, J. Scott, W. Pickens, B. Ruttledge, A. Everett, W. Thompson, W. Butler,
J. Eagan, T. Hendricks, J. Freeman, C. Smith, and J. Jackson. Third row: A. Overstreet, M. Mangham, D. Jefferson, A. Ward-
law, R. Williams, P. Wall, L. Harley, L. Hall, M. Petty, F. Cureton, C. Baskin, H. Warner, R. J. Johnson, and J. Kelly. Fourth
row: A. Lewis, L. Shropshire, C. Cook, W. Willingham, J. Hutchinson, S. Johnson, W. McCall, S. Penn, S. Ross, W. Allen,
A. Owens, J. Moreland, A. Cameron. Fifth row: R. Hamilton, S. Turner, S. Cook, J. Cochran, P. Ware, R. Jones, A. Holloway,
V. Odom, A. Peterson, N. Connolly, and M. Douglas.
Educators Issue Challenge to
Morehouse, Spelman, A. U. Grads
Maroon Tiger Clips
Half-Century Mark
Founded in 1898 By Timothy Williams;
Student Owned, Edited and Published
By Robert E. Johnson
Having cut its journalistic teeth on student affairs and college
sports in 1898, the aged Maroon Tiger is rounding out a half
century of recording college life.
According to Dr. Brawley’s History of Morehouse College, the
Athenaeum Publishing Company, largely through the efforts of
Timothy Williams, was organized in 1898 by advanced students of
Atlanta Baptist College (Morehouse) and Spelman Seminary
Spelman Graduates
Charged To Fight
Jimcro, Status Quo
Dr. John W. Davis, president
of West Virginia State College,
addressing the 67th graduating
class of Spelman College in Sis
ters Chapel, sounded a clarion
call to enlist the youthful women
graduates in the fight against
segregation, discrimination in the
armed forces, the regional education
compact, the status quo, and the
country’s demagogues.
Dr. Davis told the 53 Spelman
graduates that “you have got to act
now against segregation in the armed
forces in the interest of unity and
democracy.”
MEASURE PERNICIOUS
The speaker assailed the regional
education compact as “pernicious , in
labeling the measure as “intended to
widen the judical scope of segrega
tion” . . . and to “widen the gap in
educational opportunities”.
t He said the compact was not in
tended “to make this country respec
table in the eyes of the world. If
selling Negroes’ liberties is the price
we must pay regional education, we
must reject it for it makes America
more disgraceful in the eyesight of
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ACP Confab Slated At
Ohio State Next Fall
The Associated Collegiate Press
will hold its annual meeting in Co-,
lumbus, Ohio, on Oct. 21, 22, and 23,
at which time Ohio State College
will be host. This convention* is the
only All-College National Publica
tion Convention of its kind. There
will be representatives from Daily
Papers, Weekly, Bi-Weekly, and
Monthly.
The true purpose of this conven
tion is to permit through actual as
sociation the editors, and business
managers of all represented colleges
to discuss the various conditions un
der which they publish and solve these
problems together.
Labor For Peace,
Dr. Brown Tells
Morehouse Grads
“If you can do one single
thing towards a just, durable
and creative peace, you will have
fulfilled your major obligation
to the world,” Dr. Kenneth I.
Brown, president of Denison
University of Granville, Ohio,
told 113 seniors of the 1948 \ grad
uating class of Morehouse College in
Sale Hall Chapel during the 81st
commencement exercises.
Insisting that the class must work
for world cooperation, goodwill and
mutual respect, Dr. Brown charged,
“Your job for the next 50 years and
mine for the next 20 will be to work
towards world peace which is your
dream and mine.”
“Peace begins in the minds of
men,” the noted educator continued,
“and there is no where else in the
world for it to begin. Peace begins
in my country, peace begins in my
community. and peace begins in my
home. ... You can’t have peace in
the world made by men whose minds
are at war. The peace of the world
does not begin at Lake Success, it
begins with you and me, in our minds
and in our hearts.”
NEEDS WORLD FEDERATION
.Dr. Brown issued a convincing call
for a World Federation of Nations
in asserting, “I believe in a World
Federation of Nations in which some
nations should relinquish their sov-
reignty for a new and larger patriot
ism—a new patriotism for peace and
a patriotism made of loyalty.”
