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The Maroon Tiger
April 5, 1979
Greek Frats at Morehouse Still Active
by Duane Cooper
Morehouse’s Greek letter frater
nities have recently been active, as
usual, in fund-raising activities,
community projects, and other
social and service events.
The Alpha Phi Alpha Frater
nity, which seeks to instill in its
members versatility, scholarship,
ambition, gentlemanliness, and
tenacity, recently co-sponsored a
benefit basketball game with pro
ceeds going to Deborah Johnson,
the Spelman College senior who
had a leg amputated in January as
the result of a tragic accident. They
defeated Omega Psi Phi, 52-48,
with Michael Cox scoring 23
points for the Alphas, who helped
raise $240 for Deborah. On Valen
tine’s Day, the Alpha Phi Alpha
brothers took candy and valentines
to the residents at the Sadie G.
Mays Memorial Nursing Home.
They participated in the annual
“Toys for Tots” drive at Christ
mastime. On the educational front,
they have worked for the Frederick
Douglass Tutorial Institute, and
they are trying to finance a scholar
ship program to make awards to
students in Black Atlanta high
schools, hopefully to begin next
year.
Phi Beta Sigma, which stresses
Brotherhood, Service, and Scho
larship, has recently sent candy, a
card, and money to Deborah John
son, participated in the annual
March of Dimes Walk-a-thon,
acted as deputy voter registrars,
and sent their line to visit children
in a hospital. They celebrated their
chapter’s Founder’s Day March
29, and they are preparing to host
the regional conference of Phi Beta
Sigma at Paschal’s, April 19-21.
They are also aiding in the forma
tion and settlement of Spelman’s
chapter of their sister' sorority,
Zeta Phi Beta.
Omega Psi Phi, with standards
of Manhood, Scholarship, Persev
erance, and Uplift, has made dona
tions recently towards several
causes. These include $50 toward
the proposed new Atlanta univer
sity Center library, $50 to the Mar
tin Luther King, Jr., Center for
Social Change, and the $50 annual
fee for their NAACP chapter
towards life membership. They
recently sponsored a blood drive
and the Que Cabaret, a fund
raising ball. Morehouse’s Psi chap
ter of Omega Psi Phi won the
display competition at the First
Annual Greek Festival and Extra
vaganza held March 17 at the
Atlanta Civic Center. Their broth
ers from Tennessee State Univer
sity, the Rho Phi chapter, won
first-prize in the “March-down”
Competition.
Alpha Phi Omega strives to
develop leadership, to promote
friendship, and to provide service
to humanity. Among their most
recent activities were sponsorship
of a blood drive, at which Graves
Hall won a keg of beer for having
the highest percentage of donors,
and Sprit Night, a school morale
building competition at the
Morehouse-Morris Brown basket
ball game, where Alpha Phi Alpha
Omega events include visits to
nursing homes and juvenile delin
quent centers, an effort to keep
Morehouse clean, ushering at
assemblies, participation in the Big
Brothers of America, sponsorship
of the THOR unit in visits to the
campuses of Morehouse and Spel
man, contributions to the Muscu
lar Distrophy Association, and
work with project MOVE of the
city of Atlanta, in which they help
restore old homes on Saturdays.
Their main goals presently are to
develop a “lost and found” depart
ment and a student directory.
Vets Will
Lose Gl
Benefits
Approximately 20,000 Vietnam
Era veterans in Georgia will lose
their entitlement to GI Bill benefits
during the next year, according to
the V. A.
VA Regional Office Director V.
Ralph White said the figure repres
ents the total number of veterans
who will have reached the tenth
anniversary of their separation
from military duty. The law pro
vides veterans with a ten-year time
limit to use educational and train
ing benefits.
White said that while some 59
percent of Georgia’s veterans have
used some or all of their Gl Bill
rights, there are thousands who
can still make at least partial use of
their remaining time.
VA estimates that on a nation
wide basis more than half the
number of veterans who have GI
Bill eligibility today will lose in by
1984. “What we’re emphasizing
here,” White said, “is the time fac
tor. To make maximum use of GI
Bill rights a veteran must be aware
of the ten-year limit and get started
well before time runs out.”
A typical Vietnam Era veteran,
for example, might have left the
service in 1973 having earned max
imum training or education entitle
ment. If that same veteran were to
embark on a full-time, four-year
college program, it shoud be
started this year so that it could be
completed by 1983 when the vete
ran’s eligibility expires. In any
event, benefits would be payable
only until the veteran reached the
time limit no matter how far along
the program was.
“There are so many ways the GI
Bill can be adapted to individual
needs and circumstances,” White
said. “I hate to see anyone lose
their rights to this program simply
because they let time slip by.”
Veterans concerned about their
GI Bill benefits status can call the
VA Regional Office in Atlanta toll-
free, using the following numbers:
Atlanta area 881-1776; statewide 1-
800-282-0232.
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Some people once believed
that mountains were formed
by an enormous under
ground serpent moving about.
CUSTOMER INFORMATION FROM GENERAL MOTORS
HOW TO CHOOSE
THE RIGHT SIZE ENGINE
BIGGER ISN’T NECESSARILY BETTER IN NEW, MORE EFFICIENT GM CARS.
The lighter the car, the
less power it takes to move it.
That’s the most important
thing to know when you’re
trying to decide what engine
to order for your car.
The power-to-weight
theory holds true no matter
how you intend to use your
car: city, highway or subur
ban driving; with two passen
gers or six; with a small
trailer or pulling a heavy
boat.
Since we redesigned al
most all our cars to make
them lighter and more effi
cient, the power-to-weight
theory enables us to move
them with smaller engines
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or a small eight-cylinder en
gine instead of a larger op
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compacts to be introduced
this spring follow the same
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To help you choose an
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It is an engine that provides
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GM Owner’s Manual. And
remember, please, that small
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Take that test drive. Drive
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Decide for yourself.
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