Morehouse College - Torch Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

Text from Pages 1 - 208 of the 1969 volume:

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Uh m; 5 ports graduates page 145 features pagL-s 6'3, 161 fraternities page 54 organizations page 27 black powered man your personality displays a warmth, a glow. a goodness that survives in its own obviousness. your smile is quite dear. unknowingly possessive, and much too much demanding for the viewer. your words and thoughts, and plans are often too good to be true. with long after thoughts that linger, and linger, like your smile. your laugh is forever near, it lurks, ejects, and sometimes annoys. your hair is black, thick, nappy, and wooly. like a deep, strong, wavy sea Uneautiful black man you are me:! or maybe your hair is a combination of richness and Superlatives with arrays ofcurlinas not found in any other and will i attempt to express your black color? my words flow much too rapid and freely, even for my pen, and i could challenge any witty writer of words 011 the beauty of black. and woe to those who have chosen another. Chekeshao tho mun'hnust' mam . . . hi5 blackness is m1 stmw its dmlfnvss hurlcd against tht' clamor of thc day. his blackness; is 110 drop of lifvlvss water 0n the dvad eye tthlw world. his lalzlckl'lt'ss i5: neitht'r a towvr nor :1 cu- thcdml. it thrusts into the l't'ud HL'SII uftht: sky. it hollows through thv dense dismay of its own pillar of putiL-nco. my....; in 1:...Imn. I ul HEHHII -.i.;'!:- if. 7' 'fo 3' ' 3- ' Ania. :r. 3r. - fl hr- rr-fk-cts . . I finding: 1hr;- force ofllhr future in the past. . m mum i'jvnpll' , . 7 m1 mun; xuhim-h . . . u mirror to his hr ank'm ' 5' . x Ilmuglllx , . l'l'HPl'iilllD-i I'Jf his Um- 30111. he relishes beauty . . . black beauty . . . her beauty .. . . there lies truth, warmth, and Iona hr minglcs amidst his brothers and sister: . . fluttm's of his black origin . . . impvimt-s to m'crcumv . . . the Iorgv tn munhuud , . black manhood. x x, x? 3...,- .1. f: m ' l ; lit! Eh I ' - I t: $H'. W I culling all black people! through the windows.... all black people! culling l2 calling all black people! d 1L T... 0 w e h +0 I! 0. 3me'CDNVN5 class james allen jerry allen james allsop emerson alston john artis dermis baird douglas bolton raymond barabino quintus bames wesley benjamin Vincent bethel howard boger cecil brim bradford brown Charles brown howard brown john brown, jr. melton brown uzee brown artis bryant kenneth br ant lament bu ngton Collie: burnett clarence bush michael cambridge james campbell michael campbell raymond chambliss Wilson carley robert Carr dann Chapman lee c and leonard cole everett comer stephen cowan skipper darden guy damell ste hen dean ant on de sue kennet dinkins robert ealcy herman edwar s william edwards kenneth elom frank eunice iesse evalns danny fitzra dernard fobgs courad forhes eddie Iee fortune richard gamble david gambrell louis faint Eeral godwin enneth goseer linus griH'ln edward grimes frank grimes lewis ' zle samue guillford jamesf. hall petal hall daniel harris john harris donald heath douglas henry 1 94. Q jaclde hicks alfred hill alvin hill larry hines willie hinton michael hedges walter houston henry j. howard olive: e. hudson Virgil hudson charles d ingram waldon jackson peter james frederick jenkins lincoln jenkins robert jennings reginald d. jessie raymond jeter I .. eugene iivens bruoe iohnson lawrence d. johnsan van c. johnson Charles jones deverges iones 'ohn e. jones iawrence jones Willard d. iones gordan joyner terry kellam georgc lane Steven lang williamid. mann, jr. john matthews, jr. frank c. mcbee euiaene mccrary