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WOLVERINE OBSERVER
November, 1961
THE WOLVERINE OBSERVER
STAFF-1961-62
..Sharron Elaine Strickland
Robert Meadows
Editor-in-Chief
Managing Editor
Associate Editors Mary Starks, Efton Arnold
Business Managers Arthur Foster, Clarence Seniors
Sports Editor Jerome Bullard
Assistant Sports Editors Cora Lumpkin, Willie Johnson
Secretary-Typist Carrie Wilbanks
Assistant Janie Philpot
Advertising Manager Efton Arnold
-Arthur Wilson
-Nancy Cornelius
Circulation Manager .
Feature Editor
Fashion Editor Lillian Booker
Roving Reporter Maudestine May
Reporters—Beverly Jacobs, Gloria King, Pearlie Gaston, Barbara Jack-
Typists—Constance Dennis, Portia Roberts, Janie Philpot, Carrie Wil
banks /
Advisors—Dr. E. Edmondson, chairman; Miss Vera Benton, Mrs. Louise
Hollowell, Dr. Beaulah Farmer, Miss Ola Adams, Senorita Betsy
Horne, Mr. Craig
Cartoonists—Lewis Hargro, Raymond Evans, Clarence Abrams, Lovett
Rainey
Dinosaurs, Get Together!
By SHARRON STRICKLAND
There is an invisible line drawn between the city students and the
students living on campus. This line makes for misunderstandings, con
fusion and a chaotic condition that is absurd and unnecessary. Evidence
of this is brought out in our periodic elections, social
life and general attitudes. We as students should
prove our allegiance to Morris Brown College by
getting together and making our college lives what
college lives should be in order to take full advan
tage and reap the full benefits of what Morris Brown
College has to offer.
We are living and learning entirely too slow.
We are all dinosaurs! When a dinosaur was wounded
severely he traveled two days or more and was
nearly dead before he said “Ouch.” We’re moving
along happily like gullible dinosaurs fooling our
selves into thinking we’re up to par until its time for examinations.
Then and only then do we begin to feel the pains. The time when most
of us begin to feel the pains is near; therefore, it is utterly necessary
that we set up an immunity of armor made of “A thorough knowledge
of all cousres” in order to survive the dinosaur hunt sponsored by the
teachers. Whether we have been good dinosaurs or bad ones doesn’t
matter. Santa Claus can’t bring us authentic “A’s” for Christmas unless
we arm ourselves and fight back. But before we decide to throw up the
white flag, let’s remember that jobs are gotten now on basis of merit
and the excuses that we are living in a prehistoric age doesn’t justify
our shortcomings at all.
‘KAIL TO THEE ..
“. . . Hail to thee maker of men
Honor to thee once again
Sacred truths on firmest ground
Hail to thee dear Morris Brown! . .
In this way praises were sung to our institution as students, faculty
alumni and friends poured out in great number for our Homecoming
celebration. Everyone hurried about to make the occasion a great one,
and, on campus, students and faculty busied themselves building floats,
decorating cars, or preparing campus decorations while the football
boys practiced.
Yet, Homecoming was not as it should have been. When we sat
watching the football game, no one seemed to feel the need to lend his
support to the team. If the team gained yardage or successfully com
pleted a play, every one was happy and the crowd roared with excite
ment! But what happened when the team needed pepping up; when
the boys needed a loud yell to cheer them on ? The audience resorted to
other means of entertainment. Some listened to other games on the
radio; others told jokes; still other just sat and gossipped.
Listen fellow classmates! How do you think the fellows felt? What
could possibly inspire them to play harder? They were doing some very
hard work! That ground is no soft pillow and when you’re on that field,
the lines are so very far apart! There are many men on the opposing
team to by-pass! The least we could do is cheer!
Here’s hoping things will be better in the future! Let’s cooperate
with the cheer-leaders and spur our boys on to victory. With no one
to support them and keep their spirits high, they have no incentive to
attempt to play harder with the ever present possibility and danger
of being injured.
On November 11 and 18, how many of us will travel with the team
to lend our support? On Nov. 23, will we be dressed so exquisitely that
we won’t be able to cheer? Will we stand idly by and allow Clark to
whip us on Thanksgiving? Fellow Brownites let’s sign a pact; lets
make ourselves a committee of one to do our part in keeping spirits
high and pushing our team on to VICTORY! We all have a part to play!
Let us play it well.
Willie M. Oliver
La Frances Says To The Brownite,
Accept Yourself—Have Confidence
In the play “Green Pastures” when the character Noah said, “I
ain’t much, Lord, but I’se all I got;” in his own way, he was dramatically
but categorically pointing out the fact that as we constantly and sin
cerely strive to develop and improve ourselves for the tasks ahead, no
matter how hard we try, we can never be anybody but ourselves.
When William James quoted a woman as saying “The happiest day
in my life was the day I admitted the fact that I am not physically
beautiful and stopped worrying about it . . . ,” he was forcibly driving
home the point of accepting, first, ourselves—just as we are—and then
going on to make the best of the aesthetic qualities that we do have.
Merely to mention this, for example, is to call attention to the
fact that having confidence in self seems to pose a problem for many
people and may be attributed to many, things. But I believe that no
matter what it is, an individual must take the initiative to find a solu
tion. First of all, he must get rid of all the obstacles. It seems to me
Don't Gossip
Yes, The Tongue Is
A Powerful Weapon
By MAUDESTINE MAY
It has been said, in connection with gossip: “If you
haven’t hurt anybody today, it’s been a good day.”
