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VOLUME 31
MORRIS BROWN COLLEGE, ATLANTA, GA„ MARCH-APRIL, 1961
Number 4
Seventy-Sixth Founders’ Day At Morris Brown College
President Cunningham of Morris
Brown College presents Dr. Ann
Cochran, education professor, to
Founder’s Dag audience, after she
had reported $5,500 on financial
campaign. This represents the larg
est individual sum reported out of
a total of $13,700. The speaker of
the occasion may be seen in the
background.
Pan-American
Day
Pan-American Day,, which is an
organization of American states,
will be celebrated on April 14.
We should all re-evaluate the im
portance of our relations with our
neighbors in the Western Hemi
sphere on this date. We have shared
much in the way of history and
heritage with them.
On Pan-American Day, the Mor
ris Brown Spanish Department,
along with others of the center,
always does something unique in
the way of festivities to demon
strate its high regard for the oc
casion.
Viva el dia del Pan-America!
Viva la amistad!
Around the
Campus
Well here is your newshound with
the latest happenings. . . . The
M.B.C. campus has had a treat in
the speech given by Horace Ward
on Civil Rights progress. Ward is
a lawyer and is one of the first liti
gants to attempt to enter the Uni
versity of Georgia. The event took
place in Stone Hall Chapel, Mon
day, March 27. Those attending
Chapel thought that too much
flowery praise for a speaker is em
barrassing rather than ingratiat
ing. . . . Everyone is heard moaning
the loss of the winning reputation
of M.B.C.’s once proud football and
basketball teams. What will the
coming seasons bring? . . . Eloise
Gay, Thomasina McKay and Dr. E.
Edmondson attended a Y.W.C.A.
conference in Virginia recently. . . .
Everyone was outraged by the re
cent agreement made by the mer
chants of Atlanta with what the
Atlanta newspapers called Negro
leaders. The manner in which it
was done, as well as the fact that it
was done, was very galling to most
of the students of Atlanta Univer
sity Center; especially the students
who have been in jail for participa
ting in the sit-ins. Most Brownites
feel that the merchants maneuvered
that move just in time for the
Easter shopping rush to catch the
Negro dollar. All Morris Brown
students, to whom this reporter
spoke, has vowed to continue the
boycott and encourage others to
do the same. . . . This year's Fresh
men have proved to be an imagina
tive and resourceful group. The
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DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RELATIONS CENTER
BOSTON UNIVERSITY SPEAKS HERE
The Morris Brown family had the
distinct pleasure of having as a
lecturer, Tuesday, April 11, 1961, in
Joe Louis Gymnasium, Dr. Kenneth
D. Benne. The distinguished Dr.
Benne is a Theodore Berenson Pro
fessor of Human Relations, and Di
rector of the Human Relations
Center, at Boston University. He is
the author of two books, A Con
ception of Authority and Human
Relations in Curriculums, and the
co-author of a number of others.
Dr. Benne spoke, with rare in
sight from the theme “The Creative
Role of Minorities in the Regenera
tion of Community Life.’’ The gist
of Dr. Benne’s speech was that the^
general American social pattern
is dominated by the spirit of com
petition for status symbols (new
cars, newly decorated homes, etc.)
and may be analyzed in terms of a
“rat race.” He further indicated
that there is a need to suppress the
“rat race” tendency in our society,
that some members of the affluent
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(Edited By DONALD J. WILSON)
The prominent Bishop E. C. Hatcher of Ohio spoke in eloquent
fashion at Morris Brown College as he told the enthusiastic Founders’
Day audience that Morris Brown was founded to meet the great need
for undergirding our American education with religious training. This
was the 76th observance of the school’s Founders’ Day. Bishop Wilkes
presented the speaker to the audience and the President, Frank Cun
ningham presided over the program. Others on the program were Mary
Ann Smith, senior student who brought an inspiring greeting from the
student body; A. L. Jessie, who gave a progress report on the Alumni
Fund; Dr. H. I. Bearden, Dr. A. L. Harris of Augusta, and Dr. James
Debro of the Albany district Also the Bishop S. L. Green, senior bishop
and several other church notables were presented to the audience.
The speaker, Bishop Hatcher,
tied in the history of Morris Brown
with the Negro’s struggle for free
dom since emancipation. The bish
op said that the founding of the
A.M.E. Church was a great stride
towards religious freedom for the
Negro while the founding of the
A.M.E. schools liberated him men
tally. He went on and described
Morris Brown as a citadel of learn
ing, mentioning some of the out
standing men and women who had
a part with shaping its destiny. He
had a few words of praise for
Bishop Wilkes and President Cun
ningham for bringing the school
up to fulll accreditation. He paid
particular homage to Richard Al
len, founder of African Method
ism, the pioneers of Morris Brown,
and to those who support it today.
He pointed out that the college
stands as a beacon of light to the
world.
The speaker in noting that there
are Negroes who are efficient in
literature, poetry, science, history,
religion and other fields, insisted 1
that the Negro preacher is still
the leader and hope of the race.
He went on to, suggest that we
must continue to be conscious of
God, and that we must pray, per
suade, and demand to get our full
freedom. This he said must bq
done in the North, South, East, and
West, since we are constantly mis
treated all over the country. The:
bishop stressed at this point the
need for intelligent teachers and
preachers and that this was why
Morris Brown was founded.