“Peace,” he declared, “can never
be the monopoly of one country, ei
ther all have it or none. Peace is not
inevitable, war is not inevitable, it
is just what we make it.”
“What would happen,” queried Dr.
Brown, “if we went all out for peace
as we did for war?” Our peace ef
forts, he suggested, like our war ef
forts must demand the subjugation
of national selfishness.”
The invocation at the 81st An
nual Commencement was by Rev.
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Granger Urges A. U.
Grads To Change
Attitudes of Others
• “Do something to change the
attitudes of those you meet in
the outside world,” Dr. Lester B.
Granger, executive secretary of
the National Urban League,
urged the graduating class of
Atlanta University in his commence
ment address, delivered in the Trevor
Arnett Library quadrangle.
Thumbing through several pages
of manuscript, the Dartmouth Uni
versity alumnus interpreted the pres
ent putlook of world affairs, compar
ing to a similar period following
World War I and warned that the
United States’ present economic sys
tem might not be able to stand an
other depression. He observed that
the frustration characterizing the
war period had carried over and that
all Americans are concerned about
foreign as well as internal affairs.
NO AUTOMATIC FORMULA
“How could anyone but be cyni
cal?” Dr. Granger questioned, as he
pointed out that the present crop of
graduates, many of them veterans of
World War II, were made of tough
er fibre, formed in the crucible of a
world full of race hatemongers.
“No automatic formula will change
conditions over night,” he asserted.
“The production of democracy is an
unceasing operation. There is no such
thing as a status quo. Our job is to
analyze the situation and denounce
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Professor L. E. Burgess
Gets Iowa State Ph. I).
Professor Landry E. Burgess, of
the Department of Biology at More
house College, was awarded the Ph.
D. degree in this field on June 5 by
the State University of Iowa.
♦
Dr. Burgess, an alumnus of More
house and Atlanta University, suc
ceeds Dr. Harold E. Finley, who is
now chairman of the Department of
Biology at Howard University, Wash
ington, D. C.
66 Receives Bachelor
Of Arts Degree; 47
Awarded B.S. Degree
The largest senior class in the his
tory of Morehouse College graduated
at the 81st commencement exercises
held in Sale Hall Chapel on June 8.
One hundred and thirteen seniors
were awarded the degree of Bachelor
of Arts and Bachelor of Science by
President Benjamin E. Mays.
Sixty-six of the graduates received the
Bachelor of Arts degree: Willie E. Allen,
Lynchburg, Va. ; Lionel C. Barrow, Bronx, N.
Y. ; George W. Bunyan, Covington, Ky.;
Lawrence C. Burwell, Birmingham, Ala.; Lief
J. Cain, Darlington, S. C. ; Arnold K. Cam
eron, Atlanta, Ga.; James P. Cochran, Gads
den, Ala.; Norris L. Connally, Atlanta, Ga. ;
Samuel D. Cook, Griffin, Ga. ; Wallace J.
Coombs, Atlanta, Ga.; Leroy W. Drake, At
lanta, Ga.; James H. Freeman, Atlanta, Ga. ;
lion O. Funderburg, Monticello, Ga.; Carl A.
Fuqua, Chicago, Ill. ; William H. Gordon,
Tampa, Fla.; James L. Green, Malvern, Ark.;
Robert H. Hamilton, Eastman, Ga.; Willard
F. Harper, Cleveland, Ohio ; Bennie J. Harris,
Birmingham, Ala.; Thomas J. Hendricks,
Chattanooga, Term. ; James Herndon, Bir
mingham, Ala.; George K. Jackson, Detroit,
Mich. ; James C. Jackson, Athens, Ga.; Robert
B. James, Birmingham, Ala.; Benjamin F.
Jenkins, Atlanta, Ga. ; Arthur L. Johnson,
Birmingham, Ala.; Robert J. Johnson, At
lanta, Ga.; Martin L. King, Atlanta, Ga. ;
Chirence E. Lanier, Atlanta, Ga.; Walter R.