wi liam mcfarlin david mcghee arthur mickelbury dave miller henry neal earl j. nero lee norris cecil partee kenneth pinson herbert arise hnrmon outlaw rea .in Owens arc ie powell 22 Chester thompson edwin a. thornpson, jr. jose h thorn son wal ace r. t ompson walter lee thompson calvin thomton r. thurston abdun may lee turner William uImer William 1:. powelI William 1. pyatt young rainey hilip reed ouis reese sliver register edward riley grady scotl: john scott stave seymore eari shinhoster ioel h. silver adams Simmons myce Simpson kenneth sinkler robert small c. miles smith, jr. lonell speach ronald steward richard strong terry t. tate bemard thomas hosea thomas iohn thomas Orenzo thomas .L franklin Whittaker William underwood melvin h watson larry white Charles Whitaker ms m.m..m m 0mm hammw WBi x. .mW .1 lhummh dwatm .thah ohgmm riwman winstOn d yates pexc ronai, robert can 24 freshman class officers president william mcfarlin, vice presidentwecil brim, secretary j0e ratcliH, treasurern-arthur mickelbury, counciiman-audry tiliman negro colleges have a duty to help black students acquire an identity and 21 par- ticular involvement with their own in- creasingly cmnplexed communities, cou- pled with a corresponding passion to serve those communities rather than merely escape from them. this country is in my debt. it owes me something, my father's pride . . . my mLJtllerE womanhood . . . the courage it took from my brother . . . the purityr it jilted from my sister, i am the man. it's time to pay me my due. yeah! i,m here to collect. give it up or, m, 01' . . . your 2135 is all mine! no lie. no lie. 25 E5... 2. ... . 15...... ..... a . ...... .. .....avi...$.:.:e..c....s I?Uruhrl ... ...-..Jdl1-F... .. organ.wo2at.1uon8 27 james early, 61 presidente 28 29 rwyxyr .. Fifth : 24 P - --. iv v- ..f 'A I -4 -. s: ', c :- '. f1 . : .- v i. '3? ' 'h I'm 1. -va-upt ....pp--? 5qu . . k. .. social and cultural affairs committee black is my brother's song. black is my sister's talk. black is our dance. black- ness is my religion. go ye and spread the word of the divine gospel! brothers of the social and cultural affairs committee, disciples of the black word, promoters of the gospel. the johnst the lukes. the peters. the jameses. preach brothers, preach! halleIujahI u ,5: m .m. wm .. 3l ...E....u....... .. mu??? 1 . .9 33.? 1.. mm? I p. pan-hellenic council g rt n business club 32 33 34 phi lambda sweethearts and prmident donjse thomas Sharon rounsaville president milton Wilkins merrill scholars 1967-1968 35 maroon tiger staff editor-in-chief, carthur drake news editor, fredrick salsman 36 feature editor, william berry 51 mrts editor, d. bernard ball assistant eports editor, kenneth martin 37 William mt daniels, hand director drr wt'ndell whulunl, gIPl' club director 39 student council joseph price, vioe-president bill gilbert, treasurer mum El: Min 40 William 1m: flzrlin program chairman A1 s.g.a. president, 1968-1969 odud ljitth Jo Hanuk- C611: '..; am MILIWTW M! '1le 2197935 . m. woSOonm class mvw $1 :flffiSlJVE ' Lli'allijc'i IJones ken neth e. bnile y toris bailey Alfred bull noble ban-Hcld muald biveus john black john briggs monme hrock philip e. brawn 44 earl butler larry byrd 1' amcs h. coEcld jackie cullins levy curry Charles d. davis leonard l. tlavis armand fullmore donald dotson frank dunson, jr. edward games A Charles edge robert friend ioseph gaston A 45 samuel gilliam hcnry d, green Clifford grier wiliiam griffin, jr. james 13. hawkins rufus c. hill melvin LL hortun charles e. in gram cula jackson ralph k. jackson willie jackson robert jeffress perry jenkjns my 111. johnson thumas jones lloyd kcyes thnmas