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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.