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Maroon Tiger
May 4, 1978
editorial
See it Through
Bv Charles Mapson
I am completing the final week of my
third year here at Morehouse. Through it
all, I have realized that I could never put a
price on the experience that I had at
Morehouse.
Many times I seriously thought about
transferring to another school. My sister
often chided me because I had chosen
Morehouse in March of 1975 and stayed
with the decision.
She could not understand why 1 did not
want to go to Harvard. She could not
understand why I turned down Brown
University in Providence, Rhode Island
when they offered me a two thousand
dollar scholarship, a part-time joh and the
rest in a loan.
Morehouse had offered half-tuition for a
student with my credentials. Ever since I
had visited Morehouse in May of 1967 for
my brother’s commencement. I thought
that Morehouse would be the place for me.
The only Morehouse men I knew were
those whom I had come in contact with
when I was but a young child in 1964. My
church sponsored the Morehouse Glee
Club and the fellows that I met made an
impression on me that I still have not
forgotten.
As I travelled from town to town with
the Glee Club on its annual Spring Tour, I
took time to notice the young men and
young women who seemed impressed by
the,Morehouse Mystique, via the members
of the Glee Club. They asked me questions
about Morehouse and confirmed their
desire to attend. The girls told me that they
wanted to go to Morehouse in two or three
years but I told them that Morehouse was
an all-male school.
These high school students told me that
by the time they get ready for Morehouse,
it will be co-ed. I told them that they should
go to Spelman but they dismissed me with
the wave of their hand and said that they
were going to Morehouse. I wished them
luck and went on my merry way remark
ing on how much I wish I could be at
Morehouse in five years.
I’m straying off the point though,
because what I’m trying to say is that you
mustn’t trade Morehouse for anything.
Sure Morehouse has its problems. Sure
there are administrators, faculty and
students who should not be here but that is
no reason to quit.
The classic statement told me by my
brother was that it is not enough to go
through Morehouse. One can do that, he
said, by going from class to class and pas
sing tests. One can do that by staying in
his room all day studying. One can go
through Morehouse by thinking only of
classes. He said that not only must I go
through Morehouse but I must let
Morehouse go through me.
He sat in front of Brawley Hall and told
me that the only way to do that is to go to
hear all the lecturers I could. He said go to
all the concerts I could. He said join the
Glee Club and any other club that I could.
Then, he said, let Morehouse go through
you and then you become a Morehouse
man and a better man for your people.
I did not take my brother’s words lightly.
Often there has come the time when I have
wanted to give up on Morehouse. For
instance when I woke up last semester in
218 Thurman Hall and stepped out of my
bed into three inches of water from a
busted pipe, I made up my mind to leave on
the next plane. I got over it quickly but I
still wonder why Morehouse has such a
hold on me.
I can only give you freshmen and
sophomores this advice: see it through
because you won’t find anything like it
anywhere else. Let Morehouse go through
you and love every minute of it.
The Gay Population
By Charles Mapson
Questions have arisen lately on the
persecution of certain people at Morehouse
because their views on sexuality are
different from what society dictates.
I have been told that students harass
and scorn the gay populations atSpelman
and Morehouse. This is utterly shameful.
There is no greater gift than God’s gift of
mankind to the world. It is not our position
to judge our brothers and sisters who see
things differently.
The classic stereotype of a Morehouse
Man is that since he goes to an all male
school, he is probably gay. The same holds
true for Spelman. Morehouse is the focal
point in all the center for labels as gay
men. It would seem as if the students at
Morehouse feel inhibited or threatened by
that and are in a constant battle to
safeguard their masculinity.
It would be wonderful when the
Morehouse men can realize and the Clark
and Morris Brown people could try to
understand that there are more gays per
capita at Morris Brown than anywhere in
the center. Now think about that!
I hear everyday that! a certain student
doesn’t want to room with a person whom
he thinks is gay. First, I say you shouldn’t
worry unless you feel you cannot control
your own self. Second, how do you get off
thinking someone is gay? Has he ap
proached you with a proposition?
Something to think about in passing,
what do you think you would feel like if
your girl at Spelman were gay? What if
your mother and/or father are gay? You
must learn to face reality and accept all
people because they are your brothers and
sisters.
I do not think that homosexuality is
right nor do I think it should be allowed to
spread but it does not help the alcoholic if
you chastise and ridicule him. You must
help him but first you must accept him.
Remember, someone you love may be
gay.
Come together
Work together
by Willard Bell, Jr.
Students at Morehouse
constantly complain of the
lack of student activities, but
they are wrong. We have
meetings that are of concern to
Morehouse men convening all
the time.
We as Morehouse men have
to start speaking out against
what is going on at this
institution. On April 20,1978 a
forum was held by the
Psychology Department of
Morehouse. Out of the 35
people who attended the forum
16 were women; this
represented half of the people
in attendance. This confirms a
fact that there are men at
Morehouse who really don’t
care about what is going on
around them.
Most of them were probably
in their rooms watching TV.
So they really do not know
what is taking place on cam
pus. The brothers from the
Psychology Department
brought out some pertinent
points about what is really
happening in their
department, and all of you who
did not attend missed it, just
because you are too lazy to
walk for ten minutes or less to
find what would perhaps be
some vital information.
It is your life and you have
the right to do what you please.
But all you have to do is sit
down for a few minutes and
think, “Could I be learning
something if I go to a meeting
or will I sit back and let
someone else do all the work?”
You have a mind and you
should come out and express
your opinions to the other
brothers at Morehouse. You
are the one paying large sums
of money to attend school. Do
you feel that you are getting
your money’s worth? We can
do nothing, unless we pull
together to achieve what is
rightfully ours. The students
have rights and we should not
lie back and let our rights go
down the drain. So, men of
Morehouse, I am asking you to
come together and work
together to achieve a better life
situation at Morehouse
College.
1898 THE ORGAN OF STUDENT EXPRESSION 1978
MAROON
TIGER
1977-78 MAROON TIGER STAFF
Editor-in-Chief Charles E. Mapson
Associate Editor Roy L. Hamilton
Managing Editor Willard Bell
Assistant Editor Arlin Meadows
News Editor Reginald Scott
Entertainment Editor Kenneth T. Whalum, Jr.
Sports Editor Walter Parrish
Fraternity Editor Theodore B. Jones
Photography Editor Alfred Peters
Feature Editor Ronald Pettaway
Cartoonists Daily McDowell
Lawrence Turner
Chief Proof and Copy Reader David Thornton
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David Morrow
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Business Manager Larry Walker
Assistant Business Manager .. Vincent D. McCraw
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Contributing Staff: Rodney Thaxton,
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