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LibRAh!\ 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.