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PAGE TWO CLARK PANTHER, APRIL, 1950 the c lark panther A Journal of College Life Published from September to June By the Students of Clark College, Atlanta, Georgia 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. DAVID CHARLES COLLINGTON Editor-ix-Chief HULEY B. DODSON JESSE GIBSON Associate-Editor , News-Editor Daughtry Thomas Feature Fred White,, * ^ Art David Stanley Poet George Waters Exchange Alfred Wyatt Circulation Fred Ross Advertising Julius Conway Photographer REPORTERS: Marie Young, Rose Ward, Joseph Eberhardt, and Lorenzo Jones. TYPISTS: Lois Richardson, Annie Burts, Ruth Paradise, Kathryn Shan- nell, Rueben Dawkins, Hazel McGill, and Alverta Bryant. Helen Thomas and Marion Brown Staff Secretaries ADVISORS: J. F. Summersette, Darwin T. Turner, Franklin S. Jones Support The UNCF - The college is appealing to every student enrolled to support the United Negro College Fund drive now being conducted in the interest of many private operated Negro institutions. The contributions made by phil anthropists have become meager and are rapidly diminishing. The number of veterans attending college under the “G. I. Bill of Rights” is decreasing, ahd the Julius Rosenwald Fund has terminated. The cost of an education has increased. The number of persons unemployed is enormous. You owe it to the school and yourself to back this drive. State colleges and universities are subsidized out of state funds. You have chosen a private institution in which to pursue your higher education so why not support it? Last year the college contributed $2,250 and re ceived in return $25,000. We received over eleven dollars for every one dollar which was contributed. The interest this year among students and faculty members is rela tively high. A committee has been organized and competition between classes has developed. An attractive trophy will be awarded to the class contributing the highest amount on a per capita basis. Each student is asked to donate $1.00. The college’s goal has been set for $2,500. The national goal is $1,500,000. The United Negro College Fund was organized in 1943 and has as its purpose conducting annually a united appeal for funds with which to meet the operating expenses of its member institutions. If this purpose can be accomplished, it will make it possible for member schools to use other funds to provide scholarships for deserving students and to increase teachers salaries in order to compete with state supported schools. The campaign is conducted in 54 major cities out of the south and during a limited period of time. The appeal is made for a large number of small gifts mostly from Negroes. The number of whites cooperating with the drive has been rather large in previous years. During the current academic year we have supported such campaigns as the Community Chest, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, March of Dimes, Red Cross and the Red Heart Fund. Now let’s get behind the United Negro College Fund drive. This appeal is made to every student, faculty member, staff member, and every club, fraternity and sorority at Clark College. This is your opportunity to aid a worthy Students and Organizations Contributing $5.00 or More (as of April 25, 1950) Students Edward Hinton $5.00 Naomi Parker ; $5.00 Joseph Grier $5.00 Juanita Marshall $5.00 Organizations Ivy Leaf Club Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority $10.00 Omega Psi Phi Fraternity $10.00 Social Science Club _ _ $10.00 Zeta Phi Beta Sorority $ 6.00 Kappa Alpha Psi $14.00 ! Total amount received from students to date, $158.50 Tag Day May 4 Closing Date May 10 Students who have not made their contribution should do so immediately. Make your contribution to your class president or advisor today. . Radio Winner Announced The radio, which was raffled off by the Sphinx Club of Alpha Phi Chap ter of Alphi Phi Alphi Fraternity, Inc., was won by Arthur J. Johnson, Jr., a freshman from New Orleans, Louisiana. We wish to thank those of you who purchased tickets and attended the bazaar for helping to make the occasion a success. Your Editor Says: Morale Among Students Low By D. C. COLLINGTON As I sit wondering if this will be the last edition of the Panther that I will edit I have become anxious to pen my finale in this edition. Most of you that know me pretty well know that I am an individual that believe in the fully exercising of freedom of speech; that I am not easily convinced against my will; and that my opinion is hard to change. In this column I would like to focus upon the students here the decline in morale among the stu dents. When I came to Clark in the fall of 1946 Clark met some of the ideals that I had expect-1 ed to find in a col-i lege. The morale! of the student body was compar-• atively high. Stu dents were interested in leadership, scholarship and social activities. The cry for student government ;as loud; scholarship was main tained and membership in organiza tions as the Y. M. C. A. and N. A. A. C. P. was large; dances were nu merous. I felt that I had made a wise choice in selecting Clark for furthering my education. Do I think the same atmosphere exists now? No, I don’t, and I doubt that you disagree with me. The situation has definitely changed. The cry for student government was heard, and two attempts were made to set up an active council. The present council could be made to work if we as students would get behind it and demand that it be rec ognized. Are we doing this? No, but we are sounding with loud com plaints that it is a “stooge” for the administration. That, I can hardly believe. Rfeel that the students can make the council an independent or ganization as any other recognized organization on the campus. One Saturday a group of musi cians met in the basement of Pfeiffer Hall and were “jamin” to the tune of “That’s the Groovy Thing.” Now I have heard key ticklers attempt any tune from Buddy Johnson’s “Little Dog” to George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” but never before had I ex perienced such a feeling as I ex perienced when I heard the combo’s version of hit tunes. My thoughts went back to the spring of 1947. Those were the good ole days. The spirit on the campus was high then, and the morale was at its peak. The recreation room of Thayer Hall was the center of social activities. A small combo would jam there on Fridays during the noon hour. Both city and campus students alike found enjoyment there. The scene in the recreation room today re minds me of a group-of combat