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0<?tober, 1948
MAROON TIGER
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Bulletin
Mays Offered Hampton Presidency
Dr. Charming H. Tobias, chairman of the Board of Trustees of Hamp
ton Institute, announced in New York Saturday that President Benjamin
E. Mays of Morehouse college has been offered the presidency of Hampton
Institute. Dr. Mays, it was said, has reserved decision until the end of this
school year. During the interim Alonzo G. Moron, college business manager,
will serve as acting president. This is the second time that the Hampton
board has made a Negro temporary president.
If Dr. Mays accepts the Hampton post, he will become the first Negro to
serve as president. In a recent interview, Dr. Mays stated that he had not
been offered the Hampton position. At press time he could not be reached
for comment.
The alumni of Hampton have been asking for a Negro scholar as presi
dent of the 80-year-old college. Last year the students went on strike
against President Bridgeman. He was subsequently removed.
Dr. Channing Tobias, board chairman, who reported last week that the
selection of a successor to Dr. Bridgeman was made extremely difficult by
the financial strain under which all private colleges are operating.
KLUBS & FRATS=
Fraternities and Clubs List New
Officers, Plan Various Activities
—Rv Clarence G. Littlejohn
The house man is fortunate in having a varied assortment of
clubs and frats from which to choose when he is ready to “join up.”
In addition to the organizations listed below from which news of
election of officers have been released, news of others will appear
in subseauent issues of this paper.
The long-haired geniuses of BETA KAPPA CHI SCIENTIFIC
SOCIETY, devoted to the advancement and promotion of science,
begin their year with a membership
of seven under the leadership of
prexy, Adolphus Milligan. Secretary-
Treasurer is Rathuel McCollum and
J. Walter Crapps is public relations
representative. Advisor to the scien
tists is Dr. S. M. Nabrit, head of
the Biology Department of Atlanta
University.
“To those interested in business
and law, the BUSINESS AND LAW
CLUB is just the club,” says vice-
president McClure P. McCombs in
the absence of President Frank Wil
liams. McCombs also expects an in
crease in the membership from the
present 25 to include a good per
centage of the student body. He
stated that this increase is neces
sary for a well-functioning, healthy
offspring, the Business and Law Loan
Association. Secretary to the B & L
Club is George Haley.
Beginning with a membership of
35, the MINISTERS UNION, under
the leadership of Herman Williams,
is going ahead with plans for activi
ties which will help the religious as
pect of student life. Eugene Price is
vice-president and Curtis Jackson,
Student Activities representative.
Also, concerned with the Christian
aspect of student life will be the
YMCA headed by Myron Johnson,
successor to Sterling Cary, student
prexy. Other officers include William
Bennett, vice-president, H. Bostic,
secretary, and Student Activities
representative, Romeo Horton. The
campus “Y” office will be located in
Vet. Bldg. II. room 63.
President Frank Stanley will steer
the CHI DELTA SIGMA DEBAT
ING SOCIETY eastward stopping at
Fisk, Howard, Tennessee State, A &
T, and Lincoln. Vice-president of the
debaters is Walter Clements and
Student Activities representative is
Samuel A. Turner. Despite the loss
0f several members through gradu
ation and otherwise, membership is
estimated at 25.
The ALPHAS, numbering 40, will
be guided by Noah Wills II, presi
dent, and vice-president, Murray
Schmoke. Edward Saunders was
elected secretary and Edmund T.
Kemp, treasurer. William Sterling is
associate editor of the Sphinx, offi
cial mouthpiece of the frat. The
SPHINX Club hasn’t organized as
yet but there are 12 members in the
Observation Club.
Clarence R. Gosha was elected
polemarch of the KAPPAS with Ra
thuel McCollum as vice-polemarch.
Thomas Brady, Keeper of Records,
expects a membership of 30. The
SCROLLERS CLUB is off to a bang
with 15 pledgees.
With an initial membership of 23,
the SIGMAS, steered by president
Franklin Perkins, are making plans
for the coming year. Assisting in the
leadership of the Sigmas will be vice-
prexy Ailue Gunter, Treasurer Wal
ter Lumpkins, and Recording Secre
tary Leander Falls. In the CRES
CENT CLUB, vieing for Sigma mem
bership, are 13 pledgees.
