II
The B lack University
If'
Some of the best mtndS in the
nation converged on the campus
of Howard University from the
13th and 16th of November. The
purpo se of four-day assemblage
was to define the concept of a
Black UD1versity and, indeed, to
determine subsequent ways in
which the conc ept might be transform ed into a r eality.
AVOiding unnecessary detail
Wlth r espect to the total content
of the program, suffice H to say
that thr ee malo ar eas of the concept were dealt Wlth at l ength.
The areas of f1nance, curriculum
and admlnlstl"'atlon took up wbat
could be consider ed the bulk of
substanti ve discu ssion and dialogue.
It lOes \\-1thout saying that the
Black Unh 'er stty, of necessi ty,
mu st and hould be a prt vately
fun dod and operated InsUtutlon.
The obviou s rai son d' etre, I s
that this would enable the in ti~
tutton to avoid coW on Wlth the
"paper l aws" of thi s nation. And
why not ? Bl aCk people must own
and opente other societal space
pparatu ses than the ghettos and
what bett r task may e endeavor
than that of educating our own
people. Harvard did Hj so did
Yale - both were and ar e prt vately estabUshed in tltutions.
F avo
I to th1 concept Is,
_ _- ,tor
a J
I
too W1ll see the worthiness of
the concept and in turn give their
fUll support of it.
Next, among Items considered,
Is the area of curriculum. Again,
one could easily dlsce1'1l' what the
nature of lhis currtoulum wOuld
be. It would deal With the study
of c1v1l1zation, but not just the
so-called Wesle1'1lClvWzation-Ues about Its development and Us
socIet1es. These wrtters, Cnne
Brtnton, John B. Chrtstopher,
Robert 1.. Walff, Sir George Clark
and T. S. Ashton - - to name a f ew,
ntlona.11zed about Europe and
Pr e- Eu ropean societies to no
end.
Simply put, they took lhese
backwa.r d societies and smothered their savap and beastly bebavloral patte1'1l by suRe stlons,
n ther than stat1nCthat the monumental achievement s of the great
Afrtcan and Chinese (Asiatic)
clv1l1zations wel"'8 in fact the
accomplishments of clvWzaUon
westward and Eu ropean. Tb1s,
alon e., may well con stitute one of
th e great est crtm es ap.1.nst humaD1ty -- and to th1nk -- these
same theortes SURest aChrtstian
way of ute for the people from
bom they raped, robbed and
stole. Small .onder why proponents of the Bl ck University
ould rej ect the study oftnNe em
Vote On Constitution Planned
BY Roland SmIth
A NEW S,G,A. CONSTITUTIO~
As many msy know, thel"'8 haa
been a group of students selected to r evise the present S,G.A,
constitutlon. Much of the work Ls
now complete.
Tbel"'8 wW be at least ooe week
betweell Its presentation and the
day in which all students Will be
a.sked to vote for or against the
new constitutlon. Tbel"'8 w1U be
copips 01 the pl"'85ent consti tutlon so that students may check
the old agaJ,nsi the new coo.stltu-
HOD.
T HE INTEGRATION COMMITT EE REPORT
In lite October, a group of students, faculty, and adml.nJstra...
tors were selected to develop
;" report that the Board of Trustees had asked of all State Colleges - a report on Integratloo
and Us past, present and fUture
state at ea.ch institutlon.
The Com -ruttee developed a report that W3.S endorsed by the faculty as well as the Student Gove1'1lm nt. The committee recomm ded that the l"'8port be
personally present ed to the board
by Roland Smith, wbo spoke 00
the behalf of the
tir coli
com mun1ty.
ted
Each o rganizatlon r epre
in the l egl l atur e l"'8ce.tved a copy
they were to t ake them
ck to
thei r respective club and classes. In the executive bnnch the
r eport s wer e endorsed one hundred percent durtn g the same
ee.k , Due to the f act the repo rt
was not r eceived in ti me, the r eport was not present ed. The next
m98t1n c will be held In January
and the exact date wlll be posted.
A NEW JUDICI L SYSTEM
Tbls Bnnch approved an en ti r ely new judicial system her e
at the college, It includes three
l evels of jurtsdlctlon;. The Residence Hall Judiciary, The Col l ege Court and the Judicial Revi ew Boa rd. We ar e hoplnC to put
thi s system into ettect as soon
as It I s approved In the Leglsl~tl ve branch,
_.~.......,.,-A PHI BET A SORORIT Y'
Zeta Phi Beta Soro rtty Inc.
was
estabUshed In 1920. The
theme that has been followed
her e since the beglnnlnl I s " FIDer Womanhood." Like all soro rtU es, zeta Phi Beta's malo intel"'8st I s to est bUsh her motto
throughout the wo r l d.
Zeta Phi Beta started on BoWle' s campu s In APrU, 1968. The
tl ve founder s of the Omi cron
Gamma chapter are:
Franci s
cT ho rton, Bastlu Sj Cheryl
QuI.l.la,
Anti - Basllusj Celeste
WI.Wams, Gnm matui sj ESSie
WiW s, Tam!us, and Jeanette Bell
phylacter. Since then we have added in our sorortty Sharon Johnson and Yvonne Blake.
T he actl vlti es of Omicron Gamma cha.p ter on the Bowi e State
Campus have been vart ed. A fUndraising proj ect for the Bennet
famlly, Washington, D,C. was
hel d by the sorort ty. Voluntary
work in Bo e town has been a
projEtCt of the sorortty since the
be&1Dn.1ng of the school year. Every Saturday we 10 into BoWie
town and work with children from
the ages of 9-12 on the pl..ayground.
