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MAROON TIGER
Monday, October 21, 1968
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PROMISES KEPT
In an attempt to fulfill several promises that I made while I
was seeking my present position, I proudly present to you this
first edition of the NEW MAROON TIGER. Here
tofore, Morehouse hasn’t had a complete news
paper. This year we are trying to present to you
what I feel is a reputable college newspaper
and not a college literary magazine. Our plan is
to cover the four most essential departments of
a good newspaper: news, editorials, features, and
sports. Complete coverage in these four main
departments can create a fairly decent college
newspaper, even though we don’t have a journal-
Carthur Drake, ism department at Morehouse.
NEWSLETTER TO BE PUBLISHED
In order to get you the campus and off-campus information
while it’s still news, we are going to create a weekly newsletter,
the MAROON BABY TIGER. We feel that this newsletter will re
lieve some of the strain of the regular edition of the Maroon Tiger.
Consequently, the Maroon Tiger will not be a history book upon
publication.
I-ULL SPORTS COVERAGE
Morehouse being an all-male college, the newspaper should have
a masculine touch. This masculine touch can be accomplished only
by having a complete sports department. This policy can not be
over-emphasized. I have selected a sports editor and assistant sports
editor who I believe are not only highly capable but highly quali
fied to control their department.
We plan to publish the regular edition of the Maroon Tiger once
a month. Each edition will be a four or six-page paper. This is the
first manifestation of our concept of a true Maroon Tiger. We hope
you enjoy it. As always, your criticism and comments are welcomed.
Threat To AU Center
By Bryce Smith
I believe every black man has the power to serve his race,
the duty to render this service and the right to do so in the manner
commanded by his own conscience. To force or
to pressure a black brother or black sister into
participating in any event, protest, demonstration
or meeting not endorsed by his or her conscience
is intolerable and oppressive.
The recently published newsletter entitled
“THE WORD’’ is an affront to the intelligence of
any student in the Atlanta University Center. This
newsletter, which was distributed at the Octo
ber 1st meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee for a
Black University, attempts to dictate opinions to
the students in the A. U. Center and to scare off any opposition to
its writers, whose task is to let “all know who’s who” or to let “all
know those who are with us and those who are against us—friend
and foe.” “THE WORD” further insults students by suggesting to
them, “Know who your enemy is and kill him.” The writers of
“THE WORD” have appointed themselves judge and jury and they
call upon us to be the executioners. Anyone with an opinion differ
ent from that of “THE WORD” is an enemy of “THE WORD” and,
consequently, an enemy of the students in the A. U. Center, and is
therefore eligible for execution.
1 Let me take this opportunity to declare myself an enemy to
“THE WORD,” thereby making myself eligible for being named
« of the WEEK” by the writers of that newsletter.
Unlike the writers of “THE WORD,” I believe in free speech and
the right to dissent. We, the members of the A. U. Center, must
not become an academic community of mental mutes blindly follow
ing demagogues. These demagogues, anonymously hidden behind a
newsletter, are a real threat to the A. U. Center and are pregnant
with destruction. They are as dangerous as Gemany’s Hitler or
America’s George Wallace, i.e., they use the instrument of fear to
gain submission and unchallenged control. This method will not
work! If fear and intimidation is to be the yeast with which the
loaf of black unity is baked, then I find it soggy eating.
Think Socialist in Nov.
Bryce Smith
I wanted to know about myself, but now I’m too busy to find out.
From Harkness With Love
By Harold McKelton
Many people
are somewhat
disgusted with
the “Happy
Humphrey-
Crats” and the
“Nix - Publi
cans,” not to
mention t h e Robert T. Smith
third party “W a 1 1 a c
ites.” Perhaps what has disgrun
tled a large number of the popu
lation is that all the candidates
have similar views on the ma
jor political issues and, in the
midst of their “quick-talk,” one
just becomes confused. It seems
that all the Presidential candi
dates are playing a game to see
who can best confuse the press,
which In turn confuses the pub
lic.
I know only of one party whose
candidates are speaking out on
reconstructing the demolished
American Dream. The party of
which I speak is the Socialists
Workers Party. The ideas that
this party’s candidates have on
the war in Vietnam, the black
community, education, the voting
age, economic welfare, and pub
lic utilities are idealistic, and
they get their views over in
plain, simple English. Perhaps
the reason they can be under
stood is that we can look on
them as people and not as ad
vertised supermen. Fred Hal
stead—a forty-year-old father
of four residing in a public
housing unit in Manhattan—
and Paul Boutelle—a young
Black Power advocate who, for
his “gain pain” (livelihood), is
a taxi driver—are Presidential
and Vice-Presidential nominees,
respectively.
We of the Maroon Tiger staff
begin this academic year with
surprise and appreciation for the
changes that the Morehouse Ad
ministration has made in its cur
riculum. We refer here to the
course offerings in Ibo and Swa
hili languages. Certainly this is a
step in the right direction, if
the college is to be relevant to
the black people whom she tries
to educate. True, the courses
are long overdue, but we doff our
hats, nonetheless.
