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October 30, 1982/The Maroon Tiger/Page 3
Concert Postponed Until Next Spring
By Robert White
By the decision of the Student Council,
Morehouse will not have a Homecoming
Concert, although there will be other
concerts during the year.
SGA Pres. Gregory Groover reported
that the primary reason there will not be a
de facto Homecoming concert was finan
cial. He informs, “the Student Council
decided at its September 29 meeting to
postpone the annual concert until the
Spring Festival. This decision was made
primarily because of budgetary restraint
and planning.
Groover explained further, “One of the
unfortunate facts we observe every year is
that our SGA attempts to put on a
homecoming concert (costing anywhere
from $7,500 to $10,000) in addition to
other activities. As a result, the entire
budget is swallowed in that one week and
nothing is left for the second semester.
This year our budget, ($18,000) will be
evenly divided between semesters.”
Although there will not be a homecom
ing concert per se, there will be many
other Homecoming activities and other
concerts during the year.
Groover stated, “It’s a different
Homecoming, primarily due to the fact
that, for the first time, we have various
campus organizations coming together to
produce perhaps the most 'universal'
homecoming celebration ever.”
“Prior to this year, the entire respon
sibility for the annual Homecoming
festivities rested upon the shoulder of the
Student Government Association. This
year, however, we have especially
welcomed and broadened the par
ticipatory role of the major clubs and
organizations on campus.”
As Groover explained, the participation
of the campus organizations has resulted
in an extensive list of homecoming
activities — directed this year by Everett
Darby, a junior Biology major from
Houston, Texas.
Among the festivities of the Homecom
ing Week were a concert by the
Atlanta Gospel Movement, sponsored by
the Christian Ministries. Following this
. kickoff concert was a “Battle of the States
Talent Show” (the State Clubs), a perfor
mance by the acclaimed dance troupe,
The African Dance Ensemble (the Inter
national Students Association), and the
Homecoming Bonfire and pep rally (the
freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior
■ classes.)
And, of course, there is the traditional
Coronation, homecoming parade, foot
ball game (vs. Miles College), and the
Homecoming Ball. Altogether,
Homecoming Week did not suffer for lack
of the annual concert.
The SGA President concluded firmly
and cheerfully, “I personally feel that the
Student Council made a positive and well
- thought out decision.
Debate At Morehouse
Candidates Bell, Harris Say “No”
By Wendell Williams
(R) Bob Bell and (D) Joe
Frank Harris have refused to
debate each other at
Morehouse before the
November 2 gubernatorial
election.
The Maroon Tiger con
tacted each candidate by mail
and phone in mid-
September, extending in
vitations to appear and
debate each other at
Morehouse.
When the campaign head
quarters of each candidate
was contacted by the Maroon
Tiger on September 14, cam
paign assistants for both can
didates said that their respec
tive candidates had not made
out their campaign schedules
for late October.
However, each insisted that
they would contact the
Maroon Tiger at a later date to
confirm or deny October 18
or 25 for a possible debate.
A Harris campaign official
later contacted the Maroon
Tiger to say that candidate
Harris had “previous
engagements’’ and,
therefore, would not par
ticipate in the debate.
The Bell campaign,
however, failed to contact the
Maroon Tiger either by
phone or mail.
When contacted by phone
on October 1, Bell officials
cited “previous engage
ment,” and indicated that
Bell, like Harris, would not
participate in the debate.
Attempts by the Maroon
Tiger to contact Bell and
Harris personally have proven
futile.
Bell, 53 and a native Atlan
tan, has made as his major
issue the formation of a
statewide investigative grand
jury to probe drugs, corrup
tion and organized crime in
Georgia.
Harris, 45 and a native of
Carterville, has made the
defining of basic quality
education and ways of finan
cing the program by the state
his major platform proposal.
Editor’s Note: Anyone in
terested in learning the
respective candidates’ stances
on key issues before
Tuesday's election can come
by the Maroon Tiger office.
Hornsby Completes Research
By Keith LaRue
Managing Editor
Dr. Alton Hornsby, the Chair
man of the History Department,
is involved in a research project
concerning the history of blacks
in public education in Atlanta.
The project began, Dr.
Hornsby says, eight years ago. A
group of six Morehouse
professors decided to come
together to do a comprehensive
study of black politics,
economics, education and
business in Atlanta. Dr. Hornsby
explained that the project waned
due to lack of funds.
