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WOLVERINE OBSERVER
May, 1967
Students Nominated
To Who's Who
By Rosa Christian
We are proud to say that on our campus, we have stu
dents who have been accepted in Who’s Who Among Stu
dents In American Universities and Colleges. The students
recognized by this organization each year are nominated
from approximately 800 colleges and universities. These
students were considered according to scholarship, particip
ation and leadership in academic and extracurricular activi
ties; citizenship and service in the school and promise of
future usefulness.
The organization wards each member a certificate of
recognition, presented on the campus at the President’s
home along with a wonderful dinner.
The organization also provides a placement service to
assist members seeking employment, scholarships or fellow
ships.
Members of our student body who have been accepted
in Who’s Who Among Students In American Universities
and Colleges are: Victor Jackson, Dianne Harvey, Portia
Randall, Robert James, Martha Hartsfield, Timothy Solo
mon, Rosa Christian, Frank Jenkins, Bernice Turner, Gwen
dolyn Cheatham, Ruby Hill, Donald Small, Dorothy Daniel,
Cordelia Roseborough, and Christine Boddie.
Again, we are happy to say that there are students
among us to qualify for membership in such a wonderful
and highly respected organization.
ARETHA FRANKLIN
Singer Aretha Franklin and Tillman Ward, Business Manager of The
Wolverine Observer reads issue of The Wolverine Observer.
What's Your Conception Of The Ideal Mate?
By Rosa Christian
In a recent interview conducted on our campus, we
have quite a few varying opinions as to the ideal mate. May
be some of these opinions coincide with yours, let’s see.
Miss J. C.: One who will stand y through thick and thin,
one who respects me in that if he’s going to
“tip out,” he will take care of “home” first to
keep me from being uneasy.
Miss R. J.: A man whom I can give all my love to, and one
who will appreciate it enough to love me, be
the type of husband who will do all he can for
his family.
Mr. P. C.: A 36-24-38 with brains, beauty, with and that
thing called personality.
Mr. S. A.: A lady who will listen to my every command,
and act upon them; one who understands, is
loyal and truthful.
Mr. B. K.: A girl who will appreciate “good treatment”
one who will not be a nag! Anyone who will
not beg me and be perisitent when I come in
late is fine and considered the ideal mate in my
book.
Miss O. P.: The man—one who has education, experience,
money, a good job, a fine home, car, fine cloth
es and love for me!
Mr. J. F.: An ideal mate, which I don’t believe exists, is
one who will prepare meals on time, do the
housework, stay at home, do the laundry on
time, not bother me, not have club meetings to
attend, not have bridge parties, not have too
much company coming in and out, and not
have so much to do that she doesn’t have time
to give me her undivided attention when I
come home from hard day’s work.
Miss M. A.: A man in whom I can confide, one who needs
me, one who will appreciate my love. A man
who will honor, cherish and understand me,
in whom I will see all the good qualities of a
man that a girl could think of.
Mr. M. T.: Someone who will give me all of her attention,
and I in turn will give her part of mine.
Miss F. S.: A man whom I can see as a lawyer, dentist or
any professional, with love for one woman —
maybe lust for others, but pure love for me.
Mr. L. K.: A fine looking, fine dressing, fine loving girl
who loves good times, and who knows just how
to act in every situation.
Miss A. Y.: A man who looks neat at all times, has a clean
shave, and who has brains to match his looks.
He doesn’t particiularly have to be handsome,
but he must have something to compensate for
not being so!
MORRIS BROWN
STUDENTS
The American Negro
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of the opinion that the Negro has
made great gains in a relatively
short time; such as owning more
cars, refrigerators, or homes, and
that he would do better to stop
agitating and consolidate what
he has acquired.
The fact is that Negroes have
progressed farther and faster
than any minority in the history
of the U.S., or almost any other
nation. Considering that the
drive for full equality did not
really begin until after World
War II and did not achieve the
sanction of law until the supreme
court struck down the old se
parate but equal doctrine in
1954, the gains have been than
remarkable. Though whites still
earn far more than Negroes, Ne
gro income has risen 24% since
1960.
The great disparity has creat
ed a profound hostility between
the low-income Negro and his
more affluent, well-educated,
middle-class brother. Demoraliz
ed, allienated and apathetic, the
slum Negro is bitterly jealous
of those he scornfully calls
“White Niggers.”
The middle-class Negro, on the
other hand, is troubled by the
riots and the chants of “Black
Power,” which he knows hurt his
cause.
What the Negro wants, is what
the White American has. To him
this means not only possessions
but opportunity and options. It
means a fair shot at the necessi
ties of jobs, education, and hous
ing, as well as at the intangibles
of political power, social accept
ance and a sense of pride.
How much of this has he gain
ed?
Jobs—Negro employment in
the professional and technical
fields has soared 130% in the
past decade. The number of Ne
gro jobholders has increased
from 6.7 million to 7.7 million.
Education—while still behind
the whites, Negroes have made
impressive gains in education,
particularly at the college level.
Negroes have raised their num
ber in colleges and universities
to 225,000.
Housing—for most Negroes
not in reeping with the other
items on gains a kind of opinion
stuck in a list of innumberably.
But it’s not true, because these
jobs can he estimated on numb-
bered.
COLLEGE SUNDAY
SCHOOL
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cess of the student reading and
the instructor dictating interpre
tations of what was read.
