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Founded in 1898
THB MAROON TWER
Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia
Voice of the Students
March 26, 1954
Dr. Lawrence Was Principle Speaker For
Ninth Annual Marriage Institute
“Because of a lack of knowledge, we are uncertain what
status the father plays in the family and it has fctecome one
of the most pressing and prevalent family problems in the
home today,” Dr. Charles R. Lawrence, instructor in the De
partment of Sociology and Anthropology at Brooklyn College,
N. Y., said here Thursday morning, March 11, during the
three-day Ninth Annual Institute on “Successful Marriage
and Family Living.” Speaking on the subject: “The Modern
Father; A Displaced Person,” Dr. Lawrence said that because
the basic family structure has been changed very little through
ancient time, his most important social role in life outside
of the home is his job and because of this, the wife is given
authority in the home.
He cited that changes in re
quirement for earning a living
and the position of women in the
family earning and occupation
have given the wife an equal
voice in deciding what is best
for the children. The noted
psychologist and the Morehouse-
Atlanta University - Columbia
University graduate emphasized
that women were defined once
as inferior to men, but the work
they did was important. In many
instances, the household work
did not give them a sense of value
as a contribution to society.
Manipulating skills to control and
dominate the every actions by
the husband has produced gene
rations of men who have been
kept in a situation of indepen
dency, the speaker said.
Dr. Lawrence was accompanied
by his wife, Dr. Margaret M.
Lawrence, practitioner in psy
choanalysis and child psychia
try, New York City, who also
gave a series of lectures. Other
lecturers, consultants and group
leaders were Mrs. Marion P.
Hernandez, R. N., field consul
tant of the Planned Parenthood
Committee of Mothers’ Health
Centers and director of its Han
nah Stone Center in New York
City; Dr. William M. Cooper, reg
istrar, Hampton Institute, Hamp
ton, Va.; Mrs. Georgia Douglas,
instructor, University of Georgia
Evening College, Atlanta, and
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Freshman Problems:
A New Approach
WATERVILLE, Me.—(I.P)—A
new approach to the perennial
problem of freshman adjustment
was recently tackled at Colbz
College with the help of Profes
sor Theodore M. Greene of Yale
University. Dr. Greene, a philoso
phy professor, deplored the “ty
pical freshman indoctrination” to
college in an address here last
spring and suggested at that time
a Freshman Convocation.
“We fail-to use imagination to
get inside the minds of the newly
arrived freshman,” he charged.
“We tend either to lecture at
them or to shake their hands and
pump them full of ice cream.
There ought to be a time for the
beginning of the kind of mature
conversation which . . . four
years of college ought to mean.
The Convocation, held last
month, in Dr. Greene’s words was
“to give the freshman an oppor
tunity to find himself as an in
dividual and, in so doing, to ad
just himself and accept the , re
sponsibilities of .college life.” In
his three-day visit, Dr. Greene
addressed an All-College assem
bly, spoke informally at classes,
before fraternities, conducted
Chapel and was featured in the
Freshman Convocation meeting
and panel discussion.
DR. JAMES H. BIRNIE
INVITED TO CONFAB
AT BRYN MAWR
The National Science Founda
tion is sponsoring a conference at
Bryn Mawr College this month
(March 29-April 1) on the Place
of Biological Research in the Lib
eral Arts College. About thirty
biologists from colleges through
out the United States will meet
for three days on the campus to
discuss ways in which research
may contribute to the teaching
and training of undergraduates
and of the type of support needed
in such programs.
The committee planning the
conference is headed by L. Joe
Berry, professor of Biology at
Bryn Mawr. Other members are
Harriet B. Creighton of Wellesley
College, Launce J. Flemister of
Swarthmore College, Mary S.
Gardiner also of Bryn Mawr,
Frank R. Kille of Carlton College
and Lewis H. Kleinholz of Reed
College. Dr. James Birnie, profes
sor of Embryology at Morehouse
College, has been invited to at
tend.
VETS ORGANIZE
ON CAMPUS TO AID
STUDENTS' CAUSE
In a special interview with
THE MAROON TIGER, Cleve
land Chandler, senior at More
house, related the purpose of the
newly formed “Organized Vete
rans of Morehouse”. The group
was organized earlier this month
and has adopted its constitution.
The vererans, approximately six
ty strong, have elected Mr.
Chandler as the organization’s
first president.
“The group is eager to lunch
a progressive program,” l\^r.
Chandler states, “and as a point
of clarification, this organization
is not interested in competing
with, or creating antagonism
among any organs of the ad
ministration or the student body,
but its primary purpose is to co
operate with the progressive ele
ments on the campus so that the
purpose for which this college
stands will be perpetuated.
The general objectives of the
organization are stated in the
preamble of the constitution,
which reads:
“We the Veterans of Morehouse
College, to stimulate a desire for
genuine leadership, hereby join
ourselves together to pursue the
following objectives:
1. To promote competent and
sound leadership among the stu
dents of Morehouse College.
2. To assume all responsibilities
congruent to the rights and pri
vileges which ordinarily accrue
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STUDENT PREXY SHEDS LIGHT
ON LOCAL LEADERSHIP PROBLEM
"LEADERS IN THE DOLDRUMS"
By MICHEAL B, OLATUNJI
(Special To The Maroon Tiger)
There has been a great deal of talk and arguments among students since the President’s
talk on lack of leadership and honesty a few weeks ago in Chapel. Many of us %gree with
him that dishonesty is intolerable and that Leadership is wanted and needed. But there
are doubts in the minds of many as to whether it is true that we lack leadership here on our
campus.
