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“Dedicated to Educating the Leaders of Tomorrow”
Herndon Stadium - A monument to self help
Mayor Bill Campbell, Mayor of Atlanta gives Dr. Samuel D. Jolley Jr., President of Morris Brown College, a Proclamation during the dedication of
the new Herndon Football Stadium.
SYMBOLISM
Let our children
decide
An Open Letter
to the Morris
Brown Campus
Community
by Charlton Pharris
G rasping for the
meaning of symbols in
our lives is an elusive reach.
But, they represent an
essential element of what we
think separates us from
other life forms. From
universal symbols such as
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crosses and crucifixes to
logos, they tangify the
intangible. They cast
thoughts and values into
something one can see and
touch.
They, like myths, gives us
control over the cosmos and
the metaphysical. Some
symbols tie us to the past,
others give us strength for
the future. They are
powerful, meaningful, action
provoking “things”. Symbols,
such as the Georgia flag,
links us to the past. It is a
symbolic, symbiotic piece of
cloth, knot -wrapped around
a tenacious need to maintain
power. But the knot of reality
is the multi-cultural link that
we all share with the
Southern soil, a soil nurtured
by the genetic pool of three
continents.
Our soil has racial
memories and echoes more
deeper and louder than other
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The best
campus
possible
Welcome to and welcome
back to Morris Brown
College!
It has been a long hot
summer and as Editor, I had
to think deeply about what to
produce for our loyal readers.
As the new semester begins
to unfold, I want you not to
only think about academics,
but about race and race
relations within the black
community, and how you fit
into America’s terms of
prejudice, responsibility, and
the arguments for and
against affirmative action.
While attending Morris
Brown College, become
involved. Your student
activity fee guarantees your
participation! Do not merely
sit upon the Dummy Wall
and accept the will of the
majority. Argue. Debate. Do
not let anyone speak for you!
With that said, this brings
me to my next point; this is
an election year. When it is
necessary, scream, let your
political voice be heard.
VOTE! Our ancestors taught
us that we have a
responsibility and a debt to
the people who fought and
died for this very special
privilege!
In the two previous issues
by Herman “Skip”
Mason, Jr. ‘84
College Historian/Archivist
#1H a estled in the
/ ■ J Vine City
a a community
I ■/ behind the
I Morris Brown
I College
campus was a
huge rock pile
surrounded by land virtually
unfit for cultivation and
building. The open field was
adjacent to the home of many
Vine City residents including
the home of the President of
the Morris Brown College and
the palatial home of the
Herndon family. It was in
1946 that work began to
carve and sculpt this gigantic
rock into a football stadium.
Its namesakes Alonzo F. and
Norris B. Herndon, founder
and son of Atlanta Life
Insurance Company
ironically were pillars in the
community.
Why was there a need for
a small liberal black arts
college to have a stadium of
its own? In the late 1890’s,
Morris Brown became
involved in athletic
competition. In 1911, the
school organized its first
football team. The team was
coached by J.S. Jackson and
later D.H. Sims and the first
team consisted of Nathaniel
Flipper, S.W Prioleux, Willie
Ed Grant, Allen Cooper, Fred
Wiley, Milton Carnes,
Americus Lee, David
Townsley, and John Corley.
From that time to the late
1940’s, the school produced
some exceptional football
teams and players such as:
Stanfield, Major Powell, John
“Big Train” Moody, Joe
Mitchell, and great coaches
including Belford T. Lawson,
William J. “Billy” Nicks, Artis
P Graves and A. J. Lockhart.
Earlier games had been
played on an open field near
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of The Wolverine Observer, I
have called for the sub
missions of commentaries,
art, poetry, and ideas from
administrators and the
student body. I do not
presume that I alone can
accomplish all that needs to
be brought to all our
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