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Center Begins Study of Possible Merger By Fredrick Salsman and William Berry The Atlanta University Center has anounced plans for a compre hensive interval study that could lead to a merger of the Center’s six institutions. The study, to be financed by a $189,000 grant awarded last month by the Ford Foundation, will be aimed at developing the Center into a “model consortium in American higher education.” Representatives of the Academy for Educational Development, the New York-based organization en gaged to conduct the study, stat ed that the education consorium ulimately could include predom inantly white institutions such as Georgia Tech and Emory Univer sity. The study, expected to begin within the next month, will seek to formulate “appropriate and reasonable goals” for the Center over the next 15 years, according to academy president Dr. Alvin A. Eurich. Scheduled to be completed by ! mid-1970, the study is expected to contain recommendations for patterns of growth and develop ment in areas for closer cooper ation among the Center’s six in stitutions. Tentative plans for the study | call for investigation of ways to i achieve “a maximum degree of cooperation, educational and ser vice activities and joint arrange- ■ ments with other institutions of | the area.” The scope of the study will in clude an analysis of the social, political, economic and demogra phic situation locally, regionally and nationally. Investigators will consider en rollment projections, fiscal 'prob lems, resource requirements and program changes in relation to the six colleges individually and collectively. The study proposes in-depth investigations of 14 areas of in stitutional activities, including organzational structure, unique program fund raising, faculty re sources, community services, co- ordination of activities and re cruitment of students. Dr. Albert E. Manley, president of Spelman College and chairman of the Center’s Council of Pres idents, described the proposed study as a “significant step to ward the attainment of the future goals and aspirations of the in stitutions in the Atlanta Univer sity Center.” VOL. 1, NO. 2 MAROON TIGER THE ORGAN OF STUDENT EXPRESSION MOREHOUSE COLLEGE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA Friday, November 22, 1968 PresidentGlosterRepliesTo Ad-HocCommitteeDemand Since the opening of the cur- ..v. s. •..* Frosh Hear Alumni in Sale Hall Before Election rent school year I have received two unsigned mimeographed inside The Tiger Editor Speaks: Carthur Drake 2 Intelligentsia 6 Advertisements _5 Features 4 Sports 7 Interview 8 Clark's SGA Organizes Black Liberation Bank The Clark College Student Government has established a student bank so students may borrow money to help them with some of their financial needs. The bank, called the Student Liberation Bank, is planned as a cooperative service wherein students have set up a financial service for each other. There are presently 300 members in the bank. It is the only such project on a campus in the Atlanta Uni versity Center. The SGA has also set up a student industry making dashi- kis, an African shirt. Several Clark and Spelman women are making the garments, which sell for $5.00 each. The women are paid $1.50 for each shirt that is made. The dashikis may be pur chased at the Clark College SGA office. Proceeds from the shirt sales will go to the Liberation Bank. The idea for a student bank was one of the party platform planks in Clark College’s SGA president James Mays’ campaign last spring. Georgia’s Invitational Basketball Tournament December 5-7 Archer Hall Gymnasium communications from an ad hoc committee which threatened di rect action if their demands were not met by specific deadlines. In view of the fact that the second of these communications was de livered to me along with a mem orandum which stated that the demands expressed the thinking of the students of Morehouse College, I referred both of these documents to the Student Gov ernment Association, which has been elected by the students of this institution to voice their interests and concerns. The faculty and staff of More house College respect the right of students to criticize and pro test. At the same time, however, we shall do everything in our power to work with the student body in an effort to maintain an academic climate in which stu dents may effectively receive the education which we are pledged to provide. The channels of communica tion are open at Morehouse Col lege, and representatives of the faculty and staff are now work ing with officers of the Student Government Association in the development of improved condi tions of living and learning at this school. If we continue our industry and commitment, I be lieve we can solve the problems that face us at this time. In any case, I shall always endeavor to work in the best interest of Morehouse and the students who have come here for a college ed ucation. In conclusion, I wish to ask for the cooperation and support of every Morehouse man in our ef fort to develop the best possible faculty, staff curriculum, and plant for the education of stu dents at this college. There exists in the center, on the part of a few students from Morehouse and Spelman, a Black Liberation School for black chil dren of the immediate communi ty. The school centers its eurricu- Leroy Johnson, graduate of Morehouse, spoke before a fresh man chapel ga thering last month to explain his candidacy be fore he was re elected as Sena tor to the 38th Senatorial Dis trict. Sen. Johnson He discussed his accomplish ments as being the first Black man to go to the Georgia State Senate in 92 years. The senator assured his audience that he had always aided Black people in “our” struggle for first-class ci tizenship and equal rights in the past, and that he will continue to do so in the future. To further emphasize his allegiance to black people, the Morehouse bro ther reminded students that he had voted against the election of Georgia’s governor, Lester Mad dox, when his election was plac ed in the hands of the Congress. Leroy Johnson has been signif icant in the passing of fifteen bills, six of which were personal legislation and nine where other senators joined with him. lum around African History, Afro- American History, Black Litera ture, Mathematics and Science and Humanities. Approximately fifteen students are enrolled in classes. The previous week Rev. James A. Wilborn-, pastor of the Union Baptist Church, spoke to the freshmen in chapel. He em phasized the need for equal and just repre sentation. He at tacked his oppo- Rev. Wilborn nent statin S that “Leroy Johnson isn’t concerned about you or me unless your name is MR. DOLLAR.” He further stated that he was out to expose John son for what he is. Rev. Wilborn, also a graduate of Morehouse, said that he 1 couldn’t stomach the national tic ket, and furthermore woudn’t be found dead in the same room with Lester Maddox. When asked who he was supporting in the national election, he stated his 1 preference for the Humphrey- Muskie ticket. Wilborn is running on the independent ticket. His platform consists of a pay roll tax, state minimum wage law, state funds for job training | programs, more jobs for Black people in state government, a strong mayor system, election of board members and more Black representation on state boards and commissions. Senator Johnson won by a | 2 to 1 margin. Students Form Black Liberation School Nelson Taylor Attends Re-Con Meeting In N. Y. Nelson Taylor, president of the Morehouse College student body, and student bo dy presidents of Spelman, Morris Brown, and Clark Colleges and Atlanta Uni versity, along with colleges and universities as Nelson Taylor far f f 110 * 6 Is * land to Texas, journeyed to New York at the invitation of Re-Con, a new job placement organization which us es computers to match student resumes and industrial job open ings. Also present were Robert Powell, president of the National Student Association, and Vic Lee, president of the California State Confederation of Student Governments, which represents more than 225 thousand students who attend public colleges and universities in California. During the meeting’s question- answer period near the end of the session, Morehouse’s Taylor secured the floor and “ripped Re- Con apart verbally.” He stated that “Eighteen of the twenty-five schools present were black insti tutions—the top black colleges and universities in the country; and it was quite obvious that Re-Con was making a bid for support from black students.” “In cold hard facts, said Tay lor, “Re-Con, as an idea, is great, but Re-Con as a money-making corporation is half-way dead without some black resumes in its computers.” Taylor ended his remarks by saying, “You’ve wined and dined us in New York, but that’s not enough.” Mr. Taylor suggested in the next meeting that a steering com mittee should be formed for the purpose of establishing a Black Student Alliance on a national scale. The idea was presented to Re- Con and was accepted. Student representatives from every pre dominantly black institution in the country will meet in Atlanta, tentatively on December 20 and 2:1. Nina Simone To Appear In Concert—Archer Hall, Nov. 30th, 8:00 P.M.