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MAROON TIGER
THE ORGAN OF STUDENT EXPRESSION
Vol. 1, No. 6 MOREHOUSE COLLEGE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA Friday, April 18, 1969
Black Power Is Moving On Up
Edited by Fredrick Salsman,
News Editor
Who said Black people are not
“getting themselves together”?
In some places in America
“Black Power” is real—such as
in Oakland, California, where
Blacks own Afro-American Air
lines.
Afro-American Airlines, Inc., a
California Corporation, duly au
thorized to engage in air com
merce and related activity in the
field of aeronautics, is present
ing to the Federal Aviation Agen
cy its application and procedural
documents for certification and
operation specifications.
The corporation was organized
as a community endeavor, capi
talized and controlled by Blacks
from the Berkley-Oakland, Cal
ifornia, area. The initial and im
mediate effort now in progress
is the organization and operation
of the airline. Training in all
required areas leading to certi
fication is now in progress. It
is the airline’s intention to ini
tiate and continue a complete
program of training and educa
tion in the field of air trans
portation.
One of the greatest services
that will be provided to the
Bl'ack community by the Black
corporation is a conduit for the
establishment of cultural ex-
SURVEY ’69
Students Vote Radical
By Fredrick Salsman,
News Editor
The upcoming presidential
election will prove to be a
very decisive one in More
house’s history. A recent poll,
1. How would you rate Tay
lor’s administration?
Good 19%
Fair 39%
Poor 38%
No Comment 4%
2. Are you familiar with
“Project Awareness”?
Yes 29%
No 71%
3. Has the outgoing admini
stration related itself well
enough to you?
Yes 34%
No 66%
4. Do you think the admini
stration encouraged a poli
cy of “isolation” during the
past year? That is to say,
did they promote isolation
from other schools in the
Atlanta University Center
and from the neighboring
community?
Yes 45%
No 55%
5. Given the following terms,
how would you label Tay
lor’s Administration?
Conservative 50%
Moderate 45%
Radical 3%
6. Realizing the present con
ditions at Morehouse Cbl-
lege, what kind of president
should the student body
elect in the coming elec
tion?
Conservative 3 %
Moderate 40 %
Radical 54%
7. Will you vote in the com
ing election?
Yes 91%
No 7%
conducted by the MAROON
TIGER, shows that the Stu
dent Government Association
must assume a more “active”
role in student affairs. Whet
her the SGA will be headed
by a conservative, moderate,
or radical is the big question
now—but there is no doubt
that changes and revitalization
of the SGA are wanted.
A random poll of 200 stu
dents (20% of the student
body) shows that 54% want
ed a president who would ini
tiate a “radical” change that
was not primarily based on
irrational impulse.
Half of the polled students
dissatisfied with Taylor’s
“conservatism.” are now seek
ing immediate changes and
are, therefore, voting radical.
Of the 45% who consid
ered Taylor a moderate, 40%'
will vote moderate in the
coming election while the re
maining 5% is undecided.
The students were asked to
evaluate the outgoing admini
stration. 38% considered it
“poor” and 39% thought it
was “fair.” The small differ
ence indicates an element of
dissatisfaction. However, one
student said he was forced to
vote “poor” because “Taylor
didn’t have student support,
which resulted in his weak
administration.”
Over half of the polled had
no knowledge of the SGA’s
major program, “Project
Awareness.”
These were the surprising
conclusions of Survey ’69 for
the coming election. If these
results are true reflections of
student opinion, Morehouse’s
next president will be a
RADICAL. To some this would
mean hope; to others, it
would be despair!!!
change centers in every major
Black-concentrated urban area
of the United States. They will
engage in a program of develop
ment and training activity with
those Black nations seeking assist
ance in developing Air Trans
portation systems.
