Newspaper Page Text
March 3, 1982/The Maroon Tiger/Page 2
Senator Sam Nunn Recieves Honorary Doctorate
Stating that “America is faced with a
crisis of staggering proportions/’ United
States Senator Sam Nunn addressed a
crowd of approximately 1,200 faculty,
staff, students, alumni, and friends of
Morehouse College at the 115th birthday
celebration of the Atlanta institution.
Bulletin Briefs
Oliver Rahn Delk, Director of
Governmental Affairs at Morehouse
College, is one of twenty - five
professional advancement officers at
predominantly black colleges to be
selected in philosophy, principles, and
techniques of institutional advancement.
This is a Ford Foundation funded In
ternship.
Mr. Delk, who will receive instruction
in the areas of Foundation and Corporate
Fund - Raising, has the responsibility of
developing an action plan for the ad
vancement
* * * *
Two Atlanta University campus police
officers were arrested and charged with
false imprisonment of four teenage girls
after they allegedly kidnapped the girls.
One of the officers was charged with
attempted rape, for he forced one of the
girls to disrobe and then handcuffed her
to a bed.
* * * *
The Ralph McGill Scholarship Fund is
offering scholarships for he 1982 - 83
school year of up to $1,500 each to
students who (1) have completed at least
two years of college; (2) have roots in the
South; and (3) plan to pursue a life - long
career in journalism in the South.
Applications may be obtained from:
The Ralph McGill Scholarship Fund, Box
4689, Atlanta, GA 30302. Deadline is May
1st.
* * * *
Senator Nunn, at the outset of his
address, cited Morehouse for its “innova
tion, creativity, adaptability, and ex
cellence” in meeting the needs of
students and society. He added, “The
period since 1940 has been marked by
great progress under the leadership of Dr.
Benjamin E. Mays and currentMorehouse
President Dr. Hugh M. Gloster. Since
1967, under Dr. Gloster, Morehouse has
added fifteen new majors, has added ten
administrative departments, and con
ducted a successful $20 million capital
funds campaign." Citing the Morehouse
record, Senator Nunn added,
“Morehouse has a faculty in which 67%
hold the Ph.*D. degree and 56% of the
graduates go on to graduate school."
He concluded, “Morehouse is not
stranger to adversity and pressure ...
Morehouse graduates have shaped and
let the way in America’s quest for human
dignity ... We need the Morehouse
leadership and initiatives... to (help) meet
the challenge of education currently
facing this country.”
Following his formal presentation, Dr.
Hugh M. Gloster, President of
Morehouse College, conferred the
honorary Doctor of Laws degree upon
Senator Nunn. In making the presenta
tion, President Gloster stated, “Because of
your achievements and power in the
Senate, you are regarded as one of the
best informed and most influential
Senators in the fields of national defense
and international relations; and you have
been designated as one of the ten most
effective Senators and as a possible
futture candidate for the presidency of
the United States.”
Greetings were brought to the Con
vocation audience by Dr. Calvin Brown, a
member of the Morehouse Board of
Trustees, Charlie Moreland, President of
the Morehouse National Alumni Presi
dent, Dr. Willis J. Hubert, Academic Dean,
and Roderick Edmonds, President of the
Junior Class, representing the Morehouse
Student Government Association. All
these men pledged to “continue efforts to
provide the very best for the current and
future students at Morehouse College."
Members of administrative staff place hood on Nunn (Photo by Killiam)
McIntyre Keynotes Founder’s Day Banquet
stating, “In spite of all our
problems, we must take a two -
pronged approach to first deal
with Mr. Reagan and second to
deal with ourselves.”
In introducing Mayor McIn
tyre to the banquet audience,
Morehouse President Dr. Hugh
M. Gloster stated, “Ed McIntyre
• is going to put Augusta on,,the
map. In a city with a majority
white voting population, Ed
received 47.56% of the vote in
the general election, and 55.6%
in the run - off.”
Edward McIntyre
The Honorable Edward M.
