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The Panther
October, 1945
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CLARK COLLEGE
PANTHER
A Journal of Negro College Life
Published from October to June
VOICE OF THE
STUDENTS
MOUTHPIECE OF
THE COLLEGE
A promoter of school spirit by encouraging projects and efforts
among student groups and individual students.
A medium, through which an opportunity is provided for students
to obtain experience in news gathering, reporting, book-reviewing, edi
torial, and creative writing.
An instrument for fostering friendly and constructive criticism
of campus activities.
GUYLON SMALL ’48
KATHERINE FRYE ’46
E ditor-in-Chief
REGINALD HAYNES
Associate Editor News Editor
Irene Whitfield ’46 Society
Bertha Tarver ’48 - Literary
Alva Lindsay Feature
Emma Jefferson ’47 ■
Cecil Blye ’49 ' Sports
W. Haynes ’49 and R. Jones ’49 Exchange
H. Kendall ’48 and W. White ’49 Business Managers
T. Grissom ’48... Advertising Manager
G. Allen Circulation Manager
1). Washington ’48 and C. Hart ’49 Photographers
G. F. Bynoe ’46 Sta# Secretary
B. Brown ’47 and K. Jones ’47 Typists
C. C. Posey Faculty Advisor
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Dedication
The Clark Panther Staff joins me in dedicating this—the first
issue of the Panther—to the Freshmen and new students of our
Clark Family. We wish to commend you upon your wise choice
of a college. It is with sincere wishes that your years at Clark be
filled with nothing but happiness in work and play.
The Book Shelf
Go To It
“Books, the children of the brain.”
—Swift.
“I would like to borrow A Survey
of Social Science, Foundations of
By
Ruth Taylor
Peace is here at last—but if we
expect peace to solve our problems,
Educational Psychology, The History ™ in a Sad wakening. The
of Western Civilization, and A Gate- ° f ^ are f no less u ^ ent
i i q • „ 0 , than the problems of war, and we
way to the Social Sciences.” Such was , , ,, , . , , .
, ■ will not have the high tension of na-
the spontaneous cry of a student as L- , , 6 . . ^
v i ,1 . i j i I tional necessity to weld us together,
she approached the circulation desk. r™ . , , . .. , . * _
c v , , , ,, there is no doubt that m the days
Such students as this possessing those , , , » , . . ,
1 A i-i.* ■ j. j ^ . ahead we will be faced with critical
Be Sure . . .
characteristic qualities of determina
tion and stick-to-tiiveness are repre
situations. We will have to reshape
- , , , . i our lives, to readjust our plans, to
sentative of a large body of eager , ,
develop, i
students who are taking full advan
tage of Georgia Smith Keeney I
in many cases, new work.
Now is the time to find out what
Library. Although this eager student we have learned. Now is the time to
is yet clumsy in her library habits, capitalize upon our experiences in
such eagerness as she exhibits por- the war years. In the cold light of
tends a busy year in the library, peace, our successes and our failures
Look out, Miss Touchstone, here we are made plain to us. If in the past
years we have done our job well, if
we have made our work an occasion
for learning new things and develop-
1 ing new skills, it will serve us in
come!
Have You Read?
So Well Remembered
Love Letters
Immortal Wife
The Black Rose
Dragon Harvest
— James Hilton | good stead.
Sure, the immediate future undoub-
—Chris Massie I tedly will be hard. But what we must
1 do is to tackle our immdiate problem
with the same intelligence with which
Irving Stone we tackled our war job, to stand on
our own feet and to rely upon our-
-Thomas Castain selves and our abi,it y and willingness
I to work hard at a constructive task.
Browning wrote:
-Upton Sinclair
Between Earth and Heaven
—Franz Werfel
Earth and High Heaven
—G.
Graham
And Then There Were None
—Agatha Christie
The World, The Flesh, and
Father Smith —Bruce Marshall
The common problem, yours, mine,
every one’s,
Is—not to fancy what were fair in
life
Provided it could be—but finding first
What may be, then find how to make
it fair
Up to our means.
A Lion Is in the Streets
We cannot spend our time wishing
for things that are not. But we can
—Adrai L. Langley | find out what we can do best, what
we can make our lives, and then work
at it.
The Moral Conquest of Germany
—Emil Ludwig
The Russia I Believe In
—Ed. P.
