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THE ATHENEUM 49 attributed to his group. Along with these two reasons; as is to be expected, there was formed an improper set of habits which even today are prominent among our group. The incentive was to loaf—to lay around in the sun, idle, shiftless-^-to always depend on some one else for the necessities of lifer—and hence, the habit perpetuated itself even to this day. And as habits easily made are hardly broken, the Negro found himself to be coupled with a set of habits which were forever with him—which haunted him—and which acted as a checking inflence on all of his activities. T OOKING impartially at the above exposed condition we readily 1-1 see that we already have a great task. It is not enough .for; us to accept what is said about things, we must dig into the data presented and determine the causes. The time has come when our group is no longer to be exploited by the ignorant, self seeking, hat-in-hand, paid lackeys. It is time for us to show our mettle. We must show that the Negro problem is safe when it rests in the hands of college men and women. DUT how is this to be accomplished? Nothing was ever done ** in ignorance. The leaders must be educated in order that they might lead the ignorant masses. Negro students must realize that their scholarship must be increased if they are to grapple with the varied issues of life. The group causes must be remedied. Personal causes must be bettered. Everything must be done in order to stimulate a greater interest in scholar ship among our group. You might say that the Negro has ac complished ever so much in the last fifty years. But with all due respect to what the Negro has done, there must be an awak ening, as quick in its action as the moving of an avalanche, and as lasting in its effects as the rock of Gibraltar. . T ET us set about remedying our group causes that have been pointed out. Let us approve of every forward step which is being made by our group, and try never to discountenance increased Tchol- arship. Let us Attend more to our personal causes wh/dr tend to have a bad influence on scholarship. As habits predict what one will do in the future, let us set about forming the proper habits if our future action would be directed in tfie right chan nels. And it goes without saying that if the above suggestions are carefully^carried out—if Mr deffw*a_^_-scholarship is better- - - l