The tongue is a very important part of the body. In
size, it is very small, yet how important it is and how useful
it can be.
It is not enough to learn to talk,
we must learn to talk wisely and
well. It is not enough simply to
use the tongue, we must use it
with good motives, in good ways,
and for good purposes.
The tongue is capable of enor
mous evil and it is also capable of
enormous good. Without control,
it works havoc in our lives and in
our relationships; with control it
becomes a happy help to a har
monious world.
The tongue can speak to men the
words that help, words of cheer,
encouragement, comfort, words of
faith and hope. The tongue can
express the brightest thoughts the
mind can think and the heart can
feel.
One of the most important tasks
to which a person can set himself
is to control his tongue. Thou shalt
not bear false witness against thy
neighbor,” anywhere, anytime, for
any reason. Yet how often we re
sort to lies, to deceit, and to pre
tense in order to save our faces,
to gain our ends, to carry on con
versation, to make ourselves popu
lar; we become false witnesses, and
time and again we do not speak
the truth.
There are many ways in which
we witness falsely. One, is the way
of gossip, telling idle lies or mis
chievous stories, tales and stories
which have no grounds for support.
We can not measure the misery,
the sufferings, and the heartache
caused by this kind of false wit
nessing.
The two best safeguards against
gossip are: (1) Don’t participate
in it yourself, because it is highly
contagious; (2) try tactfully to
discourage your friends when they
talk about others.
Remember, if they talk about
others to you, they make you the
victim when you are not present.
Jolfi The Fight
For Freedom
This is the plea being made to
you the students of Morris Brown
College. We (the members of the
N.A.A.C.P. college chapter) would
like to encourage all of the stu
dents to give the N.A.A.C.P. their
financial support since for various
reasons they cannot or will not
participate in the vai’ious student
movement projects.
Don’t allow anyone to pay your
way to freedom. So during the
month of November join the
N.A.A.C.P. and make the Morris
Brown College chapter the biggest
and the best in the Atlanta Uni
versity Center.
New Staff Members
We are delighted to have the
following persons added to the best
newspaper staff ever:
1. Virginia Perry
2. Gordon Pace
3. Mary Neal
4. James McPhearson
5. Ramelia Roberts
We sincerely apologize for other
former members whose names were
left of the staff list:
1. Harriet Jones
2. Queenie Evans
3. Ann Bailey
that to do this requires self-consultation, self-realization and self-
analyzation. It is believed that this helps immeasurably.
Just as each of us has certain handicaps or liabilities; it is true
that each of us, at the same time has certain abilities or assets.
Thus being more objective about self, honest, and sincere in our
thoughts and actions in relation to the good qualities that we do have,
and concentrating on what we can do with what we do have to the point
that we need not worry about the other, seems to be a guide in de
veloping confidence in self—at least it’s worth a try.
It has been said that almost any time is a good time for reflec
tion about the nature and purpose of oneself; but certain times, I think,
are more suggestive than others. At the threshold of a person’s life
career would seem to be an appropriate time.
La Frances McNeal,
Sophomore; Elementary
Education Major.
A Student's Prayer
By ANNIE LOIS GEIGER
’Twas the night before test day
when here and all around,
We’re quiet and solemn—you can’t
hear a sound.
Someone has finally fallen on his
knees to pray.
If we take time to listen, we’ll hear
him say:
“Oh Lord bless me and please let
me pass
I promise you I’ll never cut
another Math class.
If you let me pass I’ll be a good
boy;
My heart will be filled from top
to bottom with joy.
I’ve never asked you to do any
thing that was hard
Except placing a line of C’s on my
card
You, being a just God placed them
there
Give me C’s this time, I really
don’t care.
I just want you to help me through
thick and thin
I’ll even go to chapel and worship
you then.
Help me to know all of Dr. Payne’s
Biology
And place somewhere upstairs that
difficult Psychology.
We have to do many things to get
an Education.
Why did you put me in this tough
situation ?
Don’t forget to help me know Miss
Adams’ French too
Because I’m depending on nobody
but you.
I pray that my test scores be kind
of high
If they don’t, I’ll just get sick and
die
For if this package has to go home
C.O.D.
Mama won’t think of the cash,
she’ll think about me.
I can’t think of anything else to
ask you to do,
But God, Oh God, please help me
get through!”
My Hometown
My hometown is a mockery of hate
Full of people trying to be what
they ain’t
Full of white folks pushing us
around
Always trying to keep the Negro
down.
All of the Negroes seem to accept
Whatever the white man doesn’t
want kept.
They even sit in the back and give
up the rights;
But when they didn’t have them
and they wanted to fight.
They don’t seem to see what the
students are trying to do;
And when he’s protesting
Be doing it for them too.
Why they don’t listen
And cooperate is a mystery to me;
That’s like a dog scratching
Not to get rid of a flea.
But a new day is dawning
And soon they’ll understand
That God put us on earth
And to Him each of us is a man.
So although there are times that
I wish I could go away
I hear a voice from within me say
Don’t go, stick around
There’ll be some changes in your
hometown.
Don’t go, stick around
There’ll be some changes in your
hometown.
—Mary Starks