Rickshaw Boy
DEMOCRACY’S OWN BACKYARD PROBLEM
The immediate problem of winning permanent peace since
V-J Day has been definitely retarded because of the presence of
black and white racial prejudice and antagonism. Racial prejudice
a sinister force which eventually grows into total racial segre
gation and discrimination only to result in its final stage, a mul
titude of harmful and fatal actions—can never take part in the
ultimate racial unity for which men of all creeds and colors have
made tremendous sacrifices. How poor an example we are to the
German Herrenvolk or Master Race promulgators whom we pro
pose to re-educate for life in a new and “better” world!
The ideas of racial unity were utterly disregarded in the edu
cational field (of all fields) last month, not in the Deep South, but
in Gary, Indiana when 1,600 white students from Froebel High
School and students from Tolletson and Horace Mann High School
rebelled by means of a strike to rid Froebel High School of its
850 Negro students. It is believed that these white students are
being backed religiously by their parents who, during some twenty
years ago, had participated in similar actions for this cause. It
is also suspected that some organization similar to the Klu-Klux-
Klan is aiding this racial setback. Obviously, such a strike has
been nurtured many years by parents and adults in the com
munity. And now it is being fed secretly and effectively to their
progeny in a manner no different from the Hitlerian indoctrina
tion of youth. Unfortunately, such a process of indoctrination of
racial “superiority” is a typical situation in many American white
homes.
So grave and tense did this anti-Negro demonstration become
that final solution of the problem was thrust into the hands of
the Board of Education. The demand that the 850 Negroes be
removed from Froebel or that the 1,600 whites be transferred to
other schools was given a negative response from the school
superintendent, Charles D. Lutz, and Froebel High School Prin
cipal flatly refused to meet with the strikers and their parents
because they felt that Gary High Schools “should be open to any
one who wishes to attend them.” At the time that this article
is being written, the final chapter in the case has not taken shape;
yet, let us hope that the response of the Board of Education will
remain unchanged.
There is certainly great cause for alarm although this is not
the first anti-Negro demonstration we have seen since our battle
for the liberation of oppressed and minority groups began. It is,
however, alarming because we have looked hopefully to the schools
and our educational system as an instrument for suppressing
racial hatred and for eventual eradication of those prejudices
which education in the true sense of the word dismisses as un
sound and irrational. Let us hope that our “exemplary” American
democracy stoop not below the level of the conquered.
G. I. Bynoe.
We must face the days ahead with
V. Harper I coura 8 e > not with repining. Is there
one of us who is not grateful the war
is over? Is there one who would not
•Lau Shaw | have the struggle of peace-time liy.
ing, with its building for the future,
rather than the quick, money and
The Challenge of Peace 1 lons h " rs of " M, “ work!
' . , I Decide what you want out of life,
,T. r Z ~ The , Cr ^ h T C decide what you are best able to do.
on world battlefields 1S silenced. The But rememb er that in working for
long sought peace is ushered m with yourself> you have to consider
a desire to perpetuate constructive rt in the whole . No man can work
living, liberty, and then pursuit of L. himself _ and keep anything for
No, this isn’t a radio announcement
for Ivory Snow—you know: “Be sure
with Pure”—but rather an admoni
tion against the use or abuse of
pretentious words and phrases.
The writer has always been prone
to “take the longest way around.”
This was especially true during my
earlier or freshman college days.
When I say the “longest way
around,” I mean I never (literally)
clothed anything in the simple slack
suit when mink and sable were at my
disposal. Not even though the oc
casion might have called for the
slacks or even a simple gingham
dress.
To show you to what utterly ridi
culous, though amusing, heights, my
erudite attempts led me, read the fol
lowing excerpt from a freshman
theme of mine entitled Paul’s Trial.
Obviously (or is it?) the scene is in
a courtroom:
. . . After Paul had committed this
faux pas, he requested to be left
strictly laissez faire. However, the
esprit de corps decreed otherwise.
When asked if he had done this de
falcation, Paul’s laconic reply was:
“So what!” Then Paul straightway
betook himself to his alter ego of
which there was a modicum and sent
his thoughts on a punitive expedition
in the hope of finding this uncon-
vivial gathering non compos mentis.
—Supori M. Goss.
Fear
everlasting happiness. The end of
the terrible conditions has come and
the blessings of peace are upon us.
Yet we find numerous and complex
himself.
down.
