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\ PAGE TWO 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 (Continued On Page 5) 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, (Continued On Page 4) 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.