Basileus C. Clayton Powell heads
the OMEGAS this year with the
able assistance of vice-basileus Mal-
James Miss Opener
Because of Illness
For the first time in 15 years, Pro
fessor Willis Laurence James has
missed a football opener at the head
of the Morehouse band. Nothing short
of extreme illness could keep the
ebullient “prof” from processing
new band recruits and getting them
in shape for the opening fracas. And
illness it was.
In his absence William “Billy”
Sterling, who was student bandmas
ter last year, took charge of the
band. Mr. Harreld also assisted.
Mr. James, who is also a prolific
composer and well known musician,
was confined to the bed at his home.
At press time he was resting “nice
ly.” James graduated from More
house in 1923.
As token of the band’s affection
for their bed-ridden leader, the band
under the direction of young Sterling
marched from Harper’s field after
Morehouse’s victory over Dillard to
the home of Mr. James, where they
played the college hymn, “Dear Old
Morehouse.”
colm Corrin. After deducting the
brothers lost through graduation
Keeper of Records and Seals Calvin
E. King estimates an initial mem
bership of approximately 50. Hold
ing the money bag for the “Q’s”
will be Calvin Singleton. The LAM-
PODAS CLUB has in it 15 pledgees
at present.
In addition to those named above,
clubdom’s largest member, the
NAACP with its 200 members, will
welcome the neophyte club. Presi
dent of this worthy organization is
Charles Harris and vice prexy is
William Bennett. Sec. Charles More
land expects a tremendous increase
this year due to the program which
will be outlined before potential
members. Treasurer Robert Dixon is
quite anxious to receive membership
fees which will be the same as for
last year despite the recent news of
the proposed hike in membership
fees.
THE UNIVERSITY PLAYERS
have had their first meeting of the
year. Eddie Sandiford and James
Cochrane were reelected president
and business manager, respectively.
Miss Eloise Usher, former director
of the UP, is away studying and Mr.
H. Todd is the new director.
Plans are now underway to revive
DELTA PHI DELTA JOURNALIS
TIC SOCIETY. Delta Phi Delta was
first organized on this campus by V.
Trenton Tubbs and Moss Kendrix.
Infirmary Housed
In $55,000 Building
The Samuel Howard Archer Infir
mary has now moved into a new
frame structure facing the read of
Graves Hall and immediately behind
the site of the old building, the for
mer “Hubert House.”
The new building consists of seven
wards which offer thirty-one bed
spaces; one private room, one semi
private room, nurses’ quarters, drug
room, laboratory and x-ray room,
diet kitchen, dark room, doctor’s of
fice and examination room, nurse’s
office, and reception room.
Comprising the staff of the infirm
ary are Dr. A. M. Davis, college phy
sician, Miss Sadie M. Neal, graduate
registered nurse, and Louis Lowe,
student attendant. Infirmary hours
are as follows: Dr. Davis for consul
tation: 9:00 a. m.—9:30 a. m. daily
except Sundays. Daily Hours—Miss
Neal: 8:30 a. m.—10:00 a. m.; 1:00
p. m.—2:00 p. m.; 6:30—7:30 p. m.
To date 154 freshmen have been
given complete physical examinations
—The infirmary is staffed and equip
ped to handle all but major emergen
cies. However, arrangements for
treatment of major ailments and
emergencies are made by the college
physician.
KampuZ Aierrg, Qo Round
By Eddie Saunders
As it was presupposed, good college newspapers don’t permit
gossip (dirty wash on the clothes line) to permeate their pages,
so this year we will dispense with gossip in all of its crude forms
and attempt something on a higher plane of intellectual apprecia
tion. I am rather glad that this new ruling has come into effect
because my life wasn’t worth a plug nickle around'Atlanta’s pride,
Morehouse College. Over the summer I thought it expedient for me
to acquire a nom de plume for this year’s publication because of
the awkwardness of having been called “that guy” with a very
nasty connotative slant. Under those circumstances, I had to se
cure a shell thick enough to ward off all such remarks and this year
am I happy. No remarks, no shells—just free sailing ahead for
your “ole merry-go-rounder.”
The above seems rather familiar, even to me. I am under
the impression that at about this same time last year my
plans were similar but in the mad rush for names (and who
doesn’t like to see his name in print) the “wash” got rather
dirty.