sol diers awaiting orders to move up to the front. If there was a ban placed on the activities held in the recrea tional hall it certainly needs lifting. The lack of interest fell so hard until the annual celebration of “La dies Day” failed to get enough sup port from the men. How can we as men let such a tradition cease, knowing its significance? I am of the opinion that the only thing that can save us now is a revolution within ourselves. We need to concentrate more on schol arship, student leadership, and ath letics. We waste too much time that can be utilized. TOO TRUE The students get the paper The school gets the fame The press gets the money The staff gets the blame. —Griffin, Canisius College. What Is Your Philosophy of Life? HAROLD HAMILTON For some time, after my assignment as guest editor for this edition of the Panther, the subject of a philosophy of life has engaged "my attention. Further deliberation led to the subsequent conclusion that so vital a subject might be of interest to the readers of this publication. Determining what one’s philoso phy will be is a very hard thing to do. There are two roads one may follow in forming a philosophy of life: that of conformity and that of non-conformity. I personally am a non-conformist, with all due re spect and regard for what is right and what is wrong. Many people have probably never given' much serious attention to the formation of a life’s philosophy, probably not even a thought. That a philosophy of life Is needed can not be denied. One should have his own attitude toward values and people to avoid being influenced. Many of the people with whom I have come in contact have formed a philosophy, perhaps unknowingly. Some have formed, according to my observations, a sort of selfish phil osophy of life, that of self-preser vation. True it is said that self preservation is the first law of na ture. But apparently many have taken that ridiculous conception too literally. To maintain self preser vation many actions that I have ob served have been no less than amaz ing. One example is a person bor rowing, without permission, the property of another and upon being questioned, the obviously insane, thoughtless, and inconsiderate per son replies, “If you don’t like it, do something about it.” What kind of philosophy is that? Do you take that attitude? It happens every day—no regard or consideration for others. What hope have we when we do not even respect ourselves? I pray that I will never adopt so narrow a philosophy. If that is conformity, and so it seems to be, I thank heaven that I am not a con formist. Now, in these times when the (Continued on Page 6) Letters To the Editor To the Editor: It has occurred to me that we are not as brotherly as we think. Why should we fool ourselves and our children ? Brotherhood to me means love and respect for the other man regardless of his race or religion. We say we are Christians, church loving people, but our so-called “tradition” is really bewildering to my growing children. We also say that we love Jesus Christ who was a member of one of the most hated minorities the world has ever known. Can we as Americans con ceive of the fact that we serve Christ as our master when He was a member of a minority race? It is a tremendous sorrow on our part to tell our children or point at a person and say, “You are better than that person.” We speak, too, of equality for all people of the world, but what “all” is it for? It certainly perturbs me to see man’s inhumanity toward other men, regardless of race. We too often label all persons who speak out for human rights as one of Stalin’s boys or girls. If they are for the betterment of hu manity, I believe I would love such a doctrine. People are not fools anyway. It is about time for us to do away with tradition. This thing is caus ing the annihilation of our means and even our souls. Why can’t this newspaper do away with tradition and preach equality in its real meaning as our Lord Jesus Christ went to the cross that men be free? All peoples are basically the same under the skin. FRED H. ROSS. An Alumnus Reflects ... If You Please Were I at dear ol’ Clark College again, it would be crystal clear that the liberal arts college is merely an adjunct to more special ized training. Again, it would be equally clear to me that this interim period of my higher training is the all-important part, without which, it is impossible to specialize in many fields. I would therefore ma jor in those subjects best suited to my abilities, inclinations, and talents. Were I a student again at Clark College, that majestic inscription, “Culture for Service,” would mean more to me than an empty phrase repeated by many, understood by virtually none. I would know that this well-turned and meaningful en- graftment upon the steel and con crete of Haven-Warren Administra tion Building had a depth that if translated into practical considera tions would be capable of serving as the nador of an effective and living philosophy. I would know that this could mark me as the product of an institution well aware of the needs and purposes of a city- nation-world community badly in need of material and spiritual com fort. I would know that my indi vidual-cooperative application to the objectives of the College con tributes toward the development of the esteem and respect for the Col lege caused by the tenor of its graduates. I would be anxious to know who were graduated from Clark College, what they are doing, and where they are. I would be interested in the well known an in the obscure. I would most certainly realize that too often opportunity rises or falls depending upon the status of the College in the hierarchy of Ameri can colleges. And though realizing this to be an unimpeachable fact, I would not lapse into the lethargy of indifference—but would prepare to meet the challenge, indeed to take up the cudgels of combat. I would be aware of the competition, the rivalry—if you please—existing between Clark and surrounding col leges in the Atlanta area. I would know that Clark has an opportunity to jockey into constructive ap proach to a changing, complex, and not-always-fair society. Her excel lent opportunity to lead in scholar ship and development of Negro leadership would not escape me. I would feel a strong sense of duty toward making my individual con tribution. I would want to see to it that no names associated with Clark would fade into pale insig nificance. I would want Clark to ascend with rocket-like proportions, unequivocably to the forefront. (Continued on Page 6)