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PAGfc FOBS
CLARK PANTHER, APRIL, 1950
Poet’s
Why?
True, I’ve been so very busy
That mk books were left on the
shelf,
But what I can’t understand
Is why you gave me that “F.”
*
I know that when you call on me
And I don’t know what to say,
That doesn’t make you angry,
But why do you look at me that,
way?
When you give the class an exam
I may not do so very well then
But tell me, is that a reason
For us to take the course again?
So, whenever you see my name
With another “F” beside it,
If I can’t get a better mark,
Kind sir, will you please hide it ?
—David L. Stanley.
Closure A-l
Here am I with troubled thoughts
of : i
All of you that scatters through me,
Thoughts of eyes, full brimmed
with sensitivity
Thoughts of gentle hand-touch,
Thoughts of lips, of
Longings, thoughts of nuanced joys.
Here am I in struggled anxiety,
Chiseling form from spirit joined
with substance.
There an arm, a smile here, there
a finger
There a breast in segments, my
poor mind
Can it ever possess you?
—Albert Berrien
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Closure A-2
For my incompletion do I weep,
for my
Lack of soul-totality. These tender
Years are yearning toward a riper
, Mind, e’er toward a keener value
sense.
Oh, to glean the depths of beauty
Or to dig up knowledge by its roots!
Oh, to realize this song of ‘macht-
mensch,’
Willing-to-perfection-man song
Rhythmic song of every age,
Christ-song.
—Albert Berrien
♦ * * *
A-l
What is poetry?
Pain and beauty over great,
Leeches that must ripping from
emotional
Minds. Form indefinite has poetry.
’Tis
Shooting-grace-in-tree-shape or
Hanging-like-a-brooding-storm
With-magnificent-power-hatred.
Countryside perfumed or city
Gutter-stenched, order, disorder
All is poetry.
—Albert Berrien
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A-2
‘‘Where are leaders strong and pur
pose bent?”
“Gone?”
"Not gone but multiplied and com
mon.
On the streets they stand with
smugness
Lined across their faces.
Glaring at the teacher,
They inhabit classes (quite con
fused)
In their value-forming age.
“Are they weak?”
“No!”
“Are they frivolous?”
“Yes!” They are young.”
—Albert Berrien
Why not make your vote count
in the election of the president of
your student government?
Corner
Venereal Microbes
I ami not (altogether) a vicious thing
Until you carelessly let me in
I seek a plfece that’s nice and warm,
With no intention of doing (much)
harm.
But after I find a suitable place
I begin then to multiply in great
haste,
Your troubles begin, I’m feeling
fine,
I like this thing you folks call time.
I might be a syphilis germ, you see,
Trepanema palliduim, they call me,
I wait until you are morally low,
Then to your genital tract I’ll
quickly go.
You linger around without taking
a test,
I find a way into the blood stream,
Now, you think that I’m very mean.
I cause you to break out in tiny
sores,
All over your body, your mouth
and nose,
Some of the babies that are born
alive
Have great big heads and closed
up eyes.
I pass from the blood stream to the
heart an to the brain,
I cause people to have headaches
and act insane,
This will not happen if you take
plenty shots,
Be free of raw places and bruised
looking spots
I am not akin to Neiserria Gonor
rhea,
The next most dreaded veneral di
sease,
It enters the body when you’re
morally low too
May not have symptoms like the
other ones do.
Millions of babies are often born
blind,
Thousands are unable to produce
their own kind,
You fail to keep youir genital tract
clean
Here, millions of us live with the
best of ease.
I bet you’re afraid that we’U rule
the world,
We have you now in a moronic
turmoil,
Your brain power lacking, its ef
ficiency low,
Yoiutr bodies are crippled and bent
like a bow.
What do you think of the next
generations’
Having to wade through your sins
and degeneration?
Can’t you tell when you’re licked
and beaten down?
Keep fit for others, that’s the cry
of the town.
—Joyce Carver
Biology Instructor
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Ivappa Korner
DONALD G. FLETCHER, Reporter
Gamma Kappa Chapter is still
moving on the campus. During the
week of April 23-29, 1950, Kappa
Alpha Psi fraternity observed its
Guide Right Concentration Week.
Gamma Kappa also observed this
week by presenting programs on
Tuesday and Wednesday, April 25
and 26 in the College Chapel.
The Guide Right Movement was
born at banquet table in St. Louis,
Mo. (1922). Its purpose grew out
of the serious conditions* which ex
isted among Negro Youth who were
graduating from high school each
year with no definite vocational ob
jective to steer them into success
ful pursuits. Plans were made
whereby much attention was con
centrated on this project by the fra
ternity. It was made into a year-
round project and one week of con
centration was set aside each year
by the Grand Polemarch of the fra
ternity to observe the movement.
This program of intrinsic Guide
Right gives an opportunity to youth
to solve some of their emotional
problems and helps them to prepare
for some definite occupation.
Our speaker on Tuesday, April
25, was Brother Dr. Hilliard Bow
en, Registrar, Fort Valley State
College, Ft. Valley, Ga. Dr. Bowen
built his speech around the theme
of Concentration Week for this
year, “Time Out for Youth,” by
presenting a question to the student
body, “Education for What?’’ In
his speech he enumerated why the
Negro youth of today needs an edu
cation. Dr. Bowen stated the great
demand for qualified personnel in
all business and professional fields.
