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Wednesday, March 4, 1959
MAROON TIGER
International—Dulles’ Illness Dis
turbs West
President Eisenhower announc
ed to the world that Secretary of
State Dulles had been stricken
for the second time by cancer.
The President did not mention
Dulles’ future tenure in office,
but he did say that Dulles would
continue in offide. Meanwhile,
Undersecretary of State Christian
Herter is filling what has been
called the “most difficult job in
the world.”
The news that John Foster
Dulles has cancer sent surprise
and dismay through Western
Europe. Most of the dismay was
due to the prospect of dealing
with a new, inexperienced U. S.
Secretary of State, especially at
a time when western Europe
faces 'grave issues. West Germany
officials were reported thorough
ly dismayed at the possibility of
a time lag in unifying western
policy on the crucial Berlin prob
lem.
A spokesman for the French
Foreign Ministry said that Dulles’
absence from the international
scene “const|itu'tes the greatest
possible loss for the West at the
present time.”
A British Foreign Office
spokesman said, “We are indeed
extraordinarily sorry to hear this
news.” He declined to speculate
what effect the illness would have
on plans for the foreign mini
sters’ conference, which was to
be held in March to prepare for
possible negotiations with Russia
on Germany.
National—Flemming Speaks On
Closed Schools
Secretary of Health, Education,
and Welfare, Arthur Flemming,
pointed out the effects of closed
schools in the December issue of
School Life, the official journal
of the Office of Education.
Mr. Flemming stated that the
closing of schools in Arkansas
and Virginia was, “a tragic new
circumstance in a nation which
has proudly pioneered in provid
ing free education for all;”
The Secretary admitted that a
precise evaluation of the effect
of closed schools was impossible;
but he explained, “There ar|e
some measurable factors such as
days of schooling lost. There are
reasonable surmises as to ob-
{ stacles the young people may
face in the future. But no one
can foresee all the significant so
cial, economic, and psychological
effects ... of closing the doors of
public schools to our young
people.”
He pointed out that in the re
cent closings in Virginia and Ark
ansas approximately 1 million
pupil days were lost. And al
though improvised emergency
classes were set up, the students
attending these improvised classes
did not receive the same quality
of well-rounded education they
would have received in their reg
ular schools. In spite of the emer
gency arrangements to provide
some type of schools, thousands
of children were deprived of any
schooling at all.
Out of the approximately 720
teachers who were teaching in the
schools that were closed, about
405 continued to teach in the im
provised classes, while the re
maining 315 were idle.
Secretary of Health, Education,
and Welfare Flemming seems to
think that many of the teachers
will lose interest in their careers
as a result of the school crisis.
Citing the national shortage of
teachers at about 132,000, Mr.
Flemming feels that teachers from
the closed schools of the South
will be welcomed in other less
tense areas of the country.
The Secretary offered many
conjectures concerning the effect
of closed schools on young people:
Many students will not return
to school because they will devel-
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op other interests; The long ab-
sense from school will break
many of the habits formed as an
adjustment to the school situation.
Mr. Flemming noted the less
immediate but significant effect
of closed schools on young people.
He said sporadic or insufficient
schooling can seriously lessen a
young person’s future earning
power and productivity. He also
remarks, “Many young people
need the sense of purpose—the
moral and social guidance—pro
vided by regular attendance in
school. There is little doubt that
the lack of regular, constructive
activities in school can contribute
to deliquency.” He further points
out other psychological effects.
The Secretary concluded by
pointing out the effects of closed
schools on the American Way of
Life and the belief that Ameri
cans will be apathetic but a while
to the selfish preachers of hate,
the southern politicians.
Local—Sibley Praises Warfield
Celestine Sibley, Columnist for
The Atlanta Constitution, stated
ithat her column for Sunday, Feb
ruary 15, had been inspired by the
news of the appearance of i Wil
liam Warfield at Morehouse Col
lege on Sunday, February 22.
, EMiss Sibley asked: “When have
|you heard anybody singing at his
Work lately? When have you seen
anybody who went about a menial
job as if he were moving to inner
music?”
From here the Columnist re
lated how this theme had come
to her after reading that William
Warfield, “the great Negro singer,
would appear at Morehouse Col
lege.” She concluded with, “May
be we haven’t a Warfield voice ...
but isn’t it possible most of us
were bom to tackle life with some
swinging, tuneful, merry music
going in our heads?”
Celestine Sibley is the author
of the recently published novel,
The Malignant Heart.