CROP
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REPORTER
By Russell Adams
Question: What do you Think of The
Progressive Party?
Johnnie Latimer—Junior—Atlanta,
Georgia—Ifeel that the Progressive
Party has little chance of success for
the following reasons: First, it does
not have the necessary finance for a
strong political organization. Second
ly, a small party usually suffers the
misfortune of having its political
planks snatched, .up by another party
that is well established.
Henry Goodman—Senior—New Ro
chelle, N. Y.—I do not think Wallace
will win the presidential nomination
through his party. Public opinion and
sentiment are more favorable to his
party’s cause because of the way
which he was treated during his
Southern tour.
Harold Nelson—Valdosta, Georgia
(Freshman (—Wallace is O. K. His
party is all right, but it does not
have a chance in the world of making
a showing in the November election.
For that reason I would vote for
Truman or Dewey as quickly as I
would vote for Henry Wallace. All
three of these men are liberals. I
believe that in the next ten years
there will be no Jim Crow in the
U. S. America realizes that he pre
sent status in world affairs demand
that she practice at home what she
preaches abroad.
Marcus Williams — Senior — Bain-
bridge, Georgia—I like the things that
the Progressive party stands for—
things such as equality for all men
In the long run Democracy will mean
much to the improvement of the
south, even though many Southerners
cannot see this. I do not think that
the Wallace party has much of a
chance in the presidential campaign
because this is a new party and needs
time to grow. However, his party
has made a good start and contains
many Negroes and whites who are
not afraid to speak their true opin
ions.
Jack Peterson—Junior—Vidalia, S.
C.—I am going to be frank about
Wallace’s party. In my opinion it is
no different from any other party.
Most of them have civil rights as a
part of their platform. I believe Wal
lace is putting up a front. He does
not intend to do that much if he is
elected. He knows that there is a
U. S. Congress to be considered. Wal
lace wants to be president just for
the name.
In the event that he is elected
President his drastic reforms will
create bloodshed and choas between
Negroes and whites. I favor a grad
ual reversal of the present democratic
condition of Negroes rather than an
abrupt one so that both racees may
become adjusted to ft gradually and
peacefully.
Arriving a few days earlier this year was quite a thing, every
thing seemed to have had a face lifting—even the faculty. Yate’s
and Milton’s had removed most of the paintings by Hale Woodruff
(because they couldn’t find anyone to touch them up)—The
“crabs” had been fully indoctrinated and had accepted the tradi
tional crab caps—The dining hall had fluorescent lighting fixtures
installed and the windows had dainty and colorful draperies—The
lounge in Graves Hall had the feminine touch plus a floor model
radio—The Snack Shop still had “Tank” Mangham and he had a
cleaning concession—The buildings and grounds had undergone a
cleaningup, paintup and plantup campaign—The old Infirmary had
the lovely female faculty members as residents—All in all a goodly
number of conglomerative transpositions.
DANIEL CUPID
“Ah Sweet Mystery of Life” seems to have been the theme
song of most of last year’s couples. Evidently more went on last
year than met the eye. We find that marriage found Samuel Barnes
and Sara Owsley Stivers—John Calvin Williams and Josie Latimer
—Dellie L. Boger (Department of Dormitory life) and Wilma
Bristow (Dietitian)—Samuel P. Long and Ruth Bussey—Henry
(Coot) Warner and Victoria Elizabeth Jefferson and William
Bennett and Dorothy Sabb and last but not least, the Maroon
Tiger’s own cupidian couple, Leroy Johnson and Cleopatra Whit-
tingon. When will I go off the deep end? Now that’s a deep
dark secret.
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CAMPUS CUDDLES
BRAINS, BEAUTY AND CHARM mildly enumerate the attributes of Miss Muriel
Yvonne Gassett, senior at Spelman College, who with John Oscar Armstrong, senior
at Morehouse College, has been chosen the Campus Cuddles for this month. Miss
Gassett, a native Atlantan, graduate of Palmer Memorial Institute, president of
the French Club, vice president of her class, is a French major and finds time to
participate in various other campus activities. John, a native of Birmingham,
Alabama, and a veteran of World War II, is majoring in Biology. John Is a
member of the college band and is a loyal participant in various other campus
activities. Their courtship enters its second year—we hope it lasts.