Presently, the corporation has
a formal program for training in
repair and over-haul of aircrafts,
operation, dispatch, job place
ment, air crew members, cabin
attendents, secretaries and in
structors. This, they believe,
will create unlimited economic
and social advantages for the
Blacks. Their basic target will
be that of motivation, the means
of attracting qualified or train-
able persons to embark upon
training and careers in the avia
tion industry. A wide variety of
attraction is included in this pro
gram—including lawyers, econo
mists, physicians, sociologists and
those economically deprived and
educationally deprived Black
Americans.
Dick Gregory Declares:
“Yon Have A Big Task”
By Harold MbKelton,
Ass’t. News Editor
“Anyone who believes in
America the beautiful is sick,
sad, insane, and out of his damn
mind,” declared comedian-politi
cal activist - 1968 Presidential
candidate Dick Gregory recently
to a standing-room-only crowd at
Sister’s Chapel.
Bearded, and sporting a brown,
bell-bottomed jump suit, Gre
gory spoke for two hours. He
commented on everything from
the black man’s involvement in
Vietnam to the scene of the
300,000 “sick, slimy degenerates”
who crowded on Madison Ave
nue to watch a woman’s naked
breasts, an incident that oc
curred earlier in the year.
Gregory voiced his own opin
ion about the state of America
It’s that “I - promise - to- im
prove - the - conditions - of -
Morehouse” time again. However,
this year emphasis on “rats and
roaches and better dining hall
hours” has shifted to a secon
dary position.
This year, campaigners for
public office are bringing up such
issues as the suitability of cur
riculum; identity with and an
understanding of the forces
that shape students’ destinies;
equal representation on decision
making committees, made up of
administration, faculty and staff;
and encouraging “unity,” not
“isolation,” from the neighboring
community and co-operative
schools of the center.
today. Said he, “The number-one
problem confronting America to
day is not air-pollution, but
moral pollution.”
He made the point that young
people should address their dis
satisfaction toward “the capital
ists.” He suggested that an or
ganized boycott of large capital
ist interests, such as the record
and cigarette industries, would
be the best way to get speedy
results.
“I don’t say ‘do away with
capitalism;’ You have to beat
the capitalists behind the Con
stitution.” This, he said, would
put emphasis on “human rights.”
“Capitalists don’t have respect
for human life,” he commented
further. He cited the long-range
physical harm that birth-control
pills have on females. Despite this
fact, capitalist interests are per-
“To save a dying Morehouse”
is the slogan for “Campaign ’69.”
Preliminary campaigning be-
gain in early April, at which
time the candidates sought sig
natures to make their nomina
tions official. The campaign will
be climaxed by debates in which
the candidates will present indi
vidual philosophies and platforms
concerning Morehouse affairs.
Special inaugural activities, in
cluding a ball and concert, are
scheduled on the post-election
calendar; the main event will be
the new SGA president’s Inau
gural Address, which is to be
held a week after the election,
set for April 25.
1 mitting an almost free sale of
“the pill,”
In an interview exclusive to
the MAROON TIGER, Gregory
mentioned that he speaks to over
300 colleges in ten months. He
expressed a deep faith in the
young white who is “integrat
ing” into the corrupt “system”
to do away with this “mili
tary indusrial complex” (United
States).
When asked what he felt are
necessary changes black students
should make in the traditional
Negro college, Gregory respond
ed;
“Students should do every
thing to make it (curriculum)
relevant to today’s needs.”
The comedian emphasized a
serious development at large uni
versities where Black Studies
programs are being established
every week. “If Negro schools
do not change,” he said, “then
the white boy will know more
about you than you!”
Throughout the lecture and the
interview Gregory continually
reminded the audience—compos
ed mostly of college students—
that theirs was a big responsi
bility.
“We have left you a stinking
mess to clean up. Yeah! You
have got a big job.”
The Spelman Lecturing Cbm-
mittee brought Gregory to the
Center.
Inside The Tiger
Survey ’69
Editor Speaks 2
Letters to the Editor- 3
Intelligentsia - 4
Features 5
Sports 6
Campaign ’69: “To Save
A Dying Morehouse