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THE PANTHER
April, 1959
THE PANTHER STAFF
Co-Editors
James Felder
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Campus Editor
Sports Editor
Feature Editor
Louria Bailey
Roland Bianding
Barbara Jones
Reporters
Typists
Copy Readers
Harry Plowden
Jamella Nelson
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Lovell T. Lewis
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Advisor
Harold Hamilton
Willie Johnson
The Panther is
published by students of Clark College.
Who Among Us Is A Fidel Castro?
By WILLIE POWELL
During his Christmas broadcast to the United States, famed
evangelist Billy Graham pointed out that, as a nation, we are over
stocked in too many of the worthless things in life and understocked
in too few of the finer ones. So alarming was his statement that we
ask ourselves as Woodsworth did:
“Have I not reason to lament,
What man has made of man?”
The country which now has the most lamentable plight is that
of Cuba. Its capital city of Havana has been the scene of turmoil
and unrest since last June, for it was then that Fidel Castro began
his initial attempt to unseat Batista as Cuba’s Number-One Govern
ment Man. He and his forces plotted their activities from their hide
out in the mountains nearby. It was only in December, however, that
this long wait paid off: Fidel Castro’s forces overthrew Batista’s and
caused the latter to flee the country. These men are living examples
of power-craze, power-drunk leaders.
Their case is similar to that of a famous army leader whose
activities add up to form one of the most powerfully moving plays
in World Literature. His name was Macbeth and his creator, William
Shakespeare, had him to say of himself (Macbeth):
“I have no spur
To prick the sides of my intent, but only
Vaulting ambition, which o’er lap itself
And falls on the other.”
We see would-be dictators and power-crazed individuals among
us today. They are the persons next to us; they are desirous of
running clubs, organizations and others affiliate themselves rather
than being content with their present status. They want to be the
flower and let their co-workers be the supporting buds. This is the
wrong attitude to take for as Hamlet says:
“It is not nor can it come to good.”
Who among us is a modern Fidel Castro or another Batista ? Who
among us, once we shall have obtained our goal, will feel at ease?’
Will we have peace? What personal satisfaction is there? Take it
from those who have tried it and they would say: “Don’t do it!”
What kind of life do these power-drunk leaders live? Let us
have Macbeth tell us:
“Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale told
by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.”
Who among us is a modern Fidel Castro?
A Lonely Joy
By BOBBY TRUITT
Great literature is timeless in that it speaks to persons of all
ages, past, present and future. This is why in various phases of life
today we are confronted with literature which has survived for aeons,
but sometimes great works, like great people are misunderstood.
So it is with novelist Boris Pasternak. For many years Pasternak
labored painfully in an attempt to give to the world his modest con
tribution to literature, and a few weeks ago, Dr. Zhivago, the con
comitant outcome of his painful labors had been fully realized and
transferred from the mind’s abyss to the written word: Pasternak’s
reward for his pains.
Pasternak, a white harried jew of sixty-eight, with the cragged
handsomeness of Carl Sandburg, was educated at the University of
Moscow and Marbury, Germany. Pasternak lives in a small “dacha,”
a simple wooden cottage fifteen miles outside Moscow. Though con
sidered by many critics as Russia’s foremost poet, Pasternak was
prevented from publishing a new book since the late twenties. Instead,
he survived by making brilliant translations of Shakespeare and Goethe.
Dr. Zhivago, Pasternak’s most ambitious work, which he worked
on for six years—1948-1954, is a panoramic novel about the suffer
ings of Dr. Yurii Zhivago, his love, his life and his family inexorably
torn into chaos. Dr. Zhivago was approved for publication but later,
in 1956, disapproved and called back. But it was too late. Destiny had
later played her lone hand and a copy had already reached an
Italian publisher.
Dr. Zhivago caused a sensation throughout Europe and in the
United States. More than 50,000 copies were sold during a two month
period. The book was hailed a masterpiece. Russia had perhaps pro
duced another Tolstoy.
NOBEL PRIZE
Dr. Zhivago, as the biggest literary event in the years and called
by Time magazine a low-keyed, poetically phrased epic of thinking
man’s effort to retain his individuality amid the upheavals of modern
Russia: it is far more subversive than any polemic,” made Pasternak
a natural and most logical candidate for the Nobel Prize.
Named for the $41,000 Nobel Honor, and the first Russian writer
to be so honored since Ivan Bunin in 1933, Pasternak’s glory was
short-lived. “It’s a lonely ioy said Pasternak, his features markedly
ages over the period of one week.
PASTERNAK WITHOUT HONOR
Acknowledging the novel as a world wide success, the Kremlin
yet labeled it “an artistically squalid, malicious work—evil smelling
lampoon.”
A man without honor in his country, Pasternak stood unrepentant
unashamed, and unafraid. “I believe what I have written,” he said.