b. king 1'. franklin leak lonzy lewis michael 11. musingale curtia mcbride mbert l, mccann marion mccord chalk s. mitcheil 47 carlton g. moone george mOUZOTl give me a mighr, give me a Wripr' give me a dream. give me a Seance! i gotta get away for a while. i gotta go blich on reality. may my soul rest in peace. may my soul rest in peace. Sigmund e. morgan t. j. nicholson donald l. paige William c. pryor willie register stephen roberts Clarence rohinzine 48 glenwood I'DSS arthur ross fredrick l. salsman herman scott percy Shaw lanoir a. Sims george d. Simmons, jr. david smith rober: smith willie c. starks jimmy stegall amold steward james stodghill gxegory stone wilbur suggs William taylor john terell edwin t. thomas gerald l. truesdale alcxander m. valentine hora ce walker, jr. arthaycr wallcr gerald t ward SD larry watson ronald 1'. watts tnmce c. waits wi llium wcbb bernard c. weltcrn dnnald a. white ronald wilkey james Williams beniamin woods 51 n. d 1 a digging death L, ideas institutionalizEd ' colored college scene .9 th f legacy on the debit 'e, uilt arou ' d '2'. greed ignoran . aid we should as better to know 5' . white man than yourself. the weird greek freaks - marching again, saying m nothing, big brother ping to achieve nothing ' ' ing, selflessnw, with the ' 1 les for souls d. j.'s earn about. don't listgn . cKming q: ar dlac r 111.- e. . .7 - him. 35:- the '-. h hmanmv , n. E'JIf-azrl 7 Iac ' Cs ' I7 . I -5. '.: ii. I ' . s of en isolate are im between brick efensive walls lored sheriifs quick '- . nd another brother 0m falls for hitting Ir - L'J - i: ., r a 1 THE ' BLACK MAN'S REVOIJ Of . Prolesl ' For Pragrau ' And 1 Poems OF I. - I lamination 'f duse watch a lack sister ly seed - soft knit hedges - from the good . ou wanted to watch all thei t their african cl of new groovin like ami and . young minds ' : than yours. they peeped 1e card hrst. watch out fpr them . Out for on. 7 fraternities kappa alpha psi 56 phi beta sigma QIIIllIIIllIII alph phi alpha ' N 3i .JL-T? a 58' omega psi phi 59 what is a brother? is he a negro? is he from a ghetto? is he hip with the handshake-cool? is he afro-headed and dashiki- clad? what is a brother? 60 a brother is black. a brother is african. a brother is aware. a brother is revolu- tionary. a brother acts to see his people enlightened, unified and elevated . . . to power. a brother ai1ft n0 sister! 6! coronation and homecoming 1968 64 the villagers do not know her birth land. some say in the holy quarters that she descended from heaven, a gift of the gods to men. others in the streets have believed that she rose from the sea, fully beautiful in her black array. but the oldest legend has it that she came from a distant land called chat-tu-noo-ga, the land where ttthe rock rises to a point. she sprang From the seed of vaughn and blossomed into a fragile flower, nurtured 0n the spring waters of mother spelman. . . . somewhere, deep within the diamond- studded earth of africa, lies a kingdom governed by the holy wisdom of a true queen africanna. pztm-e-laT the high priestess of beauty, the isis of feminine comeliness, whose name rings gently on the jungle winds and scents the air with poppy Sweet- mess. to walk in her shadow is nut to be be- Iittled; she makes a giant out of the least of us. to carry her thrOugh the marketplace is not to tire; she is small and her liquid warmth is a refreshing oasis. . . . uago ermnt wither hon saw; the. poor of another lantL Wlnr custmn stale hvl' infinitv vurivtvf 1la1111-v-IaEIJI-L1ck dzmghfvr nfmothvr varth! pam-v-Iu! black mm- ofthc: cmlgot qnwn africemml! what yrm nsk-tlovs u black goddess do while her subjects marvel at her