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THE MAROON TIGER
Voice of tiie Students
Vol, 52 No. 4
All-American 1949-50
Morehouse College, Atlanta, Ga.
January 25, 1951
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1951 May Yet Bring Peace Statesmen Offer Two Choices for
Amidst Threats Of War Future U. \S. Foreign Policy Structure
Abounding with conflict, uncertainty, and confusion, the now
infantile 1951 may bring the most crucial era in the history of
all mankind. Never before has so much hinged upon the unity
of the great powers of the world. It is highly dubious if such
unity will ever occur. The seemingly inevitable failure of these
powers to obtain a mutually satisfying policy may lead to that
tumult which would mark the ultimate destruction of the
child of our forefathers, the civilized world.
Presently, the far eastern fracas
is discouraging. Men are being
killed when there is no need for
them to die. From all reports, the
action of the aggressive Chinese
forces is likened to that of a vol
cano from which red hot lava has
unexepectedly spouted and flowed
swiftly down the mountainside en
gulfing, absorbing, and annihilat
ing everything it contacts. Ever on
ward surges this red mass! Behind
remains its hardended black
scourge. When, where, and how the
cessation of this ugly force may be
effected is now the basic perturb
ing element.
Despite the gloomy outlook, the
light of peace, although current
less, has not been demolished. May
be the real dictates of the hearts
of men will be realized and once
again illuminate that light. It is
unfortunate that youths still must
die on battlefields as a result of
the discrepancies existing among
their grandfathers, many of whom
were fortunate to survive the bat
tles authored by their own grand-
Jathers!
‘ Tfus promises to be a turbulent
Announcement of
Admission Test
To Low School
A number of Law Schools will
require the Law School Admission
Test of students seeking admission
in 1951. Each law school in which
you are interested will advise you
upon request whether or not you
will be expected to take the test
in partial satisfaction of admission
requirements.
The test will be given during
1951 on the following dates: Feb
ruary 24, April 28, and August 11.
Consult the Law School to which
you are seeking admission for
specific advice on when to take
the test. It is generally advisable
to take it as soon as possible.
Application may be made only
through Educational Testing Ser
vice, P. O. Box 592, Princeton, New
Jersey: These applications and fees
must be received in the Princeton
office at least ten days before the
scheduled date of administration.
The examination fee is ten dollars.
The Law School Admission Test
will be given at examination cen
ters established throughout the
United States. A complete list of
centers for each testing date ap
pears in the bulletin of informa
tion, which can be obtained at the
Princeton office of Educational
Testing Service. The test is a six
hour examination given at a morn
ing and an afternoon session each
three hours long.
It is designed to measure the
mental abilities important for
success in law school. No special
preparation or knowledge of sub
ject matter is needed.
Test scores will be reported to
the condidate and three law schools
which he lists in his application.
Consult the Bulletin of Informa
tion concerning the reporting of
scores to more than three law
schools.
year. As young Americans and
college students, we must not yield
to over indulgence in worrying
about the situation. On the con
trary, we must firmly resolve that
now, more than ever before, is
the hour to achieve in our educa
tional endeavor. We must prepare
ourselves through academic
achievement as fully as possible.
Can 1951 weather the storm ?
Only God knows. We must doubly
restore our faith in HIM. This ap
plies to the rich, the poor, the
sane, the ignorant, the young and
the old. Certainly not the wise—
they already have. Should human
existence ever terminate, God will
always remain.
Concert Success
Asserts Woods
Fund Chairman
Hundreds of students, teachers
and friends of the College heard
the Marcus Williams—Morehouse
Quartet concert Sunday evening.
The concert was the first of a
series of activities which are sched
uled to be presented by the Stu
dent Building Fund Committee.
Mr. Williams thrilled the aud- -
ience with his unusual tenor voice,
and the Quartet—composed of Wil
liam Jenkins, Wendell Whalum,
Phil Parker, and William Lee—re
ceived thunderous applause from
the entire audience.
According to Jerome Woods,
Chairman of the Building Fund
Committee, a variety show is be
ing planned and promises to be
one of the highlights of the student
activities during the year.
The Student Building Fund Com
mittee needs the assistance of
every student and faculty member
on this campus. It is a cause dedi
cated to a higher ideal—that of
helping to bring to Morehouse
College better facilities with which
to educate its sons in the future.
Let us all make a contribution and
demonstrate again that we as stu
dents are aware of our responsi
bility and obligations as citizens
of the College and sivic com
munities.
Graduate Record
Examination Set
For February
The Graduate Record Examina
tion consisting of an aptitude test
for graduate study, profile test of
general achievement, and advanced
test, covering 17 special fields will
be given under the Independent
Student Testing Program. They
will be given on the following
dates during 1951: February 2-3,
May 4-5, and August 3-4.
Application blanks and bulletins
of information may be obtained
from the Educational Testing Ser
vice, Princeton, New Jersey, or the
Educational Testing Service, Los
Angeles 27, California.
Applications and fees must be
Where should our frontier be? Should it be a “Gibraltar” in the Western Hemisphere?
or should it be a firmly established first line of defense in Western Europe?
Four American Statesmen—Herbert Hoover, Joseph P. Gennedy, John Foster Dulles,
and Thomas E. Dewey—each offering a choice for survival — waged recently the greatest
debate in American history on this question. The words they spoke echoed across the
Western World, gripping the minds of millions of people. Each was careful to point out
the dangers we now face and sounded their warnings. They made it clear that the world is but
a “sword’s edge” from an engulfing war.
Let us look at what they said.
“The foundations of our national
policies must be to preserve for
the world this Gibraltar of West
ern Civilization,” said Mr. Hoover.
