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Vol. 55. No. 2 Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia DECEMBER 4, 1954
DR. MAYS presenting Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane Laws
to President Tubman of Liberia.
College Honored Pres.
Tubman Of Liberia
At a special convocation in Sisters Chapel Friday, Nov.
5, at 11:00 a. m., Morehouse College conferred the Doctor of
Humane Letters degree on President William V. S. Tubman
of Liberia. The 18th president of the all-Negro republic was
awarded the Doctor of Laws Degree from Atlanta University
and the Doctor of Humane Letters Degree from Morehouse
College.
In awarding the degree, Presi
dent Mays of Morehouse cited
President Tubman as a champion
of human justice and a friend
of the common man. Para
phrasing a comment by Supt.
Frank S. Gailor,” President Mays
continued, “Your policy of equal
justice for all and equal oppor
tunities irrespective of friend or
foe has endeared you to the
hearts of your people; and with
you there is no sect, tribe or clan
but all are considered as Ii-
berians.” The Morehouse Pre
sident praised the Liberian Chief
Exeuctive whose parents are
Georgia-born for the inaugura
tion of the regular convocation
of executive councils with tribal
chiefs, tribesmen and diplomatic
administrators in the Hinterlands.
This program, President Mays,
said was designed to break down
all barriers among people and
to create a classless and unified
citizenry. “Because of these ac
complishments and most of all
for what you represent in your
own person”, President Mays
concluded, “Morehouse College
honors itself by honoring you.”
In addressing the convocation
audience, President Tub man
praised the accomplishment of the
Negroes who remained here to
contribute to the growth and de
velopment of the United States.
It was from the State of Georgia,
Sociology Department
Lecture Series
On Nov. 2 and 3, the Depart
ment of Sociology presented its
second speaker for the Fall Lec
ture Series. The speaker was Dr.
Dan W. Dodson, Professor of Ed
ucational Sociology at N. Y. U. Dr.
Dodson, a noted authority in the
field of race relationship, spoke
on the basic theme, “Social Action
in Race Relations.” The thought
which prevaded his three
lecture-discussion sessions was
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the Liberian Chief said, that the
guiding hand of Providence mov
ed his forebears to emigrate to
Liberia and cast their lots there.
Among the many people of Geor
gia who have made significant
contributions to the development,
President Tubman cited Samuel
Benedict who wrote the De
claration of Independence for
Liberia from which he quoted
excerpts in his address.
President Tubman was further
honored at a reception held in the
lounge of the Chemistry Build
ing, Friday evening, where mem
bers of the faculty and students
greeted him.
The Liberian Chief Executive
arrived here early Friday morn
ing, Nov. 5, and was met at the
Terminal Station by a distin
guished group of citizens led
by Dr. Rufus E. Clement of At
lanta University and Mayor
Hartsfield of Atlanta. Friday
afternoon, he toured the business
district, on Saturday he toured
Atlanta University Center and the
the Westside housing area.
The President, who was making
a State Visit of the United States,
was accompanied to Atlanta from
Tuskegee by his country’s am
bassador to the United States,
Clarence L. Simpson; by Brig.
Gen. Robert A. Brewer, his aide
de camp, and by Victor Purse,
deputy chief of protocol of the
State Department.
ART FILMS
Sale Hall Chapel
Ancient Japanese Schroll
Tuesday, December 7
Maga thru the Ages
Shorts on Indian
and African Art.
Admission 25 Cents
Dean Nabrit
Gets Appointment
Dean James N. Nabrit of the
Howard Unive. ;ity Law School,
Washington, D. C., was recently
appointed by Pr sident Eisenhow
er to the Comm.ttee of the Gov
ernment Contract to succeed J.
Earnest Wilkins. Vice President
Richard Nixon is chairman of the
committee.
Dean Nabrit, who argued the
District of Columbia school se
gregation case before the United
States Supreme Court last year,
is a 1923 graduate of Morehouse
College where he received the
bachelor’s degree. He received his
doctor of jurisprudence from
Northwestern University in 1927.
An honor graduate of both schools
Dean Nabrit is the brother of
Dean Samuel Nabrit of Atlanta
University.
The new»appointee has been
secretary of Howard University
since 1939 and teaches a course
in civil rights which he initiated.
He taught two years at Leland
College, Baker, La., and for two
years was Dean of Arkansas
State College.
Atlanta Symphony
Quartet Presented
By Arts Club
On November 7, at 8:15 p. m.,
the Arts Club of Morehouse Col
lege presented the Atlanta Sym
phony Quartet in concert. Fea
tured with the quartet was Mr.
Haskell Boyer, baritone. The pro
gram consisted of the “quartet in
C Major” by W. A. Mozart, “Dov
er Beach,” a musical selection for
voice and quartet by Samuel Bar
ber, and the “Quartet in A Min
or” by Franz Schubert.