lender beauty and bow at her soft approach? in the dew 0f the morning, when the sun rises from its bed of emcidile reeds. Sht' closvts herself in meditation. her wisdom and knowledge art: one; she knows the mystery of numbers and hours the secret whispers of nature's elemcnts. her ears are Sensitiu' to the brilliant, noondzly music of her peu- plc and her eyes Set with tears at their his- tory to calm hm' spirits in the evenings, she playq the strings and finds jm within 1191' Ineludics. . . r a .1 ft. .a ' . - A . $ ' . ' $.55- r? '- I .. T: e . 1'. . 4.. - f. m ' ,5. .. af'I'y' 4-,? z .---.' - a5?v'.g,'. , Jim. -? . f' ,.,. - a -. . rh. 3a . . 3. m! jl' ' r .-W M w an :24 1 NR; .1;- u-is ' H .c '6' 5': w ' -... miss Omega psi phi and court miss omega psi phi-jeanette rankin attendants-mli-nda upperma-n and sheila graham miss lampodas rosalind. ya-ncy W EL; m.g- .. 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IL L'. hamilton registrar 32 h, m. graham asst. 10 business manager j u. lockl'tt business nmnugvr m. a1. stkurt financial aid nihcor 83 s. j. fucker director of pvrsmmci r. w. WCSI assl tn pvrsrmm'l w. b. whzltley head oflmildings and grounds 34 u: m. nix n. c. voalt: dm-vtm' ni'pluc-mnvnt hurmm hvud oi Ufficv 0f dm't-lupmvnt L; m. hill 21. 1: wattson svcrt'turv tn thv president secretary in lmsinvss manager d. lIL shvphvrd r. e. walker west. in rvgistralr Hea-rvtzll'y in dvpartnwnt of Foreign languages 86 u r. ulcxumltrr b. v. sumlin asst t0 registrar Secrt-tm'v to tho asst. tn president s. rnc :lHiw t. archer falmlltv wcrt'turv SCL-rvtdl'y tu din of pvrsonnvl mum m: u 87 u.l.11i11 1: k ijm' smrrvtzu'v offinzmcinl aid UfHL-v asst. t0 J'ugish'ar L jilt'kSIJl'l s. uh-xundvr smrrvtul'v t0 amt. to prvsidt-nt hostms 88 f. Ieunm 1'. h. chunks L'. r. warmer librarian postal RtuH k. 1m.- millun 2i. h. rih-y faculty secretary vushlm' 89 department of biology a. ---....-.--p--- ' '.. Qua. m e- M 61'. 1-. 11. 011i dr. .i il- Williner dr. f. 6. pump L-hrmn oi depl, 90 department of business and economics r. r. thomas dL Lu b. willinms chrmn. ofdopt. dr. :1. v. kidde-r 91 tlT, L'. nu-I'Idvth dr. vijui x..... department of chemistry dr. h. 9. mL- bay chrrnn. 0f the dept dr. 5;. hepderson chrmn. ml the dept. L'.l.hi11 :1. W. watts p. Immill W. V; :1. Immm u. williaum P. dr k. m. hurris r. qu-tlon w p. g. putlw'x' fl L'. cumphvll ml lmx'v 1.968769 Llr. 11. s. mitchvll 95 96 Gr. H7. 13. H'hilIIHTJ chrmn. 0f dept. music department I. Inc duniek department of education and religion dr. d. 1- hngvr dr r.jdcksnn education rcliginn 97 d1: j. w. T.nilj-U chrmu 0f dept. department 98 dr. 5. h 1181? of physics department of :v .w' rt . . :7 ,FF . . .;. .,- dr. D. LL I'll??? dr. 1. pudulo r. F. johnmnbaugh chrmn. 0f dept. 100 mathematics w, jOI'ItlHOII ' ' II! n Hu CIII'ISUEIII hj u l 0 dl- E :I. tulllmlll dr, 1'. W'UUdS c.3333, 3:. fir 5:33:61 '9... 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KM i 9 k$:METIL 3 1 ES? ll? baseball team 1967-68 coach frank merchant; captain james Sims cross-country team tigersharks include such great swimmers as: jeffry goldson, :1 butterfly and freestyler from new york. others include diver ronald steward; backstroker renec daviali; four-stmker adolphe santiago, and breast-stroker harriet sanders, who hails from augusta, georgia. edward brown, Clarence bush, david mann, dennard fobbs and robcrt vaughn are among the freshmen tigersharks. I20 michaeI Clark has bean named captain for the second consecu- tive year. coach haines state, we will do our best to keep the siac crewn here? 121 basketball team the master ballAhandler . . . sports editor kenneth martin called it the fred daniefs show? but it was really more than a Ehowf' it was an experience. basket- baHs never travelled more swiftly, more skillfully, more With that rare poise as it did 1'11 the hands of 1968-69 basketball team guard, fred daniels. more power to you, brother! T22 the tczmrfs starting lineup consists of: frcd duuicls, 5' Q ; frederick devaughn 6' 8 ; 101m rniu:he11, 6' 3 ; Iemy vnughn, W T ; thnmas womlhnusu, 6' 4 -nll possessing tremendous speed and grout shooting ability. 