I have borne witness—about the times I have lived through. And
Mr. Pasternak, you still bear witness.
Fourteen Upperclassmen Listed
In Who's Who Among Students
For outstanding scholarship,
participation in extra-curricular
activities and promise of future
usefulness, ten seniors and five
juniors at Clark were nominated
to “Who’s Who Among Students in
American Colleges and Univer
sities” by the faculty.
Honor has come to Alfreda De-
lores Bradley, Patricia Annette
Chapman, John Wesley Curry, Jr.,
Robert Andrew Dickason, Robert
Edward Jones Felder, Frances De-
lores Yvonne Green, Annette De-
lores Harris, Sandra Jean Loving-
good, William Bobby McClain,
Robert L. Montgomery, William
V. Nelson, Willie Jerry Powell,
Barbara Joyce Ross, Beatrice Mor
ton Wess, and Maxine Weston.
A breakdown of the major ac
tivities and offices of these stu
dents show William Bobby Mc
Clain, a Religion and Philosophy
major, as President of Alpha Phi
Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fra
ternity, Vice President of Student
Government Association and chair
man of Georgia State Student
Christian Association.
Patricia Chapman, an English
major, is President of the Literary
Symposium, El Circule de Espanol,
Florida Club, Dean of Probates of
Sigma Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, College Concert Band,
and Usher’s Guild.
Annette Harris, a Social Science
major, is a member of Delta Sig
ma Theta Sorority, Dramatics Club
and “Elected Attendant to Miss
Clark” of this year (1958-’59).
Robert A. Dickason, a Business
major, is President of the Busi
ness Forum, a member of the
N.A.A.C.P., Social Science Club,
Assistant in Accounting, and a
member of the Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity Sphinx Club.
Sandra Lovinggood, a French
major, is a member of Alpha Kap
pa Alpha Sorority, a member of
Alpha Kappa Mu Honorary So
ciety, French Club, Spanish Club,
and was elected to 1957-’58 edition
of “Who’s Who in American Col
leges and Universities.”
John Wesley Curry, Jr., a Re
ligion and Philosophy major, is
vice president of Christian Fel
lowship of Faith and Action, Busi
ness Manager of N.A.A.C.P., Chap
lain of the Literary Symposium, a
member of the Young Men’s Chris
tian Association, Assistant Stage
Manager of Clark College Play
house, and a member of Kappa
Zeta Tau Journalistic Society.
Maxine Wilhelmenia Weston, a
Social Science major, is Assistant
Secretary of Student Government
Association, President of the So
cial Club, Vice President of Li
brary Club and Reporter for the
Senior Class.
Beatrice Morton Wess, an Ele
mentary Education major, is As
sistant Director of Merner Hall, a
member of Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority, Assistant in the Human
ities Laboratory during 1957-’58,
Clerical Helper in Personnel Of
fice, 1956-’57.
William V. Nelson, a Mathe
matics major, is Vice President
of the Senior Class, a member of
Alpha Kappa Nu Honorary So
ciety, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity,
Inc., Student Government Associa
tion and N.A.A.C.P.
Willie Jerry Powell, an English
major, is a member of Kappa Zeta
Tau Journalistic Society, Alpha
Kappa Mu Honorary Society,
Literary Symposium, Young Men’s
Christian Association, Recipient of
the Marie I. Hardwicke English
Proficiency Award (1958), “Most
Studious Boy Award” from Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority (1958), a
1958 Experimenter in International
Living to Great Britain, Editorial
Reporter for the Clark “Panther.”
Alfreda Bradley, an Elementary
Education major, is a member of
the N.A.A.C.P., Alpha Kappa Al
pha Sorority, a personnel aid and
“Miss Clark” for the year 1958-
’59.
Robert L. Montgomery a Mathe
matics major, is a member of
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.,
Beta Kappa Chi National Scientific
Society, Vice President of Pan-
Hellenic Council and President of
Alpha Kappa Mu National Honor
ary Society.
Barbara Joyce Ross, a History
major, is President of Christian
Fellowship of Faith and Action,
Vice President of Sigma Chapter
of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,
Vice President of Holmes Hall Sen
ate, a member of Young Women’s
Christian Association, Holmes Hall
Council, and a member of the So
cial Science Club.
Frances Delores Y. Greene, a
Music major, is Dean of Pledges
of Kappa Theta Chapter of Alpha
Kappa Mu Honorary Society, Stu
dent Leader for Usher’s Guild,
Treasurer of Christian Fellowship
of Faith and Action, President of
the Philharmonic Society, Presi
dent of Sigma Chapter of Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority, a member
of Music Educators National Con
ference, Secretary of Freshmen
Guides, a member of Prayer Coun
cil, Personnel Aid, and elected to
1957-’58 edition of “Who’s Who
Among Students in American Col
leges and Universities,” and a
member of the Holmes Hall Coun
cil.
