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Vol. 36, No. 3 MORRIS BROWN COLLEGE March, 1967
Staff Members Attend College Wolverine Observer Receives Fourth Place
Editors Conference in Washington At Southern Regional School Press Institute
by Syble Avery
The College Editor’s Conference of the U. S. Student Press
Association was held at the Sheraton Hotel in Washington, D. C.,
February 3-5. The theme of the Conference was “The Generation
Gap-Translators Wanted.” Staff members who represented Morris
Brown College were Syble Avery, Advisor Ann Harrison, and
Don Graham.
Some of the highlights of the
conference were panel discus
sions which were held each day
of the conference. The title of
the panel discussions are as
follows: “The Negro Revolu
tion,” “Journalism and Social
Change,” “American Foreign
Policy,” “Anti-Communism and
American Culture,” “The Arts
in America,” “The American
Economy,” “Problems of Val
ues and Morality.”
Some of the participants on
panel discussions were as fol
lows: Nicholas Van Hoffman,
staff writer for the Washington
“Post”, George Ware, Coordi
nator of Campus Programs for
the S.N.C.C.; Reverend Jesse
Jackson, Director of Special
Projects and Economic De
velopment for the Southern
Christian Leadership Confer
ence; Michael Harrington,
Author of “The Other Amer
ica”; Charles Frankel, Assistant
Secretary, State for Education
al and Cultural Affairs; and
William Stringfellow, author of
“My People is the Enemy.”
The keynote speakers for the
occasion were Paul Potter, Co
ordinator of the Educational
Cooperative in Boston, Mass.;
and Walter Lippman, a noted
political columnist for the
Washington Post and News
week.
Schools from over the na
tion which are members of the
United States Student Press
Hints To The Wise
By Graham Sawyer
There is an old proverb
which is known to all of us
which states “Hints to the wise
are sufficient." We the students
of Morris Brown College must
apply this proverb to our
studies. The following are some
good hints to remember:
1. There must be less squan
dering of time in the Co-op.
2. There must be organiza
tion of ones' study habits.
3. There must be less card
playing in the lounges.
4. With the opening 'of our
new Student Union Building
there will be many temptations
present, therefore we must not
yield to those temptations ex
cept on week-ends.
5. There definitely must be
desistance to the attractions of
stupidity.
If these hints are remembered
and applied you will find that
your grades will definitely in
crease.
Association attended this con
ference.
$100,000
Founder's Day
Goal Set
On March 10th, the Found
ers’ Day Ceremony was held
in the Joe Louis Gymnasium at
10 o’clock a.m. The goal set
for this year was one-hundred
thousand dollars.
The speaker for the occasion
was Dr Rembert Stokes, Presi
dent, Wilberforce University,
Wilberforce, Ohio.
Following the ceremony, the
Student Union Building was
dedicated. The Morris Brown
Concert Choir and the Concert
Band performed at the occasion.
All students attended the
ceremonies.
The Housing Conditions
For M. B. C. Students
by Carolyn Baker
For approximately five
months, the young men and
women on M. B. C.’s campus
have been living in apartments
filled with from 8-10 girls and
rooms with 3-4 boys in them.
Our bath room and closet facil
ities are limited. At the begin
ning of the year we asked about
better conditions. Our request
was partly filled. Mobile homes
were brought on the campus
(2 for boys, 1 for girls). The
boys are living in theirs but the
girls are still suffering. Ever so
often a few boards are tacked
around the outside of the girls’,
what is supposed to be lounge.
Nobody seems to be in a hurry
to relieve the problem of over
crowdedness. We have tried to
explain to most of our top of
ficials on the campus that this
kind of condition can’t last.
Something has to be done, and
soon.
Carmichael Strikes Mixed Reactions
Among M. B. C. Students
The slogan black power is a slogan home of protest. Since
its inception a little more than a year ago, it has been shrouded
by ambiguity to the extent that it is perhaps the most controversial
slogan of his decade. Its chief advocate, Stokely Carmichael, has
become after Adam Clayton Powell, the most controversial black
man in this country. Hence the future influence of the black
power philosophy upon the civil rights struggle in the United
States has become a matter of national, if not international con
cern. And the concept one that demands clear understanding.
In order to better understand the meaning of black power,
Mr. Carmichael was invited to define its meaning to the Morris
Brown student body.