123 126 Rhythm it is we wall: to against the evil of monsters that try to kill the Spirit It is the power of this song that colors our every act :19 Wt: move from tlu- uppressnrmadc gutter Cut it is will mow us from the gutter It is 11m rhythm of guts: blood black, granite hard :le flowing like the river of the mountains It is tllP rhythm 0t unchainctl Spirit will put lira in our hands 10 blaze our way to clarity to power to thv rebirth of real men There will be no dreaming about escape There will lw 110 bullshit coldwar talk The fire burns to rc-crcutc the rhythms of our timeless acts This fire bums tireless in our time to destroy all nigger chains as real min and women emerge from the ruins of the rape by white greed The rape by savages without soul. I FKeorapctsc Kgositsile 12? 128 :JuniOr Charles allen lorenzo bailey ronald beverly otha bradford willie brown martin bryunt williv burkw otis bau'nctt l 130 Curtis Clark willium Cleveland boycc curcmn nlonxo curry mines cnrrull paul Campbell wztlter davcnpm't nzlthamcl dawis 131 carthur drake William durant paul edwards james fortune, jr. allen funnye eddie gaHney Charles :1. gaiJlard c. keith gerald I32 anald gibson michael gray Shelton gun theodric harrell benjamin ax hart michael hart freddie hartEeld henry hicks 133 james hutCth earl jackson joseph jackson WJaught between 5am iackson bertram jenkins emest jolly, jr. 134 ulysses jones cvdr'it juuhvrl harold lawson two worlds ray leaphart edward long abraham marshall Calvin marshall kenneth martin john mc cottrell don mc necly elvin moore Wilfred murray larry neal Walter nelson Clifton d. dneill fred patton john powell james price kelly price Orlando protho edward pyaft henry robe rts james roberts michael roberts Claude robinson neal robinson 137 138 lloyd sanders ferry scott johnnyr Simmons bernard smith burl smith john smith eric smith james sommerville d ronald spearman robert stringer mbert p. thomas PHOTO NOT AVAILABLE allen thompson lee frank thompson wesley thompson henry walker lionel wallace costell wall ton michael wannamaker lennzlrd welch Clark 6. white keith white mitchell white iames wilborn 139 roman Williams archie Willis jewitt Wilson junior class oEcers: secretary carl protho, Fresi- dent walter davenport, vice president pau ed- wiIliam Wilson woodzow wilson thomas woodhouse artmus worthy carey wynne grady yeargin wards, treasurer erncst jolly sam young david ulmer glenn taylor ,TTHEIRI-IELIVAh-u or ?HEGIIQ COLLEbES. . ' , . , :... 142 143 graduates hobby nmhzrmn gainesville, gxl. lnmneses-ecmmmics and chemistry malculm beech new york, IL y. busincsspsychology domlld boddiv atlamtzl, gal. mathcmzahcs-hunjness m? . nu! w; ? Man; 'rcnu alvin bruzzcll alton brothers miami, Ha. norfolk, va. economics-business english-history barn; brown akron, Ohio mathematics-physics hcnry collins milledgeville histor5-'-polit1':.a ta. scie nce ntephcn collins montcluir, n. y. business-cconomlcs lmgh m. dash brookh- 1qu ph dax fort Iauderdaln 1: CD nomi L JilIIlC earl 1':m.11 LUIIE. pmmnm IKLMlIIl-hh-IEII. ilUl hllf L' nnutl'u fugcn Imttiesburg ' muthenmtiL. -pl1y. vdwurd fye dublin 5:21. hush 'Ss-CUJI'IUI'IIiCS john gludman lunoir, n. y. business-uocorlomics