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March 12, 1954
Wolverine Observer
Page 3
What Our
Organizations
Are Doing
By L. M. Terry
MBC Personnel, Guidance How at Top Level Activities of the Faculty
By Joe McKenzie and Students
Note: Joe McKenzie, former editor of the Wolverine Observer joined j Mrs. Louise T. Hollowell, advisor
and worked for the Atlanta Daily World staff prior to his going to the ) °f Gamma Gamma .Chapter of Al-
Armed Service. He is now stationed in Texas. j P aa Kappa Alpha Sorority, was a
delegate from the graduate chapter
With a view toward more effectively meeting the individual and . to the National Boule which was
group needs of its students, Morris Brown College has integrated a , held in St, Louis, Missouri, Decem-
personnel and guidance program into its administrative structure. her 26-30.
Student of the Month
By Charlotte Davis
There comes a time in an indi
vidual’s life that he meets someone
who is worthy of being called
“grand” in every respect. This has
happened to those of us who have
TT ,, ,, , , „ met Mr. Linton Powell, and we are
Mrs. Hollowell attended all ses- made the better because of ;t Tt is
The new program will function m sions 0 f the Boule and participated because of this that he has' been
tary; Mrs. Gladys L. Porter, Trea- ^even areas: Orientation Counsel- in the Undergraduate Work Shop. se!ec . te d
surer; John W. Tunstall, Business This project proved to be an inter- sr .on!h.
as the student of the
Manager; Leroy L. Ferguson, Edi-
tor-in-Chief of the “Brownite.”
Prof. A. J. Lockhart and Mrs.
Louise T. Hollowell, Advisors.
Student Aid, Health, Religious Life, esting one for undergraduate advis- j
and Alumni Relations. ; ors and delegates who wanted to
A Very Friendly Person
.. , If you are like most of us, vour
of personnel and guid- ; £ 8 curiosity was aroused when ^ in-
The students majoring and mi
noring in Business Administration
Secretarial Science met and
ance, with Edward J. Odum as Dean stren ’„ then undergraduate activities
of Students, aids students in the. strengthen undergraduate activities
change from high school to college.'
on college campuses.
. , Q . . t also, said one spokesman, seeks: thSS^S^reti^d W
and Secretarial Science met and to develop students capable of mac a P
agreed to change the name of the true and creative responses to life: fulfou^L^^cltributing to
Commercia! Club to the Junior situations through counsel and the j N f tional Rejects, such as AnLi-
-usiness League of Morris Brown utilization of community resources,
college. Its officers are as follows: .
,,1SS Solona Thomas, President; I The proposed organization of the
The Parnassion Club, under the
supervision of Dr. Hill, has begun
its activities for the second semes
ter. At the first meeting on Febru
ary 8, the following officers were
elected: President, Payton M.
Sims; Vive-president, Barbara Per
due; Secretary, Janice Perry;
Treasurer, Harriet Baisden, Re
porter, Lizzie M. Terry.
The League Fellowship of the
College Church selected February
14th and February 21st as the dates
for presentation of its annual
Kollege Kourtship Klinic. On Sun
day February 14, the panel leaders
Br. C. B. Copher of Clark College
and our own Mr. W. F. Payne; the
subject was College Courtship.
After the speakers had delivered
their addresses, there was a ques
tion and answer period during
which time one student asked if it
were wise to go steady before 21.
Mr. Payne replied “no” and ex
plained his reasons to w’-’Mi the
student replied, “That’s all right
from a biological point of view,
but not from a practical one.” On
Sunday, February 21, the subject
was College Courtship and Model
Marriages. The panel leaders were
Mr. Alphonso Jessie and Mrs. John
H. Lewis both from Morris Brown
College.
.Mss Carrie Stokes, Vice-president;
miss Patricia Johnson, Secretary;
md Miss Priscilla Walker, reporter.
Mr. A. L. Jessie, Mr. J. T. Ratliff,
and Mrs. 0. B. Waller are sponsors.
The English Club and the Junior
Business League under the spon
sorship of Mrs. Louise Hollowell
and Mrs. O. B. Waller presented
a Musical Silver Tea in our College
Chapel Sunday, February 28, 1954.
It was a very gala affair. Cash
awards were given to holders of
lucky tickets; local talents were
featured.
The Heading Club announces the
election of officers for the second
semester. They are: President, Otha
Dupree; Vice-president, Helen
Greer; Secretary, Eloise Gibbs;
Asst. Secretary, Margaret Phillips;
Business Manager, Harris Battey;
Program Chairman, Margaret
Johnson.
You will hear more from the
Reading Club at a later date.
