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\ PAGE SIX 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.