We have part:l.dpat ed In several
procrams at the Laurel Cb1ldreo
Center and we are planD1Dg to
give a program at CrownsvWe.
Carolyn Maye was one of several women modeJ1ng in the November
Thi s sprtng we are plan.n1ng to
Fashion Exhibit by FrankUn && Simon. (Other pictures on page 4)
start our scholarship drive. The
so" bl.ac.k bourieol ..
recOgnlz s the neces l ty fo r such
an estabU hm t and 1 WlWn g
to support It. T he pooUng tolether of fund
by Intel"'8 ed
persons \\-'Ould t.hus make pos ble
the development of one of the most
needed Institutions th.a t this
country has overl ooked.
More I mportant, however, I s
e fact that 11 thi s concept I s to
be r alized, the Black peopl
must tl r st r eall ze that It has to
be done by them. It would be
fUtile, indeed, for Blacks to postpone movement in this vital dir ection wblle
t ertain1ng super optomJstlc viewpoints that somehow and in someway, the whites
Bowie. Md.
January 14. 1969
Volume 1 No.2
just r eco
tion to cl vWzatlons
in general -- non- white cl vlUz Uon in particular.
Other stUdies v.'Ould, of course,
constst of mathematics, the sciences, natu ral and appUed, lanl uages of rel evancy and some of
the t ecbnlcal dlscipUnes cu r rently r e- shaping the world.
Adm1n1straUvely, the sear ch I s
fo r Black schola r s knowl edgabl e
of the true past, aware of this
comp! x presen t and abl e to anticipate an almo t unpredictabl e
fUture. Bl ack peopl e bearlni such
c r edenUals 8.l"'8 not sca r ce. In
point of f ct, thI s cal1br of Black
"an I s becoming mor e and mo r e
(cont'd OIl page ~)
abundant.
Part:l.c1p&t1Dg In the rosb ceremony was Frances 'i'bortOD (left), a
member of th e senior class, and Celeste Willlams, (second from
rtght) a junior at BoWle Stale.
schol rsb1p W1ll be
I 01
Y r to any
d ntwho
has a 2.0 and above averaee. We
u e also plannlng to give a weiner roast on campu for the youth
01 Bowie town. nus I s ext endlng
our curr nt program In the com munity.
We have information lor the
Int er est Group of zeta Phi Beta.
Tbls club I s an 1n.1tatlon prognm
fo r those girls who ar e inter e ed
in our sorortty. From the Interest
Group, we hope to enthu se gi r ls
in jo1n.tng our pledre group next
semester .
We ar e a world.n~ 0
zation
Wi th pl enty of comm,mity actlvlti es to help those who are in
need. With our motto and our deUgent work we wlU estabU sh our
goals and obtain the highest recognltion than any sorortty.
Arena Stage Student
Discount Plan
A rena Stage announces a special Student Discount plan that
makes theatre-going fo r students
the lowest Item In the entertaJnment budget.
The 1988-69
plan guarant ees r eservatlons to
student s Cor $ 1.75.
In a typical week Arena Stage
otter s performances of two or
mOl"'8 plays. CUrrent oUertngs
are Brecht and WeW' s l"'8COrdbrealdng musical THE THREE PENNY OP ERA in repertory With
the fascinating and UDsettl1Dg
mystery SIX CHARACTERS IN
SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR. The
pair Wlll be joined in repe rtory
with the kaleidoscopic clasSlc
KING L EAR which opens Jan.
14th, and the three wW rotate
through Mar. 16th. THE PERSECUTION AND ASSASSINATION
OF THE MARQUlS DE SADE ItS
PERFORMED BY THE INMATES
OF THE ASYLUM OF CHARENTON and the Amertcan premiere of the new Arthur Kopit
pl..ay, INDIANS w1ll be performed
In repertory th.r ougb June 15th,
followed by the premiere of THE
CONVERSION OF PATROI¥.AN
O'CO • R
Byrd.
Students are entiUed to see any
or all or these flne plays for the
prtce of $1.75 underthese l1beral
conditions :
Student rates al"'8
avaUable fo r all performances
except F rt day and Saturday ev lngs. Call the Box Ottlce, 6386700 to make your r eservatlo.n s.
Tickets wW be held up to 48
hour . Am
at the Box Otflce
no I..ater than 30 minut es beI.ol"'8
and Pl"'8sent student Id nt1ficatlon
and the student discount coupon -one tick
per coupon. Studoeut
coupon are avaJJ.able at BoWl
State College through the D
or Studoent s.
~EW
CO URSE
Second Semester a cou r se In
Afro-A m ertcan Literature will
be oUered at our College. The
course w1U be taught by M rs.
Evelyn p , Burrell who received
her Bachelor of Arts Degree in
EngU sb from Morgan State Coll ege, her Master of Arts Degree
in EngUsh utentul"'8 fro m Howard UD1verSlty, and has had
Wlde and varted teaching e.xpertence.
The introduction of this course
I s in k eepinc with someottbe reviSion s be1nl made in the currtculum at our College.
GAL.LAGHER
SPEAKS
The New Democratic Coalltion
of PriDee George's County met
on TueSday. December 17, at the
Adelphi Mills Recreation Center,
8402 RJggs Road, Adelpbi, Mary~
land at 8,00 p.m. The prtnclpal
speaker was Fraoe1s X. Gallagher, a Baltimore attorney, Who
discussed poUtica.l re.torm of the
Democratic Party lIIth the group.
