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THE CLARK PANTHER, SEPTEMBER, 1949
HEWS
DEVELOPING YOUR
PERSONALITY
By Doris A. Crowder
The word personality means
many things to many people. To
the layman it means the physical
side of life as expressed through
walk, speech, facial expression, and
dress. To the physician it means
physique, chemistry, and tempera
ment. To the psychology student
it means traits, habits, attitudes,
and abilities. To other people it
means “aggresiveness,” or “social
effectiveness,” or human behavior.
Alexandra Magoun describes per
sonality as follows: “Personality is
the result of how the elements of
human nature are combined by en
vironment and tune into t|ie struc
ture of an individual so that he
becomes a unique character.”
Personality is not something to
be learned verbatim, neither has it
a maximum growth. It is Some
thing to be strengthened daily
through practice.
There are three factors in per
sonality development: physical,
mental, and emotional growth. The
mental growth is known as it has
been measured by educators; the
physical growth is easily appar
ent; the emotional growth has been
almost totally ignored. It is hard to
evaluate and its consequences are
far reaching but it is as important
as the other two. Sociologists have
long debated the issue of environ
ment and heredity and their effect
on personality which directly af
fects emotional growth.
To make our ideals and aspira
tions creative forces in our lives
we must visualize clearly what we
wish to be. Working without such
a picture is like building a house
without the architect’s blueprint.
The next requirement is to reach
the goal we have set. Then, we
must develop skill as master build
ers in transforming our blueprints
into living reality in our personal
ity. The secret of this building skill
is control of our habits of think
ing; our habits of feeling and our
habits of acting. To establish this
conscious control we must possess
an understanding and mastery of
all the steps between the setting
and achieving of the goal
A trainer when teaching a pet
new tricks knows how important
it is to control the situation in such
a way as to secure the desired be
havior. This situation is repeated
frequently until the behavior is
learned, then the correct response
is accompanied with a pleasurable
experience.
William James, the psychologist,
formulated four maxims of habit
formation. They may be summar
ized as follows:
In the acquisition of a new habit
or the leaving off an old one, launch
* the effort with as strong and de
cided a start as possible. Never
allow an exception to occur until
the new habit is well established.
Seize the very first chance to act
on every resolution you make and
on every urge you may experience
in the direction of the habit you
wish to form. It is not in the wish
ing but the doing that habits are
formed. Keep effort alive by a little
free practice every day.” James be
lieved that every day we should do
something for no other reason than
we would rather not do it. Such
practice he maintained, strength
ens our ability to meet successfully
the crises which arise in every life
calling for willpower and effort.
There is a fable which tells of a
very proud prince who had a
crooked back. One day he asked the
most skillful sculptor in his king
dom to make a noble statue, true
to his likeness except with a
straight back. When the statue was
finished, the prince ordered it
placed in a secret nook in the pal
ace garden where only he could
see it. Every morning, noon and
evening the prince stole quietly
away to the place where the statue
stood, and gazed upon the straight
back, the uplifted head, and the
noble brow. Days, months, and
UCLA OFFERS COURSSE
IN TELEVISION
Los Angeles, Calif. (I.P.) —
Television has turned the corner
academically, if action by the Thea
ter Arts department of the Uni
versity of California at Los An
geles is any indication. The first
course in television will be included
in the regular curriculum this fall,
according to Professor Kenneth
Macgowan, chairman of the de
partment.
It is designed as an introduction
to television but will be an upper
division course with prerequisites
in theater arts subjects. Included
in the new course will be the his
tory of television, technical funda
mentals, functions of the creative,
administrative and engineering
ends of television, and educational
and functional as well as entertain
ment uses of the video field.
The department head also points
out that courses for the major in
radio, introduced last year, now
include acting for radio, voice train
ing for announcers and commenta
tors, writing for radio, the study
of production leading into radio
workshops, and the recording of
productions.
Preparation for the major com
prise the same basic courses in
theater that are required for majors
in theater and motion pictures, in
cluding a three-unit, lower division
course in “Social Aspects of Mass
Communication.” In addition, radio
majors are required to take a one-
unit course called “Radio Survey.”