Nevertheless, in 1977, Dr.
Hornby decided to embark on
the particular area of public
education in Atlanta, alone and
without funding. Shortly after his
iniation of the project, he
applied and received a grant of
$20,000 from the Rockefeller
foundation. “This is a tribute to
Morehouse,” Dr. Hornsby says,
“because no black has received a
grant from the fundation to this
date.” The grant allows research
for one year, but at the begin
ning of 1978 funds ran out.
During the period of 1978 to 1980
the project was without funds
however, Dr. Hornsby con
tinued to seek money in the
necessary places. In 1981, the
Professor Hornsby - Photo by Edwin Williams
next organization to fund the
project was the United Negro
College Fund. They awarded Dr.
Hornsby $3500 to continue
through the summer. After the
UNCF money was exhausted, the
project was funded by the
National Endowment for the
Humanitiesfrom January to June,
the second semester of the past
school year. Following this grant,
the American Council of Learn
ed Societies awarded Dr.
Hornsby $3000for the summer of
’82.
It should be noted that the
National Endowment for the
Humanities and the Council of
Learning Society are grants that
few black college professors
receive.
Dr. Hornsby says, “The project
is about finished.” He expects
the research to “culminate In a
few articles and eventually a
book.” The book has already
attracted a few publishers.
Dr. Hornsby is a native Atlan
tan. He received his Ph.D. at the
University of Texas. He is
presently the Editor of The
Journal of Negro History.
Selective Service
Wastes Taxpayers Money
Black Graduates
Becoming A Rare Breed
The Central Committee for Conscien
tious Objectors, the nation’s largest draft
counseling agency, charged the Selective
Service with wasting taxpayers' money by
planning to mail a quarter of a million
letters to suspected non - registrants in an
effort to enforce a non - enforceable
registration.
“The federal courts handle about 30,000
cases a year at this time,” stated Jim
Feldman, attorney at CCCO. “So far, only
eight of these cases have involved non -
registrants. There is no way the courts can
handle hundreds of thousands of new
cases.”
The names of these suspected draft
resisters are obtained by matching Selec
tive Service registration lists with Social
Security Administration files. IRS then
mails the letters. The first mailing has been
sent to 33,000 men. Roscoe L. Egger, Jr.,
Commissioner of IRS,only plans to turn
over 200 addresses to the Selective Service
out of those who don’t respond to the
warning letter because it seems unlikely
the Justice Department could prosecute
more than that number.
“People who receive these letters, or
have questions concerning non - registra
tion clearly need more information which
CCCO can give them," attorney Feldman
said. CCCO has started a list of people
interested in non - registration. Accor
ding to the General Accounting Office,
over 700,000 men haven’t registered. “We
believe many are refusing to sign up as a
protest to war and American militarism,”
Feldman stated.
“It is important that these men are kept
informed, so they can make educated
decisions.” Feldman also said it was
especially important that people who
work with young men on this issue be
kept up to date.
By Wendell Williams
Morehouse graduating seniors should
be aware that black graduate students are
fast becoming an endangered species,
according to a report recently released by
the National Advisory Committee on
Black Higher Education and Black
Colleges and Universities.
The percentage of blacks studying at
the graduate level reached a peak in 1975
and has been steadily falling ever since,
the report says.
By 1979, only 5.7% of all graduate
students were black, a level close to that
of the early 70’s.
According to the report, reasons for the
postgraduate decline are varied and
complex. Finances remain the principal
barrier to blacks, and their share of an
ever - smaller pool of public and private
aid is becoming smaller, the report says.
Other obstacles to higher black
graduate enrollment include a high
secondary school drop - out rate, school
counselors who steer youths away from
academic careers, a high under - graduate
attrition rate, and graduate school admis
sion criteria that depend heavily on high
standardized test scores.
While black graduate enrollment is
down, the report says that black un
dergraduate enrollment is on the in
crease nationwide.
The report goes on to say that in com
parison to blacks, foreign students and
other minorities receive a much higher
percentage of scientific research
fellowships and teaching or research
assistantships.
The report found that blacks relied
more heavily on their own earnings or the
C.l. bill,and on federal and commercial
loans than foreign students, whites and
other minorities.