The Ebony Tree
Page 2
'Make It Eighteen'
Ask For Francise
M ake it Eighteen Is a nonparti san, nonpro11t organization dedicated to lowertng !lie votin g
age to eighteen. It includes hi gh
school and college students and
adults who believe that these
youngsters should have the ri ght
to vote.
The baSic prem1se of a democracy asserts that all those who
help to bear the burdens of soCiety should share In making Its
deciSions.
Americans between
!lie age s of IB and 21 certaLnly
help share the burdens of our society.
l\'l any of these young people
have full em ployment and a surprisin g nu mber of students hold
pli rt Ume Jobs. They pay federal
state and l ocal taxes. They contn butc to m any community proJect"'. The vast majority of the
men lD the A 1'1 oed Forces are not
old enough to Vill e. )lt a!!y thou sands of these young m .. n ar e se rvin g In Vi etnam as noncom mi ssioned and commissioned of!! cers. These men a.r e con sidered
responSible enough to carry out
t!.e gr ave duties of these po Sitions. TIl ey should be consi der ed
responsible enough to vote. We
r ec e1v~ many l etters statin g In
effect " Ol d enough to .fi ght, old
enough to vote." It's a good argu ment bu t ther e are other reasons for 10we rlDg the voting age.
The educational level of our
young people Is Increaslng each
year. They know more about polltics and governm ent than their
counter pa rts of a few decades
ago. Senator EverettDlrkson stated recently ''1 bell eve IB-y ar
olds are now better educated and
more r espon sible than ever befOrE· ...
l\!Q.ny schools hold moc.k elections. IS!.lles li r e d1scu s.sed In
social bl udi es and, fo r the most
part, students tak e tll~ elections
seriousl y They". ' Into th
bl
of VOUJlg. A three year waiting
period may cause them to lose
interest. Representative wllllam:
Moorhead, who h.u lDtroduced a
bill to lower the VOtin5 age to IB,
bas stated !lIat there Is danger
!lIat during a three year walt to
vote their Interest in pol\tics and
their deSire to vot~ may subside
permanently.
The Idea to lower the voting
age Is not new. Georg1a in 1943,
was the tlrst state In the UnIon to allow 18-yearoldsUle right
to vote. Since thea KentuckY has
lowered the voting age to IB; Itls
19 In Alaska and 20 In HawaU.
PreSident Eisenhower endorsed
It in his State of Ule Union ~1es­
saj;e In 1954 and Ule Senate came
Within 5 votes of approving It that
year.
It Is again ga1.n ing Llle attention
ot law makers. The cause Is backed by an Impressive llst of senators, House members and governors including l eader s o f both
parties.
John Balley, Chal rman of th ~
Democratic National Com mIttee
stated, ,,~ e should do ever ythin g
we can to pro mote ratification
of Ule Constitutional amendm ent
that would I"rant all people over
the age of 18 the right to vote."
You can help: Write your CODgressm an, pro mote the Idea among you r friends and join M ake
It Eighteen.
~Iak e It Ei ghteen ha s cont acted almost 4 hundred Senators,
RepresentaUves and local officials. Others wUl be contacted
each month.
The success of our publ1c1ty
campaJgn In Pittsbu r gh has encouraged u s to seek, covera ge
in other melropolltan areas.
Classified adverti sements have
been placed In a few l ar ge city
newspapers. A nu mber of school
publlcatioDs
and
communi ty
newspaperll have carri ed Item s
conce rning ~Iak e It EI l"hteen. WI!
are enllstl :lg the support of others.
Plans fC'r more exposure on
radio ar e being for ml!lat~d DOW
and other activities are being
conSideTl'd.
Que Psi Smoker
The Brothers of Eps1lon Sigma
Chapter wish to thank Ule Ladies
of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority for
allOwin g us to ~rticl~ate In Ule
ey eI or .e
program w c
children at the D.C. Chlldren's
Center. We enjoyed the affair
and congratulate the Deltas for
their work at the center.
The Chapter Smoker for those
lnterested in Omega will be held
Saturday, Jan. U, 1969 at U1e Belle
Haven Apartment Lounge from 9
p.m. to 11 p.rn. Transportation
will be provided for those Who
are unable to provide Uleir own.
The ladies of the campus are invited to the party g1ven after the
Smoker.
Que Psi
The Ebony Tree
The Ebony Tree Is publlshed twice a month by Ule
students of Bow:le State College. The op1n1ons stated in
the editorials and columns are those of the author and
not necessarlly those of the st.a fI, admWstration, or
f).culty.
Editor-in-cbie.f •••••••••••••••• Cornel1us T. WIWams
Associate Editor •••••••••••••••••••• Jackie Covert
News Editor •••••••••••••••••••••••• Vlvt.an Stovall
Feature Editor ••••••••••••••••••• Annette B. Robinson
Sports E.ditor •••••••••••••••••••••• Jerome HawkJDs
Photogr.pbers •••••••••••• Tony Prout, Renalda Pierce
Cartoonists •••••••••••••••••• Dexter Reed, Von Pelot,
C.T. WlWams
Bus1D.e ss Manager •••••••••••••••••• Cassandra HaJl
Typists
Connie Brown, BonltaS!ms, Vlv1anSwvaU, Pat Parker
Advisors •••••••••• ~.. . •.•.•.• Mr. Frank Kelly and
Mrs. Milkman
Editorial Pollcy
1. To publish news of particular lnterest to Ule students
and the campus communJty Ulrough eU1cl~nt journallstlc media.