McCall, Marion, S. C. ; James W. Mack,
Memphis, Tenn. ; Marvin C. Mangham, Arling
ton, Va.; Taft H. Mizell, Atlanta, Ga. ; Julius
D. Newborn, Oakland, Calif.; Rogers J. New
man, Montgomery, Ala. ; John Y. Moreland,
Atlanta, Ga. ; Vernon L. Odom, Biscoe, Ark.;
Arthur R. Owens, Stuart, Fla. ; William W.
Owens, Macon, Ga.; Warren G. Parsons, At
lanta, Ga.; Shelton C. Penn, Winston-Salem,
N. C. ; Moses H. Petty, Atlanta, Ga.; William
G. Pickens, Atlanta, Ga.; Charles L. Pinkston,
Atlanta, Ga.; Alvoye J. Pride, Atlanta, Ga.;
John D. Reid, Columbus, Ga. ; Clarence E.
Richardson, Savannah, Ga.; Samuel H. Ross,
St. Matthew, S. C. ; Barney E. Rutledge,
LaGrange, Ga. ; John E. Scott, Washington,
Ga.: Leroy Shropshire, Douglas^ille, Ga.; Wil
lie T. Shropshire, Atlanta, Ga | Johnny M.
Spencer, Flint, Mich. ; Sampson Tiller, At
lanta, Ga. ; Nathaniel P. Tillnian, Atlanta,
Ga.; Samuel T. Turner, West Point, Miss.;
Paul L. Wall, Corsicana, Texas; Truman
Wallace, Atlanta, Ga.; Henry W. Warner, At
lanta, Ga. ; Charles E. Washington, Beau
fort. S. C. ; Samuel L. Washington, Cleve
land, Ohio; Joseph J. Welcome, Savannah,
Ga.: Robert J. Williams, Macon, Ga.; Charles
V. Willie, Dallas, Texas; Willis J. Willing
ham, Atlanta, Ga. ; and Lee M. Young, At
lanta, Georgia.
Forty-seven graduated with the degree of
Bachelor of Science are: John W. Adams,
Cairo, Ga.; Benjamin H. Barbour, Greenville,
S. C.; Clarence L. Baskin, Apopka, Fla.;
John T. Blasingame, Atlanta, Ga.; Charles L.
Boseman, Syracuse, N. Y. ; Joel S. Boykin,
Birmingham, Ala. ; Leroy Broadnax, Ridge
Spring, S. C.; Calvin L. ’ Calhoun, Atlanta,
Ga.; George F. Calloway, Clanton Ala.; Sam
uel Chapman, Baton Rouge, La. ; Arthur L.
Clark, Orlando, Fla. ; Marvin Collier, Chat
tanooga, Tenn.; Charles S. Cook, Atlanta,
Ga. ; Luritz C. Creque, St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands; John P. Eagan, Pensacola, Fla.;
Weldon E. Elbert, Vernon, Texas; John A.
Ewell, Alexandria, La. ; Linza H. Ford, Wil-
mingham, N. C.; Robert B. Ford, Tuskegee
Institute, Ala.; LeOn P. Hall, Birmingham,
Ala.; Samuel E. Harris, Birmingham, Ala.;
James R. Hayley, Concord, N. C. ; Otis J.
Henderson, Columbus, Ohio; John J. Hutch
inson, Atlanta, Ga.; Harold B. Ingram, Ma
con, Ga.; Edward F. Jackson, Columbus, Ga. ;
Frederick D. Jackson, Anniston, Ala.; Don
ald E. Jefferson, Orlando, Fla.; Levi S. Kirk
land, Camden, S. C.; Amos C. Lewis, Shorter,
Ala. ; Eddie Lomax, Atlanta, Ga.; Jefferson C.
Nash, Atlanta, Ga. ; Odell Owens, Waycross,
Ga.; Abraham F. Peterson, Orlando, Fla.;
Aurelius D. Pinckney, Atlanta, Ga. ; Jimmie
D. Robinson, Tyler, Texas; Arthur F. Smith,
Alexandria, La. ; Calvin M. Smith, Atlanta,
Ga.; Richard H. Smith, Detroit, Mich.; Wil
liam L. Talley, Covington, Ky.; William E.