Robert E. Felder, a Social
Science major, is President of the
Student Government Association,
founder and past President of the
Cavaliers Collegiate, Vice Presi
dent and Dean of Pledges for Al
pha Phi Alpha Fraternity, a mem
ber of the Christian Fellowship of
Faith and Action, Personnel De
partment, Social Science Club,
N.A.A.C.P., Dramatic Club, and
elected to the 1957-’58 edition of
“Who’s Who Among Students in
American Colleges and Univer
sities.”
Alpha Kappa Mil
initiates Three
On January 15, 1959, present
scholars of Kappa Theta Chapter,
Alpha Kappa Mu Honorary Society
welcomed into their band scholars
Robert Dickason, Robert Hames
and Maxine Weston.
Persons elected to AKM have a
very clear distinction of not
placing their interest upon grade
getting, but rather upon obtaining
a genuine knowledge of their sub
ject matter.
This initiation placed Kappa
Thus, seven days—one week after telegraphing his joyful accept
ance of the prize, Pasternak refused it. “In view of the meaning
given this honor in the society to which I belong, I should abstain
from the undeserved prize—Do not meet my refusal with ill will.”
The Russians were shameless with their invective. Pasternak
was a “pig” who spat in the face of his country for simply speaking
the truth.
A RARING BLUNDER
For people dedicated to the proposition that propaganda is the
summum bonum—and it would seem that this is the truth since
communistic propaganda has converted more millions in a third of
the century than there are living Christians—the adverse publicity
given the Pasternak case was a blunder of the highest order.
What has happened to Boris Pasternak should only make us more
proud to be an American, to be of those who has experienced the
Democratic conception of government. We who made thirteen inhar
monious colonies into one democracy and who preserved a democratic
nation even after its states warred upon each other cannot help but
express a burning desire to make the world safe for democracy—to
give it what our president has dramatized as the four freedoms which
Russia does not have. We should be proud.
Panther Begins Series
Of Letters To Editor
Included in this edition of the
Panther is a special feature which
is open to you. This section is
“Letters to the Editor.” It is for
the main purpose of offering you a
periodical which is for you, by you
and about you.
Feel free at any time to express
yourselves by writing letters to the
editor. Your letters may contain
complaints, criticisms, or compli
ments about articles printed in the
Panther.
We are anxiously awaiting your
correspondences. Won’t you co
operate with us ?
Thank you,
The Editors
Letters to the Editor
January, 1959
Dear Editors:
I think our College paper (The
Panther) is very nice, of course,
when the news is timely or up to
date. However, there might be a
smell of modesty in the latter.
I do think the news in the paper
should be more timely, because old
news is pushed aside before the
reader finishes the first sentence.
This has been a question of
curiosity for the past three and
one-half years.
I would be quite appreciative if
an answer could be submitted to
my inquiry.
Yours truly,
An Inquisitive Senior
January, 1959
Dear Inquisitive Senior,
Timely news is one of the main
objectives of a good newspaper.
However, due to limited help, we
are unable to publish the news as
it occurs or as we desire.
If we could get the full coopera
tion of the entire student body, we
would be able to do a more
thorough job.
The Editors
Clark Student Is
Delegate To YMCA
National Convention
Benjamin Brown, President of
the Clark Chapter of the Y.M.C.A.,
was interviewed in a panel discus
sion Thursday, January 15th in
Davage Auditorium. The discus
sion was based upon his attend
ance to the National Assembly of
the Y.M.C.A. which met Dec. 28-
Jan. 3, on the spacious campus of
the University of Illinois at
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.
Attending this interracial gath
ering were one-thousand students
representing thirty-two countries
of the seven continents.
Highlights of the meeting were
addresses delivered by Dr. Mor-
cheai Johnson, President of How
ard University and Dr. David D.
Henry, President of the host in
stitution.
Out of the discussions, it was
resolved that the Y.W.-Y.M.C.A.
should be a movement open to all
faiths, races and creeds: “We must
take a stand on issues without fear
of being ‘RAMBLEROUSED’.”
Closing this interview, Benjamin
Brown was quoted as saying, “We
are going to make the ‘Y’ a more
complete and competent organiza
tion.”
Members of the panel were
James Felder and Robert Felder.
Theta on the road for hope of suc
cess for the latter part of the
school year. AKM will again this
year honor students who have
made the honor roll with an Honor
Tea.
Officers for Kappa Theta are:
Scholars Robert Montgomery,
President; Edward Ross, Vice
President; Annette Jones, Record
ing Secretary; Helen Jones, Cor
responding Secretary; Frances
Greene, Dean of Pledges; Willie
Powell, Treasurer; Evelyn An
drews, Reporter.
Other members include Scholars
Maggie Barron, Betty Palmer,
Sandra Lovinggood, Patricia Seu-
ratt and William Nelson. The AKM
advisor is Scholar F. F. Neely.