james hawes clberton, g bu sines.. i010 gy james w. hill Encolet, s. c. iology-chemiatry roger hillm-m atlanta, . mathen ltiL'h-busincss I'rm'lk glien pil'n- bluff lillhilIUhS-LLUIlUllllLN goreo 1 I: Ital, - m:ltl1emutics-educatiml mirhuel holmvs :itluntai busin curl hurton mi '11, . political 50mm hmilmx 1111:1va jackson Hti'pht'n jnhnsnn st. ulhum n. 3'. hlmm omnmmcs tyrant: juubc hnmtml, tr? ' jumc'n; k. ki 70m lumpu. Hal. hmim n-cmmm eugene Iowa euxtis, Ha. political scienceuermlmniu hnmld Iigon, jr. waterloo, s. c. uhcmmtry and gcrmnn-mnthcmallics john langham mobile, ala. economiCS-businBSS marvin mangham joseph marshall atlanta, ga. atlanta, ga. business-polih'cal science business-economics alfred mcclure a apta, ga. pohtical science-economics jimmie l. millhouse columbia, s. c. mathematics-economics and french arthur mills dallas, texas business-economics William 1'. morris sandersville, g3. mathematics-physics Vincent murray atlanta, ga. Instory-engh'sh leslie newsome atlanta, ga. husiness-economics chaunce philljps lean puunoey birmin am, ala. birmingham. ala. mathematjcsLenglish economics-business kenneth powell Charlotte, :1. c. biology-chemjstry otis price atlanta ga. psychoiogy-education lloyd prysock spartanburi:l s. c. ecanomics- 'story ccleamus ricks atlanta, g- sociofo .. Chology joseph saddler, jr. chattanoo 1, term. physical cducation-hinlngy duvid sl'lepl'mrd Mllnnu-rvillt', 31.3. I'I'lgliNll-Dtllitira! ricivrlcv huh tcrrvll inkstcr, mich. 2:0 L'inlom -lnst0ry Clifton tinsl fort worth. 5 histon-Unglinh michacl trotman dothnn. ula. hi010EY-vhl-mistn frcd w tkins ss-emnnmics lean williams atlanta, ga. mathematics-physics earl willis iacksun miss. psychofogy-socialogy edward. wheeler atlanta, ga. history-religion and education Charles williams tuskegee, ala. biology-chemisb'y 'ames Williams eaufort, s. c. biology-chemistry theron Wilson au Sta, ga. p0 itical science-english leroy wright, jr. savannah, ga. business-psytgm01033,r victor wright atlanta, ga. business-political science unj. prysock pl't'hldt'nl Icon pouncy treasurer W ..., e. A w my sister is: my pride. she is the spring from which my black ribs will sprout. 3110 is tht- ultimate powvr that makes me :1 MAX. i am a black man. she is my black sjster. i look at her sacred image and in my eyes you soc n0 lust, no lust, n0 filthy desires to foul my sister's Hesh. thnst- 'df't' specks in tht' 03.115; of the white man. those were his Sllk'ilgv docdu. tho du-ds I will m-ror let him forget as long as 11v still walla the soiL my sister is my pridv. she is the perpetuator of my blackness. my sister i shall always honor and protect. the young she and young he espouse each the other around a new maturity. dig the naturaII dig the revolutionary spirit! dig the new principle of unityI black man and black woman: carry on carry on. . - . . . . , the people of the third world are ' ' ' - 7 -' I - I x'. getting together. known are the nature of the times of which Leroi spoke and spellman and nyercrc and hare and Ice and karenga. a new aspect is here. no longer can the maroon man undertake a black manit; calling. here in silhouette, black men get together. harambee! culture n. O 7L. 0 c it is for us the living to pay homage and respect to our past-4he origins of our becoming. we look back upon our fathers not with an eye of criticism nor with a tone of belittlement; we admire them for their deeds . . . the ideas they sought to actualize . . . the guts to try and make better their suffering, castrated, lynched, dying people . . . 