“We can hold with our own naval
and air power the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans with one frontier on
Britain (if she chooses to coop
erate); the other on Japan, For
mosa and the Philippines. We can
hold the sea lanes for our sup
plies.
I devoutly hope that a maxi
mum of cooperation can be estab
lished between the British Com
monwealth and ourselves. To do
this we should arm our air and
naval forces to the teeth. We have
little for large armies unless we
are going to Europe or China. We
should give Japan her indepen
dence and aid her in arms to de
fend herself. We should stiffen the
defenses of our Pacific frontier in
Formosa and the Philippines. We
can protect this island chain with
our air and sea power.”
In order that we might be able
to carry out this type of policy
Mr. Hoover asserts that we must
“toil and sacrifice as the president
has asked.”
The test is whether they have
the spiritual force, the will "and ac
ceptance of unity among them by
their own volition. America can
not create their spiritual forces;
we cannot buy therrvwith money.”
For advocating a policy of with
drawal of American forces to the
Western Hemisphere, Mr. Hoover’s
proposals have been dubbed many
names, such as “Hoover’s Folly,”
“Isolationism,” etc. But there is
one thing for which we all can be
grateful to Mr. Hoover, and that
is, it was he who really showed
the need of a sound American
foreign policy.
Joseph P. Kennedy, former U. S.
Ambassador to Great Britain, fol
lows generally Mr. Hoover’s pol
icy of withdrawal. He says, “Get
out of Korea; indeed get out of
every point in Asia that we do
not plan realistically to hold in our
own defense. Such a policy means
that in the Pacific we will pick our
own battlegrounds if we are forced
to fight and not have them de
termined by political and ideolog
ical considerations that have no
relationship to our own defense.
“The next step in the pursuit
of this policy is to apply the same
received in Princeton or Los An
geles office of Educational Testing
Service at least two wedks before
the scheduled date of administra
tion. Fees for the examination are
as follows: One half day,. $8.00;
two half sessions, $UC00 - r - three
half day, $12.00. ^ r
The C "aduate Recort'“Examina
tion v be given at several hund-
red/ ! jg centers throughout the
UriL |i« ftates^ ■% complete list of
the ^tiers'.Mr each testing date
appears in the bulletin of infor
mation. *
Test scores will be repoi*ttd to
the candidate, and to three grad
uate or professional schools which
he lists in his application.
CbNTftINMENT"
UR0PE S *
principle to Europe. Today it is
idle talk of being able to hold the
line of the Elbe or the line of the
Rhine Why should we waste val
uable resources in such an at
tempt? If the weakened European
nations want to hold that line and
demonstrate a determination to do
so, it may be that we can afford
them some help. But to pour arms
and men into a Quixotic military
adventure makes no sense what
ever.”
Mr. Dulles, an advisor to the
Secretary of State and a member
of the United States Delegation to
the United Nations, follows in gen
eral the foreign policy of the pres
ent Democratic administration. He
said that “Russia cannot boast any
new conquered country in 1950.
That means that the free world has
found a way to slow down Soviet
Communist expansion by methods
short of open war. That is no mean
accomplishment.”
Mr. Dulles, following also the
principles as outlined in the North
Two M'Housers
Capture National
Frat. Offices
Two Morehouse students recent
ly won national offices in their re
spective fraternities. James N.
Young, ’52, won the position of
Second Vice Grand Basileus, the
highest position held by an under
graduate in the Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity. This honor came to
Young at the fraternity’s 37th an
nual conclave in Boston, Mass.,
December, 1950. Young, editor of
the Tiger, is also an honor student,
Student-Councilman, and a mem
ber of the debating team.
Jerome Farris was inaugurated
as lay member of the Executive
Council of Alpha Phi Alpha Fra
ternity, Inc., near the close of the
fraternity’s general convention in
Kansas City, Missouri, December,
1950. Farris is a native of Birm
ingham, Alabama. He has served
two terms as president of More
house Alpha Rho Chapter of Alpha
Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Atlantic Treaty, emphasizes “col
lective security.” “Solitary de
fense,” says Mr. Dulles, “is neyfiC
impregnable.” 1 . _
i -. ..
Governor Dewey of New Fork,
proposed a sweeping eight point
plan for home-front mobilization.
“A 100 division army, an 80 group
Air Force,” drastic cuts in civilian
production, general registration of
all persons over 17 and a pay-as-
you-go economy to combat infla
tion. Along with these proposals,
Mr. Dewey advocated the mainten- \
ance of “bases around the world
from which to send the (atom)
bomb.” Mr. Dewey also' made it
clear that the Grand Old Party
did not support the proposals of
Mr. Hoover.
A close examination of these
arguments will repeal that they
revolve around tf“~ee basic cores.
(1) Where shall A* ierica look for
hope of survival? (2j What is the
relative value to the United States
of our present allies if war comes?
(3) How much, if any, men and
money should we continue to place
in Europe?
These are the issues. It is you
who must provide the final answers
to them. Diplomacy is fading and
fading fast. Raw force is rampant
once again. These men have
sounded what little warning they
could. How will you answer these
Questions in that fateful hour ?
The ultimate decision is yours.
What shall your answer be?
Six 'House Men
Complete Work
Towards Degrees
According to the Registrar’s Of
fice, six Morehouse Seniors have
filed applications for bachelors
degrees for work that is to be
completed in January, 1951. They
are William D. Hamon, A.B., His
tory; Theodore W. Frisby, A.B.,
Psychology; Calvin C. Williamson,
A.B., Physical Education; Thomas
Sutton, A.B., English; Bernard L.
Williams, B.S., Biology; and Julius
Cecil Rutledge, A.B., Sociology.