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Sunday, May 18, 1997
VOL. 70, NO. 6
MOREHOUSE COLLEGE; ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Strategies
Our vocation goes
against all
unconnectedness. It
is a call to create the
way again, and
where even the
foundations have
been assaulted and
destroyed, where
restoration has
been made
impossible, simply
to create the way.
We, people of the
fertile time before
these schisms, we,
life's people, people
of the way, trapped
now in our smallest
self, that is our
vocation: to find
our larger, our
healing self, we the
black people.
-Ayi Kwei Armah
Two Thousand
Maynard Jackson
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New Executive Center
Page6
Senior Reflections
Page 10
Black Manhood Debate
Cleve's Sporting Goods
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Morehouse Track
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A Celebration of Black Fatherhood
By Chester Starks, Jr.
Campus News Co-Editor
Sociology professor Larry
Crawford and a core group of
Morehouse students planned
to celebrate fatherhood this
spring. Activities included
games, art, deejays on the
yard, food, and a large
opening ceremony. "We plan
on having everything that we
possibly can," was the reply of
Professor Crawford when
asked about the celebration's
agenda. "We're in the process
of setting up an itenerary and
breaking it down to the
smallest possible chores, and
we're going to set up a list...
[and] ask students to pick
something," he continued.
"We need every student's
help," he emphasized.
They needed every
student's help because they
wanted to celebrate a societal
issue that they feel has been
overlooked: Black men who
are owning up to the task of
being responsible fathers. "I
began to look around and
noticed that there was not a
real, all-out celebration of
fatherhood on this campus,"
Professor Crawford
reminisced. He then explains
how he would see Men of
Morehouse leaving school
because they needed to work
to support their newborn
child, and he saw others
returning to school after a
hiatus that involved taking
care of their child. "To me, that
is a statement of manhood,
where you will put your
education to the side because
you recognize the importance
of making sure that your child
is okay," Crawford said.
Professor Crawford also
gave insight to the name of the
celebration and the goal of it.
"We really haven't come to a
consensus on a proper name,"
he explained. "What it seems
to be going by right now is a
'Celebration of Fatherhood'
because we don't want it to be
limited to Morehouse, we
don't want it to be limited to
anything. If you live in
Ontario, Canada, you'll want
to come to this celebration. We
want you to come."
Regardless of the name,
the fact that the celebration is
taking place created
excitement around campus.
"Everybody was thrilled
about the idea," Professor
Crawford explained. Jazz
Anderson, a student at
Morehouse, agrees with
having a celebration. "We
should celebrate if we're going
to be a father instead of being
squeamish about it," he
offered.
Professor Crawford also
mentioned how one of the
Residence Directors told him
that the celebration would be
good for men who are not
fathers because "they will be
[one day], so they need to start
the celebration early."
Professor Crawford also
mentioned how "I have a wild
... notion that somehow [the
celebration] will convince
some folks not to act like
they've been acting during
Freaknic."
"Everybody's talking
about there aren't any fathers,
[they are not] doing their job,"
Crawford lectures. "[There
are] fathers all over the place
who are doing good stuff.
Let's have a day to celebrate
[those] who are doing ... what
they're supposed to be doing.
I think that Morehouse is the
primary place to do that since
this is a school for Black men."
Photo by VIN
Professor Larry Crawford with his daughter, manifesting the
principle of paternal responsibility .
Terry Manufacturing Donates $100,000 in Stock
By Louis Clotman
Campus News Co-Editor
There is no better
reflection of a school than the
achievements of its alumni.
Ray and Rudolph Terry have
just raised the standards for
Morehouse graduates by
giving Morehouse $100,000 in
preferred stock.
The two brothers, owners
of Terry Manufacturing
Company, pledged the award
to establish the Edwin C.
Moses Endowed Scholarship.
Terry manufacturing is the
nation's leading African-
American owned apparel
manufacturing.
"We are delighted to make
this contribution to our alma
mater, which has meant so
much to our personal and
business success," says Roy
Terry. "We are also especially
pleased to target the
. contribution to the endowed
scholarship fund that honors
our friend, Edwin Moses, who
is now becoming a champion
and role model in the world of
business, just as he was in
track and field."
The goal of the endowed
scholarship fund is $1 million,
and Morehouse President
Walter Massey hopes other
alumni will follow the lead of
the Terry brothers.
"Morehouse is known for
producing leaders in all walks
of life, and Roy and Rudolph
Terry are sterling examples of
that proud tradition," says
Massey. "Through their
generous gift to Morehouse,
the Terrys are setting a high
standard of giving that we
hope other alumni will
emulate."
Morehouse alumni (l. to r.) Roy Terry '66, Rudolph
Terry '69, President Walter E. Massey, and Edwin C.
Moses '78 celebrate the $100,000 kickoff of the Edwin
C. Moses Endowed Scholarship fund.
