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CLARK PANTHER, NOVEMBER 9, 1951, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
The Clark 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 newsgathering, reporting, book-reviewing, edi
torial, and creative writing.
An instrument for fostering friendly and constructive criticism
of campus activities.
Harold A. Hamilton, Editor-in-Chief
Ernest Pharr, Associate Editor
J. F. Summersette, Advisor
Robert Anthony
Yvonne Southall
Solomon Crate
James Floyd !
Etoye Lewis
Theresa Scott
Charles Bryant, Ruby Harrell
Celestine Brown
Delia White
Vienna Thorn
Sport Editor
' .' Fashion Editor
Advertising and Business Manager
Assistant Business Manager
Chief Typist
Circulation Manager
...i Reporters
i Make-up
Secretary to Editor
Copy Reader
DISSENTION
—Edwin Thomas Pratt
Petty dissentions are slowly causing our student body to become
jhany segments rather than one united body.
We place little value upon necessities and a great deal of attention
on non-essentials. Upon coming here in 1949, I found at Clark large a-
mount of scholol pride, enthusiasm, and spirit. What has happened to
that great Clark during the past two years? What has happened to its
great students?
If I could answer these questions I would not be writing this article.
We, the Student Council, need your help in eliminating our most perti
nent problem today.
Perhaps many reasons can be proposed. They will gladly be accept
ed and thoroughly investigated. At the moment I can think 0(f three
main causes of our present dilemma: U) Fraternity-Sorority conscious
ness; (2) Class rivalry in respect to city-campus relationships, and (.3)
An innate desire to be against.
Frat-Sorority Consciousness
Until recently we heard very little concerning elections and selec
tions being the result of a fraternity or sorority “clique”. Many feci that
recent selections were not made upon the ability of the individuals, but
because of the influence of “brothers” and “sisters”.
Non-affiliated students become disgusted with the snobbish attitude
taken by members of. these organizations. Perhaps this is what led to
those unwarranted accusations.
If there were no Clark College, there would be no student body; if
there were no student body, there would be no Greek Letter Organiza
tions on the campus. 'Clark and its student body shotild be' our first' con
cern. This should also be a policy of these organizations. We must take
a stand and place emphasis somewhere. Our stand must be firm and
sound.
NEW STAFF
EDITS PAPER
Volunteers, called for in Septem
ber have made it possible for mem
bers of the Clark family to have a
working PANTHER staff. These
students hope to give you the pub
lication of a regular monthy paper.
Harold A. Hamilton, senior, who
hails from Charleston, S. C. is Editor
-in-Chief. He is a graduate of Lin
coln Academy, Kings Mountain, N.
C.
Ernest M. Pharr, sophomore, will
serve as Associate Editor. He is a
native of Philadelphia, Pa., and was
graduated from Highland High
School, Gastonia, N. C.
Robert L. Anthony, a graduate of
Booker T. Washington High School
of this city, will be on hand to give
a complete sports coverage. An
thony is a freshman.
All newspapers should have ads
and Solomon W. Crate will serve as
advertising manager. Crute is a
member of the freshman class and
was graduated from David T. How
ard High School of this city.
James Floyd, Jr., a native of Hend-
fersonville, Ky., will assist Crate as
Assistant Advertising Manager.
Floyd is also a member of the Fresh
man Class.
as secretary to the editor. Theresa
Scott is circulation manager and the
reporters are Charles Bryant, Daw
son, Ga.; Winfred Harris, Atlanta,
and Bertram Davis, Atlanta. Ad
visor for the PANTHER is Dr. J. F.
Summersette.
Where Does
School Spirit End?
After attending several football
games this season and watching the
spirit of the several colleges, I have
begun to wonder where school spirit
ends and rudeness begins. What
line of demarkation should be
drawn between boosting your team
and defacing the opposition? Is it
merely school spirit which makes
one cheer and yell “Take ’m to the
shower!” when one of the opposition
is hurt?
When a group of students at the
back of the stadium, has a private
cheering squad independent of of
ficial cheer leaders and other stu
dents, is this to be defined as “school
spirit?”
