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Volume 1 No.2

The B lack University Some of the best mtndS in the

nation converged on the campus of Howard University from the 13th and 16th of November. The purpose of four-day assemblage was to define the concept of a Black UD1versity and, indeed, to determine subsequent ways in which the concept might be trans­formed into a r eality.

A VOiding 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 substantive discussion and dia­logue.

It lOes \\-1thout saying that the Black Unh 'er stty, of necessi ty, must and hould be a prtvately fundod and operated InsUtutlon. The obvious raison 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 pparatuses 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 vate-ly estabUshed in tltutions.

F avo I to th1 concept Is, __ -,tor a J

so- " bl.ac.k bourieol .. recOgnlz s the neces l ty for such an estabU hm t and 1 WlWng to support It. The pooUng to­lether of fund by Intel"'8 ed persons \\-'Ould t.hus make pos ble the development of one of the most needed Insti tutions th.at 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 eallze that It has to be done by them. It would be fUtile, indeed, for Blacks to post­pone movement in this vital di­r ection wblle tertain1ng super ­optomJstlc viewpoints that some­how and in someway, the whites

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 few, ntlona.11zed about Europe and Pr e-European societies to no end.

Simply put, they took lhese backwa.rd societies and smother­ed their savap and beastly be­bavloral patte1'1l by suRestlons, n ther than stat1nC that the monu­mental achievements of the great Afrtcan and Chinese (Asiatic) clv1l1zations wel"'8 in fact the accomplishments of clvWzaUon westward and European. Tb1s, alon e., may well constitute one of the greatest crtmes 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

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, natural and appUed, lanl ­uages of rel evancy and some of the tecbnlcal dlscipUnes cu r rent­ly r e- shaping the world.

Adm1n1straUvely, the sear ch I s for Black scholar s knowl edgabl e of the true past, aware of this comp! x present and abl e to an­ticipate an almo t unpredictabl e fUture. Bl ack peopl e bearlni such cr edenUals 8.l"'8 not scar ce. In point of f ct, thI s cal1br of Black "an I s becoming mor e and mor e

abundant. (cont'd OIl page ~)

Carolyn Maye was one of several women modeJ1ng in the November Fashion Exhibit by FrankUn && Simon. (Other pictures on page 4)

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January 14. 1969 Bowie. Md.

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.stltu­HOD. T HE INTEGRATION COMMIT-T 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 presented to the board by Roland Smith, wbo spoke 00 the behalf of the tir coli commun1ty.

Each organizatlon r epre ted in the l egl l atur e l"'8ce.tved a copy

they were to take them ck to thei r respective club and clas­ses. In the executive bnnch the r eports wer e endorsed one hun­dred percent durtng the same

ee.k , Due to the fact the report was not r eceived in time, the r e­port was not presented. The next m98t1nc 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 Board. We ar e hoplnC to put this system into ettect as soon as It I s approved In the Legls-l~tl ve branch, _.~.......,.,--

A PHI BET A SORORIT Y' Zeta Phi Beta Sorortty Inc.

was estabUshed In 1920. The theme that has been followed her e since the beglnnlnl I s " FI­Der Womanhood." Like all soro­rtUes, zeta Phi Beta's malo in­tel"'8st I s to est bUsh her motto throughout the wor l d.

Zeta Phi Beta started on Bo­Wle' s campus In APrU, 1968. The tlve founder s of the Omicron Gamma chapter are: Franci s T horton, BastluSj Cheryl c­QuI.l.la, Anti - Basllusj Celeste WI.Wams, Gnmmatuisj ESSie WiWs, Tam!us, and Jeanette Bell phylacter. Since then we have ad­ded in our sorortty Sharon John­son and Yvonne Blake.

T he actl vlties of Omicron Ga­mma cha.pter on the Bowi e State Campus have been varted. 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.dpated In several procrams at the Laurel Cb1ldreo Center and we are planD1Dg to give a program at CrownsvWe.