ILLINOIS RETURNS TO
PRE-WAR STATUS
Urbana, Ill.—(I.P.)—The Uni
versity of Illinois has rescinded its
emergency progressive admissions
plan and beginning this semester
will admit students on the same
basis it did before the war. Resi
dents of this state may come in
with 15 units of satisfactory credit
from secondary schools.
However, non-residents still must
rank in the upper half of their
high school graduating class so far
as grades are concerned for admis
sion as freshmen or must have a
j.5 if they are transfers. A trans
fer student who is a resident 01
this state will need only a 3.0
average and can be admitted with
an even lower grade by special
action of the dean of the college
to which he seeks admission.
Commenting on the emergency
enrollment regulations, Provost
Coleman R. Griffith called it a
“packing plan”—to pack people in
to the University in orderly fash
ion, group by group, and fit them
into the facilities designed for
about half the total number who
wanted in.
NEW GRADE SYSTEM AT
HOWARD
Of interest to college students
is the new grading system which
has been adopted by Howard Uni
versity.
A five-letter system of grading
with one failing grade (F) will
replace the old six-letter system
with its two failing grades (E and
F), in the Liberal Arts College of
Howard University, beginning this
year. The new method of grading
will abolish the former practice of
assigning negative grade points.
The new system, which is used
in a majority of colleges, is ex
pected to relieve much of the con'
fusion among students and instruc
tors which was occasioned by the
old method. The n£w grading meth
od raises the value of the letter
grades one grade point above that
awarded by the displaced system,
while installing /me standard fail
ing grade valued at zero grade
points. Under the new system, 360
grade points will be required in
stead of 180.
The faculty of the Liberal Arts
College, seeing the need of a clear
er method of grading voted for
the establishment of a new sys
tern nearly a year ago. The new
scale of grade points is as follows:
Letter Grade
A
B
C
D
F
Grade Point Value
4
3
2
1
0
YALE U. CONDUCTS
DRINKING SURVEY
New Haven, Conn. —(I.P.)— A
survey of the drinking habits and
attitudes of college students around
the nation is being conducted at
Yale University. Class groups in
approximately 80 colleges will be
given questionnaires during the
next 10 months. This self-admin
istered, 100-question survey is con-
NEW ADDITIONS TO THE
CURRICULUM
By Rose O. Ward
The new courses which have
been added to the curriculum make
one cUrious to know something of
them in detail, so let us get some
points of view from the old and
new instructors who will be teach
ing these courses. Dr. W. H. Hale,
head of the Social Science Depart
ment, has this to say of the two
required subjects, Human Geog
raphy and Social Psychology, in
his department: “The inclusion of
the courses in Human Geography
and Social Psychology is part of
the departmental program to
widen and enrich its offerings. The
three-fold aim of the department is
1) as a part of the general edu
cation program, to give the stu
dent a broad cultural perspective
of the field; 2) to provide a com
prehensive background for those
who plan to do graduate study in
the field; 3) to prepare teachers
of the social studies. In line with
these purposes, it is seen that the
well-rounded student must, of ne
cessity, be equipped with a knowl
edge of the relationships between
human nature and his natural or
geographical environment with
such a course as human geography
provides. He must also have some
insight into the very nature of hu
man nature which consideration
forms an important phase of the
area of Social Psychology.”
Now, let us hear something of
the newly initiated course in Ger
man which is being taught by Mr.
L. F. Adams. It is a study of lan
guage composition, translation,
oral resumes, and careful drill up
on pronunciation, inflection of the
articles, adjectives, weak verbs and
the more usual strong verbs. It is
cemed ,.1,1, with d.t.rmi.ln* th, J*™nTs.'piS.S S?£
nature .incidence and development
of drinking behavior and its re
lationship to other aspects of be
havior.
The investigation is part of an
over-all study of normal drinking
behavior being made by the Section
on Alcohol Studies of the Yale Uni
versity Laboratory of Applied
Physiology. Selden D. Bacon, Asso
ciate Profesor of Sociology, and
Robert Straus, Research Assistant
in Applied Physiology and Assist
ant Professor of Sociology, are co
directors of the survey.
