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October 10, 1963
The Maroon Tiger
Page 5
Proffessor Howard Zinn’s
Dismissal Questioned By
All Who Knew His Work
Reprint from the Southern Patriot
Pass Interceptions; Uniforms Figure In
Bulldogs 28-6 Victory
Over Maroon Tigers
By Richard Enochs
ATLANTA, Ga. - Howard
Zinn had taught atSpelman
College here seven years,
had attained the highest
rank of full professor and
was head of the History
Department, He became
known as one who stimu
lated thought and new ideas.
He initiated a program of
non-Western studies which
brought visitors from many
countries to the campus.
Friends of justice every
where heard of him when he
wrote two brilliant analy
ses of the Albany Movement
in 1962.
He was a friend of stu
dents on his own campus
and elsewhere and last
spring was elected as ad
viser to the Student Non
violent Coordinating Com
mittee (SNCC), which is
based here.
Ten four-year medical
scholarships to qualified
Negro men are available
beginning in the fall of 1964,
it has been announced by
National Medical Fellow
ships, Inc. and the Alfred
P. Sloan Foundation.
To qualify for a National
Medical-Sloan Foundation
Scholarship, a student must
have demonstrated out
standing achievement in
B’ham Southern
Loses Talented;
Creative Student
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -
Marti Turnipseed was a
white student at Birming
ham Southern College here,
the daughter of a widely
respected Methodist mi
nister.
Marti grew up in Ala
bama. Like a growing num
ber of young white men and
women in the South, she
wants to help change it.
Almost unnoticed by the
news media, she joined a
demonstration against se
gregation in Birmingham
last spring.
Under pressure from
college officials, she with
drew from school. She was
told she could return this
fall, but later she learn
ed that her friends who had
attended integration meet
ings had been made to pro
mise to cease all such
activities. “I can’t make
that kind of promise,’’she
said.
Birmingham Southern
and Alabama have thus lost
a talented and creative spi
rit. It’s a Methodist school,
and Methodists across the
country are protesting its
policy. Marti, who loves the
South, is enrolling this year
at another Methodist in
stitution in the Deep South
and hoping for better days.
Shortly after school
closed in June, he was noti
fied that his services were
no longer needed at Spel-
man, although he would be
paid for the 1963-64 ses
sion. The college said his
dismissal had nothing to do
with his participation in the
integration movement
Zinn agreed that it was
principally a matter of in
ternal college affairs.
Persons close to the sit
uation say the basic issue
is civil liberties, Spelman
students were carrying on
a campaign for more
lenient rules and self-
government, and Zinn vig
orously supported what he
believed to be their right
to speak, print, and as
semble in support of their
demands.
college, been accepted for
admission by a medical
school, and be a U.S, citi
zen.
Interested Negro college
students who plan to enter
medical school in the fall
of 1964 may obtain regis
tration cards and other in
formation from the
premedical advisor, or
from the offices of National
Medical Fellowships, Inc.,
951 East 58th Street, Chi
cago 37, Illinois. Amounts
of the scholarships vary
according to students*
needs. Each scholarship is
for four years, provided
that the student maintains
required standards.
The deadline for regis
tration is March 1, 1964,
No registrations will be
accepted after that date.
The medical scholar
ship program is designed to
help relieve the critical
shortage of Negro Physi
cians and surgeons. It is
financed by a substantial
grant from the Alfred P.
Sloan Foundation to Na
tional Medical Fellow
ships, Inc. The latter or
ganization, which devotes
itself to assisting Negroes
with their medical careers,
administers the scholar
ship program, accepts re
gistrations, distributes ap
plication blanks, and se
lects candidates,
A total of 40 Negro stu
dents are at present stu
dying medicine under this
program in 23 U. S. medi
cal schools. Each student
will receive an average of
$5,000 for the four year
period of study. Ten scho
larship winners entered
medical school this fall:
they are:
JOHN E. ARRADONDO,
AT Harvard University
graduate of Oklahoma City
University
EDWARD B. CURRY, at
Harvard University, gra
duate of Morehouse College
Zinn is white and Spel
man is predominantly Ne
gro, It indicates that the
issue in the South is deeper
than color and that segre
gation is merely the most
obvious form of the evil
that besets the region and
the nation.
Basically the struggle is
between those who would
enlarge the horizons of the
human spirit and man’s
relations with his fellow-
man and those who fear the
freedom of new horizons.