This sprtng we are plan.n1ng to start our scholarship drive. The

Part:l.c1p&t1Dg In the rosb ceremony was Frances 'i'bortOD (left), a member of the senior class, and Celeste Willlams, (second from rtght) a junior at BoWle Stale.

schol rsb1p W1ll be I 0 1 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 extendlng our curr nt program In the com­munity.

We have information lor the Inter est Group of zeta Phi Beta. Tbls club I s an 1n.1tatlon prognm for those girls who ar e inter e ed in our sorortty. From the Interest Group, we hope to enthuse 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 estabUsh 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 for students the lowest Item In the enter­taJnment budget. The 1988-69 plan guarantees r eservatlons to students 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 THREE­PENNY OPERA in repertory With the fascinating and UDsettl1Dg mystery SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR. The pair Wlll be joined in repertory with the kaleidoscopic clasSlc KING LEAR 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.rougb 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 for all performances except F rtday andSaturday ev -lngs. Call the Box Ottlce, 638-6700 to make your r eservatlo.ns. Tickets wW be held up to 48 hour . Am at the Box Otflce no I..ater than 30 minutes 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 cour se In Afro-Amertcan Literature will be oUered at our College. The course w1U be taught by Mrs. Evelyn p , Burrell who received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in EngUsb from Morgan State Col­l ege, her Master of Arts Degree in EngUsh utentul"'8 from Ho­ward UD1verSlty, and has had Wlde and varted teaching e.xpe­rtence.

The introduction of this course Is in keepinc with someottbe re­viSions 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.

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'Make It Eighteen' Ask For Francise

Make it Eighteen Is a nonpar­tisan, nonpro11t organization de­dicated to lowertng !lie voting age to eighteen. It includes high school and college students and adults who believe that these youngsters should have the right 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 ages of IB and 21 certaLnly help share the burdens of our so­ciety.

l\'lany of these young people have full employment and a sur­prising number of students hold pli rt Ume Jobs. They pay federal state and local taxes. They con­tnbutc to many 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 thous­ands of these young m .. n ar e ser­ving In Vietnam as noncommi s­sioned and commissioned of!! ­cers. These men a.re considered responSible enough to carry out t! .e gr ave duties of these poSi­tions. TIl ey should be consi der ed responsible enough to vote. We rece1v~ many l etters stating In effect " Ol d enough to .fight, old enough to vote." It's a good ar­gument but ther e are other rea­sons for 10werlDg the voting age.

The educational level of our young people Is Increaslng each year. They know more about po­lltics and government 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 esponsible than ever be­fOrE· ...

l\!Q.ny schools hold moc.k elec­tions. IS!.lles li r e d1scu s.sed In social bl udies and, for the most part, students take 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 ~1es­saj;e In 1954 and Ule Senate came Within 5 votes of approving It that year.

It Is again ga1.ning Llle attention ot law makers. The cause Is back­ed by an Impressive llst of sena­tors, House members and gover­nors including l eader s of both parties.

John Balley, Chal rman of th~ Democratic National Com mIttee stated, ,,~ e should do ever ything we can to promote ratification of Ule Constitutional amendment that would I"rant all people over the age of 18 the right to vote." You can help: Write your COD­gressman, promote the Idea a­mong your friends and join Make It Eighteen.

~Iake It Ei ghteen ha s contac­ted almost 4 hundred Senators, RepresentaUves and local offi­cials. Others wUl be contacted each month.

The success of our publ1c1ty campaJgn In Pittsbur gh has en­couraged us to seek, coverage in other melropolltan areas. Classified advertisements have been placed In a few l ar ge city newspapers. A number of school publlcatioDs and communi ty newspaperll have carried Items concerning ~Iake It EI l"hteen. WI! are enllstl :lg the support of oth­ers.

Plans fC'r more exposure on radio ar e being forml!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 allOwing us to ~rticl~ate In Ule program w c ey eI or .e 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.afI, 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.ess 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 Ebony Tree

The Listening Ear

Dear Ustenlng Ear I have a boyfriend back home,

and I vlslt f requently. When I go home he doesn't act 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 getting tOketht' r. He won't comt' 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 DeSP3rat~ You go home tOO much. Gh 'e

hI m a chanct' to mi ss you. U staying away f rom home 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 campus. See If Ulls 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 just one.