2. To stimulate op1n1on, creative th1nk.1ng 8lld interest lD
campus auaIrs as weU as reg1onaI, national and international events.
3. To establlsh a closer relaUonshIp among students
and between admJnlstrators.
The Editors reserve the right to select the mate-rial
for publlcaUon in Ule Interest and security of thJ s papa. ,
the staff and the meml)ers of Bowle State College.
The
Listening Ear
Dear Ustenlng Ear
I have a boyfriend back home,
and I vlslt f requently. When I go
home he doesn't ac t as though h~
I s glad to see ~ or Ulat he ml ses mt'. When \1' art' togethpr
we have a lot of fun , lIut the problem is gettin g tOketht' r. He won't
com t' over unl ess I ask hi m'? \Vhat
should I do '? Sholllel 1 go out \11th
fellows on campu s'?
o spa ra t
Dear De SP3ra t ~
You go home tOO much. Gh 'e
hI m a chanct' to mi ss you. U
staying away f rom hom e doesn't
change the r elationshi p, when
you go home don't caU h.1 m. Date
oUler fellows at home s \\'ell as
on c ampus. See If Ull s work • U
this doesn't work you mU' t rea llze there ar e too many !Ish In
the sea to wast t' your b I t on j ust
one.
Dear Ustening Ear
I think 1 am on t he \'erge of a
nervou s br eakdo\\ll. I have exam s
on top of exams. !\1y boyfri end
Is dating another gi rl. I don't
know wheth er I'll be abl e to come
ba.c k to school next semestt'r
because of 1 ck of funds, and on
top of Ulat, I think I' m get ting
ulcers. What I s a solut1on ?
Nen'OU
Dear Ner..-ous
A bor friend I s a minor thing.
II he has lost Inter est in you,
face reaUty. Don't live vicariously it only makes Ul.lngs worse.
Have you ever heard of financial
aJd? Why don't you try getting a
loan for ne.xt semestl.'r? U you
really think you havp ulc ~ rscon­
sult your phySician. A S t ' as
exams arc concerned. tl1' not to
' a
h '.Jt' yo h(~
let your studying get behind It I ~
your fault, but lilt's not '100 l al e,
get a tuto r .
Dear Listening Ear
I am twenty years olel anel paying my own way through school.
My parents continue to tretat me
Uke a child. They tell me don't
do this and don't do Ulat. Then
1 argue with Ulem and teU then,
that 1 am no longer a chJld. They
say that I am selfl.sh and W1apprec1.a ting. What can I do in a casp
llke thiS?
Awlt
Dear Adult
You must not be an adult. ..\ction speak.s louder Ulan words. U
you want to get anything accompllshed you must show Ulem how
mature )"OU really are. Do someth1n g on your own to prove you
are an ac1llt.
Dear Ustenlng Ear
There Is a guy who I know loves
me a lot and he trt'3rs me very
nlce. He says he would do anyth1ng for me. Thl.' problem Is I
don't love bim, and I feel bad
about it because 1'm so afraJd
that I mlght do something to hun
him. I llke him a llWe because be
Is so nlce.
Helpl!
Dear Help
Slow down, don't run from h.1m.
You say you like him a llttle, and
that be Is sweet, You're afraid
of doing someth1n(; to hurt his
feelings.• 11 he doesn't know the'
way you feel tell bim, that may
make Ullngs eaSier.
11 you are having a problem and
need help In solving I~ send a
_ letter to:
The LJstenlDg Ea.r,
Box 125, fjowie State College.
-
January 14, 1969
International Colle~e
Sets Two New Progralns
The Illtem atl onal CoU egE' In
announc ~s t\\'O n \1'
programs beginning In the fa U
of 196 9: 1) a.n I , ..HI World '- aSt
Mrica Speci al S mlnar .'· whi ch
Is an t'l even month ,><Iuclillon, I
progr am
Incorpo ratln g thre
month!' of stUdy and local t r \,.,1
\I1th th e lln l \'t~ rslt y C o l.1 e g~!' In
East Alri ca acung as st u d~ c enle r s. in ddil1on , o \'er d month
\\'11.1 b~ aUo\\,pd for th .. xpl ori.ng
of the :-; t'll r Ea st. 2) an "lndl\1 dual Sem1.na r"
struct u r~d fo r
l ho st' student who d si r " 10 do
wo rk In thE'l r \'ar l ou flt'l ds of
int re st and re looking fo r an
oppo rtunity to outlln,· t twlr 0\\11
cun1culu m f rom thaI which I s
o(fe r~ d at ICC and th .. n u m,' ro u ~
othE'r educational I.n stlt'ui lon s In
thl.' COPE'nhagt'n ar~a .
AS wt'll as thp abo\'e m~ ntJ o n,' d
pro rams, ICC oncE' ag3ln off.. r s
in 1969 ·'70 It s al r ... ady popu l r
programs : 1) Tht' fascinating .. I t' \'en mont h " AU Wo rld IncUlI SPt'cl al Semln r, " 2 thE' t\\'o sem st er program In unl\' ~ r 5Sl aff.slrs
enUtl d the ' AU World t' ml.nil r·
and 3) the [WO S,'IlIt' ,' r' 'Dal\.\ -h
Seminar " whi ch incl udt's a sl a ~
at a Dani sh fo lk hi gh _chool. A
speci al fealu r p I s th", " Comblned
Program , ' wher ... s tll d~ nt !' Im er t'sted 1.n a \llrl~d l ea mlng .. xPE' rience mar sPE'nd ont! • m .. -t r
\\1tll th ~ All World Semln r and
ont' semester with t!1ther tJle In dividu 1 Seminar or tht' Danish
Seminar.
