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MAROON TIGER
October, 1948
JSfattonal J^ewd Corner
By Ailue Gunter
What has happened to Civil Rights? The fight
and interest in Civil Rights seem to be dissolyed
in probes of communism and espionage. During
the early months of 1948 Negroes were interested
in Civil Liberties. College campuses were scenes of
large conventions and discussions on segregation
in the Armed Forces, segregation in interstate
travel, anti-poll tax and anti-lynching. Now Ne
groes have discontinued discussing Civil Rights
while newspapers have ceased to carry reports
of such needed legislation.
Two generations hence when students, the sons
and daughters of this generation look through the
pages of history and study the paterns of segre
gation in 1948, they will note that Negroes are
concerned less about getting Civil Rights than
whites. They will further learn that Negroes did
less, poltically, to get these rights than any other
group.
All over the south Negro students are kept
blind to the real issues of the day. They are
taught to be submissive and how to stoop.
High school teachers are told what to teach
the students by many prejudiced officials
who wish to keep them ill-informed. Yet, our
mothers and fathers ask us to be quiet be
cause things will change.
Our dangerous silence will leave the Negro peo
ple holding the bag. There are fears encircling
our lives, fear that death will be worse than segre
gation as well as fear that the North and South
will go to war. If that be true let’s open our
mouths and see how sweet death really is. Don’t
be misled. The Dixiecrats will not leave the union
because there are too many Negroes who want
political freedom; yet, too few to wage an effec
tive campaign for Civil Rights when the masses
pull back. The South is economically unprepared
and psychologically disunited for war.
Negroes must open their mouths and bend ev
ery effort to end segregation. Silence tells the
oppressors that we favor the status quo. Silence
makes us cowards—too weak to defend our pos
terity. If we in the nation’s colleges are learning
anything at all, let us impress upon our minds and
the minds of our leaders the necessity of Truman,
Dewey and Wallace exchanging blows over Civil
Rights—though important is the spy probe.
Pardonalltg, Portrait
By S. Wilbur Hylton
Sterling heads the Morehouse Student Body
... prefers to be remembered as “Plain Cary”
from Plainfield, N. J... . a senior this year, he
plans to enroll in the School of Theology y,t Ober-
lin; his ambition—to be a good pastor ... has an
aversion for people ivho are self-righteous ...
likes beautiful women, singing and good enter
tainment ... enjoys playing the piano ... .a lover
of classical music, he says this “be-bop” stuff, is
nice to listen to .,. considers politics a good thing
when it is used for altruistic purposes . . . believes
that more of us must be willing to suffer for lofty
ideas .. . hopes that all the felloivs will pitch in
and help ivith the program this year. .. rates
Kappa Alpha Psi, Y.M.C.A., Ministers’ Union and
University Players.
Stull, Sends and J^ondende
By Leroy fames
Whereas: Khaki pants and shirts with dabs of
olive drab are again fashionable.
Whereas: The origin of loose teeth can often be
traced to a loose tongue.
Whereas: A fellow needs a gal and a gal can
only be found at Clark, Spelman, A. U., Washing
ton Hi. Howard, Fourth Ward, Auburn. Hunter
and various other places.
Whereas: Anything that’s fun these days is
either indecent, immoral or fattening.
Whereas: Pre-med and theological students are
the least likely to succeed to khaki.
Whereas: There are ' only two times doing a
man’s entire life when he wants female compan
ionship— (1) when he’s a boy and (2) when he’s
a man.
We highly resolve and'pledge that freshmen
need not lack for paternal advice.
Welcome to The House. You are quite
fortunate to be enrolled at Morehouse; for
here you can improve your mind, your social
standing and your breath. Smile at and be
kind to old women, children and “M” club
members. Above all be friendly to everyone.
It pays.
Go to class consistently. Study your lessons ev
ery night and ask intelligent questions in class.
(Let me know how this approach works. I’ve often
wondered.)
Coke machines are in nearly every building.