Shooting stars always come
Peace is here—with its problems
Freshmen Talent
problems confronting us which can and its opportunities. What me make
be classified under the broad general 0 f it is up to us and fo us alone,
heading—adjustment to peace time g 0 i e t s g0 to it!
conditions and a radically changed
and changing world. Though the
problems of peace were anticipated
and discussed long before the guns
were silenced, there is no ready for
mula for this adjustment period. I The Freshmen Class should be
One of the greatest problems of proud of its members . who graced the
immediate interest to students and of the Auditorium Friday
professional educators is the problem morn *®g, October 6th, with a pre-
of readjusting the college curriculum sen tation of Freshmen talent,
in order that the college might train The program included: a trombone
young men and women to live ef- S olo, Londonerry Air, played by Mr.
fectively in such a rapidly changing | Litus Gillian, a graduate of Booker
and complex social order.
T. Washington High, Atlanta Geor-
Our theoretically democratic insti- gia; a hum °rous reading, Negro Love
tutions must also make adjustments, Bong ’ written by Dunbar and recited
changing their policies with the I by Miss Maedon Smlth > a graduate
changing philosophy of democratic o{ Boker T - Washington High, Miami,
living. Age old racial prejudice and Florida. The highlight of the pro
discrimination against minorities £ ram came when the melodious
must seek the shades of the past. voices of Misses Christine and Grace
Labor and capital must salve their Paradise chimed in a duet to sin £
mutually inficted wounds in order “ Smilin ’ Tb ru-;” they are graduates
to find a place in this new era which Elder High School, Saundersville,
dawns in the distance. These are but Georgia.
Oh, Thy Demon, withdraw from ma
Thy devil looks which my eyes can’t
see,
Thou who comes to me so bold
Then haunts the happiness from my
soul.
Why do you linger with me so long
Is it that I have done some wrong
Or, was it in your wayward flight
That you decided to show your might.
The clock was twelve, three hours ago
So from my soul, depart, and go,
Why taunt me from my head to feet
Vanish away’ and let me sleep.
Stop! Upon me you’ll no longer trod
For I’ll say a silent prayer unto God,
God my father, whom I love dear,
Free me from this Demon, called
Fear.
My heart, my soul, seems very light
At last this Demon has taken flight,
Dear Lord above, who’s always near
I Thank Thee for driving away This
Fear.
My mind, my soul is undiseased
My tired, worn body is now at ease,
No more in my room will ’ole Fear
creep
For God said, “Rest and go to sleep.”
—Joseph H. Brown.
a few of the problems that come as |
a challenge in a world at peace.
Miss Winona Jackson appeared as
guest artist on the program from
Wanted
If we use education in its broadest ^ be durdor Class. She gave a piano
implications, education can do much | scdo > Valse in ‘ E’ IVJinor, by Chopin,
toward finding a solution for our
problem beset age. As leaders we
must go forth spreading the gospel
of peace that embraces respect for
human life, whether of German, Japa
nese, Russian, Jewish, or Negro. We
must spread that gospel of peace—
the kind of peace that makes a
heaven of earth. This is the task of
the present,
of peace.
Reginald Haynes ’46.
Letters from you to to your staff.
News of Clark Alumni.
Photos.
Timely and Interesting Creative
This is the challenge | Work.
Please bring any such information
to the Panther Office, Room 307.
Over 360 Freshmen Enrolled
Representing 16 States
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say that all these students have a
1.5 average or more which means
that they will help Clark to Con
tinue as an “A” rating school which
is “Second to None.’
It is the freshmen who form the
bulk of the school enrollment with
a total of 360 students. Graphically
speaking these students represent 16
states, the largest number represent
ing Georgia which sends a total of
294 students. Florida ranks second
boasting of 25 students. Tennessee
being an educational center sends us
18 new students for this year. Ala
bama, our next door neighbor, sends
us 16 new students. Louisiana is
represented by 11 new students.
Other states represented by 2 or 3
students are: Ohio, New York, Mary
land, Indiana, Kentucky, North Caro
line, Oklahoma, Washington, South
Carolina, Mississippi, and Texas.
Not only has the Freshman enroll
ment increased tremendously, but the
senior class promises to send out the
largest number of graduattes in
several years. The seniors are trying
hard to replace the resounding name
of the class of 29 by the class of ’46.