Many have asked me of my personal opinion about the President’s statement concerning
lack of leadership among us. One student has put it this way: “Tunji, do you really believe
that we lack leadership among us? Don’t you think that it is lack of cooperation, initiative and
this attitude of let “George do it that is hurting us like a ’dragon?” For, I believe he futher*
stated that lack of recognition for the little that students do here, coupled with the above
mentioned attitudes, is why no student—or very few students—will go all out for extra
curricula activities.
As a student leader who,
through four years’ experience
on the existing situations, not
overlooking however, the »pres-
ent very, very young generation
of men of Morehouse who can-,
not be compared with the more
matured men of five or ten
years ago, I think I can explain
what is what about student lead
ership.
To the question concerning our
lack of student leadership, I say
NO emphatically! I know and
believe with no iota of doubt
that there are real capable lead
ers, potential leaders, the protege
and quite a few of those whom I
might call prestige leaders on
our campus. But why do we lack
leaders if we do have potentials?
Something must be wrong some
where, somehow.
Like the old community cry
many of us have said, “This is
an underprivileged community;
it has no leaders; how can it be
expected to help itself?”
THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE CASE:
Yes, I believe that we do have
leaders among us, but where are
they? They are in the doldrums
—most of them very unwilling -
to stick their necks out. The few
who did are overworked and
most tragic of all are unrecog
nized. One might ask another
question as vital as this. But
why do they keep their necks
in? This is a vital question on
which opinions vary, but I be
lieve that though there is much
embedded in the whole problem
that until, student leaders are
recognized, helped to develop and
sincerely searched for, the ma
jority will keep their necks in—
not stuck out.
Among the four basic wants
and needs the psychologist stress
es recognition as being vital.
Through recognition the sense of
belonging will come back to
students, who, in this college,
need a solid social program. No
student government can do that
by itsdlf. Our program planners
must get together with our sis
ter college on Greensferry. Also,
students must be told frankly
that making A’s is Kot enough in
the building for a well-rounded
personality fit to live within a
democracy such as ours. Stress
must be laid on moral values in
classes. Those who know must
preach this gospel everyday. Like
the Psalmist, they must be told
that they hold their life contin
ually in their hands. Everyone
must bear his own load of respon
sibilities.
To those who have the tedious
task of preparing us for the fu
ture, I have the following to sug
gest so that those leaders in the.
doldrums may safely and easily
stick their necks out.
HOW TO FIND LEADERS
We find Readers by sincerely
searching them out. Sharp ob
servation, personal contacts,
recognition and patience are es
sential to broadening the base
of leadership. In Hickory Nut
Valley, Dr. Bond took more than
- a year to find the men whose in
fluence would carry their neigh
bors along. How do we find them?
By looking for them, giving them
a chance, understanding and
recognizing their importance.
HELP THEM TO DEVELOP
, This present immature genera
tion of men of Morehouse really
needs help. First, we forget com
pletely the it’s-easier-to-do-it-
myself attitude. Perhaps it is, but
in the long run, the more diffi
cult task of enlisting the aid of
many has infinitely more \far-
reaching effect and results. Again,
patience and sensitivity are es
sential to the job. The importance
of the acceptability of a leader
cannot be ignored and should not
be. A leader cannot lead if he
does not have cooperation of
those he is supposed to lead.
WHO ARE THE "WE"?
And who are the “we” who
have the responsibility for find
ing and developing leadership?
The “we” includes every mem
ber of the Morehouse family who
truly believes in a democracy as
a good way of life and recognizes
us as future planners of the des
tiny of the human race.
There is no student government
set-up better than the one we
have on this campus. Leadership
potentials exist in every com
munity — privileged or under
privileged. Most leaders do not
spring full-bloom into communi
ty activities; only a few men are
doing the job of the whole. This
cannot be in a democracy.
I agree with John Dejvey that
“In a democracy which is gen
uine there is no such thing as
one-way leadership. The ideal is
the give-and-take in which every
one both leads and follows.”
In a democracy everyone is
important; and everyone here at
Morehouse, to the degree to
which he is capable and in his
sphere of influence, must be
ready and able to assume alter
nating roles of leadership and
followship.
As I pointed out in my Found
er’s Day Speech, “We are only
existing in name; we are in a
lethargy. The old Morehouse
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(Right) Tom Alston, rookie firstbaseman for St. Louis Cardinals
with Ezra Davidson in college gym during latter part of basketball
season. Alston was enroute to spring training in Florida.
The Problem Solved?
At Least* They Tried!
(ACP)—Readers of the Iowa
State Daily have come up with a
solution to their school’s athletic
problem. When the Daily com
plained editorially that only
seven students had turned out
to give the football team a send-
off to Oklahoma (where Iowa
State lost 47-0), a group of read
ers wrote a letter with these sug
gestions:
Fire (1) the football coach, (2)
most of the assistant coaches,
(3) the athletic director, (4) the
basketball coach, (5) the publi
city director and (6) the radio
announcer who broadcasts the
game. Then, the readers added,
build up a strong alumni organi
zation to help athletes through
school.
“Educational standards of a
school go easily unnoticed by the
ordinary populace,” the letter
said. “However sports are known
to all and it is here that a major
portion of college interest and
spirit develops.”