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PAGE TWO 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? (Continued On Page 3)