“There are no facts available on
the drinking habits and attitudes
of our college population,” accord
ing to Mr. Bacon. “Instead, there
is a large mass of subjective opin
ion and misinformation on the sub 7
ject. As a result, many sincere per
sons have acquired a distorted im
pression of the nature of the drink
ing behavior and problems in the
American college.”
The survey directors say that
their work should assist education
al administrators and persons
charged with discipline. It should
provide a broader base for under
standing of student behavior among
those affected by student activi
ties, graduates, parents and college
town residents.
above. There is further drill upon
the rudiments of grammar, dic
tion, topical reviews and the read
ing of prose and poetry with prac
tice in oral and written composi
tion. So much for German.
Mr. John F. Summersette, who is
back after a year’s leave of ab
sence, and who has initiated basic
work in journalism, indicates, that
journalism exists to perform a
service in a democracy. Its primary
function, he says, is to teach peo
ple how to inform the public of
what is happening. Clark is the
only college in the University Cen
ter where journalism courses may
be pursued. Next year he hopes to
increase the offerings.
began to spread throughout the
palace regarding the changed ap
pearance of the prince. “Do my
eyes deceive me, or is the prince’s
back no longer crooked ? Is not the
prince more noble looking ? Such
were the questions whispered about
The prince smiled happily when
these rumors came to him,' for he
had, in fact, become the noble man
his statue proclaimed him to be,
You might ask the question, did
the prince’s back really become
straight? That is not the im
portant question. The thing to re
member is that the prince had de
veloped the personal qualities which
won for him the admiration that all
normal people crave, and he was
happy as a result.
Freshmen and newcomers to the
campus should choose a person on
this campus whom it is felt has a
wholesome personality, and look
years passed. Eventually rumors on him or her to do likewise,
OCTOBER VESPER SPEAKERS
ANNOUNCED
Vesper speakers for the month
of October include a number of able
speakers who have been selected
by the Committee on Religious Life.
The schedule follows:
October 2—President James P.
Brawley.
October 9 — Rev. Samuel M.
Weeks, Director of Religious Life,
Clark College.
October 16 — Dr. Charles B.
Copher, Professor of Old Testa
ment History and Literature, Gam
mon Theological Seminary, At
lanta.
October 23—“Music and the
Spoken Word,” a program by the
Department of Dramatics and
Speech and the Music Department
will be the feature of the worship
service.
October 30—Dr. J. A. Greene,
Representative, General Board of
Education, The Methodist Church,
Nashville, Tennessee.
The Vesper Service is held at
four o’clock in the college chapel.
Special music is always furnished
by the college choir under the di
rection of Dr. J. deKoven Killings-
worth with Mrs. Marion E. Sykes
accompanying.
SOCIAL SCIENCE CLUB
HOLDS FIRST MEETING
The Social Science Club held its
initial meeting of the year Monday
night, September 26. The club is
composed of majors and minors in
this field.
The meeting was used to re-ac-
quaint the members with the ad
visors, Mr. Edward Sweat, and Dr.
William Hale, and the other mem
bers of the Social Science Depart
ment. The organization was par
ticularly happy to greet Dr. Hale,
who has just recently been award
ed the Ph.D. degree by the Univer
sity of Chicago.
Any members of the student body
who are sincerely interested in
social science are invited to attend
the meetings which are held on the
second and fourth Mondays of each
month.
Officers elected for the year are
James Woodard, president; Wil
liam Stanley, vice-president; Eula
Jones, secretary; Sam Jones, treas
urer; Cubell Johnson, chaplain; and
Ethel Watkins, reporter.
WOULDN’T YOU KNOW—
Well, kids, as you know we must
have our campus gossip, so here
goes. Flash! Now that Ben Lloyd
has broken up the beautiful friend
ship of C. M. and H., what’s next,
Ben ? It seems that our young wom
en from New Orleans are upsetting
at times. What has happened to H.
Hamilton and his new girl from
New Orleans? Looks like Mynatt
comes back to Clark for nothing.
M. Young seems determined this
time, or is it the other way around,
huh? Important, we wonder if J.