162 founderhs 102nd anniversary take those days long spcnt and use them as tools to build new and better moms! build them brighter, brighter than those of urns past and superior to your father's. con- struct for the future, braving the strong galcs and the high tides that are still upstream around the bend. be- ware! beware! a dayhuildur, who molds the sun from his darkened ignorance, who fashions the moon paradoxically t0 the reali will look around and . . . and . . . and he will sever veins while running from lilH' coffin . . . 163 .111. . .J : ??.....izii . . 164 mississippi goddaml a gospel sound-hny day, now i shall be reieasedf an organ-Jany day, now, i shali be free.' 'and you want to travel with her; and you want to travel blind she urrs and gym ateSa-contorts her Eody like a sna e. her ' three women sets off sparks like an eel. kuuse she's louched your perfect body with her mind ' gladys knight and the pips 4$, grapevine re swmg on 1, how i wish that it would ruin! l 0 .m a r. let it rain 170 Leroi jones roams the blues of night with sweet and gentle courage of his awakening, as black, as man, as brother, as roi, as sister too with gentle acid grin, his loving guile, his blackness. Not only black, but aware, proud and sure, striding stallion thru sparkling black, his eyes, lowered, 0n the plain, galloping into your head. look out. he,s too much to be lost. One of us. tin the revolutionary consciousness there are legs, arms, fingers, even toes and ankles, soles too, eyes, and, yes, words. And some of us, the ones who will seek the craziness of purity without Choice and line, must see beyond the revolutionary, and even the revolution, and aspire to the simple consciousness of Pools in the employ of our cursed 6.: beloved an- cestors who, even now, live Forcefully in our forgetfulness . . . . I And we must be gentle with our brothers 6: sisters who, in spite of hair, clothes, or black shoddiness, are neither lest nor found, only roaming the blues of night with sweet and gentle courage of their awakening, to become ourselves, and see ourselves as always in motion. let us cherish our strangers, leave a lamp in the doorway, have a simple meal ready, and know how to be gentle in our impatience, and not lunge with knives and harsh words into the eyes of our tribes, like us, like us, struggling to be themselves, tired of being fooled, want- ing, mixed up, Oh we must help them to help us for all to be helped to the simple consciousness of lovers; and love knows a stonell eLennox Raphael 771 NJ from the spirit of the dead, 6:1 hiaij Ilhlllk i k I.Wi-ryuh'lu uho I'l'H-H'l' our Hpmivnu from the bmtcsm 111.1. 1w w i119; Ma prinm- of Eight h ' ' : 011:: of uscm it ust'm'nj-dy 01: :m u'iwmiml fmm H'IC white I'r'lmfa 11' H ckm . into the uutlw fr: h ' . ' a1 u'a'll'l'irn' in th. Uh: lion Hir'uggh' fur hi5 pcnplt'. comes the faith andicourage to endure martin luUwr Mm; jr. prnfrmml, Imt Inlpn'trxntimlsz j.gr-I'Itlr. hut x'uliuul; haptist. hllt H'ill'l'lt'nic'dl: Inving illhtit'v. hut hating: il'ljllSH-L'Ef'. this dmrlta 112' th HI' thix L-LT at spirit :T-mlnsd tluj- aurmixinu u'rI-Htling ;m' .Euk't' all trumkn'nd m-w h: f: '1 Pariah! mmnrrmx'.111;:11111h1t11:' kI1If-.I. qr 1.'i1iLZUH'1l':-.i11'dt' pulm- ail il'lJL'. uhtjm: mutn :1 purl. mid. 13 dn'p in l. ;'iI'H1 hut in uhmv 11 .I13t 1' l'II'HT'It'ht'S thus 5.... ix ul' hmn'vn am- glnm in: mm! :1.xili1'.' a film entitled ; the cold war... aim it low! whomp! whomp! 