In the umml'r of 1969 I CC will
conduct t ll'O py~ - openlng , I um m~ r Tour s of :\on hern an Eas , .. rn Eu rope ." These tou r s offer
n I ht \\'l"t'k ppo rnlO1t y to x plo r~ 11 f In Ihe capl t U uc Scandin \1a.n \\'i'lfart! tat es : nd I n
, h~ SOCldl1 IIc count ri ps of t h ~
So \1~ t
nlon , Rom, nl3, Hunltll l1',
C7.t'cho. lo \'akl a, and Poland: and
In th dh1 ded c lt ~' 01 Al" rlln. Thp
fi r St tOur \I-Ill 1\<> n on the pl p""nth 'l l !\I ay \11th tll ... s.-rond lou r
I mmecU Il' ly fo llo\l"1ng on th.. six th o f July. For Ih.. ni m h con ... ruth'e ~":l r ICC \11 11 al so offl' r
li S ' Summp r Ses on In D.. nmark ,"
ICC Inco rpora te s s.>l .. ch'd l ec fUr s. st.l mulstJ ng s.'mlna r s, ,'xcllJn i!' rt l ei t ri ps, Im eH' Stlntr ,'xcur Sions ;tnd fr ank c\l s.cus:.;;lons
\\'Ith tilt' oppo rrunlty o f jt:lt hel1ng
socl II\' \\'I th stuel.. m s fl' m D.'nma rk
\'3 rlou s oth.. r fo r" l gn
cowl tr l t's. T h... . I' al1O \ 'I m.'mlond \t t'ms r,' useel - a IIlt' alL I
accompli Sh th.. d~Sl r .. d I,!'Osl o f
ICC: Inh' Tlu tl onal knoll'l .. dgl' , un d r standJng, and frl ... nd hlp. ICC
us,'d th Info r mal approach In 0 1'dt' r 10 cr..ot .. :l mo r t' _tlmul at1ng
8t mO plll' r ...
Int r .'st .. d tu ill S. r ... 'IlCOll ra ~.. d 10 \\' rlft' for furt lw l· Info rIlloti on to: ICC , l\ elh 11lPWj 88 ,
2900 H" Ut'rup, COj)t'nhajt,'Il, 0 ... 11 mark.
Cop en hag~ n
.
;.
..
and
Inquiring Reporter
by Linda Gough
. :\I\1n Woods - " T h.. road 11 round ~w shou l d hI:! r epal r
and should be much wldt! r . Th ... ~
should al so cut so me of tht:' t r et's
do\\'n so It wouldn't look so coun t ry.' '
· B~ rt ha
lrig
to
Smith - "Roads l eadthe c a mpu ~ are horrlbl ~. "
.Amora Donal dson - "Would Ukp
Dene'i'ous spl"\i{ce."
'"H.:.le.n Ro senblatt - " We need ·
&is se.iiVice to AnnapoU s tv.'lcft '
a.. (lay;
onr.~ In the ·mOrning and :
aga1n In th,,' "\,\>nlng."
:
"'Cla rt'tlce Lh'd'~l(""\l - "Mort'
tr"P<.lup.riniis'{nii"and f "r h' r roads."
.Pat Francis - "Rellablllty of
the bu ses Is a fa rc·e. , ,
The Week of Challenge
Women's Week at ~\1e Stat.'
"The Challen r.~· of
sponsored by the Women's St'nlor Senate, was well
carried 011 during the week of
DecemUer ::nd t.hrough the 5th.
The week's al' ,·nd:. included 1l"Ctures, makt' "I' dt'nlOnstrations,
exhiblUon s, .. 1II1- 11I0elt>llng lessons and a (a sblon sho\\' sponsored by Franklin a.ml Simon of
Baltimore featurln S SO II I .... px.ollc
styles of today for au occa"JU,IS.
TIle speakers were: OU r 0\111
Dean of Women M rs.lda Sic\'(llb
who shared WiUl us Ule benefit 01
her travels by speaking and showing Qlmsof Ubt'ria: Mrs. Ot!Vera
Edwards of Pharmaco Inc. \\'ho
gave a charm sessIon; Shirley
Hlnnant of B. C. Assoclatt's, N. C.
from Johnson Wax Co.; Dr. Ela1n.e
Davis, a m~mber of t.he Board
Coll~ge ,
Chan ~ .. ",
The Black University
Black people ha ve come to
realize - that as sad as It may
make some Negroes feel Ule
white man cannot dett'rmine their
fa.t e. In this respect., then, we are
com1ng together under the banner
of sel1-determlnation, fully realIzing Ulat only we can discern
our future. Hence, thesl.' Black
adm.iJl1strators Will be wholly
relevant to th el r student body
becl:..tse of thetr genuine Blackness and abWty to develop v1able
programs for both the students
and the Black communlty.
