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Voice of the Students
Vol 54, No. 2
Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia
November 29, 1953
DIRECTOR WHALUM
Wendell P. Whalum
Day Is Observed
“He has endeared himself to
the hearts of all of us.” So spoke
the college president, Dr. Mays,
on Wendell P. Whalum Day in
chapel, on the eve of his depart
ure. He now has a leave of ab
sence for service in the United
States Army.
On November 14 Mr. Whalum
marched the band onto the field
during half-time of the Johnson
C. Smith-Morehouse game for the
last time during his short term of
directorship. Instead of the Band
forming the usual “M” during
half-time activities, it executed a
“W” in honor of its departing di
rector, to his obvious surprise.
As Mr. Whalum left the stadium
a few minutes later, the band
rose in respect.
Also on the eve of his depar
ture, the Glee Club sponsored an
informal banquet.
Mr. Whalum had only started
work here this September, after
one year’s absence since gradu
ation from Morehouse in 1952.
During this time he earned a
Master’s Degree from Columbia
University in music instruction.
His latest composition, “Fight
On Morehouse,”'will undoubtedly
become a part of our tradition.
NSA PLANS NEW
CAMPUS PROGRAM
The National Student Associa
tion, recognizing the increased
importance of campus programm
ing in the promotion on inter
national understanding, took a
number of steps at its recent
Congress to widen the scope of its
activity in this area. Primary
among these was its action in
authorizing its International Vice-
President to employ a full time
Campus Administrator who would
supervise such an expanded pro
gram on member campuses.
The Association feels that such
programming has three basic ob
jectives: (1) to awaken the
American student to an awareness
of the world in which he lives
and of the responsibilities with
which he finds himself saddled.
(2) To keep the campuses up to
date on the overseas operations of
the International Commission and
to acquaint them with the world
student community. (3) To aid
in integrating into the collegiate
community the student from
abroad in a manner facilitating a
more meaningful exchange of
ideas and experiences.
Much of the organization of this
program will center in the Cam
bridge office of the Commission,
although the Campus Administra-
U. P. OPEN TONIGHT
WITH COMEDY "THE
MALE ANIMAL"
The University Players will
open the 1953-54 dramatic season
with the popular Broadway com
edy hit THE MALE ANIMAL, on
Friday and Saturday evenings,
November 27 and 28, at eight
o’clock, in Howe Hall Spelman
College.
This hilarious comedy which
treats of the battle of the sexes
was written by Elliot Nugent and
James Thurber, an actor and a
cartoonist respectively. As mod
ern as the morning newspaper,
and as timely as the cup of cof
fee which accompanies the read
ing of it, this amusing play is in
tended to offer an evening of en
tertainment as it shows the male
animal in continual bewilderment
over his relations with the eter
nally feminine and paradoxical
female.
Heading the cast of thirteen
will be Don Phillips, William Wy
att, Constance Glass and William
Smith. Others in the cast are
Samuel Allen, Mattie Dorsay,
Melvyn Glover, Wilbert Washing
ton, W. Henry Rice, Freddine Gib
son, Sam Atkins, Zoe Pullen and
Thelma Bond.
The play will be under the di
rection of Baldwin W. Burroughs.
Set for the production w,ill be un
der the supervision of Floyd Da
vis, Carver Fortson, Eugene Rho
den and Carl Henderson. Lighting
will be by LeVoyd Hill and Don
ald Gulley.
Curtain time for the two per
formances will be at eight o’clock.
Danforth Foundation
Announce Fellowships
The Danforth Foundation of St.
Louis, Missouri, invites applica
tions for the third class (1954) of
Graduate Fellowships for college
seniors and recent graduates who
are preparing themselves for a ca
reer of college teaching, and are
planning to enter graduate school
in September, 1954, for their first
year of graduate study. The
Foundation welcomes applicants
from the fields of Natural Scien
ces, Social Sciences, Humanities
and other fields of specialization
to be found in the undergraduate
college.
President Mays has namgd Dr.
Melvin Watson as the Liaison Of
ficer to work with the Danforth
Foundation on the selection of
candidates. These appointments
are primarily “a relationship of
encouragement,” carrying a prom
ise of financial aid within pre
scribed conditions as there may
be need. Students with or with
out financial need are invited to
apply. A Danforth Fellow is al
lowed to carry other scholarship
appointment, such as Fulbright,
Woodrow Wilson, G. E. B., etc.
All Danforth Fellows will par
ticipate in the annual Danforth
Foundation Conference on Teach
ing, to be held at Camp Miniwan-
ca in Michigan next September.
The qualifications of the candi
date as listed in the announce
ment from the Foundation are:
Evidence of superior intellect
ual ability in college record.
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tor will travel considerable
throughout the nation. NSA is
now looking for such a qualified
young man or woman with back
ground in international affairs
and student activities to fill this
post.
Further information may be ob
tained by either contacting The
Maroon Tiger or writing directly
to NSA.
