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MAROON TIGER
THE ORGAN OF STUDENT EXPRESSION
Vol. 1, No. 3
MOREHOUSE COLLEGE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Wednesday, December 18, 1968
FACULTY EVALUATION INCLUDED
IN TAYLOR'S "PROJECT AWARENESS
By Fredrick Salsman,
News Editor
In a regular Student Govern
ment Association meeting, Stu
dent Body President Nelson Tay
lor announced the initiation of
“Project Awareness.” According
to Taylor, the project was cre
ated to give the students a great
er independence in affairs that
directly affect them and also to
give them a degree of involve
ment in Morehouse College.
In developing this awareness,
Mr. Taylor established four com
missions—namely, Faculty Eval
uation, Real Issues, Student En
terprise, and Financial Develop
ment 'Committees, chairmaned
by John Ellis, Harvey Smith,
Bryce Smith and John Powell,
and Charles Allen, respectively.
The Faculty Evaluation Com
mittee was organized for the pri
mary purpose of familiarizing the
faculty with its basic weaknesses
and of developing an effective stu
dent-teacher relationship. Evalu
ation forms were given out to
inside The Tiger
Editor Speaks:
Carthur L. M. Drake 2
Interview 5
Intelligentsia 4
Features 4
Sports 6
all students of the college con
cerning each of their instruc
tors. It was reported by Vice-
President Joseph Price that the
students have only turned in
seventy of the 1000 evaluation
forms issued. Taylor said on this
issue, “In order for any student
body to be an effective and
meaningful voice, there must be
a responsible student body that
conducts its own affairs with
efficiency and sincere concern.”
To bring the academic commu
nity into a “closer dialogue” situ
ation was the main reason for the
Real Issues Committee being
formed. Also, this committee will
give the students a chance to
find out and ask more about the
college’s academic situation.
The Financial Development and
Student Enterprises have already
sent John Powell to Fisk Uni
versity to discuss the develop
ment of its Student Enterprise.
These committees will allow the
students to handle financial af
fairs without “burdening the
bursar everytime a financial cri
sis arises.” At the same time it
will help the college to keep
fees from going up and “may
be supplement the income of the
college.”
Mr. Taylor plans to give a
full report on “Project Aware
ness’ after the 'Christmas Holi
days.
African Forum Attracts Scholars
Carmichael Speaks
Flees After Disturbance
By Cecil Brim, Staff Writer
Expert Tells Audience
"Being Black Is In"
By Fredrick Salsman,
News Editor
Morehouse College was host to
one of the four sessions held in
the conference on African and
African American Studies in the
Undergraduate College earlier
this month in Sale Hall Chapel.
The topic of discussion was
“African Forms in Song and
Dance,” where Alan Lomax act
ed as moderator.
During the session at More
house, Mr. Lomax, dance and
music expert of Afro-American
and African cultures, explained
that the' basic rhythmic patterns
of the two cultures are the same;
it is the “soulful” syncopation and
rhythm which gives black art
its special flavor. Diagrams and
musical recordings showing the
fundamental similarities and dif
ferences between the two cultures
were analyzed in detail. As a side
note, Mr. Lomax quipped, “Being
‘black and soulful’ is so ‘in’ until
my children are trying to be
‘soul.’ ”
Morehouse had among its fac
ulty Gerardo Ebanks, Charles
Garth, Anna Grant, Stephen
Henderson, E. A. Jones, A. B.
Spelman, Wendell P. Whalum
and Councill Taylor, who served
Steering Committee Meets
To Discns§ Conference Plans
By Eugene McCrary, Spelman College, Tuskegee Insti-
Stokely Carmichael, Prime
Minister of the Black Panther
Party, spoke Dec. 11 in Read
Hall on Spelman College’s cam
pus. Although the meeting was
slated to begin at 8:00 p.rn., it
was delayed an hour due to “lo
cation difficulties.” Despite mim
eographed notes stating that
Carmichael would speak at More
house College in Archer Hall,
guards were posted outside to
prevent entrance and direct peo
ple to Read Hall on Spelman’s
campus. Carmichael remarked in
the meeting, “They wouldn’t
let us have it. It’s those types of
institutions that we have to wor
ry about. They have the right to
close their gym and they do it
because you let them. They
do it at Morehouse because the
men at Morehouse have the type
of mentality that since they come
from the rural South, they think
that Morehouse is their only
chance.”