Maroon Tiger’s Editor Gives
Journal Readers A Sound
Briefing
Preston Yancy, editor of the
Maroon Tiger, was made the ob
ject of some white woman’s in
dignation via telephone after his
letter to the editor headlined the
letter section of the Atlanta Jour
nal.
Mr. Yancy wrote an eight para
graph letter to the Atlanta Jour
nal lambasting two assumptions
of whites regarding Negroes. He
named these misconceptions as:
(1) “Negroes are where they are
because of the paternalism and
kindness of the white Southern
er.” (2) Negroes pay less taxes
and therefore should not aspire
for equality.
From here Yancy proceeded to
show how fallacious these assum
ptions were. He did this with the
force of a veteran writer and
skilled debater, which he is.
Mr. Yancy qualified his position
in the matter by citing his Geor
gian citizenship.
As is so characteristic of him,
Preston illustrated his point hum
orously when he stated that Ne
groes, “in their place,” had to be
“satisfied with disfranchisement.”
Here Mr. Yancey recognized the
ignorance of many Georgians and
in parentheses he defined “dis
franchisement” as “not voting.”
He continued that “Negroes, in
their place, had to be content
without the ballot, even if they
had a master’s degree in political
science.”
Editor Yancey, a native of Tif-
ton, is a political science major
and is known for his skill in
polemics.
Hope - Archer Day Observed
Friday morning, February 20, the Morehouse family paused to pay tribute to two great men
in the history of Morehouse College, Dr. John Hope and R. Samuel Howard Archer. These men
were once able presidents of the college, and Friday was set aside as the day to eulogize them.
As is customary, the senior
class planned and conducted the
services for this important occa
sion, beginning with a chapel pro
gram at nine o’clock. During the
program, Jasper Register and An
dre Hammonds eulogized, respec
tively, Dr. Hope and Archer. A
general acquaintance and an in
tense feeling of appreciation,
respect and love for the men
were established as the program
proceeded.
In his own way, Hammonds re
lated a clear, enlightening, and
favorable picture of the esteemed
Dr. Archer. According to Ham
monds, Dr. Archer, born in Pet
ersburg, Virginia on December
23, 1870, gave thirty-three years
of unselfish service to Morehouse
College. 'His contribution began
in 1905, when he entered the col
lege as a professor of Greek, log
ic, and mathematics. In 1920, he
became dean. His greatest ser
vice to Morehouse College was
rendered as president, a duty he
assumed in 1931. During this
time, President Archer displayed
a wealth of leadership and wis
dom that won him national fame.
Due to illness, he retired as pre
sident in 1937, but he became
President Emeritus in 1938. His
career of service ended with his
death on January 15, 1941. Ham
monds, in concluding his speech,
adequately described the worth
of this man when he said, “Well
done, well done, good and faith
ful servant.”
Jasper Register related a simi
lar picture of Dr. John Hope in
regard to performance, leadership
and service. Register stated that
Dr. Hope was bom in Augusta,
Georgia, June 2, 1868. This day,
Register indicated, marked the
birth of a man who was to carve
his name in Negro and national
history.
Dr. Hope began his education
in Worcester Academy from which
he was graduated in 1890. In his
entire course of college education,
he received honorary degrees
from five different universities,
one of which*was Brown Univer
sity.
Dr. Hope began teaching at
*Morehouse in 1898. In 1906, he
became the first Negro president
of the institution, which at that
time was called the Atlanta Bap
tist College. The first year of his
administration, he faced the “At
lanta Riot,” which lasted for three
days. Negroes and whites were
killed in great numbers. When
threatened by the whites to flee
the college or be blown up, he
stood firm, but they did not
come. Courage such as this was
truly instrumental in establish
ing Morehouse of today. Dr. Hope
resigned his duties as president
in 1931; and in 1936 he died, end
ing a career of leadership and
courage enjoyed by all who knew
him. As Register said of him,
“He came as a tender plant, and
as a root out of dry ground.”
JEFF D. NESBITT
Marriage Institute To Be Held
News in Brief
Fredrick Williams and Preston
Yancy will represent Morehouse
in the Annual tournament at The
University of Notre Dame in
South Bend, Indiana, March 6 and
7. They will debate both sides.
Their season record is 14 wins
and 3 losses.
