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February 22, 1979
Writing Skills Lab
Opens At Morehouse
by David Thornton
There is a new program on cam
pus that will be very beneficial to
most students. The Writing Skills
Laboratory is waiting to assist you.
This efficient program is under the
direction of Mrs. Beulah Gloster.
The program is federally funded by
the Advanced Institutional Devel
opmental Program (AIDP). This is
the first year of the writing pro
gram at Morehouse. The Writing
Skills Laboratory is located in the
Morehouse Medical School
trailer. There are able tutors avail
able to help students Monday
through Friday from nine until
five. The program is connected
with the English and Linguistics
department. If a student is having
difficulty in any aspect of gram
mar, punctuation or organization
the writing lab has just what the
student needs to improve or cor
rect the problem. Although mainly
geared toward the freshman class,
the program will accept students of
all classifications. Through taped
instruction, lectures, and work
shops the student is bound to be
helped through the writing skills
laboratory. Mrs. Gloster hopes
that through the participation of
the students and the cooperation of
the faculty the program will con
tinue sucessfully. Help yourself by
allowing the program to be of ser
vice.
The Maroon Tiger
Mrs. Beulah Gloster
Honors Program Bogun At Morehouse
By Duane Cooper
An honors program for More
house College was initiated last fall
to provide good students with a
setting in which they can grow
intellectually and, develop their
potential abilities as fully as.possir.
ble. Several freshmen were chosen
to compose the “pilot group” of
honors students.
The current Honors Program
students are Glenn Arnold, Rod
ney Coleman, Duane Cooper,
Darius Crenshaw. Harvey Fields.
Jimmy Green, Jonathan Jefferson,
Archie Mever, . Charles Reece.
Darryl Tookes, and Michael
Troup.. These students were
selected to represent a cross-
section of the better records of
entering freshmen. A list of top
freshmen will be acquired at the
end of this school year, and those
not already in the Honors Program
will be givqn the opportunity to
join.
Elaine Thomas, one of the
nation’s foremost experts on the
life and significance of George
Washington Carver, was a major
speaker at the 35th annual George
Washington Carver Luncheon at
the William Penn Hotel in Pitts
burgh, January 5.
The event, sponsored by
National Achievement Clubs, was
the highlight of national obser
vance of the first week in January
as George Washington Carver
Week.
Ms. Thomas, currently Chair
man of the Art Department at Tus-
kegee Institute in Alabama where
Carver once taught, was curator of
the George Washington Carver
Museum at Tuskegee from 1962-
1977. She also is Chairperson of
the Tuskegee Insititute National
Historic Site Committee, and last
year unvielded the Carver Bust at
the enshrinement of Dr. Carver at
the Great Americans Hall of Fame.
As a small child, Ms. Thomas
remembers meeting Dr. Carver-,
and her early impressions played a
large role in influencing her efforts
to memorialize the man who often
is called the “Peanut Wizard” for
Dr. Robert Brisbane, director of
the, Honors Program and advisor
to the students, describes the honor
student as “a man who is not satis
fied with anything less than excel
lence. He is devoted to excellence
and to high scholarship....A man
who wants to excel in his studies is
a man who is likely to want to want
to try to excel in everything else
after he leaves here.”
Honors sections have been
established in English Composi
tion and Precaiculus. and with a
few exceptions, the , honors stu
dents are enrolled in both sections:
In these classes, students are
encouraged to adventure with
ideas in open discussion.
In the Honors English section
taught by Professor Anne Watts,
work is more intensive, the stu
dents cover more material, and
essays are longer and deal with
subject matter more complex than
that usually handled on the fresh-
his scientific efforts to find human
itarian and commerical applica
tions of that product.
Like Carver, Ms. Thomas is a
painter and her works have exhi
bited in numerous states, colleges
and even at the White House in
Washington. As a community
leader she has been recognized for
her work on behalf of senior citi
zens and cultural groups. She is a
panelist on the national Endow
ment of the Arts Advisory Panel in
Washington, D.C., and listed in
Who’s Who of America Women.
Internationally, she has been
acclaimed by the International
Who’s Who in Arts and Antiques
of London.
Ms. Thomas will head a group of
speakers and honorees at the
Carver Luncheon which was insti
gated 35 years ago by the late Alma
Illery, a Pittsburgh woman who
influenced the United States Con
gress to honor Carver with a week,
a stamp and a coin. Dr. Illery of
Pittsburgh’s Hill District also
founded Camp Achievement, an
interracial summer camp near
Connellsville, Pa., which is the
beneficiary of the Carver
man level. The Honors students
assume more responsibility, and
they help develop certain compo
nents of the course.
The Honors Precalculus section
was taught by Professor Calvin
Mannes first semester and is cur
rently instructed by Dr. Arthur
Jones. Dr. Jones says his class will
be dealing with more applications
and greater details than are
handled inthe regularcourse. They
wiil also be exposed to the compu
ter for use in graphing functions.
The Honors faculty has been
very pleased with the high levels of
enthusiasm and performance dis
played. Ms.' Wat'ts says 6'f hfer class,
“I have to do less explaining of sub
ject matter....I have been able to
teach on a more elevated level.”