The rich musical quality which
can be heard in the delicate bal
ance and contrast of the chamber
orchestra characterized the quar
tet. The sensitivity of their pre
sentation matched with their close
coordination delighted the ear.
Their interpretation of the music
with contrasts of fast and slow,
happy and gay, major and minor
modes and their emotional con
notations, gave a variety to the
program which held the audience
spellbound.
Mr. Boyer, through his read
ing of the poem “Dover Beach”
by Matthew Arnold, and his mar
velous vocal presentation of the
poem in song, was an organic part
of the high excellence of this
musical program. The sound of
his solid baritone voice against
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Allanla-Morehouse-
Spelman Players In
Scientific Drama
At the opening play of the
season The Atlanta-Morehouse-
Spelman Players chose Charles
Morgan’s play of the modern
scientist’s dilemma, The Burning
Glass. The first performance
opened Monday evening at eight
o’clock, November 22, and ran
for two nights. Because of re
pairs in process on Howe Hall,
the regular home of the Players,
the two performances were given
“in the round” in Giles Hall.
The story revolves around a
scientist who has discovered by
sheer accident a machine cap
able of destroying the world.
Should this machine be given
to governments for military or
beneficent uses? Who is to see
that the machine will not be
used to obtain mastery of the
world for selfish aggrandisement?
These are the questions facing the
scientist. The working out of
his answer and the arguments
sustaining it form the basis of
the play.
The cast included William
Smith, remembered for his por
trayal in The Male Animal; Jean
ne Blackshear, a new comer to the
Players, but certainly not to the
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Big Year Ahead For
Personnel Department
The counseling program of the
Personnal Department has been
enhanced ' by the addition of
several persons who are doing
their counseling internships at
Morehouse. Those persons who
will help the department are
Mrs. Anna E. Jackson, a Clark
graduate, who is at present a
teacher of Social Science at the
new Prince and a former David
T. Howard teacher; Mr. Ray
Jones, a Morehouse graduate, who
is at present an employee of the
Atlanta branch of the United
States Post Office; and Mr. C. E.
Warner a Hampton graduate and
a long time member of the More
house College staff. Mr. Warner
first came to Morehouse in 1916
and remained until 1928. In
1947, “Pop” returned to More
house to serve as superintendent
of buildings and grounds. He
maintained this position until
August of 1953. At this time Mr.
Warner became an assistant in
the Personnel Department. Along
Gala Homecoming
Festivities Highlight
School Year
Like a fresh breeze from an old
custom, the coronation of “Miss
Maroon and White” blew into
Sales Hall Chapel on Friday
evening, November 19. Miss Alice
Zuber, a lovely and talented Spel-
man senior of West Point Miss.,
and the daughter of an out
standing Morehouse alumnus of
that city, Dr. Zuber, was officially
crowned with all the pomp and
pageantry by Dr. Frank L. Forbes,
chairman, Athletic Department.
The queen and her attendents,
Miss Anne Green, a Spelman
Senior of Bristol, Tenn., and Miss
Eleanor Williams, senior at Spel
man of Atlanta, Ga., were in
troduced to the Morehouse men
Friday morning by John Barron
at the Pep Rally in Sale Hall
Chapel which initiated the home
coming activities.
The sweethearts ,and the at
tendants of the fraternities were
represented by Miss Julia Ran
dolph, “Miss Alpha Phi Alpha”.
Her attendents were Miss Elanor
LeFlore and Miss Betty Aiken.
Miss Reba Wilson represented
Phi Beta Sigma and her atten
dants were Miss Mable Williams
and Miss Dorothy Shivers. “Miss
Omega Psi Phi” was represented
by Miss Mable Lumpkin with
Miss Betty Lee and Miss Janet
Minor were attendants while Miss
Bernice Woolfolk represented the
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. Miss
Paula Mitchum represented the
Ministers Union.
Immediately following the coro
nation ceremony which was pre
sided over by Toussaint Hale with
brief remarks by the student
body president, William Strong,
Her Majesty and the court were
royally entertained at a reception
in the lounge of the Chemistry
Building. The festivities which
are to be recorded as “tops” in
the history of the school, came to
a dramatic climax Saturday even
ing with the traditional “Miss
Maroon and White Ball” in the
Joe Louis Gymasium at Morris
Brown College. Under the di
rection of Edward Johnson, the
gymnasium was beautifully de
corated and can be termed a
magnificent work of art for the
occasion. This is the first home
coming dance held off the campus
where the young ladies of Spel
man College were permitted to
attend. Music for the occasion
was furnished by Lord Terry and
his orchestra.
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ove is the array of Maroon and White Royalty, on the night of the Coronation. In the center. Miss Ma-
... i urviita her attendants, either side are the various Fraternity Queens.