ObviOUsly, Ule Black Univer Sity
Is a must, to say the le ast~ Howe\'er, It I s not Just wi thin till s
d cade tha tllls has been conc eived. Thil"t y- eight year s ago,
of Tru ste.. s, and our estt'emt'd
First Lad.\', !>Irs. Samuel Myt'rs.
TIle hJghllgtlts ofWomeo' sWeek
were tht' presentations of " Lady
of the Year' · and " ~Iother ,of thp
Year'· 8\\llrds -- Fa\'\! Evansthe
reciplen ( of till' forn h' r and Mrs.
Flora Ston .. IhE' r€>Ci ph-'nt of thl'
l atter.
Judy Washington, i hp preslclent
of the Worn, n' Senl0I' Senatt' has
t11P follo\\'ing comments:
"l \\'ould llke to thank eWI1·one
that worked so hard \\<1th IllC to
mak.' our women's WE'ek I he
~uccess it was. I feel that without Ule cooPE'ration so wll.l.lng
g1\'en hr tlle program chal.rman
and other s we woulel not have had
such a grand w~ ek. 1 onll' hoPE'
Ulat next year more ofthe faculty
staff and student bod)' will part1clpate."
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Ulrough thp efforts and wi sdom
of the Honorabl Ellj ah Muhammad-M essen ger of Allah - tht'
Black UnlversHy was establlshed.
Thi s instlt1 tution was, and is
known as the Un1 ver sU-y oflslamand Is the onl}' univerSity - anywhere - that Is totally rE'le\'ant
to the needs of Black Peoples.
So that, I.n fact, I s, as HOward
lIn1 vel 'sltl' conc el " tid In theft
seminar on "Towards a Black
Un1ver Sity" - til n it would have
been corr ct to con It " Toward
Anoth r Klnd of Black Un1 verslty." • Thi s i s I.n k eeping wllh
our St' r eh fo r the truth I s that
the Unl Y(- I' I), of I sl am IS tli~
"onlv " !ru.' Bl ack Uni ver sity.
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The Ebony
.January 14. 1969
JAZZ KING LEWIS TO
APPEAR WITH SYMPHONY
--
Belnjl a ('elelmll ",d and InOuE-n·
Ual entprtain",r I s no n('w thine:
to Ram sE-Y Lewis. OUt JX' r(ol'm \n ~
\\1 lh 3 sy ml'hony or<'lwstra cl:'r ·
t atnly I s.
L .>\\·l s will a p~ a l' \\1th th", Ok·
l ahoma CIIY Symphony On'hl:' t ra
'- In JanuJ r~' w:lt'r., th., unlqu('
•. c om~'')'' tOIl! lUnl!. ~'l m,' 103 pi t',
(' '''5 11'11\ perform " Coheslon :"
a Jazz-sym honlc w.) rk In thl'.,
llh \'('111 .>01 5.
I.Cohp ston : · WII S Pt'nned lJy
C'ollt('mjx>ra ry Chtcll f!O ('omj)o s~'l'
Charl", s ~ h'P:lt' ~' , W~ I(\ I s I'('gar ded
3 :' 01\(' of IIII' mu i'lc Indusl n " i'
most hrtlU M I n"\I' itnd ... Stt,>pney
ha ::: 11..;·It .. ·.1 and arrang!:!d m~ls lc
fo r i'l1('h dll','r s tait' nts as tht'
Rola ry Connt'cUon. tht.' Soulful
St r l llf[ S. hlu .. !' star l\tuddy \\'a.
tt'rs, Ih,' Dl>lls and Ihf' Ralllst'y
L ewis aggr E'gation.
:\ccordin jl to L"II'18. Ult' January 0'.< la:lO.11 ') CIty datt,> will
mark thp Ihlrd pt'rformlUlcl' of
··Cohe slon ;". w:ti('h Ill' saId. "I s
hound 10 u,>com,. a ' standard
Itt'm' ill II .., r " p" nol r ('s o( 01'·
('h,' sI I"J!'I h", r .. and a\)road si mply
bl'CIlUS(' It I s su('h l ... autlful and
~X (' l ll n ~ 1II11 Sl (,,"
'
L .. w\s m:,d ' hi ' ('om ,O" n! from
hi s BOI;\OI\ hOh'\ sulll' w!\('r ('
he I s Ill'adllnlng II... show al
B",'olD Clt y' s plu sh L .. nny's 011 tlw
Turnpl k ....
Tht' ,'n!!.aitt'ml'nt m:lrk s til<' pi a·
nlsl 's Or sl UO~on ar ,' a ni ght
c luh appt>a l'anc... In Ch', ' y ... ars;
I.t-wl s 1\".\5 on" of (h!' nr SI S!IOIl'
\)u sl.l w ss lumhlarh's to cunu ll
IIl l1:hl c lllh llo.' rforlll'lnct' ' In o rd"r
10 " pi on" .... ,· on Ih., 1II0 S1 lu(' rJ·
I'l w ('oU" !rt.' (' a m 'JUS ('one.' n ('I I'·
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WANTED
Reporters ond Writers
for
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"The group and I did 'Cohesion :' Iwo olb.'r timp. s. .. L ewis
said. "We
rform l?d It UltS ~ m '
m l'l' \\'! th tht.' !\'1umt'apolls Sym·
phony Orchest ra . Then In Octo·
l)t!l'. \1' ,' al so Pt' l'form.1<! w:th the
Toronto ' Symphony Orchestra.
Ther e' s no ooubt about It. tllese
diver Ions loto Ihl, new vein
ar
hlghlli!'ills of m" :-,lI'e( ~."