'side the head. whomp her Bide the head. l76 I0r don? freeze me outj'i! a'uppmt your fightmg: boys; abroad! smrch gut destroy the mwniuy. head for the hilia! fuck .md jill went up the hill, but juxsic mac didn't make it. W? mg-itl'wr didjamit- Inn! get a grip! dunk let .em slipI bring 'em on down! this has bun a stag mm'ii' Slilgt'd at the studios of mt-M AIHOITIH productions, ullumm gt-orgia. victoryT wctory! that's our cry. gathering booty from the battle. as always, pun comm l'Lfli'r tl'lt' war! produced by i, cl snowman directed by culbcrt pnnlL-y musical score 00111130st by pendell p. phalum the end stage crew directurrfughic m. foster Uhe names haw: been changed to protect the costume designer hehnu gUiltlH starchor snow provided by lwlmtley, inc. the drama of survival . conga . . . the savage beat of the conga . . conga . but not forgotten long gone .. 181 black is the color of my true lauds face and all that is beautiful her hair is something wonderously fair is met within 1hr glory of hvr eyes miss torch joyce a. myricks the traditional rhetoric of soft phrasings and saccharin sweet metaphors, the hot line about ex- ceptional womanhood, and even the houf' 0f simplistic praise are all in- adequate in dressing the 1968-69 miss torch in appropriate verbal garb. suHioe it to say, joyce, that the maroon torch staff holds you in high regard and hopes that this document bears testimony to our esteem. yearbook working crew 187 robert 59. friend , pave; designer. layout assistant '.. . v e. w w .v .3 .m m . K, m .w w w. ill. 1!- 1-! .ll:.'l;ot X . Lyism En .. ..- Hun. . a .,.. c I uI-- Il . -'-F- 'j- ' I q. c -- I Adi . B 1'0t1101's: 0111's i5 1111 111111511111 age, 01113 inculcating many of the rhythms Of the past and, yvt. having 1'1 11111-10111 11nd idiom 1111 11:5 055111. Our time has not been before. 0111' 1111111110 11115-11 not before perceived their plight as they do now. Our visage, 0111'. 111035. 0111' 11111111'5'. 0111' 11$pir'11t10115, Our committments today Stand tall and tmvcring in their splendid Lmiqueness. Indeed, Ours is a different age. I 1101-: 1111' 5011151911115: the myth is dying. the Inorehuuse 1111111 is being revolu- ti1'1'111z111. 111: 15 1'W'rml5ing into becoming, to use the 515-01115 01' 1111 African poet. 811-11111 111'oth1-15 hom the ranks of the student body have hccn cognizant of the 10510111111111 11ml 11115-v-with1'n these 195 pageswendeaw 01011 to capture in words, pictures 11111.1 Sclt'ctive 11r1a11gemer1ts, the nature 0fthe change that is occurring ill11t 50 5111 1ecognized the unusual Cha1actel 0f. the times and how that un- 11511111111'55 has penetrated the 18d brick walls that 01110105011110 twentv- two 111115111111 that thiokm wall made firm by the racist 11110 115 forces in the society 01 1111.5 country. the inorchouSc man is being 1uolLiti0nizcd. he i5 11 lirothei. he is growing-H 111111, indeed, must g10w-1'n 11111111111111 t0 the SUIlULlIldlng 01110111011191. he is reading. sometimes he fails english romanticism 01' 01'1'00-1'011'1110 humanism 01' 1100.5 not attend classes that 1701111101 OVGJ the psychic twists 111111 twirls of the lmutgeoi'; w hite mentality. but check him c.10t the h1'0the1'i5' wading fanmfs 313 3:11131fr1065, white 1110.5365- 1md nkrumah 5 notes on the maul m1-1u and till 1301.5 thra 11101113 111113 clfr 1011 and '11 horde of Other 1300115 that inform him of himself, of an identitv that he 116561 knew. And this is unusual; this marks the evoiution that is taking 1111101: 1111 campus. we 01 the 1111110011 forch Staff Submit this document 115 11 record'of the 0111ng- 1111; times. we like most students hear m111'ti11 111thcriking,che g11e5'111'11.;11 h1-1jj malik 1-21 511111111153, '11. h. spellman, 11nd 1011 karenga. especially 110 55c: hem- brntlwr 10101 when he 5p 11155: who will survive 11111611011? few americans very few negroes no crackers at 1111 1111 51111111111 1111111011111 Harold MC Keltun P-s-s-s-5-5-$-s-svs-s-s-3-s-s-srsrs-s-s-BOOM!! HARAMBEE