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THE PANTHER
February, 1964
ITORIALS
STUDENTS ARE INVITED TO SUBMIT
EDITORIALS AND NEWS COPY FOR EACH
EDITION OF THE CAMPUS NEWSPAPER
Where Were You ?
Despite poor attendence on the part of
students and faculty members, the “World
of Carl Sandburg” production was a suc
cess. The Atlanta Constitution gave it an
excellent review, and efforts have been
made by outside organizations to have it
reproduced. However, I do not wish to dis
cuss the merits of the play, rather, I am
concerned about the large number of students and faculty
members who did not attend any of the three productions.
This editorial is directed to them.
Where were you? I wonder sometimes if the “World
Of Carl Sandburg” was boycotted. Was it? Most students,
no doubt, were walking around on campus, playing cards
in the “Rec”, or listening to Ray Charles in the dorm.
Don’t tell me that you were studying, because I know
better. Incidentally, faculty members, where were you?
I am willing to bet that half of you did not attend the
production. You were probably playing bridge or attend
ing your fraternity or sorority meeting.
This neglect on te part of our students and faculty
members was a bad reflection on our school. It reaffirmed
what many people have said concerning our inability to
appreciate highly cultural activities. It is time for us to
pull ourselves together. In the name of our great institu
tion we must support every play, basketball game, or any
other activity which bears direct reflection on our school.
L.G.
ToSmokeOrNotToSmoke
Cigarette smokers across the nation took stock last
week of the report on “Smoking and Health” released by
the Surgeon General’s Advisory Committee. The long-
awaited announcement that so many smokers waited to
hear came in this form: Cigarette smoking is a' health
hazard of sufficient importance in the United States to
warrant appropriate remedial action. This particular
statement will definitely shake an $8 billion industry be
cause of the impact it had on many American smokers.
A few more of the high points of the report gave no
real comfort to people addicted to the smoking habit. It
was revealed that smoking is “casually related to lung
cancer in men.” (Although information of the effect of
smoking on lung cancer in women is less extensive than
for men, the evidence still points that way.) Cigarette
smoking is one of the most important causes of chronic
bronchitis in the United States. Thirdly, cigarettes are a
significant factor in the causation of cancer of the larnyx
in men. This social habit is associated with a 70 per cent
greater risk of heart attacks in men. Yes, and even women
who smoke cigarettes during pregnancy tend to deliver
underweight or premature infants.
The facts having been presented, the evidence weigh
ed, what is your personal verdict in the case? This is pro
bably a hard decision for the thousands of college students
who smoke, but it is a move (if your verdict is positive)
toward the betterment of health.
Mary L. Jones
Mary Lee Jones
Gov’t Intern
Mary Lee Jones has been chos
en for a U. S. Foreign Service
Internship under a Federal Gov
ernment program. She was
among 40 students chosen from
240 applicants throughout the
nation. Miss Jones is a native of
Founders Day
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ent campus in an entirely new
plant and the inauguaration of
Dr. James P. Brawley as 17th
President of the institution.
This period has been the most
fruitful in Clark’s history. It has
seen the institution increase its
endowment significantly; it has
brought the college full mem
bership (one of the first 15 col
leges serving Negroes primarily)
in the Southern Association of
Colleges and Secondary Schools;
its pre-medical program is re
cognized and accredited by the
American Medical Association;
it has maintained as steady ex
pansion program; its curriculum
has been enriched; it has re
ceived a phenomenal increase in
alumni support and it is mak
ing strides in other areas.
Donaldsonville. Louisiana. She is
a Political Science major and a
member of the Forum and
Forensic Society. She is also a
member of Delta S:gma Thaeta
Sorority.
Forum And
Forensic Society
Reorganized
by Lamond Godwin
A wide range of activities will
be sponsored by the recently
re-organized Forum and Foren
sic Society. Last year the Clark
College Forum and the Clark
College Forensic Society opera
ted independently. The Forum
was directed by Dr. C. Eric
Lincoln, and the Forensic Socie
ty was coached by Mr. Robert
Fishman. This year a reorgani
zation has taken place. Dr. Lin
coln has taken charge of the re
cently inauguarated Social Re
lations Institute. The Forum
has been united, with the
Forensic Society, into a single
organization—The Forum and
Forensic Society—under a sin
gle advisor, Mr. Fishman. The
organization is devoted to spon
soring inter-collegiate debating
and encouraging study in public
and international affairs. The
organization is distinguished by
its emphasis on student partici
pation, which is based on the
idea that this can best operate
to improve the level of cultural
and intellecual life on Campus.
The Forum and Forensic
Society has a wide range of ac
tivities planned for the coming
months. On January 30, mem
bers of the society engaged in
the annual Harvard University
Debate Tournament on Har
vard’s campus in Cambridge,
Mass. On February 12, five
Clark Students will participate
in the Model United Nations
Donald C. Klein
Speaks At Clark
Donald Charles Klein, direc
tor of the Boston University
Human Relations Center and
research associate at the Har
vard Medical School, will speak
at Clark College on February
13.
