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CLARK PANTHER, MARCH 8, 1952, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Clark ^^A.IS[TH.ER. EPPSIN^EN, EPPS The Confused Ressoning of
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
of campus activities.
and constructive criticism
Harold A. Hamilton, Editor-in-Chief
♦
Ernest Pharr, Associate Editor
J. F. Summersette, Advisor
Yvonne Southall Fashion Editor
Etoye Lewis Chief Typist
Theresa Scott Circulation Manager
Charles Bryant, Ruby Harrell Reporters
Celestine Brown .\ Make-up
Delia White Secretary to Editor
Vienna Thom Copy Reader
Pfeiffer Residents Purchase TV Set
Throuh the cooperative efforts of
the residents of Pfeiffer Hall, work
ing with the Clark College Men’s
Senate, a television receiver was
recently purchased for the Pfeiffer
Dormitory. Also contributing to the
acquiring of the set was the R. J.
Renoylds Tobacco Company through
Marshall J. Smith, campus represen
tative for Camel Cigarettes, who is
president of the Men£ Senate.
The idea of having a TV receiver
in the dormitory was firs} introduc
ed by Aubrey Chatters, a former
Clark student now serving in the
armed forces, in 1948.
With the impetus given the sug
gestion this year by Herman Wilson,
Marshall Smith, Deans Mazyck and
Hamilton the set was purchased on
February 8 and is installed in the
specially converted “TV lounge” of
Pfeiffer Halh
INSUFFICIENT STUDENT
INTEREST
By EDWIN PRATT
Have Quarrels;
make up; lose
One Game
By HAROLD HAMILTON
|| With a current
win streak of 18
|| games behind
them, the Clark
basketball team
and Coach Epps
are certainly in
line for congrat
ulations.
The league
leading Panthers have exhibited
fine court sportsmanship all season.
There are instances, however, which
unfortunately put a blot on the
otherwise spotless sportsmanship
record.
Coach Epps has been described by
one sports writer as “turbulent, e-
motional and strain-burdened."
Certainly any coach whose charges
are in the midst of a season as bril
liant as the one currently enjoyed
by the Clark team is under pressure,
and there is no doubt that he will
find any , even the smallest instance
of infraction of training rules, a
subject for reprimand. Some discord
first arose at the beginning of the
season when several members of
the team suggested that better coach
-player relationship was in demand.
It seemed that Coach Epps, the “reg
ular fellow” who has the best inter
ests of the players at heart, could
not be understood by the players
who could not understand why a
Southern Politicians
By WILLIAM GORDON
Editor, Atlanta Daily World
Southern politicians are still con
fused over the real meaning of what
is really happening to the world and
the country as a whole. If they are
not confused, they are still bargain
ing for selfish interests and the tra
ditional pattern of Southern bigotry
and paternalism. Whatever they
are striving for, it has become quite
clear that they are out to see to it
that the Negro gets very little or no
support in his efforts to obtain first
class citizenship or become an inter-
gral part of the American program.
The above thought brings to mind
the recent speech made by Governor
Byrnes of South Carolina. In his
message before the Georgia Legis
lature Byrnes could not avoid bring
ing in the Negro question. We
imagine it would toe completely
without Southern ethics for South-
however, of little significance, for
it came on the road when the strain
of travel was upon both players and
coach.
The latest disturbance came in on
the South Carolina trip when (on the
road again) five players, confident
of the team’s abiUty and complacent
in a fifteen game win streak,
thought that they could break train
ing rules and stay out all night.
This caused the second conflict, but
fortunately, like all “good bad boys”
Bennie Lowe, Avery Burrass, For
rest Patterson, William Powell, the
night ramblers, and Coach Epps
settled the matter with the interests
of the team at heart and once a-
gain all is “sweetness and light” a-
mong the team.
The Coach-players relationship
To cope adequately with any giv
en situaion, simple and clear rea
soning becomes of vital importance.
What happens when situations and
problems exceed the line of reason
ing?