Student body meetings are held each Monday
and the library is not a social rendezvous.
Although it is!
Bridge and Bid Whist examinations are held in
the Snack Shop and various other appointed
places. With luck, you might be back next se
mester.
And Then There Was One
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Student Government
Is Threatened Two Ways
LERONE BENNETT, JR.
This is an important year for student government at
Morehouse. This could be its last year of effectiveness.
A two-pronged attack of student indifference and to a
lesser extent faculty encroachment tears at the heart of the
once powerful giant. We most surely must face the facts. We
can not hide a la Ostrich. Within the last four years one de
partment of the student government, the athletic (division, has
been lifted wholly from the Student Body without any form
of official notification whatsoever.
If you have eyes to see and are using them, you can
witness at the present time the gradual lifting of another
department. Mind you, I’m not indicting the entire fac
ulty, for there are many faculty members who disagree
with portions of the so-called “encroachment.”
To be sure, I don’t think the pattern is conscious.
But it’s there. Slowly but purely, inch by inch all of the
power, all of the sting is being extricated from the Stu
dent Body proper.
Bill Welsh, former president of the National Student Asso
ciation struck at the core of the problem in his speech before
the American College Personnel Association. Welsh states that
“too often college administrations are afraid of the public
criticism that arises if mistakes are made by student govern
ing bodies. ... We must inform the public that student gov
ernment is a LEARNING PROCESS.” Some way, somehow
that idea must be gotterf over here before the Morehouse Stu
dent Body is reduced to- the role of Parrot.
Now to the other side of the fence. Of equal importance
is the matter of student indifference—a matter which. I be
lieve, promotes faculty intervention.
For instance, it's no well guarded secret that in days gone
by—and maybe even today—that the president of the student
body, editor-in-chief of the MAROON TIGER and other high
officials were elected in January in various smoke filled rooms.
Neither is the secret kept in the Morehouse safe that at vari
ous times 10 or 15 powerful individuals have controlled the
Morehouse Student Body lock, stock and barrel.
One need only consult the records: In ’47-’48, 512 out of
909 students went to the polls to cast their presidential ballots.
Last year the same proportion prevailed. Seventy or a hundred
students struggled Out to name the writer editor-in-chief of
the Maroon Tiger I.This out of a student body of more than 800.
become social minded and attend meetings dutifully that two
pronged attack will succeed. This could be the last year.
jlUa&en Wxi\t Conceratna
DR. MAYS
Dear Editor,
Presently, I am greatly dis
turbed and concerned about the
presidential offer that Hampton
made to our president, Dr. Ben
jamin E. Mays. There are numer
ous Morehousp Men, students and
graduates, who are equally dis-
trubed.
What are we. the students,
going to do about it? We look to
the MAROON TIGER for leader
ship. Could the MAROON TIGER
get a statement from Dr. Mays on
this question? Let us be sure as
to what his position is. There
might be a stray probability of
his leaving; while on the other
hand, there might not be.
If he suffers some disadvantages
here that he might not suffer at
Hampton, we should find them out
and eliminate them. Then too,
should there be some advantages
at Hampton which we at present
aren’t affording, we should inves
tigate and see what can be done.
Finally, Mr. Editor, we must
let Dr. Mays know of our admira
tion for him—for the kind of man
he is, the kind of president he is,
and the efficient leadership he af
fords Morehouse college.
We must let Dr. Mays know that
because he still has a great job to
complete here he simply must re
main here. Mr. Editor, WE WANT
MAYS!
A Morehouse Student
You’re Gonna Learn . ..
'Well you're here. Welcome. The twelve acres
around you are holy. See that you keep them so.
Morehouse Men are often prone to think of our
campus as one big family. To keen it so, we’ll need
your help.