The Southeastern region meeting
of the NAACP was held in Savan
nah, Georgia on February 26-28.
Our College Chapter which is a part
of the Atlanta Council of the
NAACP, participated. Plans are
also being made for the annual
membership drive in March. Miss
Hortense Stanback recently at
tended a meeting of the NAACP
in Washington, D. C.
A dance was given by the Sci
ence Club in the College Gymn
Saturday night, February 13. The
purpose of this dance was to raise
money for Founders’ Day. Each
girl, upon entering, was presented
with a Valentine containing a num
ber. The corresponding number
to that of the Valentine was drop
ped in a box. Later, as several num
bers were drawn, girls holding the
matching numbers were presented
with boxes of candy.
The Senior Class of Morris Brown
College has been working for the
past few months on the “Brownite”
and other projects which will be
presented this year. Pictures have
been made of the freshmen, sopho
more, junior, and senior classes.
The class has been striving to
perfect the scholarship of the en
tire student body by helping those
who need help in the various fields
of endeavor. The officers of the
Senior Class are listed as follows:
Charles W. Westbrooks, President;
Andy C. Lewter, Vice-president;
Payton M. Sims, Secretary; Mrs.
Ethel J. Brooks, Assistant Secre-
The Veterans at Morris Brown
Brown College have set up an or
ganization on the campus to en
able each veteran to know his rights
under the GI and Korean Bills. This
jiganization is in the form of a
_iuD called the “Vets Club.” Meet-
.ngs are held each Wednesday at
io:t)0 A.M. in Room 102.
There are many projects under
lay; the most important of which
are participation in the Founders’
-my wive, projects for stimulating
more veterans to oecome a part ol
-lie organization, and social activi
ties. me smgan lor tne senool year
ryod-04 is “Striving For rsecter
nducation. '
The officers of the Veterans Club
aie: mr. Douglas McKinnon, Presi-
itiiij i.ir. Rudolph Harrison, vice-
p.esiutnt; Miss Joan Harbin, sec
retary; Mr. Percy Frazier, assist-
di.i secretary; Mr. John Logan, re
cording secretary; Mr. Payton Sims,
maplam; Mr. Robert Lockette,
business manager; and Mr. Jesse
Wyatt, treasurer.
Faculty advisors are: Rev. E. J.
Ouom, Mr. Edward Bowman, Rev.
Samuel H. Giles, Mr. Alphonso Jes
sie, Mr. Willie Payne, and Mr.
judge Rowley.
new office places it directly account
able to the president.
Plans have been made to provide
students with a Student Union
Building, thereby aiding the pro
gram of the personnel and guidance
office. The office will also place
more emphasis on the necessity of
dormitory facilities.
According to Dr. A. N. Whiting,
Dean of the College, “The newly
created office is a significant addi
tion to the program of the college.
It is one of a series of changes
which will be made in the student
related nature as the year’s pro
gresses.”
The new department head, Ed
ward ,J. Odum, is a graduate of Mor
ris Brown and has served in the
same capacity at Wilbeforce Uni
formed that a sightless person had
been accepted for admission to
Morris Brown College. Pictures had
perhaps formed in your mind as to
what he would be like. Various
analyses had been contemplated
only to be happy disillusioned when
„ - a a,- h tv i you discovered in him a very jovial
can Council on Human Rights Pro- and well adjusted person. Upon ap-
jects, Health and Scholaiship. i proaching him, you found that he
t> T t. - - ,, , , was unusually friendly, catering to
Rev John A Middleton attended) wish ivi £’ si ht on \is
the Annual Howard U Diversity j Hfe and the ’ d j ust ments that he has
School of Religion Convocation ac-! p , . J
tivities in Washington, November | na Thi ' • p roffre ^
3-5, 1953. The theme of the meet-: , -»»- p
; ’ was ‘“Church and Pastoral I Although handicapped, Mr. Pow-
mg was Lnuicn ana rasroiai p , made tremendous nrno-ress
Care.” The main lectures were giv- “ a “f e tiemendous progiess.
u n Trn „ tt ; f His adjustment to the situation is
en by Dr. Eitzen of the University U,, ,, ,,, H
of California; Dr. Carol Wise of remarkable — tiuly remarkable. He
Garrett Biblical Institute; and Dr. bas learned to accept life just as it
Mordecai Johnson, President of ’ s ’ and h V S 7
Howard University. bard bo make the best of 0bsei T-
J mg his gay manner, we are made
Dr. Wise and Dr. Eitzen both happier to‘know that life is not all
stressed understanding people as a world of darkness for him. Per-
the first step in helping them. Dr. ba P s y° a °F l*We *»y have
Johnson’s address was on the thera- ! helped to shed a little light his way.