We feel it only fitting that at the
close of the first semester we sit
and survey our work of the past
few months.
After months of planning, revis
ing and arguments—pro and con—
we have finally drafted a complete
Student Council Constitution. As ex
pected it dosen’t suit the taste of
all the students, thus indicating that *
w)e are following in the “true”
Clark tradition.
Although, yet not up to our de
sired goal, we have set up our of
fice in the Alumni Secretary por
tion of the Publicity Room. This is
the first actual Student Council of
fice.
In placing students on several of
the Faculty Committees, we felt
that this would be an excellent step
toward bettering student-teacher
relationships. After being placed on
these committees, the students did
not attempt to find out what their
jobs would be. They didn’t inform
committed chairmen that they were
the Student Representatives. Yet,
each year students cry, beg and
plead for representation. However,
when the opportunity presents it
self, little or no use is made of it.
Dean Phoebe Burney is noted for
her emphasis upon persons develop
ing “ a sense of value.” This creation
of finer standards will aid a large
number of us, particularly students
who tend to carry over into their
college life many high school tra
ditions and methods.
We have not reached the stage
where we consider our Student
Council as an important organiza
tion in the functioning of our col
lege. If we could teach students to
look upon the Student Council as a
serious-minded, sound thinking
group that does have a voice in the
creation of policies for the student
body, then we would feel that we
have accomplished much.
The majority of our time has been
spent organizing and reorganizing
a “working” Council, and putting a
workable program into operation.
Under the surface we have been
the impetus behind such moves as
the final creation of a girls’ basket
ball team and full participation of
the Pfeiffdr Senate in all actions
taken by the Men’s Administrative
Council. We have also gotten our
campus movie project to be largely
a student operating concern, and we
have been called upon to aid in the
making of final decisions concern
ing our student body.
We feel that we have made great
strides in the formulation of an ideal
council, which is a major improve
ment over our preceeding councils.
This has been accomplished over
the span of one semester and with
little cooperation from, our student
body.
With the few remaining months
and your cooperation during this
semester, still more needed changes
and reforms can be brought to real
ization. Truly, we have inched a-
long, cautiously and successfully.
Through our former accomplish
ments, we have faith for greater at
tempts and efforts . . . “Faith is the
substance of things hoped for, the
evidence of things not seen” He
brews XL 1.
coach who spent so much time with is harmonious, the “night-ramblers”
his players and who became as fa
miliar with them as close friends.
Could be so severe when it came to
training rules. That was the basis
of the first controversy. It was
are home and in bed on schedule
and there are no ill effects.
Continued On Page Three
ern politicians to win on the ballot
without the race question.
In referring to the migration of
Negro citizens from the South to
large Northern urban centers,
Byrnes said they left because they
were in need. Northern Democrats
quickly realized the situation and
grabbed their votes for political
reasons.
This might be true in a sense.
What Byrnes failed to bring out
however, is that the Negro would
never have migrated from the South
if he had been tre'ated with respect
like any other citizen. Like other
races and nationalities he was in
search of better opportunity to be
treated as a human being rather
than as chattel and a servant of
“white supremacy.”
The Negro politician in the North
is interested in the race problem be
cause Southern politicians have
used the issue to sweep themselves
into office while ignoring the total
economic problems of the region as
, they affect the total populace.
Blinded with prejudice and hate,
politicians have made the South
the stepchild it is today through
their narrow' perspectives and cir
cumscribed thinking. They are to
blame for its plight, not Northern
interests. They have been so busy
keeping watch over the Negro, de
nying him the rigjjt to work and the
right to vote, that the South’s free
dom has s almost slipped away.
The kind of reasoning made by
Byrnes and his cohorts, is purely
out of line with the purpose of the
American ideal. This goal of per
sonal security is desirable, even es
sential to all of us. The Negro can
be no exception in this case. Aside
from being worthy of man’s desires,
it is an inherent right of citizen
ship.