Few speakers have generated more interest among Morris
Brown, students than Mr. Carmichael. His flamboyant oratory
arrested the attention of all who heard him. And his control of
his audience was all but complete. Like the orators of old, he
pricked his listeners every emotion. He made them feel ashamed
for “running away from their blackness.” He appealed to their
rare pride by urging them to say as he does, “I’m black and I’m
beautiful.” And he, made many of them laugh with such utterances
as “all Negro women want when they finish college is a Mustang
and a wig.”
A NEW CHALLENGE: Mr. Carmichael's most significant
contribution to the Morris Brown student body was not as great
in clarifying the meaning of black power as it was in issuing
a challenge to the students of Morris Brown and Negro students
as a whole to reorganize their educational endeavors away from
the White Oriental liberal arts education of most Negro colleges,
toward a more practical education designed to improve the lot
of the Negroes in the Ghettos.
MIXED REACTIONS'. The general students’ reaction to Mr.
Carmichael's presentation was mixed. Although all agreed that
he is a great speaker, some like Newton Williams thought that
he was “very dogmatic” when dealing with questions from the
audience. Duke Bradely thought that he was stupid until he heard
him speak. Janie Gordon thinks he’s “prejudiced.”
The role that he prescribes for the Negro College student led
Robert James to believe that “he offers nothing for the Negro
college student.” Frank Jenkins admired his “frankness” and
disdain for the white backlash.
But what the audience didn’t admire was his consistent
evasiveness and gross oversimplification of complex issues. He
never once clearly answered the questions concerning the true
By Syble Avery
Fourth place award of journalism excellence was presented
to the Wolverine Observer at the Southern Regional School Press
Institute held in Savanah, Georgia on February 16th and 17th.
Staff members who attended News Conference in Savannah. From left to right,
back row, Syble Avery and Nathaniel Sheppard. Front row, Ann Harrison, Dan
Graham, Tillman Ward and Charles Breker.
Staff members who represented the Wolverine Observer were
Miss Ann Harrison, Syble Avery, Tillman Ward, Don Graham
and Nathaniel Sheppard.
For the third consecutive year the Digest of Tuskegee Insti
tute received first place. The Spelman Spotlight of Spelman Col
lege and The Stormy Petrel of Oglethorpe College received second
and third place awards respectively in the college division.
Other college newspapers receiving ratings in descending
order are Morris Brown College, Clark College, Morehouse Col
lege and South Carolina State College.
Thirty schools from eight states entered publications into
the competition that were published between February 1, 1966
and January 13, 1967.
Certificates were given to every school with the rating of
the publication, showing the area of participation. Publications
rating as the best in each area also received a trophy.
Morehouse Students Protest
By Nathaniel Sheppard, Jr.
On Wednesday, February 1,
members of the Student/Facul
ty Committee Against The Viet
Nam War led a protest march
in front of Robert Hall which
is located on Morehouse's
campus. The march was in pro
test of the Dow Chemical Com
pany’s manufacturing of na
palm.
In a circular passed out by
the protestors napalm was de
scribed as a burning jellied
gasoline dropped daily by U. S.
war planes on the people of
Viet Nam. It is said to stick to
the skin and boil it away.
The Dow Chemical Com
pany is reported to be a major
producer of napalm. The pro
testors feel that the Dow Com
pany is only practicing what
they call “Anti-Human and im
moral activities because it is
profitable.
In contacting the Dow Chem
ical Company here in Atlanta
to hear what they had to say
about the matter I was able to
talk with a Mr. Everhart who
denied any knowledge of the
manufacturing of the product
and refused further comment
on the subject.
meaning of black power, and his black and white treatment of
the political situation in Atlanta leaves much to be desired.
STILL AMBIGUOUS: Although a few students felt that Mr.
Carmichael’s presentation at Morris Brown served to clarify the
meaning of black power, the vast majority feel otherwise. For
what he chose to say about black power was so nebulous that
many students who thought that they understood the meaning of
the concept before Mr. Carmichael's presentation were thrown
into confusion after they heard it.
Thus, to most Brownites, what Mr. Carmichael means by
black power still remain the realms of conjecture. But Brownites
are downcast for they know that their predicament is the af
fliction of millions.