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VOLUME 31
Morris Brown College, Atlanta, Ga., February, 1961
Number 4
First Anniversary of Demonstrations For Human Dignity
A TRIBUTE TO DOCTOR MITCHELL (page 3)
In this picture the students of the A. U. Center are gathered after
a day of marching and crusading for human dignity.
TWO OF MORRIS BROWN
COLLEGE STUDENTS ARRESTED
By SHIRLEY WAKEFIELD
Leroy Washington and Leon Green, along with seventeen others were
arrested approximately at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, February 7, 1961. The
arrest took place at the Sprayberry Cafeteria located in the Federal
Building at Peachtree and Seventh Street, for requesting service.
The letter below addressed to the student body expresses in a
typical way the deep feeling of one who is undergoing the stresses of
great sacrifices for the cause of human dignity. This letter was writ
ten by Leroy Washington, a fellow Morris Brown Student.
CITY JAIL
Decatur Street
Atlanta, Georgia
Student Body
Atlanta University Center
Atlanta 14, Georgia
Dear Fellow Students:
Words are inadequate to express
our thoughts and our reflections on
being a part of this honorable “Jail
versus Bail’ 1 ’ group.
We know most of you are won
dering why we are doing this. I
feel that once you educate a man’s
mind, he can no longer rationalize,
and say that eventually this will
end. He can only face reality, and
say to himself that the only way
we can achieve our freedom is by
being willing to endure and suffer
the hardships that are encountered
in the achievement of freedom.
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I only wish that each of you
were here to share the darkness of
this room ,this hard bunk, the smell
of the place, and the filth, but yet
the light of freedom is slowly slip
ping in. The morale is high here,
we are singing and praying even
though we know the prices we
might have to pay for our convic
tions are severe. We would rather
spend the rest of our lives here as
chained men, bound together in
brotherhood for one cause, than to
be chained outside in the prison of
segregation.
This is no longer a few people’s
fight, it is a fight of, for, and by
all. If you love freedom, as we love
freedom, then you will remember
God’s words, “It is better to give,
than to receive.” We are giving all
that we have—ourselves.
Negro History Week
February twelfth to the nine
teenth was Negro History Week.
Again we were emphasizing the
neglected cronicals of the deeds of
heroic Negroes.
Particularly significant is the
thought that the students of today
will go down in history as the
crusaders that they are. Will it
have to be that of a special Negro
History book; or will that not be
necessary ?
The Negro historic organization
has served an illustrious purpose;
but let us hope that in the future
everyman’s deeds will be included
in one cronical.
The following lines were taken
from the annual inspirational dec
orations in the Trevor Arnett Li
brary foyer:
“The only freedom which de
serves the name, is that of pur
suing our own good in our own
way, so long as we do not attempt
to deprive others of theirs, or im
pede their efforts to obtain it.”
—John Stuart Mills
DEMONSTRATION
By SHIRLEY WAKEFIELD
The students from the Atlanta
University Center staged a mass gj^y Q en ^ er Convocation was held
demonstration in the
DON’T FAIL US!
Don’t fail us because we know
that soon, with our suffering and
enduring, the “jail gates” of seg
regation will crumble, and the light
of freedom will melt the walls of
segregation.
Your Fellow Freedom Fighters
P.S. If we must go to jail, let us
go as a bridegroom who enters his
bridal chamber—with great antici
pation and expectation.
U. of Khartoum,
Northwestern;
Co-operates
EVANSTON, Ill. — (I.P.) — A
unique cooperative program involv
ing the University of Khartoum,
Sudan, Africa, and Northwestern
University this year reaches the
end of its five-year term. The pro
gram is an “outstanding effort” in
aiding a new nation to train its
own leaders, the State Department
said.
Dr. John Logan, chairman of the
civil engineering department and
coordinator of the program, reports
that the key to its success is this
sensible idea: Help top Sudanese
students get their graduate educa
tion at schools like Northwestern,
then “plow back” this young intel
lectual elite into the University of
Khartoum faculty. Here the top
young faculty can educate more fu
ture leaders for the seven-year-old
African nation.
Like many new nations, the Su
dan has no great reservoir of the
educated, experienced leaders need
ed for its orderly growth. The na
tional government has posts for
about 150 engineers yearly, but the
average graduating class of engi
neers at Khartoum, Sudan’s only
university, is 12 men. But, thanks,
in part to the Northwestern-
Khartoum, engineering enrollment
has nearly tripled to 138 men in
just a few years.
In 1956, the U. S. State Depart
ment brought together officials of
the Sudanese school and Northwest
ern. They worked out a program
which is building the graduate pro
gram and Sudanese faculty in the
school (until now largely staffed
by Britons.) Five top Sudanese stu
dents have come to Northwestern
and have received masters degrees
in engineering.
Faculty Member
Returns To M.B.C.
We are proud to welcome back
to. our campus Mrs. Laverne
Graves, a person for whom we
have much respect and high es
teem. Mrs. Graves has returned
this semester after a leave of ab
sence granted her by Morris.
Brown College for the purpose of
studying at Columbia University
in New York City. During her
absence, Dr. Lynette Saine and,
Mr. Joseph Hall, reading special
ists from Atlanta University, con
ducted her reading classes. Mrs.
Graves reports a successful and
pleasant session. She is the wife
of Dr. Linwood Graves of Atlanta
University.
picketing
down areas of Atlanta, Georgia.