peutic values in the message of ^. so - we are ha PP ler because of
Jesus Christ. Dr. Johnson pointed thls -
If you have not shed any light in
his life, meet Mr. Linton Powell,
who graduated from the Macon
Academy for the Blind with second
out that it was the Gospel which
was preached to Negro people as
slaves that enabled them to sur-
jwrsrsjui h. », -
Arts degree at Columbia University j |jry tte race'wodd^awdie/a I the , Sophomore class, Philosophy
physical death. The Reverend Mid- and Religion Major, member of the
dleton represented Morris Brown i Lyceum, Council and
College and Turner Theological Se- j the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. H
minary among delegates from over , 1S a living example of an individual
two hundred other institutions. ' overcoming obstacles with progress.
These and other reasons make him
and the Bachelor of Divinity degree
from the Yale University Divinity
School.
He served two years as one of two
Negro Chaplains in the United
States Navy and attained the rank
of Lieutenant Junior Grade.
servance of Negro History Week,
presented Attorney A. T. Walden
during a special chapel program.
Attorney Walden, in a rousing
speech, urged students to excel in
their field of concentration. It is
in this way, and in this way only,
The faculty and student body , worthy of being called the “Student
welcomed the recent visit of one of , °P Gie Month. Maybe his motto
could be summarized from excerpts
of the 23rd Psalm, “The Lord is my
Shepherd; I shall not want ... I
will fear no evil for thou art with
me; thy rod and thy staff they
comfort me.”
our graduates in the person of Mr.
Charles Cortez Collins who is now
a student in Paine Seminary at
Wilberforce University, Xenia,
Ohio. Everyone enjoyed his inter
pretation of Poe’s Haven on the
stage of our chapel.
D r. Frank Cunningham attended
,. , -... , , , , the American Philosophical Asso-
that we will be able to c p ciation (Eastern Division) at the
on an international level. - - —
Gamma Zeta Chapter of Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority sponsored
Morris Brown’s own Mr. W. C.
Hobbs as its guest artist at the
piano.
Gamma Zeta holds her own with
three of its members initiated into
Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society;
Eloise Moore, Barabar Perdue, and
Juanita Williams.
Delta Sigma Theta observed its
41st anniversary recently. Gamma
Zeta attended morning worship
University of Rochester in Ro
chester, New York, December 28-
30. Discussions centered around the
general topic “Academic Freedom,
Logic and Religion.” Out of ap
proximately four hundred members,
only four Negro Institutions were
represented. These included Howard
University, Florida Agricultural
and Mechanical University, Morgan
State College, and Morris Brown
College.
Mr. Edward Bowman and Mr.
Alphonso Jessie represented Lamb-
^c e nr^ther»tc=
and a banquet at Clark College by
way of celebration. The banquet
was attended by the three chapters
of Delta: Iota Sigma, Sigma and
Gamma Zeta.
Gamma Zeta regrets that soror
Juanita Williams transferred to
Savannah State; it’s their gain and
our loss.
Jacobs represented Zeta Chapter at
the Thirty-ninth Annual Conclave
of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity which
was held in Detroit, Michigan, De
cember 26-30. The theme of the con-
The Lyceum is an organization
at Morris Brown College which is
designed to strengthen the bond of
Christian Fellowship. The organi
zation is composed of Philosophy
and Religion majors and minors,
and the students of Turner Theolo
gical Seminary.
This year the Lyceum presented
Doctor Samuel T. Kepier, Professor
of Theology at Oberling Graduate
School of Theology in a series of
lectures on the subject “Religion
For Vital Living.”
The lectures proved to be both
inspirational and informative to the
extent that many references have
been made to his thoughts and con
cern for the Christian Religion.
The organization is also a mem
ber of the Inter-serminary Move
ment, a Seminary Branch of the
Ecumenical Movement; the South
eastern Region of this movement
has as its Second Vice-president
Daniel Wesley Jacobs, a Philosophy
Religion major at Morris Brown
College and a member of the
Junior Class. The First Vice-presi
dent of the Atlanta Area of this
Movement is Payton McCallie Sims,
a Philosophy and Religion major at
Morris Brown College and a mem
ber of the Senior Class.
The officers of the Lyceum are as
follows: Charles Wesley Pitts,
President; Marion Bennett, Vice-
President; Nathaniel Denard, Sec
retary; Mitchell Lee Curry, As- „ ...
sistant Secretary; Edward Wash-j s P re a higher degree o par p
ington, Treasurer; and William A 1011 in discussions.
