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CLARK PANTHER, MAT 21, 1952, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
The Price of
Freedom
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 fi„pnr>P nt Totalitarianism as well
to obtain experience in news gathering, reporting, book-reviewing, edi- nuence or quanta nanism,
torial, and creative writing.
By CARTER LOWE
As we close this year of school
activities the Democratic forces are
in danger of succumbing to the in-
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
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 Thorn Copy Reader
STUDENT COUNCIL PREXY
LOOKS OVER THE YEAR
By EDWIN PRATT
/
Ole Father Time will soon be
ringing down the curtain on another
school year, closing the doors of
Clark until September. As the
school year ends, so will another
Student Council Administration.
As the head of our student body
1 have observed a number of things
which the regular student would,
perhaps, ignore. There is yet that
great gap between our administra
tion and our student body. The dis
tinction between the two is about as
sharp as the differences between
hot and cold or night and day. To
some extent there is a natural divid
ing line due to the relative position
of the student to the administration,
but in our situation it goes to the
extreme.
The question then is where should
the line begin and where should it
' end. This is a problem we, students
and faculty, can sit down and intel
ligently analyze and extract solu
tions.
Another problem comes to mind.
We here on our college campus con
sider ourselves one big family. No
tice that. I omitted the word “Hap
py.” We appear quite happy and
contended on the external surface,
but internally we become emotion
ally confused and maladjusted.
There is discord and discontent
ment in our family. This is a situ
ation which must be brought into
the open and threshed out or the
family will gradually become a bo
dy of segmented portions.
Here in these years we lay our
foundation for successful later life.
It is during these years that the pat
terns of behavior take on a definite
form. And so it is during these
years that we must learn to think
and act like sensible matured adults.
We must be taught to accept re
sponsibilities. However, cooperative
and conscientious planning and
programming will bring quicker
and more effective results than an
attitude of dominance and authority.
Through psychology we learn that
development occurs at a certain
pace, differing from person to per
son. Our college program has to be
flexible enough so as to develop
each individual’s maximum capacity
at a given level. The good does not
necessarily suffer for the bad. Nor
should adults surrounded by chil
dren be treated like children,
To put it briefly, the relationship
between the administration and the
student body should be one which
would encourage a harmonious and
happy life in our college family.
I would like to conclude this year
of administration by making several
suggestions which I feel may aid
our student body in again becoming
happy and contented.
(1) This year the Pfeiffer Senate
and the Men’s Administrative Coun
cil spent a prosperous and profitable
year working together on the pro
blems of the men of Clark. Each
member had full status.
Therefore, I would like to sug
gest to the Women’s Administrative
Council that a similar venture be
attempted. I can promise you a
great reduction in dissension among
the women of our campus.
(2) The most successful volunteer
service has been our Mid-Week De
votional meetings; The reason for
overflow attendance every week Is
because of the caliber of programs
presented. Every campus organi
zation is responsible for alternate
programs.
I suggest that the Chapel Com
mittee take notice in setting up its
programs for the year. Utilize the
ideas of oqr organizations as you
arrange chapel programs for the
next school term.
as all forms of dictatorship. We,
who believe in the worth of the in
dividual, must be willing to pay the
price and suffer for the perpetua
tion of freedom as well as the cre
ation of this freedom where it ceases
to exist.
The enemies of liberty are not 'in
some foreign land, but are here a-
mong us. In many instances we
take their advice unthinkingly, and
in so doing lose that which is dear
to us. These enemies that are among
us are the saboteurs of individual
liberty. They are sapping the life-
giving substance from our veins
under the guise of freedom* loving
individuals. It is true that many of
them are in high positions in all
phases of government from the Na
tional Government to the presidents
and principals of our high schools.
However, we as individuals can do
our job of protecting individual lib
erty by thwarting the efforts of
“would be” dictators. We can do this
on the high school as well as the
college level, if we are only willing
to pay the price of freedom.
In order to preserve freedom on
these levels, we must be willing to
band ourselves together in a solid
unit so that we might protest vigor
ously and violently against injus
tices on all fronts. We must be will
ing to give lip our individual secur
ity for the present and fight an un
ending war against anyone who
dares deny us the privileges we
seek.
We must remember that freedom
is a right we can have only if we
are willing to pay the price for it,
and that price we must be willing to
pay in order that others may live in
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On Graduation
By DAVID STANLEY ’52
As we climb another stepping stone,
Each toward a chosen career,
We think on all the things
That to us are most dear.
We remember freshman initiation,
Get-acquainted socials, the
President’s Ball,
The football games, the
Homecoming dances,
All the excitement of the fall.
We remember the warmth of Spring,
The couples seated on the grass,
How happy and relaxed they looked
While we were still in class.
We remember Sunday Vespers
speakers,
The speeches they would make,
Which, although good, would often
fail
To keep us wide awake.
We remember chapel programs,
concerts,
The raffles and the drives,
The ball games and the picnics
When we had the time of our lives.
We remember basketball, and track,
The way that we’d raise sand
To let the world know wte were
backing
The best team in the land.
And we remember the dining hall,
The way that we would feel
When sleeping just a little late
Caused us to miss a meal.
We remember exams, semester
grades,
How anxious we would be
To know who “set the curve,”
Who made “A” or “B”, who made
“C,”
We remember comprehensive
exams,
Wondering what we had made,
And after making it through,
Who else made what grade.
Then we remember all the people
Who have shared these things.
And it’s a kind of sadness
That this memory brings,
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PHARR FROM
WRONG
Here we are near the close of an-
other school year and ye ole scribe
is wondering what the graduating
seniors will be doing after the
termination of their four year stay
here at Clark.