Dr. Klein will be the first
second semester speaker in
Clark’s Institute on Social Rela
tions. He will appear in Kresge
Hall at 7:30 p.m. The Institute,
directed by Dr. C. Eric Lincoln,
is an experimental laboratory
for the study of problems ari
sing from racial and religious
prejudice, social conflict and
social change.
Previous speakers in this
year’s series of lecturess were
Jay Talmadge Wright and
James A. Tillman. Dr. Klein
will be followed by W. Astor
Kirk on March 5. The series is
open to the public.
Mrs. Wiley S.Bolden
Gives Book Review
Mrs. Wiley S. Bolden, wife of
our Dean of Faculty and Stu
dents, reviewed Thomas Wolf’s
Look Homeward Angel, Sunday
January 12 in Kresge Hall. The
book review was one in a series
scheduled by the college.
Mrs. Bolden stated that al
though the book is supposed to
be fiction, Thomas Wolf pro-
tfayed himself in the book as
Eugene Gant, the son of an
alcholic. However, in the in
troduction to Look Homeward
Angel, this passage is found
“Now that the book is publish
ed, he would insist that the
book is a fiction and that he
meditated no man’s portrait
here.” (he, refers to the author).
dllark
A journal of college life published from September to June
by 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 stu
dents to obtain experience in newsgathering, reporting, review
ing and writing.
An instrument for fostering friendly and constructive criticism
of campus activities.
Lamond Godwin, Editor Mr. Harold Hamilton, Advisor
What’s Next?
As the second semester of the 1963-64
academic year begins, every student ought
to get a little serious with his books. He
should ask himself whether last semester
has been a fruitful one. He or she should
find out his weakness and strength, and
then make up some new resolutions for the
day to come. But when all these surveys
are done, the question “what’s next” still remains.
The weakness or strength of a student does not lie
with himself or herself alone. Some other outside factors
also interuenr. It is to these outside interferences that we
now turn our attention.
Clark College, as any other man-made, man-managed
institution, is far from the door of perfection in its objec-
ties. We must ignore an attempt or attempts to bring it
near to perfection. It is only with relentless work that we
can near the subject of our goal. We must not in this
noble endeavor put off what we can do today until to
morrow. With these few ideas in mind, let us, then, have
a look at some of the sections of this institution.
One of the most important departments on Clark’s
campus, or in any other institution of higher learning,
is the personnel department. Over the years this depart
ment has been enlarged and strengthened at least from
point of view? “Not so!” at least not the present one,” said
the administrative point of view. How about the student
one student? What is wrong with the present personnel
department?
To be sure, the personnel department has some out
standing personalities. However, the one thing that both
ers me and many students is the number of people in that
department. But what annoys every student is the desire
on the part of this department to 1 control the private life
of many individuals. What is the point or purpose of the
Dean of Women telling me whom to date, and whom not
to? What is the point of the department locking the mens
dormitory at 11:00 o’clock p.m.? These are some of the
crucial qustions within each discontented Clarkite—as
most of us are—Ignoring this discontentment, what bene
fit, academically, I mean, do these measures bring? None!
Closely related to the personnel department is the
S.G.A. The present S.G.A., for all its President, Secretar
ies etc. is but a mere relic. It does not serve the purpose
for which it was formed in any way whatsoever. It is
useless, like zero in addition. All the S.G.A. does these
days is sponsor a dance once or twice a semester. Can it
do something better? It can if it is given a little more
freedom. If it cannot do it under the present constitution,
then that constitution needs urgent revision.
The area of student problems is too great to be ignor
ed. We do not need to demonstarte and stage its-ins or lie-
ins at the president’s office to tell him that the food is
poor in quality and quantity. We don’t need to resort to
these measures to make sure that our greviances are re
dressed. Why? Because we have constitutional means—
namely the S.G.A. But that’s a dead organization awaiting
burial.
Will the admnistration ignore this genuine concern of
ours? We speak this way because we love ole C.C. and
hold it dear to our hearts. We do not want to see it dis
integrate in our presence. It is a sight that cannot be toler
ated. So if we have not begun, let us begin. It is in the
spirit of the late President Kennedy that we speak here.
As you can see, our troubles have scarcely begun, and
the first half of the school year has already come to an
end. The question “What’s Next” still lingers with us. Let
us expend the best and fight hard for the latter half of the
year. We can not answer that question alone. The ad
ministration has got to come forth with some concrete
proposals.
Cain Appears On Radio Panel
by Lamond Godwin
Clark student, Lennett Cain appeared as a panelist
on the “OPEN LINE” program presented by radio sta
tion WQXI on Friday January 17. Under sponsorship of
The Greater Atlanta Council On Human Relations, the
panel was devoted to discussion centered around racial
prejudice in America. The Council is dedicated to the
belief that persons of different reliigous, racial, and
ethnic backgrounds can come together and establish
standing of human relations.