Conway will be able to hold this
young lady or will the Chemistry
Lab continue to occupy his time
and someone else his girl? We see
that Elsie F. has made up her mind
between A1 and Duke, or did Duke
himself decide? Who said that A.
Burress was not God’s gift to Clark
College? Not many girls seems to
think so this year. Say, J. Rich
ards, now that football season is
here, I think that you can make
M. McDonald. It seems \as if there
has been some few changes in our
household circle. In our next edi
tion, we hope to be in position to
name a few.
Before we close this column we
want to warn each of you to be
careful, because there are a few of
us keeping eyes on you. But be
fore we leave, here gives some
more. Say, R. W., what happened
between you and N. C. during the
summer? We certainly will miss
seeing you two, with your heads
together in the Lab. The girls on
the third floor of the New Dorm
(or the upper house) wish to ex
press their gratitude to O. Me. for
putting down her Morehouse man.
instead of listening to her constant
moaning and groaning they might
be able to get a little studying done
this year. Oh where, Oh where can
B. B. be? Oh please come back
to me M. B. FLASH! It seems as
though M. Me. is going back home
to her poo-poo J. R.—that is, if
the freshman girls give her a
chance. Isn’t that right J. R.?
Can’t nobody tell H. T. nothing,
she’s strictly sporting her piece of
ice around this year! But please
Mr. Morehouse don’t let that stop
you, she doesn’t have any rings
on her other hand yet.
Say S. S., what happened to your
Frat pin, did you lose it? Maybe
J. H. can help you find it again.
Say W, H. and R. J., don't tell me
you two can’t make a go of it after
two long years. Dear B. M. It
seems as if things are clicking with
you and B. B., as they did last year
and it doesn’t look like J. C. is
interested any more either. What’s
wrong kid, are you losing your
touch ?
I see that J. C. is still trying to
find someone who will listen to his
sad line of jive. I wonder if any of
the freshman girls will fall for it
this year. Watch out J. M.
Say E. P., everyone knows that
K. B. is out in the city waiting for
you to graduate. Why don’t you
stop playing Casanova and leave
these girls alone. It looks like D. F.
took so much and just couldn’t take
any more. Well there’s always an
other, isn’t that right E. F.? Say,
who is this fellow called “Machine
Gun Kelley”? Do you know him
B. L.?
Yes, I too agree, now it’s time to
close. As a lover says, “We close
our column but not our eyes
(love).” Until the next edition, so
long.
OCTOBER MOVIE SCHEDULE
ANNOUNCED
The Movie Committee has re
leased the names of motion pictures
to be shown during the latter part
of October. The schedule follows:
October 15 — “Jack London,”
starring Michael O’Shea and Susan
Hayward.
October 22—“Boomerang,” star
ring Dana Andrews and Jane
Wyatt.
October 28—“Stanley and Liv
ingstone,” starring Spencer Tracy,
Nancy Kelly and Walter Bren
nan.
Motion pictures are shown in the
college auditorium at 7:30 p.m. on
the evenings designated.
CLARK READY .
The Cardinal and Black Panth
ers of Clark College are set for
their grueling SIAC fray against
South Carolina State College Bull
dogs in the Herndon Memorial Sta
dium Saturday, October 15 .
They have begun to taper off for
this all important contest. Both
teams have dropped their first two
encounters this season and will be
anxious to score a win in order to
get back in conference standing.
The Panthers enjoyed an open
date recently and according to the
four mentors they should be on
the long end of this battle. Coaches
■Curry, Epps, Hamilton and Jones
have taken all precautions and have
been successful in emerging with
their squad at full strength for
their third encounter of the sea
son.
The Panthers backfield consists
of several key players in Johnny
“Medium Express” Richards. Rich
ards is expected to carry the major
portion of the Panthers’ ground
attack, but will be aided by Har
old Barrett, Percival Evans, Ben
jamin Lloyd, Arthur Johnson,
Joseph Eberhardt, Elijah Poythress
and Samuel Sanderson. Now, in
case the Panthers are forced to
take to the air the aerial attack
will be led by triple-threat half
backs Charles Ponder and Schley
Williamson, along with passer Roy
Wolfe.