If Zinn must leave the
South, the region will be
impoverished. The Ameri
can Association of Univer
sity Professors (AAUP) is
fighting his dismissal. Stu
dents, alumnae, and many
other persons have pro
tested to the college.
ROBERT L. GAMBLE,
at the Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, graduate of Ho
ward University
LAWRENCE HARRISON,
at University of California,
graduate of Los Angeles
State College
HAMILTON E. HOLMES,
at Emory University, gra
duate of University of
Georgia
JAMES M. IRVIN, at
Temple University, gradu-
For almost 2,000 Atlan
tans, a cold March day last
year was warmed with the
intense beauty and feeling
of a great folk singer’s
talents. The fabulous Odet-
ta performed at the More
house College Gym and held
an almost packed house en
thralled for over two hours.
On Saturday evening, Oc
tober 19th, Sid Davis, who
introduced this outstanding
artist to the city, will again
present Odetta in concett
at the Morehouse College
Gym. Her program will
range from work songs and
sea chanties to Negro
spirituals and blues.
The rapidly shifting tides
of American taste and the
ever-growing boom in folk
music has failed to dim the
spectacular talents of O-
detta. On the contrary, she
has gained in stature and is
respected as one of the all
time greats in folk music.
The rave notices in both
the Atlanta newspapers and
the Atlanta weeklies were
literally overflowing with
praise for her performance
here. They ran the gamut,
from words like, “ ... it
was a great day for music
lovers and soul felt
singing,” and Odetta has
found a new home in At
lanta, too. "There are
many folk singers today,
but only one Odetta . . the
audience plainly wanted
more”.
Tickets for this out
standing event are now on
sale at Rhodes Salon of
Music, Jim Salle’s, and
The Morehouse College
Tigers lost their firstfoot-
ball game of the season Sa
turday when they bowed to
the Alabama A. and M.
Bulldogs in Normal, Ala
bama, 28 - 6. This was
the third consecutive open
ing loss for the Maroon
Tigers, all at the expense
of the Bulldogs, This loss
also broke one of the long
est winning streaks ever
recorded by a Maroon Ti
ger team. The streak was
begun last season when the
Tigers defeated Alabama
State by an identical score
and had stretched to six
games by the season’s end.
The Tigers put on a re
markable exhibition a-
gainst a team that had al
ready won two games this
season. The most recent
one was a 44 - 14 white
washing of Lane College
last week. The Bulldogs,
showing mid-season form,
could hardly hold off the
scrappy Tigers although
they were some 60 strong,
which included many of last
season’s co-champion
ate of Temple University
W. DELANO MERI
WETHER, at Duke Univer
sity, graduate of Michigan
State University
EMMETT E. MILLER,
at Albert Einstein College
of Medicine, graduate of
Paschal's. They are also
available on many of the
college campuses in the
city. Prices range from
$3.75 for cneter section
reserved seats to unre
served bleacher seats at
squad,
Robert Dixon plunged
across the goal line for
the Tigers from two yards
out for the Tigers only
score. The Jackson Bro
thers and Ernest McNeil,
a 150 pound center, were
also outstanding on offense
as well as defense.
The favored Bulldogs left
the field at halftime with a
shaky 14-0 lead. They
were unable to score again
until late in the last quar
ter when the Tiger quarter
back threw to the wrong
Maroon and White.
The Maroon Tigers will
brush up on their mistakes
during the week and should
be ready for the Hampton
Pirates Saturday at Hern
don Stadium. One thing for
sure, the Maroon Tigers
will be trying to break a-
way from that first game
jinx that has plagued them
for the last three seasons.
Saturday’s game will pit
one of the CIAA’s toughest
teams against the SIAC
runner-up squad.
Trinity College
TOLBERT SMALL, at
Wayne State University,
graduate of University of
Detroit
RODERICK A. WE EKES,
at Tufts University, gra
duate of Yale University
$3.75, $2.75, and $2.25.
For information call 876-
1168. Tickets may be ob
tained by mail from
'Sid Davis Productions, P.
O. Box 7132, Sta. "C”,
Atlanta 9, Georgia.
Ten Four-Year Scholarships
Available To Qualified Negroes
To Study Medicine In 1964
Odetta Appears Again At Morehouse
College In Concert On Oct. 19