Having such positive signs of
fers much encouragement. Still
there is a striking contradiction,
less than ten students are en
rolled in the classes. We ask,
“Why?” Why should a predom
inantly Negro college such as
Morehouse get the poor response
to new curricular offerings? Has
student interest in themselves
and in African language and cul
ture ebbed to an all-time low? Is
there some way of understand
ing the behavior of the students
here?
What Manner of Man?
By Philip Brown
Samson was strangled with the
loin cloth of his painted Delilah;
an aging Caesar—weary of the
gloriless glories of the Luper-
cal—ambitiously desired the im
perial laurel branch, but in
stead lost both his kingly wreath
and life. Men of strength and
power will, sooner or later, learn
that they are precisely what they
are, MEN. And, as such, they
are subject to defeat by forces
much greater than their own
powers.
However, there are always dif
ferent forces to destroy different
men. And our own president is
not the least of the defeated
giants. That he is brilliantly
campaigning to raise needed
funds and is fighting gallantly to
rescue us from our own stagna
tion need no statement. Unlike
Homer’s Achilles, he has not once
retreated from battle to sulk in
his tent.
Because ours is a “walk-easy”
government, the socialists are in
trouble and may not get on
many state ballots in November
and have to suffer the conse
quences of a write-in.
We of the Maroon Tiger staff
think that there is. We think that
the answer lies mainly in the
“air-tight” curriculum structure
that existed before Ibo and Swa
hili courses were crammed into
it. Students at Morehouse Col
lege — from freshmen to sen
iors — are busy eight long se
mesters trying to meet academic
requirements and major and mi
nor requisites. They don’t have
time to fit electives into their
courses of study! When a stu
dent finishes taking philosophy
for two semesters, biology and
physical science, two semesters
of “respected” foreign langua
ges, public speaking, history of
civilization and some other so
cial science (both for two se
mesters), reading readiness and
religion, plus over forty hours
of discipline requirements, we
ask, “Where does Ibo or Swahili
find its place?”
As we said in the beginning,
Morehouse has made a step in
the right direction. But she de
feats her own efforts by not ma
king curricular allowances. Of
fering Ibo and Swahili under
the existing curricular structure
is to produce a brand of stylized
“tokenism” that only the appeas
ing Establishment personnel can
manufacture.
The Maroon Tiger staff looks
forward to the day when those
who formulate Morehouse’s cur
riculum will go about that task
with the full interest of the black
man in mind.
Fantasy World
Greetings fellow inmates! Since
we are all caught in this to
gether, why not make believe
some things that could possibly
make our four-year sentences
more bearable? In reality, of
course, this is absurd but let us
imagine:
—that Mrs. Archer smiles at
everyone she meets . . .
—that rooms are assigned be
fore the students arrive . . .
—that Mr. Lockett is securely
locked away . . .
—that upperclassmen wait
their turns in the lunch line . . .
—that Coach Darlington treats
a gym class humanly . . .
—that bathrooms are cleaned
daily . . .
—that breakfast hours have
been extended until 9 a.m. . . .
—that tissue instead of sand
paper is used in the bathrooms . .
—that more people in the Ad
ministration Building have a
personality like Mrs. Shepherd
and Mrs. Jones . . .
—that Mr. Hamilton speaks to
the students when he meets
them on the campus . . .
Before some wise guy comes up
with a Freudian analysis of our
dreams, we’d better stop.
Until this realization has been
reached, back to the same old
drudgery of life here at the
"House.”
Someone’s Trying
To Help
September 30, 1968
From: Director of Housing
To: Mr. J. A. Lockett
Re: Large Equipment for the
Dormitories
After talking with the Presi
dent of the Student Association
concerning the things students
felt a most urgent need for, the
following items were suggested
for your approval:
1. Television, color, with 25”
screen
2. Daily papers in each lounge
3. ’"Telephone on each floor
in each dormitory
4. Magazines and rack (Life,
Look, Sports Illustrated, etc.)
5. Cigarette machines in each
dormitory
7. Draperies in each dormi
tory lounge
8. Lamps in each dormitory
lounge
9. Area rug in lounge of each
dormitory
10. Flowers or a plant in the
lounge of each dormitory
It is my belief that each lounge
can be covered by Work Study
students for security purposes.
Robert W. West
MAROON TIGER
The Organ of Student Expression
Founded 1898
Editor-in-Chief Carthur L. M. Drake
Ass’t. Editor Robert T. Smith
News Editor , Fredrick Salsman
Ass’t. News Editor William Berry
Feature Editor David Wilson
Ass’t. Feature Editor John Thomas
Business Manager —- John Thomas
Sports Editor . Drexal Ball
Ass’t. Sports Editor Kenneth Martin
Photographer - Arthur Micklebury
Reporters: Rufus Hill, Eugene McCrary, Benjamin Wright,
Kenneth Simmons, James Barfield, Archie Powell, Harmon
Outlaw, William Durant, Rafford Tillman, David Manning
Faculty Advisor Mr. Cason Hill
Unlabeled opinions expressed in the Maroon Tiger are those
of the Maroon Tiger and not necessarily those of Morehouse Col
lege. Labeled opinions expressed are those of the author and not
necessarily those of the Maroon Tiger.
If anyone cares not to join the staff, but would like to sub
mit an article, he should forward it to the editor via the Maroon
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