Getting along with people is really cooperating,
and since cooperation is the keynote of modern
life, we hope you are developing the art. You
might be a member of the Morehouse family for
four long years and IF YOU’RE BRIGHT
You’re gonna learn that you must plunge
into the college life and make a place for
yourself. You’re gonna discover that life has
its rainy days, sunny days and those in be
tween. You’re gonna learn that to be a sensi
tive soul will cause you untold concern and
that to lose your temper is to lose out.
You’re gonna learn not to take your roommate’s
occasional grouch seriously, and that to walk
around with a chip on your shoulder is the surest
way to find a fight. You’re going to discover that
happiness is a state of mind.
\ ou’re gonna learn that gossiping is a sure
way to become unpopular and that often
when you opened your mouth it would have
been better had you put an apple in it.
You’re gonna learn the difference between nega
tive and positive leadership and that most of the
students do their leading from a strategic post on
the local corner. '
You’re gonna learn that the college could run
perfectly well without you and that it doesn’t mat
ter so much who gets the credit if the job is well
done. You’re gonna discover that the teachers and
the cooks are human and that a smile and a cheery
“Hi” are necessary parts of your school equip
ment.
You’re gonna learn that no one ever ran a touch
down without help and it is only through coopera
tion that we make progress. You’re gonna learn
that the members of the Morehouse family are
0. K. and getting along depends about 99.4%'
on you.
The Maroon Tiger • • •
Freshmen and some few upperclassmen have
voiced amazement on beholding the office and the
work of THE MAROON TIGER. Many have asked
“What is The Maroon Tiger?” 4
It is a student owned, student operated organ
for the expression of campus opinion and the
mirroring of student activity. It is a student pub
lication; it does not necessarily express the views
of the administration. At the same time it is not
the organ of any clique or small group on the
campus. The paper belongs to every Morehouse
Man.
Founded over fifty years ago, it is a campus
institution, proud of its motto: “Guardian of the
rights of Morehouse Men and interpreter of More
house Men for the world.”
To Be A Success ...
This fellow hadn’t been to college in 15 years,
and he was sitting there enumerating the reasons
students fail in college—and after college, too.
He obviously knew what he was talking about,
for he was everything but a success. A former
All-Southern, campus playboy and member of
various and sundry clubs, he had taken to drink
and other allied habits. But his words made sense.
Students fail, he said, because of:
Lack of prepartion (i.e., in high school and
grammar school), lack of ambition and lack of
interest, extra-curricular activities ( wine, women,
and football), poor study habits (philosophy to the
accompaniment of Dizzy), lack of goals, low I. Q.,
lack of attention in individual classes, poor teach
ing, poor health, psychological factors.
This rum-bemused sidewalk pundit certainly
hit the proverbial nail on the head. Is your trouble
listed among the ten he named. It probably is.
Freshmen, and sophomores; overcome your trou
ble before the semester passes. And you, upper
classmen, do you find your trouble there. Hurdle it.
THE MAROON TIGER
Founded in 1898 by Timothy Williams
Member of Associated Collegiate Press
Vol. 50 October No. 1
Published monthly during the school year by the students of
Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia. Entered as second class matter
at the post office of Atlanta, Georgia under the act of March 3, 1877.
LERONE BENNETT, JR EDITOR
WILLIAM BUSH BUSINESS MANAGER
Edward Saunders Associate Editor
Claude Chamlee * Managing Editor
Charles Anderson and Leroy James Copy Editors
Preston E. Amos Sports Editor
C. Grovere Littlejohn Feature Editor
William Bowens Photographer
Walter Clements Artist
REPORTERS: Charles Bryant, Russel Adams, Calvin
Jackson, James Randolph
SPORTS WRITERS: Henry Rice, Ron Bennett, Jr.
FEATURE WRITERS: Myron Johnson, Charles Johnson,
Wilber Hylton, Ailue Gunter.
Leroy Newman Asst. Business Manager
Harry Tolbert Advertising Manager
Malcolm Corrin Circulation Manager
Charles Hawkins Exchange Manager
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT: Lowell Davis, James Young
G. L. CHANDLER, A. RUSSEL BROOKS ADVISORS