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MAROON TIGER
The Maroon Tiger
FOUNDED liSSS
Published monthly during the school year by the students of More
house College, Atlanta, Georgia. Entered in Post Office at Atlanta 3,
Georgia, as second-class mail matter under the act of Congress, March
13, 1879.
Member of Associated College Press and Intercollegiate Press.
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vice Inc., 420 Madison Avenue, New York 17, New York.
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academic year 85 cents; by mail $1.00.
Office—Room 113 Graves Hall. Phone—RA. 9420
EDITORIAL STAFF
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF- — r Ezra C, Davidson
ASSOCIATE EDITOR Ira Harrison
NEWS EDITOR James Goodman
FEATURE EDITOR Richard Johns
SPORTS EDITOR Patrick McClain
COPY READERS .1 George Johnson, Marion Marable
ARTISTS Robert Cheeseboro, Archie Meyer
EXCHANGE EDITOR „ Samuel Allen
NEWS REPORTERS—
Peter Chatard, John Covington, Donald Moore, Amos Cheese
boro, Major Owens, James Crump, Leroy Aikens.
SPORTS REPORTERS—
Alfred Willie, Jackson Sheptall, Willie J. Davis.
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FEATURE WRITERS—
Howard Moore, Lillie McKinney, Donald Hickman, Charles
Jones, James Jordan, Eugene Austin, English H. Irving, David
Hickman, George Johnson.
TYPISTS —
Hassel Harris, Donald Hickman, David Hickman, Howard
Westley, Samuel Allen, Robert K. Anderson.
Dear Editor:
I think the staff of the Maroon
Tiger should be complimented on
the last edition of the paper. A
new life seems to have been add
ed to it the news was fresh and
the paper was interesting to read.
BUSINESS STAFF
BUSINESS MANAGER John W. Simmons
ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER Harry Smith
ADVERTISING MANAGER Willie Brawner
CIRCULATION Jefferson Mathis, Ronald Johnson
FACULTY ADVISERS 1..... G. Lewis Chandler, A Russell Brooks
THE EDITOR’S CORNER
THE GREAT -
MISUNDERSTANDING
After the dust of furor, emotionalism, and excitement has
now settled, which has clouded our “social” atmosphere since
before Homecoming, I think it is time now for us to stop and
consider what the actions of our last few weeks have brought
us, with specific observations of the ractions of our traditional
sisters. For I have good evidence to believe there is a gross
misunderstanding which might terminate in an unnecessary
loosening of “the tie that binds” us with the lovely young ladies
across Greensferry.
First, a short presentation of the facts. In view of the
fact that our administration ruled that our Homecoming dance
must be on the campus this year, it would have been the first
opportunity in my career at Morehouse that these beloved
lasses could have attended en masse. If this had been deemed
feasible (bringing the dance on the campus) by our student
body it would have been one of the most delightful changes in
our social calendar. We chose, however, not to give the dance at
all—the currents in this philosophical stream are too torrential
for us to get our toes wet here. This was entirely a family af
fair—as far as Morehouse was concerned—and was not done in
the defiance of any outside elements. And certainly not the
girls at Spelman. To think such would be a flagrant miscon
ception and misinterpretation of our actions.
But this seemed to be only the beginning! The seventh
day (after our Homecoming dance date) was not one of rest and
the creation—of misunderstanding—continued to ferment.
On this night we gave a benefit dance in support of our
year book, The Torch which always has a precarious birth due
to lack of finance—and our guest for the week-end, Johnson C.
Smith University. Spelman could not come because of calen
dar conflicts, and to have a dance on this night, without Spel
man, simply added to the Confusion. Their wrath would have
been justified if the dance had been designed, “to prove to Spel
man we can do without them.” But this obviously was not the
case. Twice now we are misunderstood. In an effort to coun
teract what they considered our “attitude”, many took a va
cation on the eve we played Johnson C. Smith and our football
team upset everybody, including Smith to a score of 13-6.
As the bell tower shook on top of Graves, proclaiming our
afternoon’s conquest two cdrs of Morehouse students, up to
their spiritual brim with the joy of the victory, decided to drive
through the campus to the tune of “Here comes ole Morehouse.”
Only to be violently booed out of “the Gate”. Some observers
apparently thought this an ironic entry on the part of the fel
lows and not just a jovial tresspassing since the dance was sche
duled to begin a few minutes later. Now the sparkling embers
burst into flames as individuals even became infuriated.
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Some persons on the campus
feel that the paper showed bias
in the “campus symposium”; how
ever, I believe that the article ex
pressed the general attitude of
the student body. The Maroon
Tiger is the “voice of the stu
dents” and it is living up to its
name. Let me again praise the
staff and urge them to keep up
the good work.
Sincerely,
Perry Henderson.
Dear Editor^
I wish to commend the staff of
the Maroon Tiger for the magnif-
icient job done in the last issue
of the school paper.
For a change, the paper was
chuck-full of interesting, up-to-
date news. Especially worthy of
comment was the article on the
game which was played with Ala
bama State entitled "Hornets in
vade Tiger Den Tonight". This
gave the effect of a good timely
newspaper.
