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Page 4 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 (Continued from Page 1) 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 (Continued from Page 2) 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 (Continued from Page 1) 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 “Are you planning to live, work, study or visit in New York City. A welcome awaits you: THE MORRIS COLLEGE CLUB OF NEW YORK Mrs. Carrie McCoy, President — 114-58 133rd Street So Ozone Park, N.Y. (212 OL 9-8871 Mr. Jessie Glover — (212) LO 8-1450 (212) AC 2-5393