L p\\1 s' CII l't't'r I s Sll r e to IIp
a bu s)' ont'o In stders sa y there Is
pl'Ohably no ot1-:r artist so deeply Immers('d In thE' \'arted fac('t s
of till' music industry as th(> man
\\110 made "In Crowd". "Wad(>
In Th... Water"
and "liang On
Sloopey, " must Items Cor any
St'lf· respecting J31.1. record collection.
In additlon to heading up th
sU('('t'ssful ChJcago -lJa sed Rams'
L Prochl('t\on!l, Inc., which Includes a r('Cordin j: ((rill and II
I
Islc publishing hOIl l'. L ewis'
r ecol'din and personal apPt'srancl? sch(>dule I s lll'ct1c. 1115 latest Clu1stmas r ('cord for t111?
Cadl'l la\.le1. "M ary's UtUe Bor
Child." I s due for release momenlartly. Thpstngl dlsc lsbac·
k pd wit h t ht' popular Yule stand.ud, "H ave Yourself A Ve ry
!'.I t'l'r)' Ch t1stma s."
Enh'n al"men t lockJstry obst>l'W I' S continually note t hat Lewi s'
Christma s offerings art' alway s
\Jolla· fide cha rt makers. as prpdictal>le as Old F aithful or ,lIa·
l ey's Comet.
H ,\nd her e. I Ullnk \ve'\'i!' go~
anolher wlnm>r". the youthful
S t l I' conJldently add ><1.
Ri ght art,J r thE' holidays. Lewis
I s sch wlt!d 10 r ecord yet MO111l'l' album III Cadet' s Chicago
~tudlo s. "Though the new album
has 110 UUp :II; yet". h'" said. ,·It
\I1U be In th .. modem vein simi lar to 'M alden Voyagf" . our last
,· ffon." Thp new aU"lm Is latt!d
for a January r l'l ..as,'.
FoUowln ~ hi s enll8v:emE'llt at
- Lenny's On ' Tlh' Tlllllpik e. Le- -
terf'st<>d Iltlrsons may com(' to
he press meeting In the Prt>ss
Room 011 TIlUrsday.
•
ap-
'r
pcarMct> ' on t.he Mike Ooup:l as
Show and a on", 11'c>ek eDjrll\tt'm ,nt
at th(' Showl!oat Jazz Tlleatl·c In
Ph1ladelplt!a.
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Dl"C.
2
Dec,
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D~.
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Sallsoory State
Dec. 10
0..><:. 14
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90
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'72
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GO
We
88
LoS'
Df'c. 16
Bloomfield State
75
Lost
Dec. 17
Nevo Yo!1t Tpch.
136
Lost
Jan. 10
D.C. Tf'3chers
.\WAY
.
. E. Mp.nnon.Itp
AWAY
Jan. 18
Copplo statt'
AWAY
Jan. 20
GaUaudet
HOM I::
Jan. 23
BloomQf'ld state
Jan. 2'1
DP.laware Slate
HOMF.:
Jan. 31
New \,o t!t Terh.
HOM E
Feb.
Delaware Slate
AWAY
George Mason
AWA -
Jan • .1 1
Feb.
3
Feb. 10
Llocoln U.
Feb. 15
Frostbu rg
Feb, 18
D,C. Teachers
Feb. 22
" Coppin S ~te
Feb. 24
Southeastern
Fell. 28-29
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M.I.C, TOti rna ment
IIOMF.
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POETRY
CORNER
B LIND GIRL'S WONDER
I DESIR E
Black
Black
Black
Btack
mack
Dlac-,k
Ol ack
Black
Black
Dlack
Black
Black
B l ack
thes
I destre to kno\\' a place
Where dwells peace
Where t.rouble cIa,res not
Show his sulk en, cowardely (ace
Is my Ufe
I s my death
I s m}' sin
Is my IP'8Ce
I wonder I s my sklo
I see from lilY eyes
I feel d ~ep inside
I hold 1I11hln my hanns
I dream
I ('at
I desll'e a place where no
sleepless n1ghts exIsts
No saIty tear can \.le shed
I desire •••••••••••••
o God where Is this place
I Cl1'
Tell me I so \.leg thee
Help me!
Defore I hel p myself.
I laugh
Is only what I see from
hUnd ,>yes
" alat1e Beauford
Glorta FI'87..ler
MA N'S nIGHT
TH E DAY IT'S COMING
I s It not a man's r1 (d1t
To dO as he so pleas es
With Ids Ufe?
It's Commg
TIle day when all Black people wUl nouly
Be treated equal
If he wants to tak e th e plu rge
It not Ills ri ght to do so?
It' s Coming
Th e day we cease our hot tl ght
Decause we have UnaJ..ly got equal rtghts
I
I.f he wants to destroy himself
Is that not his rt ght?
Fo!' when he I s over Ule edge
Who can plIlI him back?
It ' , Coming
The da')' wIl en w r each the mountain top
Because we forth on and did not stop
Glorta F ra zier
It's COming
The day when Martin LuUh:r KlDg' s words come
To past
When all of Gods Black children sin g
"Free at last, Free at last, thank Go9
r'm free at last."
WII1::RE- IS TIIl1.: STORM WINOOW ?
.
Wh re 15 I.h e Stbr,n \\1000\\'
,
Thai once shielded my 10 e .
Sb ttfo!red pieces of blood -sta1.ned
F i e h cover reaUt}',
SCl'oens are of no value
Interwoven pieces of mechanisms.