When the.Honors group separ-,
ates to work in their respective
majors, they will receive assign
ments to correspond to their
Honors standing. The students in
their senior year will be required to
complete an Honors thesis.
Adside from being ah educa
tional adventure for eager stu
dents, the Honors Program can
greatly benefit both the student
and the college. “Being an honor
student enhances a man’s chances
of getting into the graduate school
of his choice,” explains Dr. Bris
bane. “It greatly enhances his abil
ity to go to the top graduate
school~not only admittance, but
also receiving of a graduate fellow
ship.” The Honors Program can
also enhance the public image of
Morehouse as a place where super
ior scholarship is emphasized and
encouraged, and it can assist the
institution in attracting students of
promising academic ability.
Future plans for the program
include “the establishment of an
Honors center with an honors
library, lounge, reading room, and
other appropriate facilities.”
luncheons.
Mrs. Artegious Moncrieff, who
succeeded Dr. Illery as President of
the National Achievement Clubs,
said, “The late Dr. Illery would be
thrilled at the choice of Ms. Tho
mas as Carver speaker, following
such distinguished names as Rev.
Ralph Abernathy, Rev. Leon Sul-
lican, Benjamin Hooks, and Dr.
Martin Luther King, Sr. Like Ms.
Tuskegee Educator
Is Carver Speaker
Page 3
Financial Aid Helps
Morehouse Students
by D. J. McDowell
About 80 percent of the students
at Morehouse College receive
some type of financial aid in the
form of grants, scholarships, loans,
college work-study, or a combina
tion. There is no doubt that many
of these students would not be able
to attend Morehouse or any other
institution of higher learning if
these forms of financial aid were
not available. Next school year,
due to a bill passed by Congress
and signed by President Carter,
students from high income families
are also eligible for the Basic Edu
cational Opportunity Grant Pro
gram (BEOG). You can receive up
to $1,800 toward your college tui
tion with this grant. Every student
at Morehouse should take advan
tage of this opportunity to give
some relif to his family from finan
cial pressures by applying for this
grant.. Students wishing to apply
for the BEOG should fill out a
Financial Aid Form (FAF) and
mail it in as soon as possible.
If you are a Georgia resident,
you are eligible for the Georgia
Tuition Grant which awards stu
dents dp to $600 toward college
tuition and the Georgia Incentative
Scholarship which awards stu
dents up to $450.
You should also consult your
advisor or department head to see
if your department offers scholar
ships. Some departments award
eligible students up to $1,000 per
year towards tuition.
If you do not mind working on
campus between classes, you
should apply for the College
Work-study Program through the
student financial aid office.
You should also consider a loan
if all else fails. There are several
types of student loans available.
For some loans, you can borrow
up to $2,500 per academic year at a
very low interest rate. You do not
have to start payment on these
loans until one year after gradua
tion and you have a minimum of
five years to pay.
Whether your total family
income is 70 thousand dollars a
year or 7 thousand dollars a year.
yOu should consider .some type of
financial aid. Applications and
information on all types of finan
cial aid can be obtained from the
student financial aid office in Hugh
M. Gloster Hall.
Ely, Fleming Address Freshmen
By Duane Cooper
.Two employees,of-the-,FpcjefAL
Aviation Administration (FAA),
Roy Eley and Sam Fleming;'
recently addressed the Morehouse
freshman class concerning career
opportunities in the field of avia
tion. Through a brief film presen
tation and response to questions,
the two men informed their
audience about occupations as
pilots, air traffic controllers,
mechanics, and others.
Eley. who was an aviation cadet
during World employ!
with the FAA as ah aviation safety-
inspector.- He holds-' an ■ airline
transport license and is . a flight
instructor.
Fleming started work with the
FAA as an electronics installer 21
years ago. His present position is as
a General Aviation Electronics
Specialist, but he is also trained as
a small aircraft accident investiga
tor.
Griffin May Not Run For Re-election
by D. J. McDowell The More
house Student Government Asso
ciation President, Gregory Griffin,
informed the Maroon Tiger that he
may not run for re-election as SGA
president. When asked if he will
run for re-election, Griffin replied
“I don’t know.” President Griffin
did give some indication that he
will run again. Befofe he tvillgiVeg
definite answer, he would like to
review all the candidates for the
SGAj)residency.-“L would not like
to see this office go to an incompe
tent fool.” Griffin also said,
“Really, it takes two years to do an
effective job.” When asked what he
will do if he did not run for re-
election this spring, the junior pol
itical science major replied, “I
would like _ to move _on _to_some
other position. I have an eye on the
Maroon Tiger.’’ President Griffin
Thomas, Dr. Illery did much to
preserve the recognition of a great
American and once was given an
honorary degree by Ms.Thomas’
school, Tuskegee Institute.”
Mrs. Moncrieff also announced
that her Carver Committee was
reviewing a number of nationally-
also said that he might go to
Europe and finish writtirig his
book or just settle back into private
life.
Gregory O. Griffin
SGA President
known persons to receive that
national George Washington
Carver Award at the luncheon.
"An old man in love is
like a flower in winter."
Portuguese Proverb