The demonstration was staged to
celebrate the first anniversary of
the student sit-in movement that
began January 1, 1960.
There were approximately Eight
Hundred students from the Atlanta
University Center and several
white students took part.
I feel a tremendous job was done
in the planning and the orderly
systematic manner in which the
demonstration was carried out. We
feel proud and honored to have
participated in the demonstratioh.
The demonstration was not gear
ed toward any particular business,
but as ’ Lonnie King stated and I
quote, “The demonstration was to
point out to the Negro Adult Com
munity the fact that the students
have not given up - their fight for
freedom.”
A list of students participating
from Morris Brown College were:
Bobby Isom Walter Kimbrough
Shirley Wakefield Lenell Truitt
Gwendolyn Lucas
Leroy Washington
Willie Mae Oliver
Bernice Stafford
Mary Starks
Kennieth Mitchell
Leon Green
Fannie Perrymond
Marian Jones
Eugertha Birdsong
Mildred Smoot
Charles Windham
Donald Wilson
Jim Howard
Lewis Hargro
Chester Gates
Elroy Emory
Mary A. Smith
Gertrude Stephens
Note: We regret that a complete
list was not available.
Leila Smith
Joan White
Shirley Robinson
Grady Floyd
Solomon Brannon
Henry Anderson
Marice Franklin
Constance Dennis
Robert Sewell
Barbara Childs
Shirley Brandon
Alvin Watkins
Margaret Adams
Marianne Dean
David Croft
Oscar Croft
Johnny Hardnett
Robert L. Meadows
Robert L. White, Jr.
Atlanta University
Center Convocation
The nineteenth Atlanta Univer-
in Sisters Chapel at Spelman Col
lege on Sunday, January 29, 1961.
The speaker of the occasion was
the outstanding teacher, scholar
and writer, Dr. William Banner,
Professor of Philosophy at How
ard University.
The subject of Did. Banner’s
address was The Rational, The
Spiritual, the Just, and the Hu
mane. His speech was very phil
osophical and very engrossing. Dr.
Banner made reference to Miguel
de Unamuno, a famous Spanish
writer, when he said, “This ques
tion of the proper vocation is the
root of all others.” He also said
that the sit-in demonstrations are
“a new burst of moral insight and
moral energy . . . which call at
tention to what is immoral in our
civilization.” It may be said with
assurance that the audience de
rived something of value from this
address.
Dr. Banner was introduced by
President Frank Cunningham. Dr.
Rufus E. Clements, President of
Atlanta University, presided over
the service. The other Platform
guests were Dr. James P. Braw-
ley, president of Clark College;
Dr. Harry V. Richardson, presi
dent of the Interdenominational
Theological Center; Dr. Benjamin
E. Mays, president of Morehouse
College, and Dr. Albert E. Man-
ley, president of Spelman Col
lege.
The Morris Brown . College
Choir, the Atlanta - Morehouse-
Spelman Chorus, and a female sex
tette from Clark College provided
musical entertainment.
Pictured above is Lewis Hargro with two of his works, “The Essence
of a Diploma,” and “Madonna of the Chair” (reproduction of a Raphael.)
ONE MAN
ART EXHIBIT
There was an inspiring one man
art exhibit by Lewis Hargo, a tal
ented art student who is an ad
vanced sophomore. He displayed
portraits, landscapes, and modern
and impressionistic paintings. The
Wolverine Observer wish to con
gratulate and encourage Mr. Har
go. He gave a fine exhibit. The
showing took place in the college
library on Sunday afternoon,
February 12, 1961.
The works were specifically of
scenery, still life, portrait ab
stracts, reproductions, and com
position. Especially striking were
the “portrait of a boy,” the ab
stract, “Restless,” and the repro
duction of Raphael’s “Madonna of
the Chair.” (This is the opinion of
the writer). There were quite a
number of other works that were
finely done.
Mr. Lewis C. Hargro, Jr., age
21, is a native Atlantan. He has
always had the desire to be an
artist, so much so that he studied
art through correspondence from
the Famous Artist Schools from
1956 to 1957. After finishing from
Howard High School, Atlanta, in
1957, he entered Morris Brown
College in the same year.
A COURSE IN
SWAHILI AT M.B.C.
A non-credit course in the Swa
hili ' language, which is the lan
guage being learned by most of the
educated people of the different
countries of the African continent,
has seen bet up here—at Morris
Brown College.
The classes are held each Satur
day afternoon in room 102 from
12 o’clock to 1 o’clock. The instruc
tor is Mr. Apollo A. Wakiaga of
Kenya, Africa and a student at
Morris Brown. <
This course is especially inter
esting in view of the current world
focus on African affairs. It could'
be very useful for those who are
contemplating federal employment.
It is believed that the Swahili lan
guage will take a place equal to the
other popular modern languages of
the world.
Interamerican
University
The friendly university in Sal
tillo, Coahuila, Mexico with its,
unique and beautiful “Parque Az-
teca Campus” welcomes you. It is
the only graduate and undergrad
uate university of its kind in
Mexico.
You may work toward B.A.,
M.A., and Ph.D. Degrees. Its
credits are accepted in American
and Canadian universities. It also
offers courses for high school stu
dents and special classes for chil
dren.
The 1961 session dates are: Win-
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