Many of the remarks and com
ments made about the last issue
were quite favorable, and as is to
be expected in a democratic so
ciety, some few were not. I should
like to take this opportunity to
say that all constructive criticism
should be welcomed as wholesome
participation in college affairs but
such criticism as stems from an
open and flagrant unwillingness
to recognize the opinions of oth
ers can in no wise produce an ef
ficient college organization.
To condemn all opinions and
their holders solely on the basis
of their disagreement with one’s
own views is to be guilty of a
onesidedness battered only by the
late personification of demagog
uery from my home-state of Mis
sissippi.
I hope that the Tiger staff will
continue to publish in the future,
bigger and better issues.
Yours for continued success,
W. Rowan Sanders.
Dear Editor:
Allow me to congratulate you
and your staff for superb efforts
as evidenced in the October edi
tion of the Maroon Tiger. With
the possible exception of an un
dotted (i) on page five of your
six page edition, the Tiger was
flawless, a great step in the di
rection of All-American.
By the way, I wish to report a
dastardly deed. It seems that an
innocenj;, unguarded, infant peti
tion strolled into a certain office
in Harkness Hall never to come
out again. Mr. Editor, the child
died—so ransom is out, but you
could aid in the soliciting of funds
for a decent burial.
Sincerely,
William Ira Gore.
Editor
Maroon Tiger
Morehouse College,
Atlanta, Georgia.
As a student and ardent read
er of our official organ, I feel it
is about time I expressed my
opinion concerning your Sympos
ium of pros and cons on problems
uppermost in the minds of all
students.
I feel that the questions tender
ed toward the panel are rather
one-sided and I believe to the ma
jority of the students there can
only be one answer in their fav
or. An example is the “Alcohol”
question in the last issue of the
Tiger. The questions are unfair
to the administration because
they usually rule against the stu
dents for the benefit and welfare
of the students themselves.
Many students can’t see this
but since I have been a student
at Morehouse the administration
has been more than lenient in
many things and therefore when
the administration decrees some
thing we should, as good students,
abide by their rules and regula
tions without a lot of fanfare and
tradition breaking.
Sincerely,
John W. Johnson.
Dear Sir:
Congratulations upon your first
edition of The Maroon Tiger. To
me it was tops in every way.
The purpose of my letter, how
ever, it to voice a protest about
some comments made about the
first edition of the Maroon Tiger.
I have heard quite a few enthus
iastic remarks about Campus
Symposium, some of them quite
derogatory. Although some of us
do not agree with the opinions
expressed, I do not believe our
disagreement will justify our in
dulgence in name - calling. It
seems to me that to call one man
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November 29, 1953
The overt threat of Commun
ism to the American people
since 1945 has produced much
stress, tension, animosity and
fear. For the first time in the
twentieth century we are faced
with the awful specter of creat
ing an evil substantially equiva
lent to that which we seek to de
stroy. We have reacted to this
threat to freedom in a way\that
interposes danger for our liber
ties first and our national econo
my second. In the beginning we
found a new nation that tolerated
diversity of social, economic and
political opinion and, in the
words of Thomas Paine, “hath
become the asylum for the per
secuted lovers of civil and relig
ious liberty from every part of
Europe.” But the aggressive to
talitarianism of communism and
the reaction to it by elements on
all levels have altered substantial
ly the diversity of ideal concepts
under the disguise of National Se
curity. This is not to suggest
that we are not to guard against
conspirators and traitors among
us, but that in seeking to bring
their infamous activities to light
we should guard against the de
struction of the very factor that
we wish to protect—namely free
dom of will and thought.
It seems as if certain elements
in this country parading under
the banner of “Security and
America first” are willing to sac
rifice freedom and fair play for
a benevolent despotism their
style.
They create distrust and fear,
false accusation and distortions
which tend to do more harm than
good. Under such circumstances
men lose faith in one another and
in the tradition to which they
have adhered in the past. Now
conformity creates suspicion, sus
picion creates fear, fear creates
tension, tension breeds an atmos-
' phere which the demagogue can
capitalize on and ride to his elec
tive despotic duties, consequent
ly typranny is triumphant. In
these days when one must guard
against the possibilities of associ
ating with a suspected one as well
as the utterence of the wrong
words, it would be wise to ponder
well the words of Chief Justice
Hughes in De Jorge V. Oregon
(1937). “The greater the need of
safeguarding the community from
incitements to the overthrow of
our institutions by force and vio
lence, the more imperative is the
need to preserve inviolate the
constitutional rights of free
speech, free press and free as
sembly in order to maintain the
opportunity for free Political dis
cussion to the end that govern
ment may be responsive to the
will of the people and the changes
if desired may be obtained by
peaceful means! These are the
words that contain the substance
of the creed to which we must
adhere in this campaign against
communism.
Communism has caused Ameri
ca to burden its economy with
heavy taxes in order to support
an unperecedented defense pro
gram, a multi-billion dollar for
eign aid program and most re
cently a war (Korean war) in
which we experienced 135,000
casualties.
The programs above if carried
on indefinitely can wreck our
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