McIntyre, '56, Mayor of the city
of Augusta, Georgia, challenged
a Morehouse College Banquet
audience to convene a forum on
the College’s campus “to plan an
agenda for the progress of black
people. We must invite all
national black leaders to ... sit
down and say, What are the
fields and professions that will
need our people. What kind of
business should we be going
into.”
At the 115th anniversary of the
founding of Morehouse, Mayor
McIntyre stated, “We need to
give ouryourtg people direction.
We must establish a program to
fight society and Washington
and get what is rightfully ours. If
we don't, we will find ourselves
back on poor rolls and welfare.
We can do anything if we try, but
we need a national agenda. We
ought to ask the Lord for
strength, wisdom, and the ability
to get those things done for
ourselves."
Mayer McIntyre concluded by
AUC Students At Alabama Rally
by Wendell Williams
About 80 students from the Atlanta
University Centers participated in the last
six miles of the Selma to Montgomery
march on Thursday, February 18.
The students participated in a march
which called for an extention of the 1965
Voting Rights Act.
The march, led by the Rev. Joseph
Lowry, President of the Southern Chris
tian Leadership Conference, began on
February 6, in Carrollton, Alabama. A
hundred or so marchers made the 170 -
mile trek, through rain and cold.
An estimated 4000 marchers made the
final six mile journey through the streets
of Montgomery up to the Capitol. A last -
minute compromise that Thursday mor
ning avoided a possible confrontation
between marchers and police. The com
promise allowed the march to retrace the
original path blazed by Martin Luther
King, Jr. in 1965.
In addition to seeking an extension of
the 1965 Voting Rights Act, the march was
held to call attention to the plight of one
Maggie Bozeman and Julia Wilder, both
of whom were sentenced to jail terms
after being convicted in 1979 by an all -
white Pickens County jury of voter fraud.
Miss Bozeman, 51, and Miss Wilder, 61,
were found guilty of illegally filling out 39
absentee ballots for elderly, illiterate
blacks in a 1978 county election.
According to sources within the
Alabama Sate government, both women
are likely to be parol led within six months.
Herpes May Be A Problem
by George G. Alexander
The AUC may have a herpes problem
among its residents. Recently, herpes -
which is considered an incurable disease -
has become the topic of many conver
sations within the AUC. Representatives
of the infirmaries located at Morehouse,
Spelman, Clark, and Morris Brown were
asked about the status of such cases at
each institution. All representatives
replied that no cases had been reported at
their resepctive schools. However, a slight
contradiction arises when the nurse from
Clark College stated: “Although I do not
wish to speak of such cases at Clark, I can
say that several cases have been reported
within the Atlanta University Center com
plex.”
Herpes enters the body when one
comes into intimate contact with the body
of another who is infected. A herpes
simplex infection takes the form of sores
on or around the lips, mouth, or face. In
the case of genital herpes, sores may
appear around the genital region. If a
student feels that herpes may have been
contracted, this help number is available:
(800) 227-8922
Lift every voice and sing
Till earth and heaven ring
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;
“Bill”
A Victim Of The Street
Special Investigative Series
Part III
By Samuel Bacote III
The boy’s of Grant park are part of a
much larger band of. hopefuls who
come to Atlanta each year to make
their fortune. Like so many, they soon
find out that the glitter of Gran park is
not that of gold, but the glare of the
bright lights blinds many of them to the
realities of their existence.
The crisis of identity may last for
many of these boys well into their
twenties and even longer. Responding
to the growing pains of adolescence
these teenagers are not equipped to
adequately deal with tension and
frustration. It is also at this time that
sexual urges are at their height and that
tneir earlier relationship with the
parent of the same sex becomes
crucial. Searching for a way to
establish their : dentity, the boys try out
various roles but the, scope and range
of choice they are offered can be
confusing and bewildering,
Getting out of male prostitution is
bound up for a boy with getting away
from Grant park. It is at first more a
matter of distancing himself psy
chologically from this environment
rather than in a strictly physical sense.
It is important forhimto no longer feel
attached to the way of life he used to
lead or part of the continuing scene
there;so that he will not be exposed to
the temptation of lapsing back to his
former existence. This could happen if
he is not successful in gaining im
mediately an alternative avenue of
continued on page 8