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WOLVERINE OBSERVER
January, 1967
The Man
In Charge
Coach Dolan Falconer, coach
of our basketball team says that
students should get behind and
support the team. Coach Fal
coner states that he has three of
the best shooters in the SIAC
and that he is quite confident
that at least one or maybe all
three will make all conference.
The team, which has a strong
offensive as well as a strong de
fensive squad is looking forward
to having a very good season
with very few losses. The ap
parent success that we are look
ing forward for our team to
have will be due to the excellent
coaching that is being done by
Coach Falconer.
Coach Falconer has been the
basketball coach for the past
two seasons and has made not
able progress in trying to make
the kind of team that we will all
be proud of.
The sports staff salutes Coach
Falconer for his worthwhile en
deavors and the achievements
that he is enabling our team to
make.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Graduate Record Examination will
be given on February 18, 1967, at
7:45 in the chapel.
Morris Brown College
BASKETBALL
SCHEDULE
for 1966-67
Wolverines Set Pace for Rattlers
by Clarence Ogletree
The Wolverines lost to the FAMU Rattlers by a score of
99-96, before a packed house. People had come from near and
far to see MBC upset the Rattlers.
From the start of the game up to the intermission, FAMU
onlookers were quite lackadaisical toward the game, fearing that
the Brownites had an automatic
win. The Wolverines displayed
characteristics of having the
better team. Jerome Brown, a
sophomore from Columbus.
Georgia, made the first basket
for the home team. A pace set
ter, indeed, with seven minutes
left to play in the game, Brown
made his last point to topple 31
points in all.
With thirteen minutes left in
the first half, the Wolverines
had led the Rattlers by a score
of 16-14, which caused FAMU
to call their first time out. For
the next seven minutes, MBC
saw all action and FAMU was
out of the game. As the crowd
sang, “Extra! Extra! Read all
about it,” the team was shooting
and there is no doubt about it.
Attempting to cover the scars of
last season, MBC Wolverines
had jumped on the stuned Rat
tlers. Playing patiently for the
good shot, the Wolverines
blasted off to a 37-26 advantage.
Harris, a 6-7 junior, did a lot
of damage, getting rebounds
with Taylor working diligently
by his side one-hundred per
cent. Roosevelt Talyor played
about three-fourths of the game
and did a good job all the way.
Jimmy Harvard finished the
night with 21 points although
playing a little more than half
of the game. One Wolverine who
started the game deserved a
good chunk of the praise was
William Morgan, who entered
the game and revitalized his
fellow engineers with a couple
of quick baskets and some nifty
ball handling.
MBC had rolled to a 43-31
lead at one point, but some late
occurring floor errors caught
December 2
December 3
xDecember 5
xDecember 10
xDecember 12
x*December 15
xjanuary 7
x*January 9
xjanuary 14
x* January 16
x* January 17
x*January 28
xjanuary 3 1
February 1
February 3
x* February 6
x*February 16
Philander Smith
Philander Smith
Lane
Bethune-
Cookman
Florida A.&M.
Morehouse
College
Tuskegee Institute
Florida A.&M.
Clark College
Lane
Bethune-Cookman
Knoxville College
South Carolina
State College
Barbara Scotia
Morehouse College
Tuskegee Institute
South Carolina
State College
x*February 17 Clark College
*Home Games
xConference Games
them and cut the margin to
50-45 at intermission.
The second half was much
like the first half. Then as the
clock ticked out the last three
minutes of the game, a change
came about. At once, changes
stirred an immediate revival in
the Rattlers, and FAMU went
on a hot shooting spree to pull
out a final score of 99-96.
After the game, this com
ment was made by statistician,
Fred Bass: “Well played game,
and would have probably won
had not they got in foul trouble.”
Jimmy Harvard said, “Being
young in the making, I think
we had a better team.”
“when can I
interview IBM?”
Feb. 24
“for what jobs?”
Business Administration, Finance, Manufacturing, Product Development,
Programming, Systems Engineering, Marketing/Sales
If you are majoring in Engineering, the Sciences, Mathematics,
or Business Administration, see IBM. The development, manufacturing,
and marketing of information systems and equipment offer many opportunities
to show what you can do.
See your placement office for our brochures —
and an appointment with the IBM interviewers. Ask where your ideas can
best be used at IBM, an Equal Opportunity Employer. There are 20 laboratories,
17 plants, and over 200 sales and service offices coast to coast.
If you cannot attend the interviews, visit the nearest IBM office. Or
write, telling us about your interests, to Manager of College Relations, Dept. 882,
IBM Corporate Headquarters, Armonk, New York 10504.