He also gave same qualifications for
success which included courage, de
termination, ability, and the knowl
edge of the chosen field. He also
emphasized the need for spiritual
guidance, citizenship, and knowl
edge of the individual. In conclu
sion Dr. Bowen left four points
which the student should look for
when pursuing an education. They
are: (1) Know the demands of the
profession, (2) know whether the
student is qualified for the profes
sion, (3) know the purpose of an
education, and (4) utilize education
for successful living.
Attorney George E. C. Hayes,
Washington, D. C., was the princi
pal speaker on Wednesday, April
25, and he exemplified the need for
Negro youth to take advantage of
educational and vocational opportu
nities at hand in America today.
The Chapter made a contribution
to the UNCF at the close of the
program on Wednesday.
—Donald G. Fletcher,
Chapter Reporter.
Attitudes Of
Students To
ward Lectures
The attitude of the student body
in general toward guest lecturers
appears to lie somewhere between
hostility and amiability.
There are students who openly
deplore speeches of any nature.
They just don’t believe a speaker
can say anything of interest. These
students totally disregard all the
information being conveyed no
matter how important or how di
rectly applicable it may be to them
in their preparation for life.
Then there are students who ap
pear interested in all, or almost all
lectures without discrimination of
subject. They seem to be able to
grasp some information and use it
in their particular situation.
Then too, there are those stu
dents who fall in between—those
who appreciate some lectures and
disapprove of some. In this group
lies the majority of students.
In order that students may be
able to discriminate between lec
tures of value and “idle talk,” the
following suggestions may prove of
value:
I'D RATHER BE RIGHT-
THAN PRESIDENT
Sigmas Conduct bigger
Business Program Here
By ELLIOTT WATERS
From a joint participation in the
overall Atlanta Better Business Ob
servance held in Davage Audito
rium on the Clark College campus
Sunday, April 2nd, the members of
Psi Chapter Phi Beta Sigma fra
ternity furthered the observance by
presenting programs on April 3rd
and 4th.
April 3rd, Attorney Jesse L.
Lewis, a past National President
of Phi Beta Sigma and a Washing
ton financial, gave the address. He
emphasized the necessity of hav
ing Business Administration given
greater emphasis in the College’s
program on a nation-wide scale. He
also spoke of the Negroes annual
buying power in the South amount
ing to some three and one-half bil
lion dollars and the necessity of
Negro merchants being able to
share in the proceeds.
Tuesday morning, April 4th, Dr.
T. M. Alexander of the Alexander-
Calloway Realty Company located
in Atlanta, emphasized the need of
an inner force that would drive the
potential business men and women
on to greater achievements in the
field of business.
Through such programs, the
members of the Phi Beta Sigma
fraternity will forever keep before
the public the value of a business
education.
Movie of Campus
Filmed By Dean
You probably have been wonder
ing what is the reason for all the
movies Dean Hamilton shot during
March. Well, here’s what’s up . . .
The movie was shot to show to
various outside groups the admin
istration, class activities, student
services on the campus, general so
cial life, and off campus activities
of Clark College.
Dean Hamilton, on his recent
tour of high schools in Alabama,
Louisiana, and Mississippi, showed
the film to the senior classes of
nineteen high schools, to alumni
groups, and to the parents of sev
eral students now enrolled at Clark
College. All showings were suc
cessful.
Now, what’s the idea? If you
still don’t understand, it’s simply to
show students what we have to
offer, to show them the advantages
of being a Clark student.
The producer apologizes for not
being able to put every student at
Clark in the film. The showing then
would have been too long to suit its
purpose. Of the twelve rolls of film
used four, of necessity, had to be
eliminated in order to make the
showing coincide With the time usu
ally allotted by the high schools for
this purpose. The film is 800 feet
in length. It is entirely in color. It
portrays student life at Clark from
acceptance by the Registrar to
graduation.
(1) Is the speaker’s subject clear
ly defined?
(2) Are the points obvious and
related to the subject?
(3) Does the lecturer digress?
(4) Is the subject fairly current
and interesting?
—Avery Burress.
Alumni Notes
By FRANKLIN S. JONES
Spring is definitely in the air; we
. . . feel it in the sunshine and the
breeze. With the English Funda
mentals and Comprehensive exams
over, a lot of pressure has been
taken off the senior level and all
sorts of plans are being made for
the swiftly moving school year.
Our school year has fastly faded,
and Clark has recorded another
outstanding year in its glorious his
tory. The mid-century year, how
ever, still holds many accounts yet
unfolded, and we can expect our
Alma Mater to make even more
progress.
To the graduates of 1950, we
wish God speed, for we are proud
with you and of you for your
achevements. Graduation days are
always joyous ones, and then comes
life . . . such as it is, but you have
your “Culture For Service” to help
you along; so bon voyage to one
and all.
OUR ALUMNI THROUGH
THE YEARS
1949
Alfretta Ross Allen is an instruc
tor in the Jonesboro High School of
Georgia.
Charity Elois Barnes is a mathe
matics instructor in Sparta, Geor
gia.
Katie Lee Baughman is an in
structor at the R. R. Carter elemen
tary school.
Helen Biggs is an instructor in
the public system of Eatonton, Ga.
Jeffie Lousia Blackwell is an in
structor in the public school system
of Summerton, S. C.
Effie Raines Stanley, our assist
ant librarian on December 27, 1949,
took unto herself a husband, who
is now a law student at Temple Uni
versity. Mrs. Stanley, we wish you
many happy returns.
Paulesther Turner Suncan is an
elementary school instructor in the
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