SHnts go march1ng
Marching, MarchJ- ~
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The Ebony Tree
Need For Black Community
Finally Taking Hold In U.S.
The black man in America today has tlnally begun to reallze
that there has been a calculated
denial of his history, of his talent, of his herttage and 01 his
expertence by his oppressors.
They also rea.lUe that we do need
a black communJty.
Our first step towards a black
communJty Is to ga1n self-contl.dence. We must believe that we
can better ourselves and our
movem9llt before we can succeed
in doing so.
Second, we must convert our
black lDtergn.t1oD1st, those who
beUeve that we have prorressed
throu gh dvU rtghts legislation
and accept black culture as a
somewhat lesser tributary 01
America's culture.
At one time we thought that lDtegration would help us. That the
black man and the white man did
DOt really WlderstaDd each other,
and that we could l1vehereasone
happy UD1ted Nat:1on, however;
this was proved to be miscalculated. You see, we cannot llve
with the white man or anyone else
until we tlnd unity and we become
one.
We must convert our black
back- to- Afr1ca-lsm S, those who
bel1eve that we should go back
to Alrtca because they are sulfemg the inabWty to stay here
and struggle and tight agaiDst the
opression.
We need a black community
so that we can have blac.k teachers
and black students in classrooms
tXliether and we can teach our
chlldren the true meaniDg of the1r
hertt.age. They can open books and
see llttle black faces instead of
wb1te faces, and they can learn
that the1r black brothers also
contributed to the m.akJ.ng of
Amertca.
We need a black communJty so
that we can have black pollt:1cians
for black people and we can malte
decisions that are rtght for us
without fearing the loss of employment.
We need a black community
so that we can have our own
stores and stop work1ng so hard
day alter day for the white man
wben we're givingblsmoneybac.k
to hi.m everytlme we walk into a
store. U in yourcommlDlitythere
1s a black comer store an.d a
whit.e one, do you real1z.e that·
everyt1me you buy from the white
one you are giving two white men
your money? You are giving your"
money to the white owner of that
buSiness and to the white wholesaler. On the other hand, if you
buy from the black one at least
some of this money is comlDg
back into the black community.
In a black community where we
will also have black Wholesalers
all of this money wtll come back
into our community.
We must move into a black
communilj' and learn to love each
other, trust each other and ga1D
conl1d9llce in our leaders. We
must look at the ghetto as a mere
convenience, not as a disgrace
and tI1' to help the poor people
there who are looldDg for ways
to escape It. Fa.t hers are turn1ng
to alcohol, chlldren are depending
on drugs and mothers are relywg on religion. Only we can give
them the love and affect:1on t.hat
they need to over come this.
ThOugh thls is the end of my
speech this Is not the end of our
problem.
I have a motto that applles to
every black persoo here today:
LOVE BROTHE.RHOOD AND TOGETIfERNESS FOREVER.
January 14, 1969
Miss Bowie Selected
The tlrst contestant was -DoU·
Stone. Doll portrayed a llttle
girl entering her ftrst day of
school feeling very lonely and
afraid. So she whistled a happy
tune and to her surprtse, discovered she was no longer afraid
and lonely.
The second contestant, Frances Tborton, displayed ber talent
in the tleld of modeliDg. 8«ween
intervals of Afrtcan mUSiC, she
modeled Afrtcan silks.
The last contestant, Janice
Evans, did an interpretation of
"The Impossible Dream" in modern dance.
Last on the agenda was the modeling of the gowns.
Miss Annette "Doll" Stone was
elected by secret ballot by the
student bOdy. She represented
BoWie at Morgan State's Homeco~ Next on the schecl11e for
the queen was the Queen's Ga!~
"Doll" was cl'OWJled by Novella
Waters, who held the t:1Ue of Miss
Bowie for the year '67- 68.
AnIlette accepted with a wUliDg heart and made this speech
in her behalf: "When most young
women enter college, there are
usually certaln academic and social goals they wish to attain. I
have certa1nly been blessed with
achievement in bOth of lhese catagortes.
I didn't want to be Miss Bowle because I thought I was the
most beaul:1fUl gi.rl on campus,
nor the most popular, northeone
With the most d)llamic persona.llty, But I did l.h1nk, however,
that I could serve as the "l1rst
lady" of the student bOdy to the
best of my capabWties, representing the fero1n1ne Ideal and
image which the "new" BoWie
wishes to project. The image,
I th1.Ilk, 1s certainlY lDdl cta ti ve to
our womens week theme. And
wben I accepted the resuUs or the
election, I also accepted, "The
Challenge of Change", for Black
Women of the World."
Miss Annette "Doll" Stone Will
graciously preside at our bomecom1Dg on the 2:?nd of February.
Committee Named
The Student Government Association has authorued the Instltution of a Residence Hall DiscipllDa.r y Committee to handle
miDor cases occuriDg in the Women's ReSidence Halls.
The Committee is composed
of representatives from each
class. They are:
Miss Carlotta Hardmon, AnIletie
Stone, Sandra Benston, Betiye
Peters, Ii. Jean Spencer, Barbara Smith, Charlene Wrtght,
Gall SlUlIlders, Herta Lewis.
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Brothers of the Omega Psi Phi FraternIty IDc. "turn- on" du~ Rush 3et:1v1t1
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I<Doll"
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mor e of the modern fashloos of Frank.
e Co- vert, modeling casual fash10ns,
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