The Negro would never have ob
tained even a slight degree of se
curity working under the handicaps
Continued On Page Three
PHARR FROM
WRONG
, ,»o^»oa
1952, after being ushered into a world of confusion is mature now,
even at the young age of two months.
One-twelfth of your life is behind you. You have experienced some
of the problems handed to you by your predecessor, 1951, and have been
faced with some problems created by men in your young life. You have
been confronted with racial, war, economic, social and various other prob
lems. You have twelve months to solve or not solve them before you
bowi out to your successor, who will attempt to clear up the problems
you left unsolved and those created during his reign. You know now
what the score is. Can you make a step toward world peace? Can you
make your reign one of success? There are some who will be against you,
and there are some who will give you ther greatest cooperation in carry
ing forth your plans.
You have been contacted with the results of bombings in four states
of minority groups. You have been confronted with war in Korea, and
many international problems. Can you solve these problems? you are
our hope for world peace, for dreams in which we have long awaited ful
fillment. Do not ask for lighter burdens, but for a stronger back!
HOW STUPID CAN PEOPLE BE?
Many of you have read and, or, heard of the recent Godfrey-Winchell-
Talmadge feud. I am wondering how stupid can people be? The honor
able governor of Georgia blasted the appearing of Negroes and whites to
gether on Television programs, making the center of his target, the Mari
ners, a group of mixed singers on the Godfrey radio and TV programs.
These are men who went to war and fought together for the security of
our United States. Godfrey did not like this at all, along with many oth
er Americans, who have been thrilled to the golden voices of these war
buddits. WincheU called Talmadge “a bigot and ignorant.” Godfrey dedi
cated a record to the Governor on his TV program-“You’re a Nobody.”
Your writer, while listening to a radio program over one of the Atlanta
stations heard the announcer say that he could not play a Godfrey record
when one was requtsted by a listener, because “This is an anti-Godfrey
station, since what he said about Mr. Talmadge we don’t like.” He might
well have said that there should be no freedom of speech. Considering
that we have a right to our own opinions, should a radio station an
nounce its publicly? We find that Talmadge contradicted himself
when he hired a Negrt musician as his personal entertainer. Then, was
his blasting of Negroes and Whites’ appearances on TV a publicity stunt,
or is he really stupid and ignorant?
However, all the acts toward Negroes’ participation in activities with
whites was not in the South. We read of thebarring of Negroes from par
ticipation in Golf tournaments by the PGA, which just recently admitted
one Negro professional and one amateur to play in the Golf tournament
at California.
As Walter WincheU says, “If a man is good enough to carry a gun on
his shoulder, then he is good enough to carry a golf club in his hand.”
Students on
Faculty
Committees
By RICHARD BYRD
There are a number of student
Committees (committees with stu
dent members) on this campus. This
article is not to acquaint you with
the names and functions of the com
mittees, but rather to raise a ques
tion or two which we all would like
to have answered. The first ques
tion is: Of what value are students
on committees having faculty mem
bers in a majority? and, what part
do these committees? It is often con
cluded that the students are of no
significance other than representa
tion of a faint spark of the idea that
students should participate in the
activities of those who determine
polices of the college.
Concluding that is true, this writer
wonders why such a situation ex
ists. Are we not members of the
so-called “family,” interested in the
welfare of all of us that rules and
policies of the college are founded?
Why then should we not be allowed
to help make these governing poli
cies?
An organization with which I am
affiliated sent a representative to a
committee headed by a member of
the faculty. His mission was to re
quest an audience with the faculty
headed committee for discussion, of
a rule made by the committee con
cerning the policies of fraternities
and sororities. The response met by
the representative was, in effect,
the faculty committee did not meet
with student committees.
This incident was related to show
that'our conclusion concerning stu
dent’s position in relation to faculty
headed committees is justified. We
are subjected to restrictions and
rules on which we have no influence
and on which suggestions of our
representatives roll off like water
on a duck’s back. Is this practical
or theoretical democracy at its high
est?
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