Dear Ustening Ear I think 1 am on the \'erge of a

nervous br eakdo\\ll. I have exams on top of exams. !\1y boyfriend Is dating another girl. I don't know whether I'll be abl e to come ba.ck 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~rscon­sult your phySician. AS 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 ale, get a tuto r .

Dear Listening Ear I am twenty years olel anel pay­

ing 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.ating. What can I do in a casp llke thiS?

Awlt

Dear Adult You must not be an adult. .. \c­

tion speak.s louder Ulan words. U you want to get anything accomp­llshed you must show Ulem how mature )"OU really are. Do some­th1ng 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

Sets Two New Colle~e

Progralns The Illtem atlonal CoUegE' In

Copenhag~n announc~s t \\'O n \1' programs beginning In the faU of 1969: 1) a.n I , .. HI World '- aSt Mrica Speci al S mlnar .'· whi ch Is an t' leven month ,><Iuclillon, I progr am Incorporatlng thre month!' of stUdy and local t r \,.,1 \I1th the llnl \'t~ rslty Col.1 eg~!' In East Alrica acung as stud~ cen­ler s. in ddil1on, o \'er d month \\'11.1 b~ aUo\\,pd for th .. xplori.ng of the :-; t'll r East. 2) an "lndl\1 -dual Sem1.na r" structu r~d fo r l host' student who d si r " 10 do work In thE'l r \'ar lou flt'l ds of int rest and re looking fo r an opportunity to outlln,· t twlr 0\\11

cun1culum f rom thaI which I s o(fer~d at ICC and th .. num,' rou~ othE'r educational I.nstlt'ui lons In thl.' COPE'nhagt'n ar~a .

AS wt'll as thp abo\'e m~ntJon,'d pro rams, ICC oncE' ag3ln off .. r s in 1969 ·'70 Its al r ... ady popu l r programs: 1) Tht' fascinating .. I t' ­\'en month " AU World IncUlI SPt'­clal Semln r, " 2 thE' t\\'o sem s­ter program In unl\'~ r5Sl aff.slrs enUtl d the ' AU World t'ml.nil r· and 3) the [WO S,'IlIt' ,'r' 'Dal\.\ -h Seminar " which includt's a sl a ~ at a Dani sh fo lk high _ chool. A speci al fealu r p I s th", " Comblned Program, ' wher ... stlld~nt !' Ime­r t'sted 1.n a \llrl~d l ea mlng .. x­PE' rience mar sPE'nd ont! • m .. -t r \\1t ll th~ All World Semln r and ont' semester with t!1ther tJle In­dividu 1 Seminar or tht' Danish Seminar.

In the umml'r of 1969 ICC will conduct t ll'O py~ -openlng , I um ­m~r Tour s of :\on hern an Eas­, .. rn Eu rope." These tour s offer n I ht \\'l"t'k ppornlO1t y to x ­plo r~ 11 f In Ihe capl t U uc Scan­din \1a.n \\' i'lfart! tates: nd In , h~ SOCldl1 IIc count ri ps of th~ So\1~ t nlon , Rom, nl3, Hunltll l1', C7.t'cho. lo \'akla, and Poland: and In th dh1ded 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 lour I mmecU Il' ly follo\l"1ng on th .. six ­th of July. For Ih .. nim h con ... -ruth'e ~":l r ICC \11 11 al so offl' r li S ' Summpr Ses on In D .. n­mark ,"