The Fourteenth Annual Insti
tute on Successful Marriage and
Family Living, sponsored by the
Department of Sociology, will be
conducted, beginning at 9:00 a.m.
on March 11, and will terminate
at noon on March 13. The chief
consultants for this year’s Insti
tute will be Dr. Otto Klineberg,
Professor of Psychology, Colum
bia University; - and Dr. Florence
Clothier, Psychiatrist and Assist
ant to the President at Vassar
College. In addition to the two
chief consultants, Mrs. Annalee
Stewart, National Legislative
Secretary, Women’s.International
League for Peace and Freedom;
and Miss Naomi J. Thomas, Field
Consultant, Planned Parenthood
Federation of America, Inc., will
serve as special consultants.
Dr. Klineberg will lead lecture-
discussion sessions on March 11.
He will speak on the following
topics: “The Effect of Different
Varieties of Family Life on the
Development of Children,” and
“The Role of the Man in the
American Family.”
Dr. Clothier, who will speak oh
the second day of the Institute,
will deal with the following top
ics: “Teen and College Age Sex
Questions and 'Answers,” “The
Marital Adjustment,” and “The
Sex Education of Children.”
Dr. Klineberg, an internation
ally known psychologist, is a
member of many committees and
he is Chairman of the Execu
tive Board of the World Federa
tion for Mental Health, and Vice-
President of the American Orth
opsychiatric Association. He is
the author of many publications,
among which there are some in
Portuguese, and is an honorary
member of the French, Belgian
and Swedish Psychological So
cieties.
Dr. Clothier, trained at Johns
Hopkins Medical School and the
Boston Institute of Psychoanaly
sis, did post-graduate work in
pediatrics and neurology in Lon
don and training in obstetrics in
Dublin. Assistant to the Presi
dent of Vassar College since 1957,
she was psychiatric consultant at
the Eliot Pearson School of Nur
sery Training at Tufts University
for a number of years. She was
also staff psychiatrist of the New
England Home for Little Wand
erers from 1932-1957, and has
since worked in the Child Guid
ance Clinic of Massachusetts Gen
eral Hospital. Dr. Clothier, the
mother of four children, has writ
ten a number of papers which
have appeared in professional
journals and is a fellow or mem
ber of various medical, psychia
tric, and psychoanalytic associa
tions.
Mrs. Annalee Stewart, minister,
lecturer, and lobbyist, is one of
the first ordained women mini
sters of the Methodist Church, and
the only woman in the history of
Congress to have served as guest
Chaplain of the House of Repre
sentatives. Educated at Illinois
Wesleyan University, Boston Uni
versity School of Theology, Col-
gate-Rochester Divinity School
and Union Theological Seminary,
she has made six trips to Europe
since the close of World War II.
A dynamic, lively and stimulating
speaker, Mrs. Stewart has special
ized in lectures on preparation
for marriage, effect of war on
family life, and social and inter
national problems in general.
Miss Naomi J. Thomas, Field
Consultant for Planned Parent
hood Federation of America, Inc.,
in New York since 1952, is a gra
duate of Hampton Institute and
of the Indiana University School
of Social Work. She has done
casework for the Family Service
Society and Sheltering Arms
Childrens Service, both of New
York City. Miss Thomas has also
handled PPEA special assign
ments in the West Indies, assist
ed with the organization of a
family planning clinic in Nassau,
Bahamas, and has made a study
of economic and health conditions
in Barbados, B..W.I. She is a
member of the Alpha Kappa Al
pha Sorority.
lest we go mad
it doesn’t necessarily express any
thing.
This column has not appeared
in the M. T. for’ quite some time;
(This is news?) I suppose I
should explain the purpose of
this column. In this column I
do not propose to inform, explain
or editorialize. Actually this col
umn serves no particular purpose.
It just so happens that the “Fear
less Editor” is confronted with a
grave problem. He is determined
to publish this rumor sheet on a
bi-monthly basis, and since noth
ing ever happens around here he
needs something to put into this
thing. ThusTie is stuck - svftK this
literary gem (?).
Here we give you the results
of a painstaking research effort.
It is the data you have eagerly
awaited: How does the typical
freshman spend a typical Thurs
day.
a typical thursday for a typical
freshman
6:30—wake up
6:40—get up, put on clothes over
pajamas
6:50—get in line' for breakfast
7:00—dining hall rims out of food
7:15—line begins to move again
7:17—dining hall runs out of food
again
7:25—finally get served breakfast
(?)
7:26—finish breakfast (?), go back
to room
7:30—go back to bed
8:00—get up for 8:00 class
8:15—go to 8:00 class
8:30—teacher arrives for 8:00
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Capt. Lenny Johnson ends basketball career