I feel that these features are not
desirous in making up the “spirit”
of an institution. That which makes
one remain seated while the Alma
Mater of the rival school is being
played or that which causes him to
say that the opposition’s band
sounds like Spike Jones character
izes a spirit of rudeness, or crude
ness, and uncouthness rather than
one which should ,be emitted by an
educational institution.
RESPONSIBLE
One day as I was walking along the campus, I stopped and asked a
student this question: “What suggestion could you give relative to im
proving efficiency in the Student Government?’ The student looked at
me for a moment, frowned a little, and said “I think the whole thing is
nothing but a farce, because we have a puppet student Council. There
fore I think the whole system should toe reorganized.” Then I asked this
individual what are you doing to help in the reorganization of the Clark
College System.” The student looked at me, as if I were insane, and re
torted, with a nod of the head, “Do you think I am crazy, I am not going
to stick my neck out fighting for anything. All I want to do is get a de
gree and leave this place.” I dropped the questioning there and went to
my room.
To keep you aware of the latest
in wearing apparel, Yvonne South-
hall, sophomore, will serve as
Fashion Editor. Miss Southall, is a
graduate of East Liverpool High
School, East Liverpool, Ohio. She
attended the Ohio Valley Business
has also worked at the “Atlanta
World.”
Other members of the staff are:
Etoye Lewis, sophomore, who will
serve as chief typist and who hails
from Collinsville, Miss.; Vienna
Thorn, senior, from Savannah, Ga.
Who will serve as copyreader, and
Delia White, sophomore, will serve
After I was in my room for a while I turned on the radio; and listen
ed to the program “Town Meeting of The Air”, and of all things the sub
ject was “Are our Youth Accepting their Responsibilities?” What in
blazes was that on for? However, after listening for a while, my interest
was motivated by the fact that surveys show that many youth are accept
ing their responsibility and many are not. After the program was over
the moderator told listeners to make their own conclusions, because the
panel only gave the facts.
I have made no conclusions, but I am beginning to wonder if all the
students at Clark are responsible, or what proportion of the student body
is responsible.
Before I close I would like to ask each Clarkite these questions: “Are
you irresponsible or responsible? Do you think like the student I spoke
to?
By CARTER LOWE*
c> ;
I PHARR FROM
| WRONG
By EARNEST PHARR ’54
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“Culture For Service”—where did
we get our motto? It came from the
late Dr. William Henry Crogman, in
whose honor the Clark College Din
ing Hall is named. Dr. Crogman was
the first president of Clark. He
served thirty-eight years at Clark
as a teacher and seven years as its
president.
Class Rivalry
Clark has its doors open to all desiring and qualified students. There,
is no distinction made concerning the residence of any students. There
are no separate classes for boarding and city students. Why then can’t
we lay aside these childish prejudices and act as One?
This is a competitive society in which we live. It is because of this
that we must learn to be good losers. In my first chapel spedch I attempt
ed to point out that not all days are as we desire .... “Some days must
be dark and dreary”.
It is those “rainy days” for which we prepare. Through tears of de
feat we must smile and shake the victor’s hand. Again, we must be con
scientious thinkers.
Innate Desire-Against
In every group we find persons who are always jumping on the de
fensive. Persons who always feel, that everyone else is wrong. Clark is
no exception.
We find those individuals who yet sit back and complain, never offer
suggestions, never help, nor are they ever satisfied. We have little desire
and little room for such “belly-achers”.
A person interested in the welfare of his student body and his school
always offers help in one form or another. We have too few interested
persons. •
No Student Council can ever function effectively with the student
body as far apart as the one of Clark. Assistance is needed and you are
the only source of that help.
We call ourselves a family; we are that in name only. Our relation
ships make uis act as enemies. To speak of unity is one thing. To have
unity is another.
To Be Or Not To Be—United; That is the question.
Origin Of The
Alma Mater
We of today, who sing, “There’s a
School on a Hill,” little realize how
this song came into existence. In
the fall of 1920, Dr. Andrew King,
then President of Clark University,
offered a prize of five dollars for
the best original song which would
express the ideals of the University
and its students.