As the bishop closed his speech,
he advised the students to return
to their homes this summer and
improve their living conditions by
living up to the Ten Command
ments and the teachings of Christ.
Then he used this phrase as a point
of departure, “The Lord has done
great things for us, whereof we
are glad.!’
The student-faculty financial
campaign was concluded by Charles
W. Moore, the college business
manager, reading the reports of
all the organizations. He pointed
out that Dr. Ann Cochran had
raised the unprecedented sum of
$5,500. A. L. Jessie was second
with $1,400 for the evening classes.
Other departments reporting in ex
cess of $1,000 were: the science
and music departments. The total
raised in the campaign was $13,-
700, which exceeded last year’s
effort.
The music for the occasion was
furnished by the college chorus un
der the direction of Colonius S.
Davis. The college chorus, which
is supposed to tour Europe this
summer, sang “The Creation”
which helped a great deal to add
meaning and beauty to the oc
casion.
M.B.C. Professors Attend
Affair In Chicago
Professors Judge K. Rowley and
Chiranji L. Sharma of the depart
ment of education at Morris Brown
College, recently attended the meet
ing of the American Association of
A Salute For Courage
The Wolverine Observer and the
entire student body of Morris
Brown College salute and send en
couragement to the students of
Tougaloo Southern Christian Col
lege at Jackson, Mississippi.
We are all in the same fight un
der the same type of circumstances.
It may be said that those circum
stances have always seemed more
grave in their case. So our brother
students and sister students of the
colleges of Mississippi should be
commended heartily for their cour
age.
Colleges for Teacher Education,
held in Chicago.
The meeting, attended by educa
tors from colleges find universities
throughout the country, dealt with
modern day forces that are shaping
our educational trend.
Some of the important topics dis
cussed, according to Professors
Rowkley and Sharma, were: “Social
Forces Influencing American Edu
cation,” “The Professor and the
Teacher,” “World Responsibilities
and the Education of Teachers,”
and “Education and the New
Media.” These and other important
topics were discussed by some of
the top authorities in education.
Professor Rowley was especially
impressed with a discussion by
President T. M. Hesburgh of Notre
Dame University who spoke on
“The Concerns of Private Col
leges,” and also a discussion on
“Revolution in Instruction,” led by
Lindley J. Stiles, dean of the school
of education of the University of
Wisconsin.
The two Morris Brown College
professors thought that the semi
nars on international education
were quite significent, especially
during a time like this in our his
tory.
At Morris Brown, the Reverend
Frederick C. James was the speak
er for the week. The theme for
Religious Emphasis Week at M.
B. C. was “Christian Resources for
Collegiate Social Action.”
The schedule of events ranged
from Sunday, February 26, to
Thursday, March 2, 1961. The
Center’s speakers were as follows:
The University Center—The Rev
erend James H. Robinson, Church
of the Master, New York, who is
the moving' spirit in the new proj
ect Crossroads Africa, and is the
confidant and inspiration of the
students of many lands; Clark Coh
lege—the Reverend Daniel Web
ster Wynn, Chaplain, Tuskegee In
stitute; Morehouse College — the
Reverend Conrad Browne, Koinonai
Farm, Americus, Georgia; Morris
Brown College — the Reverend
Frederick C. James, Sumter, South
Carolina, Director of the Commit
tee of Social Action, The African
Methodist Episcopal Church; and
Spelman College — the Reverend
William Bell Glenesk, Spencer Me
morial Presbyterian Church,
Brooklyn, New York.
A committee, whose chairman
was Dr. Frank Cunningham, Presi
dent of Morris Brown College, was
in charge of the affairs of the Re-;
ligious Emphasis Week. The com
mittee was composed of people
from all the schools of the Center.
There was also a sub-committee on
arrangements on which students
also participated.
The Religious Emphasis Week
began in 1954 as a joint enterprise
of the isix institutions of the A. U.
Center. The statement of purpose
is as follows:
1. To unite our endeavors and)
dedicate our combined resources in
the search for and in achievement!
of those spiritual values we be
lieve to be essential and indis-
pensible.
2. To unite the efforts of ad
ministrators, faculties, and stu
dents to strengthen our faith in
what we can achieve in working to
gether for the spiritual enrich
ment of the entire Center.
3. To confirm our acceptance of
Christ and our personal commit
ment to Christian living.
Dr, Cochran Is
Top Campaigner
Dr. Ann S. Cochran, professor of
education and director of teacher
training at Morris Brown College,
reported the unprecedented sum of
$5,500 in the college’s annual
Founders’ Day student-faculty fi
nancial campaign. The total amount
raised by the students and faculty
was $13,700.
Dr. Cochran who has been on the
staff of Morris Brown for several
years, has raised a total of $60,000
for the college. In addition to this
she was responsible for working out
the plan which permits students in
the Atlanta University Center to do
their practice teaching in the public
schools of Atlanta. She has also
been responsible for placing sev
eral Morris Brown graduates in
important posts as teachers and
administrators in the school system
in Georgia and other states.
Rev. Frederick C. James
Religious Emphasis Week
There was an almost tangible feeling of a new awareness of what
religion means in the life of man as the Atlanta University Center
went about carrying on its Religious Emphasis Week observances.