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Page 4 EDITORIALS What Lies Ahead for us by Jeanette Cason Goff What Morris Brown Must Now Mean To Us School has been in ses sion for about six months now; and finally here comes the first edition of the stu dent newspaper. Many of you may be won dering why it took so long. I shall attempt to explain. It does not take a pro fessional journalist to rea lize that a newspaper can not run effectively as a one- man (in this case, one- woman) operation. Newspa per work is very tedious and requires a division of labor that is of utmost im portance. For years on this campus, getting a dedicated and hard-working staff has been a problem. I have tried to be as ob jective as possible in seek ing reasons why students on this campus do not work with the school newspaper. To begin with, I cannot over look the fact that a college which does not offer a major in journalism is sure to have some problems in gett ing a good newspaper staff together. On the other hand, I have noticed that students are interested in seeing a History is a very curious thing, but then so are peo ple. No one knows what part of history society will give Lyndon Johnson. For years now, each de cade has had its heroes in the traditional sense and, society has always preser ved a place or made one for them in history. At this point, I think society has been outwitted by its stan dards. The sudden death of another one of its heroes has posed a grave question indeed. What part of his tory will Lyndon Johnson dominate? Well, this has left a lot of questions in mind. Al though Lyndon Johnson ex celled by far, better than any president in the field of Civil Rights, I don’t think they’ll give him this honor because they gave this to Martin Luther King some years ago. Now, let’s see. What about the great peace-mak er? No, they are still hold ing that spot for Richard Nixon. What about the great em ancipators? No, they gave that one to Abe Lincoln. The ideal president? No, that was George Washing ton. For a man who did so much, the world will never be able to award him justly. I consider myself fortunate to have lived during the time of Lyndon Johnson. I’m for tunate because I witnessed newspaper out every month, but are not willing to help labor for the product. Thus, the only conclus ion I can come to is that students on this campus are just not interested in the student newspaper. The student newspaper is the organ to bridge the com munication gap on campus. This newspaper is not “mine,” it’s “ours.” It is important that each per son realize the Wolverine Observer is the newspaper for the entire student body. Every Morris Brown stu dent pays for this news paper through his activi ties fee. So, that means whether this paper comes out every month or not, you are still paying for it. Stop cheating yourselves. Many of you have worked on your high school news papers and are familiar with newspaper work. So, get up and get involved. My summer reporting experiences with the At lanta Constitution has pre pared me to serve as your editor; but all that does not mean anything if there is no staff to work with me. the very speech Johnson made before Congress when the Civil Rights Bill was introduced. I’ll never for get those last words of his speech as they rang through out the senate room with so much sincerity. “We are going to pass this bill even if it takes all summer,” he said as he stepped from the podium engulfed with praise and choking with sympathy. (Believe it or not, they pas sed It). I’ve often wondered how a man like Lyndon Johnson was able to stand his grounds. I’ve also wonder ed how and why society be trayed him in his last years of the presidency when he was trying to carry out his job and straighten out what was done by other administrations. « It wasn’t easy, but John son fought to the end. Even when he left the White House, he was still senti mental and concerned about peace and about this cor rupted society. In an interview with Wal ter Cronkite, Johnson said he “tried” and what more can you ask of anybody? As far as I’m concern ed, Lyndon Baines Johnson was the American Presi dent, and while History is puzzling it’s brain as to how he will be remembered, I suggest, they forget it. For get it because Johnson wasn’t pushing for any big prize. He was pushing for humanity and he’ll be re warded format. There’s a new educatio nal institution in Atlanta which is offering univer sity-level courses to all people with curiosity-mo tivated intellects. On the comfortable, yet small, grounds of this pro posed Mecca of academics are imposing physical faci lities, numerous mental hurdles, not a few recrea tional outlets, a vast num ber of educational aids and enough unexploited research opportunities to make this campus a true gem. Added to these mundane and more observable as pects is the spiritual his tory of a people; church, and a lasting ideal. Within the confines, but not necessa rily pent up inside, of this cultural center are the living ancestors of a stormy, often hidden, frequently misunderstood, artifically tainted, but nevertheless exceptionally strong tradi tion, the Afro-Americanhe ritage. This last but most impor tant pillar of strength which supports the foundation of this wonderful new univer sity, is made up of people- the women who operate the school, the instructional staff that leads the way, and the student body that promises to fulfill its com mitments as time passes. It is the one thousand plus proletariat of this academic framework, which, while cementing all elements to complete cohe sion, has pledged to work for the people who have made this life possible, the school which has opened it self to their needs. Here they will prepare for a fu ture of greatness, of sa crifice, of hard work of mastery, of destinies. The Afro-Americans which this new university plans to spew upon the earth will be doers, will cut through the tangles of racism and prejudice, will turn big business over to it’s humane side, and will make social sciences centers of truth and under standing. The graduates! will challenge an ignorant and selfish government, will fight to establish their right of existence and wil 1 ex plore new possibilities whe rever they may lay. There was great neces sity for a university of this sort, and now a rather loose alliance has borne a recon ditioned, strong, and po- by M. W. Benton Jr. sitive force. The energy to drive this machinery will come from a recharged and recommitted faculty, des tined to make veracity and concern its standards. Those of us who are wel coming the coming era call on this resource to exploit its own potential, as we call on the student body to drain the faculty. We see a cooperations with and a new respect for the library and the librarians efforts, for the adminis tration and their trials and for the efforts of our ground crew. Fortunately this new in stitution is using older buil dings, buildings once abus ed which now, like aged and priceless wine, will be cared for and loved by their users. Once there was an era when there existed no respect for property, when grass, though shown off, was nevertheless trampl ed, when chairs, tables and curtains were ripped off: but a new day is dawning on a new institution of higher learning. I, for one, am proud to go down in history as a founder and builder of At lanta’s newest institute. From where I sit I see a light rapidly approaching from the far end of a tun nel, and the light announ ces: Morris Brown Is Here! The Wolverine Observer is in dire Need Of Reporters, Layouts Speciality, Typist, Cartoonist WE NEED YOU THE OBSERVER STAFF Editor-in-Chief Jeanette Cason Goff Associate Editor Calvin Freeman Sports Editor . . • .John T. Fisher III Cartoonists ...... .Michael Williams and Alfonzo Shelby Advertising Manager Cleon J. Day Reporters Sharon Rice, Cynthia B. Glascoe, Frank Harkness Jr., Pamela Barksdale, Gwendolyn Raly, Kathy Witherspoon, Yasmin Y. Roberts, Angela Y. Dennis, Michael D Jackson, Carolyn Craft, Valerie Bryant, Diane White, Wanda Willis, Glenda P. Willis, Samuel French, Mallard Benton. Typists Beverly L. Hill and Christine Jackson Advisors . Dean Charles Easley and Mrs. Sara Wheeler. History and Lyndon Johnson by Calvin Freeman, Associate Editor