A New Cultural
Birih: Arls Club
There is a new and different
club in the process of evolution
here at Morehouse. Germinating
from Humanities I. “The Arts
Club” was formed by students in
terested in deepening their know
ledge of the arts through contact,
in group reading for enjoyment
as well as education and in pub
lishing a magazine that would
give just consideration to the cre
ative and critical writings of the
men of Morehouse.
The members of this club feel
that in any area of knowledge a
formalized course is only the be
ginning of the learning process.
Only through constant contact
can one fully appreciate good mu
sic, art, and literature. In con
nection with this belief the club
will sponsor concerts, exhibits
and movies throughout the year.
Group-reading for enjoyment
and education is the second aim
of this club. Reading outside the
classroom without obligation in
groups can be interesting and
beneficial. Wrestling with the
genius of Shakespeare Eliot or
Shaw can develop mature minds
capable of conquering the hordes
of misleading literature encoun
tered in the ideological struggles
in the world today.
The publication is the last and
chief aim of the club. It will con
tain poetry, book reviews, short
stories, essays, and reprints all
done by Morehouse students. It
will be an emphatic/.terarv vo’fe
from the pens of cJp members of
this student body, -a voice cer
tainly not as informative as that
of “The Maroon Tiger” but much
more lasting and with a greater
penetration into the literary
depths of the thinging, creative
minds on our campus. The mem
bers of the club under the leader
ship of Editor-in-Chief, Richard
John, make up the editorial board
and they welcome all contribu
tions.
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MISS MAROON & WHITE, Miss Altona Johns, receiving the football
from Captain Jackson B. Sheftall during the half time ceremony.
A QUEEN IS CROWNED
IN MIDS T of SPLENDOR
Long live the queen! Long live the queen, and may her
beauty be seen throughout the land. This was the story told
by the men of Morehouse College when Miss Johns, an at
tractive junior of SpelmanCollege, was crowned “Miss Maroon
and White” for the year ‘53 and ‘54 here Friday night, Novem
ber 6. The hour-long coronation services which unfolded
beauty, grace and splendor was held in the historic Sale Hall
Chapel, with more than 700 students, faculty members and
visitors to witness the spectacular ritual.
The browning of Miss Altona Johns officially opened the
homecoming week-end, which attracted several hundred frinds
and former students. Attendants to Miss Maroon and White
were Miss Alice Zuber, a Spelman College junior of West,
Point, Miss., and Miss Gwendolyn Walker, a Spelman College
senior,of Atlanta. Ga.
All segments of the school fra
ternities were represented in Miss
Maroon and White court's of hon
or. The count entered to the
tune of “Let me call you sweet
heart,” performed beautifully on
the College organ by Wendell P.
Whalum, the music director of
Morehouse College.
Representing the fraternities
were: Miss Gwendolp Bishop,
the Sweeheart for the Phi Beta
Sigma Fraternity, escorted by
Who will be “Roughhouse Champs” the freshmen, sophomores, jun
iors, or seniors? Fellas, the above is the Maroon Tiger staff’s Rough-
house Intramural Football Trophy. It,is the sincere wish of this
year’s staff that the idea of the “Roughhouse” Trophy will always live,
perpetuating high interest in intramural sports at Morehouse. Again,
what class is rough enough to be Roughhouse Champs. We 11 see next
week!!!
James Parham; Miss Marilyne
Robinson, the Sweetheart of Kap
pa Alpha Psi Fraternity, was es
corted by Henry Foster. The
members of the Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity, Inc., elected as their
Sweetheart Miss Greta Turner,
who was escorted by Donald
Moore. Elected as the Sweet
heart for the Omega Psi Phi Fra
ternity was Miss Gloria Shedrick,
escorted by Isiah Alexander.
Miss Barbara Snipes, escorted
by James A. Batts, and Miss Rose
Harris, escorted by Samuel Fan-
roy, served as attendants to Miss
Alpha Phi Alpha. The attendants
for Miss Omega Psi Phi were
Misses Lois Wilson and Maxyne
Bradley who were escorted by
Owen Davis and Marion Marable,
respectively.
Amid all of the pomp and
splendor of the coronation acti
vities, Miss Maroon and White
was escorted by John Anderson
of New York, while her attend
ants, Misses Alice Zuber and
Gwendolyn Walker, were escort
ed by Machion Garrison, of At
lanta, and Charles Simmons, Co
lumbia, S. C., respectively.
Charles W. Greene, President of
the Morehouse College National
Alumni Association, made the
crowning presentation of Miss
Maroon and White.
Immediately following the Cor
onation, a beautiful Maroon and
White Reception for the Queens
was held in the new Lounge of
the Chemistry Building. Mrs.
Jeanette Brawley Stewart, Col
lege Hostess, was in charge of the
Maroon and White Reception.
CAMPUS SCENES
DATE November 14, 1953
TIME 7:05 P. M.
PLACE Spelman College
INCIDENT: Two cars of More
house Students Booed off cam
pus.
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