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A Message for Founders Day
n 1867, in the basement of Springfield Baptist Church
what we know presently as Morehouse College was
founded. For more than one hundred years Morehouse has
trained young black minds for leadership. More than that,
she has taken the muted mouths of the suffering and
articulated a peoples cause through such notables asMartin
Luther King, Jr., Lerone Bennett,Julian Bond and countless
others. For some she has been a refuge from the devastating
tempest of oppression. Some look towards her in search of a
consensus in Blackness and a peoples positive aim. But
whatever she is to you, remember her and rally around her,
warm yourselves of her; for this “house” must be a home, a
place to reinvigorate the worn and weary minds that
motivate the vivid browns and hues that color this zealous
flesh.
— The Tiger Staff
The Maroon Tiger
“The Voice Of Freedom
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Volume 57, Number 3
Morehouse College
February 17, 1982
Campus Observes 115th Anniversary
Edition Dedicated
to Founders
by Samuel Bacote, III
Associate Editor
The Maroon Tiger dedicates
this edition to the founders’ of
Morehouse College. They were
Richard C. Coulter, a slave of
Augusta, Georgia; Reverend
Edmund Turney, also founder of
the National Theological In
stitute in Washington, D.C.; and
William Jefferson White; a
minister gnd cabinetmaker.
Many persons refer to White as
the sole founder of this institu
tion, and even the College will
observe February 18 as
“Founder’s Day.” But, due to
other findings it has been es
tablished that there were three
founders. White, however, is
due most credit.
William Jefferson White was
born to an Indiam woman and a
white man in 1831. It was not
unlikely to have such a combina
tion, for many white men
selected Indian women to bear
their children. Though these
children were not considered
slaves, they found it difficult to
be accepted. White’s mother was
an Indian who had married a
black man. A white neighbor
kidnapped White’s mother one
day, took her to Ohio, and
impregnated her with William
Jefferson. She later managed to
escape and return tp Augusta
and her husband, but she named
the child after his white father.
cont. pg. 2
William J. White
We ‘Sweat’ As One
by Eric F. Maxie
The sweat of black men built this
country. We are and have been laborers.
Sweating black minds built this house.
Who are we? — "We have come treading
a path through the blood of the
slaughtered.” My brothers, do you sweat?
Are you still black or are your mind
images of ease, of leaving parents behind
and children so far in the future that they
never come or they never do some
sweating of their own. Black businessmen
sweat. You've got to have a big heart to be
a businessman and be black. I have seen
small black consumers who make black
businessmen sweat, however. You can't
sell yourself out. You can’t sell
Morehouse out. Morehouse sweats. We
sweat at Morehouse. We sweat together.
We are black people.
(Photo by Williams)
On Thursday, February 11th, the
College family celebrated Hope-
Archer Day. Pictured are President
Archer’s son, Mr. Nelson T. Archer,
and daughter-in-law of President
Archer, Mrs. Thelma Archer. Both
were present during the observance.
Senator Nunn to
Address Conventiuon
The Honorable Sam Nunn, Democratic
Senator from the State of Georgia, will be the
featured speaker at Morehouse College’s
115th Founder’s Day Convocation at 11:00
a.m., on Thursday, February 18, 1982, in the
Martin Luther King, Jr. International
Memorial Chapel on the College campus.
The public is cordially invited to attend.
There is no charge for admission.
Sam Nunn was first elected to the United
States Senate in 1972 to fill the unexpired
term of the late Senator Richard B. Russell,
and a full six-year term of his own. In 1978, he
was re-elected to a second term, with an
overwhelming 84 percent of the vote.
Prior to his election to the Senate, he
served in the Georgia FJouse of Represen
tatives as a delegate from Houston County
for two terms, 1968-1972.
Senator Nunn's previous Wahington ex
perience included one year of service as
legal counsel to the House Armed Services
Committee, 1962-1963, before returning to
Perry, Georgia to practice f^yv.
Senator Nunn is the ranking minority
member on the Senate’s Manpower and
Personnel Subcommittee of the Armed
Services Committee. He is also the ranking
minority member on the Permanent Sub
committee on Investigations of the
Governmental Affairs Committee.
Born in Perry, Georgia, Sam Nunn attend
ed Georgia Tech, 1956-1959 and graduated
with honors from the Emory University
School of Law in 1962.
McIntyre to Address Founders Banquet
Edward McIntyre
The Honorable Edward
Marlow McIntyre,Sr.,'56,Mayor
of the City of Augusta, Georgia
will be the featured speaker at
Morehouse College’s 115th
Founder’s Day Banquet. The
Banquet will be held in the
Walter R. Chivers Dining Hall on
the Morehouse campus on
Saturday, February 20, 1982, at
7:00 p.m. Tickets for the occasion
are $8.00 per person.
Mayor McIntyre is the 1977
recipient of the "Distinguished
Son of Morehouse College
Award” in recognition of Out
standing Achievements in
Business and Government.
Edward McIntyre was ap
pointed by Governor George
Busbee to serve on the State
Commission on Compensation.
He served two terms as a
member of the Richmond Coun
ty (Augusta, Georgia) Board of
Commissioners. He is a former
Board member of the National
Association of Counties. He is a
founder and first President of the
Georgia Association of Black
Elected Officials. In addition, he
is a member of over 30 civic and
professional organizations.
Mayor McIntyre is a 1956
graduate of Morehouse College.
He has attended Paine College
and Fort Valley State College.
Mayor McIntyre has done
graduate work at Atlanta Univer
sity and Columbia University. He
holds the Honorary Doctor of
Laws Degree from the Augusta
Law School, and the Honorary
Doctor of Humane Letters
Degree from Faith College in
Birmingham, Alabama.
Also, as a part of theFounder’s
Day celebration,Morehousewill
hold its annual Parents Day
activities, beginning at 9:00 a.m..
on Saturday. February 20, 1982.
Parents Day affords parents and
guardians of Morehouse
students an opportunity to meet
with administrators, faculty, and
student leaders.