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Page 2 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 From Page 1 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.