Applied Mathematics, Applied Mechanics,
Data Communications, Digital Computers,
Guidance Systems, Human Factors,
Industrial Engineering, Information Retrieval,
Marketing, Manufacturing Research,
Microwaves, Optics, Reliability Engineering,
Servomechanisms, Solid State Devices,
Systems Simulation, and related areas.
IBM
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MBC Reserve Basketball Unit
by Larry Touch, Sports Writer
The MBC Reserve Basketball Team has been set up by Coach
Faulkner for the purpose of giving new players, in need, training
and experience before playing varsity basketball. At present, there
are twelve reserve players.
The Reserve Team began its 1966-67 season with dual victories,
smashing two worthy adver
saries under the might of hard
driving and deceptive abilities.
Speed and intelligence were the
tools used by the powerful MBC
quintet as Atlanta University
and a home intramural team un
der the fine coaching of Holmes
were reduced to size.
In the Atlanta U.-MBC clash
on December 15th, a remark
able feat of ball handling en
abled the reserve team to slip
sleethingly out of what seemed
to be a 45-45 deadlock. In a
thrilling “11th hour comeback”
the reserve team drove back un
der the fantastic shooting ac
curacy and perfective dribbling
of Ronald Booie to tally up a
51-45 count. Though the never-
say-die Atlanta University set
pressed on, inevitably decided
by the earlier actions of MBC
victory fired quintet. Victory
finally tasted as the cage con
cluded 51-48, after an exciting
climax of fine playing on both
sides.
In the game played January
9, between a home intramural
team, great basketball ability
was exhibited again. The intra-
BASKETBALL ROSTER
Charles Barker
* Jerome Brown
Russell Dawkins
Thomas Flanagan
*Stanley Harris
Jimmy Harvard
*William Malone
*William Morgan
Perry Simmons
*Roosevelt Taylor
Townsend
Whitington
* Starters of last game played.
mural captured a quick 7-0 lead
early in the first quarter, but the
Reserve Unit fought back to
gain a 26-22 lead at halftime.
In the second half the intra
mural team made some exceed
ingly good plays, but the speed
and accurate shooting of our
team nullified them. For the Re
serve Team, the fantastic shoot
ing of Ronald Booie, Sanford
Prater, Lawrence Bailey; and
the rebounding of Waters and
Larry Fouch dominated the
game. MBC won by a score of
55-46.
STATISTICS OF THE PLAYERS FOR THIS SEASON
Barker
FG
9
FGA
15
FT
2
FT A
7
REBS
4
PTS.
20
PL.
Av.
Brown
58
104
14
23
13
130
7
18.8
Dawkins
2
8
1
2
9
5
1.1
Flanagan
12
23
13
16
5
5
5
5.2
Harris
37
67
13
17
36
75
7
10.5
Harvard
34
72
17
25
8
85
7
12.1
Malone
24
59
6
12
19
62
7
9.9
Morgan
50
89
9
25
8
109
7
15.4
Simmons
23
44
11
14
35
67
7
9.5
Taylor
53
91
23
39
62
132
7
18.9
Townsend
10
20
3
5
8
23
5
3.2
Whitington
6
16 1
5
21
13
6
.01
The MBC Wolverines’ overall average in scoring per game is quite
outstanding and is computed at 101 points per game.
GAME SCORES
Opponent’s Score MBC Score
Payne
72
125
Lane
101
92
Payne
98
126
Bethune-Cookman
105
80
Morehouse
93
103
FAMU
99
96
Some First Semester Dates To Remember
by Graham Sawyer
The illustrious Morris Brown College family has just about
formed a startling conclusion to the first semester. The past
semester had many hardships and many joyous occasions which
we’ll remember for the rest of our lives. Some important dates
to remember are as follows:
1. September 12, 1966—The freshmen class entered Morris
Brown College for the first time.
2. October 27, 1966—The Honors Day program was held in
honor of the students who made the Honor Roll for the 1965-1966
school year.
3. December, 1966—The first Wolverine Observer was is
sued for the 1966 school year.
4. November 25, 1966—The initiation of the Greek Organ
ization which was observed November 28 through December 2,
1966. During Hell W'eek, performances were held at 1:00 P.M.
on the campus lawn and the following organizations were repre
sented; Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity,
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
5. November 24, 1966—The Purple and White Wolverines
closed an exciting football season. Although the record wasn’t the
best in the conference, we want the football team to know that
we are truly proud of you.
6. December 11, 1966—The Marching Wolverines closed an
exciting and most successful marching season in the history of
the school, or would you believe in the history of the South.