ICC Incorpora tes s.>l .. ch'd lec ­fUr s. st.l mulstJ ng s.'mlna r s, ,'x­cllJn i!' rt l ei t rips, Im eH' Stlntr ,'x­curSions ;tnd frank c\l s.cus:.;;lons \\' Ith tilt' opporrunlty o f jt:lthel1ng socl II\' \\' I th stuel .. ms fl' m D.'n­mark and \'3 rlou s oth .. r fo r" l gn cowl tr l t's. Th ... . I' al1O\ 'I m.'mlon-

d \t t'ms r ,' useel - a IIlt' alL I accompliSh th .. d~Sl r .. d I,!'Osl o f ICC: Inh' Tlu tlonal knoll'l .. dgl' , un­d r standJng, and frl ... nd hlp. ICC us,'d th Infor mal approach In 0 1'­dt' r 10 cr .. ot .. :l mor t' _ t lmul at1ng 8tmO plll' r ...

Int r .'st .. d tu illS. r ... 'IlCOll ­ra ~ .. d 10 \\' rlft' for furt lwl· Info r­Illotion to: ICC , l\elh 11lPWj 88 , 2900 H" Ut'rup, COj)t'nhajt,'Il, 0 ... 11 -

mark.

Inquiring Reporter by Linda Gough

· B~rtha Smith - "Roads l ead­lrig to the ca mpu~ are horrlbl~. "

.Amora Donal dson - "Would Ukp Dene'i'ous spl"\i{ce."

'"H.:.le.n Rosenblatt - " We need · &is se.iiVice to AnnapoUs tv.'lcft ' a.. (lay; onr.~ In the ·mOrning and: aga1n In th,,' " \,\>nlng." :

"'Clart'tlce Lh'd'~l(""\l - "Mort' tr"P<.lup.riniis'{nii"and f "rh' r roads."

. :\I\1n Woods - " Th .. road 11 -

round ~w shou ld hI:! r epal r and should be much wldt! r . Th ... ~ should al so cut some of tht:' t r et's do\\'n so It wouldn't look so coun ­t ry.' '

.Pat Francis - "Rellablllty of the buses Is a fa rc·e. , ,

The Week of Challenge Women's Week at ~\1e Stat.'

Coll~ge , "The Challenr.~· of Chan~ .. ", 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, exhiblUons, .. 1II1- 11I0elt>llng les­sons and a (asblon sho\\' spon­sored by Franklin a.ml Simon of Baltimore featurlnS SO II I .... px.ollc styles of today for au occa"JU,IS.

TIle speakers were: OUr 0\111 Dean of Women Mrs.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

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.te. 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 thel 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 least~ How­e\'er, It I s not Just wi thin tills d cade tha tllls has been con­ceived. Thil"ty- eight year s ago,

of Truste .. 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' fornh' r and Mrs. Flora Ston .. IhE' r€>Ciph-'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 Ihe ~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-Messenger of Allah - tht' Black UnlversHy was establlsh­ed.

This instl t1 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' concel " 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 keeping 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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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 syml'hony or<'lwstra cl:'r · tatnly I s.

L .>\\·l s will ap~a l' \\1th th", Ok· l ahoma CIIY Symphony On'hl:' t ra

'- In JanuJ r~' w:lt'r., th., unlqu(' •. com~'')'' tOI l! lUnl!. ~'lm,' 103 pi t', (' '''5 11'11\ perform " Coheslon :" a Jazz-sym honlc w.)rk In thl'., llh \'(' 111 .>01 5.

I.Cohpston : · WII S Pt'nned lJy C'ollt('mjx>rary Chtcll f!O ('omj)os~'l' Charl",s ~ h'P:lt'~' , W~ I(\ I s I'('gar ded 3 :' 01\(' of IIII' mui' lc Indusl n " i' most hrtlUM I n"\I' itnd ... Stt,>pney ha ::: 11 .. ;·It .. ·.1 and arrang!:!d m~lslc

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 Lewis aggr E'gation.

:\ccordinjl to L"II'18. Ult' Jan­uary 0'.< la:lO. 11 ') CIty datt,> will mark thp Ihlrd pt'rformlUlcl' of ··Coheslon ;". 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 simply bl'CIlUS(' It I s su('h l ... autlful and ~X(' l lln~ 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 Clty' s plu sh L .. nny's 011 tlw Turnplk ....

