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THE MAROON TIGER
April, 1967
Drinking and the College Student Cont.
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seem to be transmitted to the farthest
depths of his subconscious, away trom
the operation of his conscious mind. He
is then able to forget about the things
that he cannot do or finds difficulty in
doing: he forgets about his not making
the basketball team or his not being ac
cepted into a fraternity; he no longer
thinks of the girl who does not pay any
attention to him because he is too short,
too thin, too fat, or too shy; and he is
able to forget the defective manner in
which he expresses his ideas and de
sires.
Through drinking, he is also re
lieved of the pressures associated with
being on his own. A person’s college
years can be considered the most gre
garious and, at the same time, the most
lonesome period of his life. He is faced
with many problems, some concerned
with future events, but the majority of
them involved with matters requiring
prompt decisions and immediate actions.
Sometimes these types of problems begin
to pile up, and together create tremen
dous pressure on the mind of the student.
He then seeks the only means he knows
of that can reduce this pressure: the
drinking of alcoholic beverages. He does
this because he has found that drinking
prevents his concentrating on these
matters and promotes the acquiring of
the lively, carefree attitude that is as
sociated with it.
Each of the many colleges of the
world poses a challenge to the average
student enrolled in it. The many aspects
of college life can produce pressures
that can make the student feel insecure
and somewhat lost. To escape these
pressures, he drinks. He is then relieved
of the complexity of class work: he for
gets about the problems he could not
work, or the reading he could not under
stand; he no longer thinks of the ques
tions he could not answer or the sting
ing remark made by the instructor as a
result of this; and he is no longer aware
of the enormous number of assignments
that are literally thrown on him.
In addition to possessing obligations
pertaining to class work, the college stu
dent also has general obligations and
responsibilities. The student with a
scholarship or other type of financial
aid realizes the importance of his main
taining a certain average to remain in
possession of this aid. This means that
he has to study intensively and effect
ively. In addition to this, he may be re-
sponsible for the functioning of some
time-consuming organization. To meet
these ends can prove to be quite diffi
cult, if the student has a heavy schedule.
When things start getting complicated,
the student seeks drinking, and thus
becomes less aware of the presence of
his obligations and his responsibilities.
The college student, then, looks
upon drinking as a chief means of sur
vival in the college world. How he per
forms while in college depends largely
on how well he meets his problems, and
the manner in which he faces his prob
lems depends largely on whether his
mind is alert or whether it has been
stolen by that crafty thief of intellect
known as alcohol.
VOTE FOR A
GOOD MAN!
Tiger Sharks Win
SIACSD
by Alfred Person
Sophomore Juan Lieba paced the
Morehouse Tigersharks to an exciting
victory in the SIACSD Championships,
which were held on February 20 and 21
in Morehouse’s pool.
Five conference records were broken
by Morehouse’s aquatic athletes to ac
cumulate 152 points to South Carolina’s,
Tuskegee’s, Fort Valley State’s, and
Alabama State’s 79, 45, and 0 points,
respectively.
Lieba, voted the meet’s most val
uable swimmer, placed first in the 200
yds. individual medley (conference rec
ord), 500 yds. free style, and the 1000
yds. free style. He also anchored the un
defeated 400 yds. free style relay team.
The Championship meet represented
consecutive victory number 24 on the
“Tigershark Dynasty’s” conquest table,
They won their regular season meets by
an average of 43 points a game. Southern
University proved to be the team’s only
threat, but Morehouse came from behind
to defeat Southern 57 to 47.
Others who contributed to the sweep
ing of nine out of twelve events were,
Mike Clark, Lambert Green, Robert Gar
cia, Wigborto Cintron, Elias Burton, and
Sidney Brooks.
Greene tied the conference record in
the 100 yds. free style and set a new
standard in the 50 yds. sprint. Greene
also swam the third leg of the winning
four hundred yds. free style relay team.
Little Bob Garcia contributed an
effort to the victorious four hundred yds.
relay team, and finished first in the two
hundred yds. butterfly. He also came in
third in the two hundred yds. breaststroke.
Cintron took the two hundred yds.
breastroke and set a new conference
record in the preliminaries, while Mike
Clarke, Sidney Brooks, and Elias Burton
made up the remainder of the 400 medley
relay. Burton also collaborated with
Brooks, Greene, and Lieba in a winning
effort in the four hundred free relay.
Football Coach
To Retire
by Alfred Person
Coach Duke Foster officially an
nounced to The Maroon Tiger that he is
resigning from his position as head coach
of Morehouse’s football team.
Coach Foster has coached at More
house since 1955. He served as assistant
coach under Dr. Haines for two years and
took over the head coach position in
1957.
Mr. Foster graduated from Morehouse
in 1951 with an A. B. degree and re
ceived his Master’s from New York Uni
versity. While attending Morehouse he
participated in football, basketball, and
baseball, and in his senior year was cap
tain of the football team and voted All
Conference End.
Morehouse has never been a foot
ball power and Coach Foster has lost
more than his share of football games.
It is interesting to note, however, that
from ’55 until ’62 Morehouse had a 25 and
20 record. In 1962 Foster’s team placed
second in the SIAC Conference with a
record of six wins and two defeats. In
1960 he had a five and three record and
in ’59 he had a 5-1-2 record.
Mr. Foster made his decision to re
tire from the head coach position after
he became ill in December of last year.
WILL HE
HAVE ENOUGH
EDUCATION?
Not if he quits now. It's up to you to
make sure he doesn't.
While once an education was a luxury,
today it’s a necessity — a necessity if
our youngsters are to keep pace with
the machines, many of which already
have the equivalent of a high school
education.
Education is the right of every young
American. And it is the responsibility
of every adult American to assure that
our young people get all the education
they can absorb. Do your part to sup
port President Johnson’s Stay-In-School
Campaign.
YOUTH OPPOHTUHLTY
O T'A Y //V SCHOOL.
‘1 lSever Was Much Good At Taking Tests.