Penn Stephens, Reporter. A new organization has now been j heart Program in the College Chap
added to the campus of Morris!el on February 15. Amidst a very
The YAV.C.A. and the Y.M.C.A. ; Brown College, in the name of Pi ! beautiful setting of white draperies
are very worthwhile organizations; p s j phi Sportsmen Club.. This club ; and red hearts, the queens were
nevertheless, these organizations ' was organized as a means of help- I presented. Miss Vivian Paschal was
report that they are not receiving j n g delinquent freshmen to become j “Miss Sphinx”, Miss Delores Harris
the whole-hearted support of Mor- ! adjusted to the intricacies of col- ) was “Miss Crescent”. Gifts were
ris Brown students. The experience j i e g e life. The members of this or- j presented to Miss Bettye Donal-
which you receive while working ! ganization are: Leonard Dawson, I son, “Miss Alpha.” The surprise
with these organization will help i s bedr jck Wesley Phillip Tue Sam- i °f the program came when Miss
you to develop good qualities of ; ^ Culmer; victrunl) j errell j Juliette Collins was selected as
leadership that will be very valu- j & Tommie Norah, and Bruce 1 "Campus Sweetheart,”
able in your future. Please con- ! _ , *
tact Mr. Ratliff or some student j a ^ 1 In order that the various organi-
who is already taking a part and j
see what you can do.
A new club, the Psychology
Club, designed to give opportunities
for additional study in human be
havior, is composed of the following
students: Mr. James Boyd, John
Glenn, Mr. Goudelock, Mrs. _ Ann
Robinson, Miss Mildred Williams,
Miss Bettie Sparks, and Miss Char
lotte Davis.
The qualifications for member
ship are (1) One must have com
pleted the first semester of Phy-
chology; (2) he must have an en
thusiastic interest in human be
havior. The membership is limited
to only 12 persons, in order to as-
ruary 5. The members made a strik
ingly beautiful picture in then-
black dresses with pink and green
corsages. Special recognition was
given to Dr. Viola Hill and Dr.
Margaret Jackson, a new Faculty
member who holds a Ph.D. Degree
from Cornell University.
The Iota Chapter of Alpha Phi
Alpha Fraternity, Inc., of Morris
Brown is sponsoring the Herbert C.
Boggs Scholarship Award Essay
Contest. The subject is “The Role
of the Student in Education and
Citizenship.” The contest, limited
to Freshmen and Sophomores,
closes April 2, 1954 at 12:30 noon.
Final prize: $25.00. Rules may be
found on the Bulletin Board.
clave was “The Quest for Free
dom.”
Mr. Ebanks of our Foreign Lan
guage Department attended the
American Association of Teachers
of Spanish and Portuguese which
met at the Morrison Hotel in Chi
cago on December 27-28, 1953.
Mrs. Merlissie R. Middleton has
recently completed her work as a
coordinator for a Federal Govern
mental Project to determine the
costs of college students for educa
tional purposes.
Mr. Charles A. Jones’ name was
listed among the outstanding stu
dent leaders in this country in a
recent issue of the Student Leaders
of. America. Mr. Jones was also
the guest speaker at the Davis Hills
Baptist Church on January 31,
1954 at which time he spoke on the
theme “Negro Speaks On Integra
tion.”
Dean A. N. Whiting served, Feb
ruary 20-23 ; 24-26, as a member of
an Evaluation Committee for the
Southern Association of College and
Secondary Schools in visits to Liv
ingston College in Salisbury, North
Carolina and Bennett Coliege in
Greensboro, North Carolina respec
tively.
Charles Jones represented Morris
Brown at the national council of
the United Negxo_ College Fund
Alumni Meeting February 20-22,
1954 in Washington, D. C.
The Sphinx Club of Iota Chapter
of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity,
Inc., presented its annual Sweet-
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority j zations may be represented each
observed its Founder’s Day by hon- J month, we are asking that you elect
oring Faculty members of the Col- I reporters and have them report
The History Department, in ob- ' lege in a Chapel Program on Feb-
your
activities to L. M. Terry.
President J. H. Lewis served as
guest speaker in Bainbridge, Geor
gia at the Allen’s Day Banquet at
Nelson Chapel AME Church, Febru
ary 20, 1954. He also attended, on
February 15, a meeting in the in
terest of the United Negro College
Fund in Boston, Massachusetts.
Miss Hortense Stanback repre
sented the Morris Brown College
Chapter of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People at the National Legislative
Youth Conference which met at
Howard University, Washington,
D. C., January 28-31, 1954. Miss
Stanback visited the White House
and the Senators of Georgia. The
theme of the conference was “Free
by 63.”