His speech was interrupted by
a disturbance in the balcony when
a co-ed demanded that “all
these honkies get out. This is a
closed meeting.” When the crowd
proceeded to either ask or escort
all of the whites to leave, the
movement was tinted with vio
lence as a white Spelman in
structor was alledgedly struck by
Zulu Zimmerman, a “black acti
vist from New York.” It was also
stated that if Morehouse men are
not from the rural South, “their
parents are rich or their daddy
graduated from Moehouse and
they are afraid to break that tra
dition.”
Meanwhile, Stokley Carmichael
and his escort had moved out the
back door, giving no immediate
explanation. Later, as the ma
jority of the crowd was leaving,
an unidentified young lady ap
proached the podium saying,
“Stokely has just said that he
won’t talk to kids.”
All “black people” were asked
to move to the right of the gym
and all “Negroes” were asked
to leave. From the few remain
ing people, Zimmerman and a
Clark student, Quintin Griffin,
made plans to unite the Atlanta
University Center by seeking a
representative from each school
in the complex, all responding
except Spelman. The “ad hoc
committee” then decided to meet
on Dec. 12, to decide on a further
course of action.
Staff Reporter
The Steering Comrpittee of the
National Council of Afro-Ameri
can Student Government met in
the Student Union Building of
Morris Brown College to do the
groundwork for a December 21-
22 conference at Morehouse Col
lege, Sunday, December 8, 1968.
Those attending the conference
will be representatives from the
approximately 13 predominately
black colleges and universities
(about 130,900 students) of the
United States.
While at the weekend confer
ence, a proposed ‘Article of Con
federation’ will be presented to
the delegates. This document will
contain the “basic guidelines or
by-laws for a coalition of black
colleges and universities.” Ac
cording to the discussion on
Sunday, the purposes of the or
ganization are primarily the im
provement of communication a-
mong black students in black
schools and the strengthening of
cooperative bonds among black
students. Projections of the fu
ture include “improving the sta
tus of black students by becom
ing active in all phases of stu
dent affairs.”
Bennet College, Clark College,
Howard University, Morehouse
College, Morris Brown College,
tute, schools from Texas, Missi
ssippi, and Florida, who are mem
ber institutions of the Steering
Committee, along with numer
ous other colleges, will meet at
Morehouse -College, December 21-
22, 1968. The schools of the At
lanta University Center will
serve as hosts and Nelson Taylor,
president of the Morehouse SGA,
will serve as temporary chair
man.
Morehouse-Spelman
Sing In Annual
Xmas Concert
By Rufus E. Hill,
Staff Reporter
Morehouse and Spelman Col
leges held their 42nd Annual
Christmas Concert on Spelman
College’s campus in Sisters Cha
pel, December 13-15. Dr. Wen
dell P. Whalum and Dr. Roland
L. Allison are the directors of
the Morehouse and Spelman Glee
Clubs, respectively.
This event attracts large crowds
every year from all over the
country. Again this year, the cha
pel was packed as the two col
leges sang traditional Christmas
Carols, Negro Spirituals and Ju
bilees and African Folk and
Christmas songs.
in consulting roles.
Other colleges acting as host
in this conference were—Spelman
College, where “Black Studies
and American Colleges” was dis
cussed in Sisters Chapel; Atlanta
University, where the discussion
was on “Black Scholars: Pio
neers and Predecessors—A Con
versation”; and Clark College,
where “Black Studies: Prospect
Retrospect” was held in Davage
Auditorium.
The conference was conceived
and coordinated by Dr. Richard
A. Long, who is an authority in
the field of African Art. The
purpose of the conference was
to “provide, by means of short
workshop sessions, information
and insights on planning or be
ginning courses in this vast
area.”
Noted authorities n the field
participated fully in the meet
ing—namely, Ibrahim Abu-Lu-
ghad, Samuel Allen, Margaret J.
Butcher, Hoyt Fuller, George Ro
bert, Darwin Turner, Ida Wood
and Sammuel Westerfield.
Task Force
Formed By
Black Editors
A group of eleven black col
lege newpaper editors attended
an editors’ conference at Clark
College, Dec. 7, to discuss plans
for improving black college
newspapers. The meeting was
directed by George McMillan,
director of journalism studies at
Clark College, and Chris Eckl,
director of the Student Newspa-
er Project. The conference was
called to discuss some of the
common problems of black college
newspapers.
The conference was financed
by a grant from the Ford Foun
dation. The grant is to be used
to improve the standards of
newspapers on predominantely
black campuses. There are ap
proximately 85 colleges that will
be affected by this grant. Mr.
McMillan has been appointed o-
verseer of the money.