Tht' ,'n!!.aitt'ml'nt m:lrk s til<' pia· 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!' n r SI S!IOIl'

\)u sl.lw ss lumhlarh's to cunull IIl l1:hl c lllh llo.' rforlll'lnct' ' In o rd"r 10 " pion" .. .. , · on Ih., 1II0 S1 lu(' rJ· I'l w ('oU" !rt.' ('a m 'JUS ('one.'n (' I I' · ('lilt .• )

WANTED Reporters ond Writers

"The group and I did 'Cohe­sion :' Iwo olb.'r timp.s . .. L ewis said. "We rforml?d It UltS ~m ' ml'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\\1s' CII l't't'r I s Sll r e to IIp a bus)' ont'o Instders say 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-lJased Rams' L Prochl('t\on!l, Inc., which In­cludes a r('Cordin j: ((rill and II I Islc publishing hOIl l'. Lewis' r ecol'din and personal apPt'sr­ancl? sch(>dule I s lll'ct1c. 1115 la­test Clu1stmas r ('cord for t111?

Cadl' l la\.le1. "Mary's UtUe Bor Child." I s due for release mo­menlartly. Thpstngl dlsc lsbac· kpd with tht' popular Yule stan­d.ud, "Have Yourself A Very !'.I t' l'r)' Ch t1stmas."

Enh'n al"ment lockJstry obst>l'­W I'S continually note that Lewi s' Christmas offerings art' always \Jolla· fide chart makers. as prp­dictal>le as Old Faithful 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.

Right art,J r thE' holidays. Lewis Is sch wlt!d 10 r ecord yet MO-111l'l' album III Cadet' s Chicago ~tudlos. "Though the new album has 110 UUp :II; yet". h'" said. ,·It \I1U be In th .. modem vein simi ­lar to 'Malden 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 for I - Lenny's On ' Tlh' Tlllllpike. Le-

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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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The Ebony

• POETRY

B LIND GIRL'S WONDER

Black Is my Ufe Black I s my death Black I s m}' sin Btack Is my IP'8Ce mack I wonder I s my sklo Dlac-,k I see from lilY eyes Olack I feel d ~ep inside Black I hold 1I11hln my hanns Black I dream Dlack I ('at Black I Cl1' Black I laugh B lack Is only what I see from

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" alat1e Beauford

MA N'S nIGHT

I s It not a man's r1 (d1t To dO as he so pleases With Ids Ufe?

If he wants to take the plu rge I It not Ills ri ght to do so?

I.f he wants to destroy himself Is that not his rtght? -Fo!' when he I s over Ule edge Who can plIlI him back?

Glorta F razier

WII1::RE- IS TIIl1.: STORM WINOOW?

Wh re 15 I.he Stbr,n \\1000\\' Thai once shielded my 10 e . Sb tt fo!red pieces of blood -sta1.ned F ie h cover reaUt}',

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I destre to kno\\' a place Where dwells peace Where t.rouble cIa,res not Show his sulk en, cowardely (ace

I desll'e a place where no sleepless n1ghts exIsts No saIty tear can \.le shed I desire •••••••••••••

o God where Is this place Tell me I so \.leg thee Help me! Defore I hel p myself.

Glorta FI'87..ler

TH E DAY IT'S COMING

It's Commg TIle day when all Black people wUl nouly Be treated equal

It' s Coming The day we cease our hot tlght Decause we have UnaJ..ly got equal rtghts

It ' , Coming The da')' wIlen w r each the mountain top Because we forth on and did not stop

It's COming

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The day when Martin LuUh:r KlDg' s words come To past When all of Gods Black children sing "Free at last, Free at last, thank Go9 r'm free at last."

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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 through 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.thers 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.

Brothers of the Omega Psi Phi FraternIty IDc. "turn- on" du~ Rush 3et:1v1t1 • ---

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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.

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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, 1 s 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 As­

sociation has authorued the In­stltution of a Residence Hall Dis­cipllDa.ry 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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