After hearing the appeal of Dr.
King, Herbert Morrison went home
and composed the song overnight.
The tune he used was that of “Moth-
•er Machree,” in honor of nis beloved
and older sister, the late wife of Mr.
W. T. Cunningham, an alumnus. She
had encouraged and aided him fin
ancially in his struggle to get an
education. The tune was her favor
ite. By ballot, the students and fac
ulty voted for the present song,
which was written by Herbert Mor
rison, a member of the Class of 1924.
The baseball news is past history
now, and all of you know the out
come of both races in the American
and National leagues. Yo'u know
that the men of Leo Durocher made
the greatest comeback in baseball
history by overtaking a thirteen and
one-half game Brooklyn Dodger
lead in seven weeks. They left the
famed “Bums” of Flatbush with
broken hearts, but could not with
stand the great “clutch” ball play
ing of the New York Yankees, who
won their fourteenth out of eighteen
world baseball championships in six
electrifying games.
To you Dodger fans, may I dedi
cate the record “I’m Crying” and
say as the “Old Scotchman” says,
that your magic number is now 1-9,
5-2.
I hope yoiu have gotten over your
hours of sorrow, because now is the
time for work, especially on the
part of the young men since the Ko
rean situation is growing more
fierce every day, even though truce
talks.have once again gotten under
way.
We young men, in order to stay
out of this fighting in pursuit of our
life’s work know that'we must
study harder than ever, making the
grades that will re an important
factor in applying for selective serv
ice deferments.
You young ladies know as many
others do that war is a terrible
thing. It is and has been hitting
“close to home” for many years..
Your loved ones, friends, and rela
tives all have to go sometime unless
there is some physical ailment to
keep them away from Uncle Sam.
These men will be your lovers,
friends, and relatives who will en
deavor to preserve a free end safe
America for you to live in. Don’t
keep him “punching the clock” all
day and night. Social activities are
wonderful, but if you want him a-
round for the same, allow him to
take time out for the opportunity to
provide a future for himself or the
both of you, if marriage is in the air.
The men who fought previous
wars are now wondering what they
fought for since among men war
is still raging. Maybe;the peace-
talks can work out something satis
factory to all involved, but the fact
remains that so long as there are
greedy, merciless men who cannot
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| An Urgent Plea
| It has been said that he who
! builds a better mousetrap, the
I world will beat a path to his
| door. No new mousetraps
| have been built on this cam-
| pus, yet students are beating
| paths across the grass to every
; building on the campus.
| Please, students KEEP OFF
\ THE GRASS.
| —A. Wilson
! Superintended! of Buildings
J and Grounds
IDEALS
7.1 S,
A freshman, when asked to write an editorial for a college newspa
per, is somewhat confused. He attempts to imitate some speech he has
heard, in some cases, or he tries to appear as a polished writer_ In most
cases he fails to achieve either purpose.
We realize that their intentions are good and that time will give
polish to their writings, so we arc herewith presenting an un-edited edi
torial by the president of the Freshman Class, Mr. Clifford Ferguson.
On behalf of the members of the Freshman Class I would like to te
the Clark College family -how happy we -are to become one of you.
As we arrived here from various states there were certain goals the
we had in mind. First, we appreciate the opportunity of being in schoo
knowing that there are many others who do not have the opportunity
that we are confronted with for preparation of our life’s work.
Secondly, in our minds when we commenced our journey to Clar
was the thought of becoming adjusted to college life after having led
carefree life throughout high school.
thirdly, and very important, is cooperation. A person is not educate
unless he or she is capable of working, playing, or mingling with other
Fourth is economy, Every person should be able to* economize. It :
a great sacrifice to remain in college, and as we go about preparing om
selves for the future we should think in terms of our parents and guarc
ians who are making great sacrifices in order for us to remain in schoo
Therefore, I think we should be economical.
Fifth, and lastly, is friendship. A college student should be able 1
make friends, for a friend in need is a friend indeed.