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VOLUME 34
MORRIS BROWN COLLEGE, ATLANTA, GA. December, 1963
NUMBER 2
WORLD
WATCHER
Edward L. Halman
"France’s Cousin”
It is a fairly well-recognized
fact that President Charles De-
Gaulle is the author and sustainer
of French internal stability. Com
ing out of retirement in 1958 to
again lead the French people, De-
Gaulle restored unity among the
French, instituted a strong cen
tral power (based primarily upon
himself), and helped solve the
Algerian problem.
Now in a period of relative
peace in France the same quali
ties that enabled DeGaulle to be
a powerful leader in a crisis seem
to be working toward the disad
vantage of France in the long run.
For DeGaulle possesses the type
of charismatic qualities that make
him very useful in times of crises
but have an adverse effect in times
of peace.
Perhaps this could be better
understood if we became clear on
what we mean by “charisma,”
which is a word associated fre
quently with DeGaulle. Charisma
refers to those unusual personal
qualities possessed by a person
that enable him to become elevat
ed to a position of leadership. The
important stipulation here, as has
been intimidated, is that this “cha
rismatic leader” is only useful
in time of instability or crisis.
There are many other facets of
charisma that could be discussed
but I think that this will suffice
for our purpose of analyzing De
Gaulle from this perspective.
Just as Red China is developing
into a thorn in Russia’s side, so is
France becoming particularly
troublesome for the West. This is
due primarily to DeGaulle and his
“Grand Design” for France. This
“Grand Design” has as its ulti
mate aim the restoration of France
as the leading world power. In
order to achieve this, DeGaulle is
slowly divorcing France from the
rest of the Western World in or
der to assert France’s independent
prowess. This can be seen from
DeGaulle’s aloft attitude toward
NATO, his refusal to admit Great
Britain into the European Common
Market over and above the pro
tests of the United States, and his
recent overtures toward Russia.
This latter point culminated in
DeGaulle referring to Russia as
France’s “Cousin”. This was an
obvious attempt to incur Western
hostility and foster better Franco-
Soviet relations which DeGaulle
hopes will put him in a better
bargaining position.
Although DeGaulle has honora
ble nationalistic motives in his ef
forts, the fact cannot be denied
that he is ultimately leading
France to ruin. This is true for
two reasons: First, DeGaulle is
getting old and must retire soon.
As such a powerful leader, it will
be difficult to replace him. His
policies are only legitimate be
cause of his personal charisma.
Instead of legitimizing his policies
into institutions he continues to
assert his leadership, growing in
power and influence. Upon re-
Continued on Page 3
THE REBIRTH OF AMERICA
IN MEMORIAM
The Essence
of Christmas
A young fellow, who was a pro
duct of a poverty stricken area,
came up to me with two pieces of
penny candy and asked me if I
believed in Santa Clause. Being
touched by his sincerity of action,
I took his hand and told him
“yes.” He immediately gave me a
piece of his candy and asked me
“why.” (This is the question that
each person who profess Santa
Claus to anyone should ask him
self.) To get around this question
I asked the young fellow if he
would like to go home with me.
He decided that he would. When
we got into the house I introduced
him to my mother and he asked
her the same question that he had
asked me. I therefore told my mo
ther the nature of our meeting
and why I had brought my new
found friend home with me. She
told us to sit down while she went
to get the family Bible. When she
returned she read to us concern
ing the conditions of the birth of
Christ, and she said from this
birth came a man whose spirit
created Santa Claus. She stated
that Santa Claus is great because
he exemplifies Christ in giving
through love to those in nee'd. Yet,
she said that Santa Claus nor any
any other man given name should
hide the birth of love (charity),
humility, and forgiveness that was
born in the birth of Christ, for
these traits are the essence of
Christmas.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Democracy
Communism
Young Love
New Negro
Classrooms
Campus Weekly
College Choir
Congratulations
Shirley Ann Robinson, a 1963
graduate of Morris Brown College,
has been invited to join the Peace
Corps Project in Nigeria. Train
ing for this project began August
31, 1963 at Columbia University.
Miss Robinson who is from
Greenville, South Carolina, where
she was graduated from Sterling
High School, majored in Math-
Continued on Page 3
Christianity and Our
American Problem
Within the framework of the
present American problem we
search ourselves for heavenly
guidance during this week of the
birth of Christ. We constantly rea
lize that man is weak. Yet, we
seem to overlook the fact that
weakness and strength are in the
same line; they differ only in
degree. We assert even in our
Christian nurture that man has
the capacity for good yet the ten
dency of evil. Around all of these
statements of man falls a man
who recognized the capacity of
man, around these truths falls a
man who attempted to change the
tendency of man, around all of
these sayings rests a man who died
for the capacities of good and
against the tendencies of evil.
Therefore, at this time of year
we take time out to give homeage
to such a brave individual. It is
true that we profess him to be
god manifest. Yet, this man’s life
would be remembered if for no
other reason than that he was a
good man.
Thus, it is only fitting and pro
per at this time of year to pay
homeage to another man with the
same spirit of goodness. If we
were to compare data on the lives
of the two men in question, there
would be some simularity. For we
could say for the both of them
that they had an undaunted faith
which incarnated itself in what we
call courage. They both fought
against hypocricy and found most
people to be hypocrites. On this
point I must linger, on this point
1 must speak out, on this point
rest the guilt of America.
Continued on Page 3
Who’s Who In American
College and Universities
Standing Left to Right — Larry Bailey, Edward Holman and Sandy
Wright. Seated — Sharrow Strickland and Mary Starks.
The Mockery
To The UNCF
The fifty-six dollars that the
nine-hundred students of Morris
Brown College gave to the organi
zation that gave to them several
thousand dollars is a mockery to
any college student body. This
deplorable gift that was given
iast year should not only cause the
entire campus to bow in shame
but should also be an incentive
to us to see that this act never
happens again.
Maybe this condition existed be
cause the students were not ade
quately informed by the represen
tatives of this organization on this
campus. Therefore, this article is
written so there' can be no gainsay
of the idea of ignorance. We all
realize that college is an obliga
tory institution. Thus, we can turn
this mockery into a sincere gift
to the 1964 UNCF.
The Phelps Stokes
Fund Conference
The Stokes Phelps Fund Con
ference was attended by Alice
Williams, Constance Hall, Barbara
Worthy, Larry Bailey and ad
visor, Miss lone Darnell. The con
ference was held at Tuskegee In
stitute on the third of November.
The meeting lasted two days. The
purpose of this conference was to
motivate students to go into for
eign service. The conference at
tempted to accomplish this end
by presenting a four phase pro
gram. The program began with a
discussion of the Congo to sharpen
the thought process. The next part
of the program was a number of
lectures given by . the different
organizations in the foreign ser
vice. The next part of the program
was a mock foreign service exami
nation. The next part of the con
ference consisted of discussions
on the test.
The results of the whole confe
rence was a stimulation of parti
cipants. We, the students realized
after taking the examination that
we were inadequate to quope with
with it. We further realized that
even after four years of college
education we would probably not
be fully prepared to successfully
pass the test. We then embarked
on an understanding of how we
could obtain the education to pass
the test. One of the answers which
was given centered around a cul
tural set of values which America
sets. Yet, we all realized that the
culture of the Negro is a part of
the Socio-economic deprivation
of the American Negro. However,
Dr. Kennedy of Morehouse sug
gested that we forget the “get-
toes” and strive for excellence.
Well, the conference did succeed
in creating deciples for its cause,
for one just wrote this article.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
AND
HAPPY NEW YEAR
— Wolverine Observer Staff