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MAROON TIGER
Thursday, February 13, 1969
Merrill Scholars Announced
.. Philip Brown ..
William Berry
.. Tyrone Holt ..
Edward Barret
Moses Wilcox
The Merrill Overseas Scholars
of 1969-70 have been named by
Dr. Edward A. Jones, chairman
of the committee. Each scholar
ship carries a stipend of $3000.00
which must be used for twelve
months study and travel abroad.
The recipients of this year’s
awards are: Edward Barret, a
junior (Madrid), William Berry,
a junior (Durham, England),
Ronald Carter, a junior (Istan
bul), Tyrone Holt, a sophomore
(Madrid), Philip Brown, a soph
omore (Nantes, France), and
Moses Wilcox, a junior (Durham,
England).
For the first time, the Merrill
Overseas Scholarship Committee
altered the rules of selection and
allowed sophomores to apply. As
a result, two sophomores were
chosen and are expected to study
in Madrid and Nantes.
The scholars are expected to
leave the United States on Sep
tember 3, and will return for
the first semester of 1970.
The scholarships are sponsored
by Charles E. Merrill, who is
Chairman of the Board of Trust
ees at Morehouse College.
cl Re-Evaulate
^ The System
Calvin Butts
I contend that Morehouse Col
lege is not an institution which
excites its student body to aca
demic success. As far as old
tradition goes, Morehouse is in
standing with the major col
leges of our nation, but when it
comes to setting up a program
which will benefit the student
in our rapidly changing society,
Morehouse lags far behind the
leading colleges of our nation.
The liberal arts education is
a necessity in our time, but the
program leading to a liberal arts
degree, here at Morehouse, is
one that needs serious consider
ation.
First let’s consider the role of
the student in this program. At
Morehouse College the student
is placed in an academic enigma
with no help to guide him
through (i.e., a poor guidance
and counseling department). He
is forced to relate to subjects
which do not necessarily interest
him or help him in any way.
And, a main handicap to the a-
above point is that the student is
forced to put forth great amounts
of effort to pass these courses. Not
only are a lot of the courses
irrelevant to his major course
of study, they also, if the stu
dent is not successful in them,
tend to pull his average down
making the student, who may be
a good student, lose his academic
standing and possibly his aca
demic incentive.
King Memorial Planned
Univ. Of Pittsburg
Sees Need For
Black Physicians
Six Morehouse seniors with in
terests in biology and medicine
visited the School of Medicine at
the University of Pittsburg on
the invitation and expense of
the school. A subcommittee of
the admissions board recognized
the need for augmenting the
number of black physicians to
serve the community and along
with the faculty and administra
tion, have resorted to take prompt
measures to increase the enroll
ment of black students in the
university.
Mrs. Martin Luther King, Jr.
announced the creation of a me
morial center in Atlanta as a
tribute and realistic attempt to
carry on the ideals for which
her late husband lived and died.
Plans call for the center to
be developed in two parts. The
first will include the restoration
of Dr. King’s birthplace on Au
burn Avenue and continuance of
activities at Ebenezer Baptist
Church.
The second part of the center
will be developed in the Atlanta
University complex, and will in
clude an institute for Afro-Ame-
Gloster Named
rican studies, a museum of Afro-
American life and an institute
for non-violent social change.
The announcement was made
at the Interdenominational The
ological Center on Beckwith St.
Announcement of the memorial
center kicked off a day-long
program in commemoration of
the birthplace of Dr. King. Fur
ther memorial tribute to Dr.
King moved to Ebenezer Church,
where Rev. Ralph Abernathy,
Mrs. Rosa Pary, Harry Belefonte
and Rep. John Conyers of Michi
gan spoke. The Morehouse College
Glee Club sang the theme song
of his non-violent movement,
“We Shall Overcome”, at the ser
vice.
A parade, led by the More
house College Band down Auburn
Avenue, ended at 101 Logan St.
where ground was broken for
a low-rent housing project to
be called the Martin Luther
King Village. Mrs. Martin Luther
King, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Martin
Luther King, Sr., Dr. Benjamin
E. Mays, Sen. Leroy Johnson and
Mayor Ivan Allen participated
in the groundbreaking ceremon
ies.
Furthermore, a point well ar
gued is that many of these cours
es are needed for the student to
pass the infamous graduate rec
ord exam.
In addition to the grading fac
tor all outside assignments in
these courses should be cut to
a minimum. This also allows the
student more academic freedom
for his major courses of study.
Finally, the point about stu
dent achievement and original in
centive should be taken into con
sideration during admission and
should be studied during the
student’s freshman year. If he
cannot adjust then he should
be given the proper guidance im
mediately. Check it out.
C. O. B. Ill
Those attending were Bernard
Cooke, Morris Turner, Leroy
Vaughn, Roy Robinson, Michael
Trotman, and Charles Williams.
Theodore Jones
Explains School
Of Social Change
Dr.
E.
Theodore
Jones, di-
rector
of
The Martin
Luther
King,
Jr.
School
of
Social
Change, spoke recently in Sale
Hall. He said that the newly
formed school “seeks the sensi
tive students who are committed
to the great humanitarian prin
ciples of justice, freedom, de
mocracy, and peace and who rec
ognize the potential creativity of
the non-violent strategy of so
cial change of the tradition of
Martin Luther King.”
With him, Dr. Jones brought
two students from The King
School of Social Change. Ron
Hughes, a senior, said, “We seek
to develop in students those
skills and facilities which will
enable us to analyze social struc
tures, evaluate organizational
pressures, and define political
strategies.” Hughes’ colleague,
Phil McLaurins, told the audi
ence that “the school sought to
reach persons who felt more con
cern was not enough; persons
who feel strongly that the com
mittment to basic humanitarian
principles warrants their pro
fessional involvement and sig
nificant personal investment' in
seeking to effect fundamental
changes in the social order.”
The King School, which is
now in its fourth year and which
graduated its first class of stu
dents in May, 1966, is an ac
credited affiliate of Crozer Theo
logical Seminary in Chester,
Pennsylvania.
ToCommission
President Hugh M. Gloster
was elected to the Commission
on College Administration of the
Association of American Colleg
es at the Association’s Annual
Meeting in Pittsburg, January 15.
As a member of the Commis
sion, President Gloster will meet
periodically with fourteen other
education leaders to discuss and
recommend policies and pro
cedures to the Association and
its member colleges.
The Association of American
Colleges is the national organi
zation of undergraduate colleges
of liberal arts and sciences. Its
spokesmen represent the views
of its 898 members on federal
policy affecting undergraduate
education. AAC Commissions seek
to stimulate and communicate
ideas which promise to improve
the quality of undergraduate ed
ucation.
M'house Receives Grant
A $10,000 capital grant from
Gulf Oil Corporation was pre
sented to Morehouse College as
part of the Company’s education
al assistance program. This year
the program will distribute
$2,300,000 to students and institu
tions of higher education for
various aid-to-education purpo
ses.
Institutions eligible for capital
grants are those which are pri
vately operated and controlled,
and which obtain a major por
tion of their financial support
from no tax sources.
The check was presented to Dr.
Hugh M. Gloster by Gulf repre
sentatives Milton G. Farris, Vice-
President, Southern Region; and
Frank T. Odom', Dealer Develop
ment Representative, Southern
Region.
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