THE COLLEGE Sunday
School does not use a teacher per
se. The person who plays a com
parable role in the College Sun
day School is the discussion
leader whose main task is to see
that the discussion, and I stress
the term discussion, does not
stray too far away from the top
ic.
WE DISCUSSED the topic
“Finding Ones Self in a Chang
ing World” on a recent Sunday.
How does one adapt himself to a
changing society in the light of
the principles set forth by our
Christian teaching? Should we
change our Christian ethics as
we change our societies? Is the
Christian law adaptable to con
temporary society in a practical
way? These are some of the
questions that are dealt with in
our College Church School.
WE KNOW THAT there are
many more students on campus
who can add a viable force to
the effectiveness of our Church
School. You can contribute to
this effort. Our discussions are
not confined to examinations of
what men said and did a thou
sand years but concentrate on
what it means to us as we exist
in the present.
Politics—the advance has been
enormous: the potentials ever
better. The number of Negroes
in State, Local, and National
Governments have risen enum-
erably. Negroes will never live
up to their potentials in politics
until they become more diligent
at the polls.
SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE — the
most obvious and humiliating
form of discrimination has be
come illegal and/or unfashion
able. The Negro thus has to look
inward and, in so doing, is slow
ly beginning to discover a long-
submerged sense of pride. There
is a trend among Negro coeds
and career girls to wear their
hair “natural" instead of at
tempting to unkink it by “conk
ing” — rinsing it with lye and
binding it with handkerchiefs.
Yet for every negro who flaunts
his identity, a hundred try to
camouflag it. Advertisements in
Negro magazines still hymn
nadinola skin bleach: “Lightens
and brightens skin.”
"Reflection The
Negro And
The Draft
by Timothy Solomon
The last Townhouse meeting
of the 1966-67 school year—was
held on MBC’s cmpus—attracted
a small but interested group of
persons who listened to a pannel
of a four discuss the subject,
"The Negro nd The Draft.”
The pannel was composed of
Mr. Rudolph Jackson of Clark
College, Miss Marilyn Busk of
Spelman College, Mr. Robert
Terrell of Morehouse College
and Mr. James Windfield of
Morris Brown College. The pan
nel was evenly divided on the
issue. Miss Bush and Mr. Terrell
were strongly against Negro par
ticipation in Vietnam seemingly
because they fell that Negroes
are not yet free in this country.
Whereas on the other hand, Mr.
Jackson and Mr. Windfield were
basically for Negro participation
in the wr even though they be
lieve that this is unfair in its
present form.
The discussion was heated and
agreement was all but impos
sible. The only thing on which
the panel could agree was that
the draft as presently organized
is grossly unfair. It discriminates
against the poorer socio-econom
ic groups of Americans who are
unable to acquire deferment,
Such unfairness lead Mr. Terrell
assert that he was “unalterably
opposed “to the draft because,
among other things it permits
persons with Student deferments
to take advantage of poor people
in places such as Walto and Vine
City.
FIGHTING FOR
CIVILIZATION
However with an audience
composed basically of persons
from SNEA and those whose
support for the war in Viet Nam
is at best cool, it was the pro war
stand of Mr. Windfield that
generated the greatest reaction
from the audience. His statement
for example, that the War in
Viet Nam is “a war for civiliza
tion” dreq such a shower of his
ses and catcalls that the modera
tor of the discussion war forced
to call for order.
Although Mr. Windfield might
have been somewhat “confused”
about the nature of the war in
Viet. Nam. He was quite correct
when he voiced the belief that
the millennium of international
place has not yet arrived. “We
do not live in a utopia.” suicide
for America to unilaterally des
troy it was machine like, Mr.
Terrell intimated, until other na
tions feel obliged to return the
favor.
Out of touch Although all
members of the panel were
aware of the disciminatory na
ture of the draft and the Negro’s
inferior position in American
scoiety. Not one of them dared to
force the ironic fact that the
average Negro feels no qualms
about fighting in Vietnam. In
deed. more still volunteer for the
army than any other branch of
the service. The realist in such
large members that it embar
rasses White Americans. And
contrary to the contention of Mr.
Terrell that Negroes because of
their inordinate numbers in
Vietnam are forced to be “Can
non fodder” the fact in the Ne
groes of their own accord volun
teer for the most dangerous and
hazardous assignment of that
nasty war.
Thus, it appears to me that the
current protest and furor among
Negroes about the Negro par
ticipation in Vietnam seems to
be primarily an intellectual
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possible title of the film is
“Where do we go now?”
The person chiefly responsible
for making is Mike Waddel, Dir
ector of College Placement Serv
ices. He came up with the con
cept and submitted a propasal to
Ford Foundation who funded it
for $90,000, the cost of produc
tion and distribution.
Credits for the film are given
to the following people: Calvin
Production of Kansas City, Mis
souri, Andre Beaumontz, Manag-
phenomenon.
For if the Negroes williness to
boycott the war be an indicator
of the efficacy of the movement,
than it seems to me that the
movement so far has been a dis
mal failure. The plane of the
anti-war argument is seems, is
either too stilted or too low to be
of any real appeal to the mass of
mass of Negroes.
ing Director of College Place
ment Services and Philip Ben
son, Associate Managing Direc
tor of Production. Assisting the
production of the film are Duke
Colleymone and Olin Matheson
and Nat Dickinson of the Gen
eral Food Corporation White
Plains, New York.
MORRIS BROWN COLLEGE
CLUB OF NEW YORK
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City.
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