(3) Finally,, if Greek-letter or
ganizations are to continue to ex
ist on our campus, the Pan-Hellenic
Council must be delegated more
authority and must be able to work
and plan more cooperatively with
the committee on fraternities and
sororities.
We have had our success as well
as our disappointments. However,
wle accept defeat and success to
gether as experience for another
year.
Dorethea Kopplin once wrote,
“Accept disappointments courage
ously and they became a challenge'
to greater effort. If ambitions are
worth having, they are worth sacri
fice. Sometimes the price may seem
exhorbitant, but one can make a
victory out of a defeat.”
ANNUAL AWARDS DAY
Friday, May 23, 10:00 A. M.
It bothers me quite a bit when I
hear some of the young men of the
senior class say, “I am volunteering
for selective service when I leave
here. I cannot scuffle with the in
fantry and hand-to-hand combat.”
This kind of dialogue makes us all
as young men stop and ask, “What
am I going td school for?” Well, just
what are we going to school for, if
when we graduate Uncle Sam is
waiting on the front steps with his
“greetings.” Do we have to go
through four years of preparatory
work to receive a diploma and then
have cobwebs grow on our brains
as a result of war and man’s greedi
ness and uncooperativeness? How
ever, there is one fact remaining in
our favor-Uncl.e Sam puts us back
where he picked us up, if we are
lucky enough to come out of it alive.
If we were on the streets, hack to
the streets we go. If in school, back
to school we go, if we so desire.
Our only hope lies in returning,
settling down" and finding a job,
living as oi'd inary people should.
Some will do graduate study in or
der to better prepare themselves for
their life’s work. Others will just
fade away into groups of “have-
beens.” Do you know that there are
men wiith college degrees digging
ditches? What happened fo themi?
Was it through their own negligence
or was society too hard on them?
Life is for survival of the fittest. We
must meet adversities head-on and
search for our opportunities.
Some of you graduating seniors,
we will never see again. Some of
you will be interested in helping
others and in the advancement of
your race. Others will be mainly
interested in satisfying their mater
ial wants and living in comfort. We
will miss you, seniors, BTft time
mends all, things and others are
ready to follow ■ in your footsteps.
You have contributed greatly to our
institution. Here is hoping that you
Will do so after graduation by be
coming active members of the A-
lumrii Association.
With the rising costs of education,
the drafting of men into selective
service and opportunties elsewhere
some of you will not return for an
other year’s work. I only hope that
Clark has helped you in some way,
socially or intellectually—prefer
ably both. We, as human beings, are
never satisfied with anything, and
Clark students are no exception. We
raise’ a ruckus over the raise in edu
cational expenses, food, and many
other little things, but da you know
that we are blessed? Have you vis
ited other coleges of Clark’s size and
noticed their living conditions? If
not, it is time to make a comparison
before you squawk. Then, you may
or may not change some of your
hasty opinions of Clark. Let us open
our eyes, ladies and* gentlemen and
observe! !
I wish you all a very prosperous
summer, and much luck in your fu
ture undertakings. May the Grace
of God be with you, and remember
PHARR FROM WRONG.
Who Wants My
Job?
By ERNEST M. PHARR
I am the editor of a college news
paper, having been given the gen
eralship of this edition in order to
acquire experience for future edi
tions. Some of you, after reading
this column, may understand what
an editor goes through. Others will
pass this up as another column and
never understand.
I find many problems connected
with the publication of a monthly
paper, and find that the main one
is that of a working staff. Most of
you know that we have no working
stafff here at Clark, and its publi
cations are those of a faithful few.
Without a working staff, an editor
has to be a one-man newspaper and
try to satify many.
The editor has to outline his arti
cles for a forthcoming edition, and
then proceed to track down Ills
sources of information. Here his
troubles begin. He has to write all
articles himself,^and if he asks par
ticular people to write an article
for the paper, he must become a
shadow to those people. He stays
behind them for weeks, and is
bawled out for being a “pest”, and
iyet he has to be “pessimistic” in
order to send a paper to bed. Then,
students wonder why they are never-
published on time, when he loses
weeks chasing material for the pa
per. This is the reason’for the news
being old, but what else can he do
when it takes nearly a month to
assimilate material, type and proof
read it, set up a dummy of the pa
per and get it to the printer for tha
finished product.
Many of you have argued over
the writing of a gossip column, but
some of you have business so per
sonal that if we included such a
column, we would probably be sued
for libel, and in a cultural institu
tion such as ours, gossip has no
place.
I know that an editor should al
ways value his news in terms of
reader interest, and the articles we
include in the PANTHER are high
lights of our activities here at Clark.
We have included a feature on the
Men’s Ensemble in this editioi* in
stead of a gossip column. It is my
desire to have more of these, and
take you to the inside of our organi
zations for little oddities that may
interest you.
This is your paper and your opin
ions are welcome as long as they
are newsworthy, have some point
behind them, and do harm to no
one’s character. Instead of sitting
back and griping, letters will be
very much appreciated from you.
These are some of the problems
of van editor. Although they seem
small, wpuld you like to try to pub
lish a paper and please the critics?
Who wants my job?
NAACP
Rv W. F. STONF.Y
The Clark Chapter of the NAACP
should be one of the most dynamic
organizations on the campus, but is
it? No! According to our records,
there are over 78 paid members, but
only about eight of this number at
tend meetings which leaves us with
practically nothing.
With such a record, the basic goals
of the chapter can in no way be
reached properly, due to this lack
of cooperation.
We often hear gripes from many
students concerning the enforce
ment of human rights. If we are so
concerned, why not be willing to
do something about it? Are we to
sit back and accept things as they
are? We must begin somewhere, and
I appeal to you of the Clark family
to make that somewhere by pledg
ing your support to the NAACP.
Join the NAACP—your support
is needed.