Thomas, Whistler, Ala. ; Ozie Tucker, Flo
rence, Ala. ; Albert N. Wardlaw, Atlanta, Ga.;
Alvin H. Wardlaw, Atlanta, Ga.; Paul H.
Ware, Atlanta, Ga. ; Alvin H. Wardlaw, At
lanta, Ga.; Paul H. Ware, Atlanta, Ga. ;
Walter Washington, Birmingham, Ala.; and
Frank C. Wilburn, Gainesville, Georgia.
Bennett, Lenud
Elected To Top
Tiger Posts
Sports Editor Lerone Bennett, Jr.,
junior, and Advertising Salesman
Phillip Lenud, junior, were, without
a dissenting vote, elected editor and
business manager of the Maroon Ti
ger for the academic school year be
ginning September, 1948, at the an
nual student election which took
place in Sale Hall chapel.
Bennett succeeds Robert E. John
son, two-time editor of the student
newspaper, who is a candidate for
graduation this summer; and Lenud
takes over the managerial post va
cated by Bennie Harris, former edi
tor (1944) and veteran staffman, who
will be graduated this spring.
(Spelman) for the regular publica
tion of a student journal—The Ath
enaeum.
The Athenaeum continued publica
tion until 1925, though for two or
three years it found it hard to ap
pear regularly.
J. A. MASON FIRST EDITOR
A high standard was set by the
first editor, John A. Mason (editor
for three years (1898-1901), and in
general the degree of excellence of
the publication depended on the joint
ability and cooperation of the editor,
business manager, and the foreman
of the college printing office, who
has always been one of the students.
“From time to time,” writes Dr.
Brawley, “the Athenaeum has shown
a tendency to publish articles that
were too serious-minded in tone.
More than once, however, its humor
or reflection of college life has at
tained even unto brilliancy, and on
the whole it is by virtue of merit
that the periodical has continued to
appear as the voice of student sen
timent and ideals.”
NAMED MAROON TIGER
It was in the year 1925 that force
ful, big John Pittman spearheaded a
movement to establish an independ
ent student organ which would only
be obligated to voice the opinions of
students of Morehouse. Such a move
ment precipitated heated debates, dis
cussions and arguments. From these
give-and-take airing of opinions, a
decision was reached favoring,a sep
arate publication for studeiiiu of
Morehouse. Pittman proposed that the
college mouthpiece be named The
Maroon Tiger, and he became the
first editor with the change of iden
tification tag.
A precedent was set during Pitt-
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M’house Students
Publish Annual
Sociology Digest
The first volume of The Annual
Sociology Seminar Digest was pub
lished recently by members of the
undergraduate seminar in Sociology
at Morehouse College.
A cooperative experiment in col
lective thinking and working on so
cial problems, the digest is a compila
tion of subjects treated and selected
by the students in the field of sociol
ogy. The contents consist of a fore
word by Professor Walter R. Chivers,
chairman of the Department of So
ciology at Morehouse; an introduction
by Arvettria Quick, president of the
Sociology Seminar; articles and re
views of sociology.
“Economic Basis of Cultural Con
flict” is written by M. L. King and
reviewed by William McKinney.
Other articles include “Propaganda
and Race Relations” by Joseph T.
Brooks, reviewed by S. B. Johnson;
“Propaganda—How It Affects Socie
ty” by Arvettria Quick, reviewed by
J. Merill Spencer, Jr.; “Types of
Social Cleavage in the Amei'ican So
ciety” by Plato Southerland, reviewed
by Charles Harrison; “The Influence
of Mechanized Industry Upon the
Structure of the American Family”
by Walter McCall, reviewed by J.
Merill Spencer, Jr.; and “The Family
in a Changing Society” by Samuel T.
Turner, reviewed by William McKin
ney.
Members of the publication commit
tee are John E. Scott, chairman;
Franklin Perkins, co-chairman; L. W.
Banks, C. Harrison, R. A. Bryant,
C. Hodges, L. Johnson, S. Johnson,
W. McKinney, R. Nichols and J, M.
Spencer.