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THE PANTHER
February, 1964
SPORTS
Clark College’s Panthers stepped back into their win
ning stride before taking off for final examinations in
late February. Following three consecutive losses the
Panthers bounced back into the thick of things with a
resounding 65-53 victory over Florida A & M.
All-SIAC center Charlie
Smith paced the Clarkites’ at
tack, sinking 24 points to pro
vide an assist for the Panther’s
stout defensive work in stopping
the usually high-scoring Rat
tlers. Paul Robinson added ele
ven more to be second-highest
scorer for the Clarkites who
now figure heavily in the South
ern Intercollegiate Athletic As
sociation race. The Panthers
were nosed out of the visitation
race by one game last year and
subsequently lost in the finals
of the conference tournament.
Coached by Leonidas S. Epps,
the Panthers started the season
with victories over Virginia
State and Prairie View in the
Georgia Invitational Tourna
ment to emerge third in that
tournament. They are 6-4 in
conference play with six con
ference games remaining on the
schedule.
Unlike their counterparts of
last season, this year’s Clark
team is highly defensive-mind
ed. Lowell Dickerson, a senior
from Atlanta, is the backbone
of that defense. Epps singled
him out as the key—at least
to the outer door—of his team’s
chances to wind up in the top
bracket of conference competi
tion. The other key—offensive—
is based on the scoring combi
nation of Charlie Smith and Sam
Brown—a combination which
yet has to be sychronized to
messh in the same game. “Our
problem is that Charlie Smith
and Sam Brown can’t seem to
get hot on the same evening. If
one is hitting the other is not.
For example, Charlie Smith hit
24 points against Florida while
Brown got only five.”
Regardless of whether Epps’
can get Charlie and Sam to
click on the same night or not,
he is likely to end up with a-
nother good season come tourna
ment time. It has been only two
or three of Epps’ twelve years at
Clark that his basketball teams
have not won trophies.
PANTHERS CRUSH
BETHUNE-COOKMAN
Returning to their home court
after an impressive road trip,
the Panthers rolled over Beth-
une Cookman 65-47. This was
their first appearance at home
since the G.I.T. games in De
cember.
The Panthers demonstrated a
stout defense and an explosive
offense as they overpowered
Bethune with a minimum of
resistance. Puzzled by the Pan-
t h e r s’ defensive maneuvers,
Bethune went for long periods
without scoring. Heading the
Panther attack were Sam
Brown, Lowell Dickerson, Paul
Robinson, Charlie Smith, and
Theordis Norton.
PANTHERS STORM
BY MOREHOUSE
The Panhters had an easy
time as thye defeated the inept
Morehouse five by a score of
68-52, in an important Confer
ence game. This victory will
also have a definite bearing on
the City Championship. Trail
ing by as much as 15 points, the
Tigers never posed any real
threat to the Panther’s large
lead. The Morehouse victory
made it four in a row for the
Panthers.
PANTHERS LOSE
TO FISK
The Fisk University Bulldogs
handed the Panthers their sec
ond S.I.A.C. defeat by a score
of 76-71. The fast-breaking Fisk
quintet gave evidence of tre
mendous talent as they edged
by the Panthers.
Early in the second half The
Bulldogs established a 20 point
lead. The Panthers came back
with a tremendous “second ef
fort” and cut the 20 point lead
down to 4 points. Charley Smith
led the Panther’s scoring attack
with 19 points. Sam Brown
scored 15, and Paul Robinson
scored 12.
ALABAMA STATE
DEFEATS CLARK
Alabama State handed the
Panthers their third S.I.A.C. de
feat of the season by a score of
72-69.
The game was close all the
way as each team traded basket
for basket. Late in the game the
Hornets pulled away and went
into a stall maneuver to run the
clock out. Sam Brown led all
scorers with 25 points.
CLARK DEFEATS
MORRIS BROWN
The Panthers made it two in
a row in city competition by de
feating the Morris Brown Wol
verines 67-54. The Panther’s
victory over Brown put the
Clark in good position for the
city championship. Morris
Brown led Clark in the first
half and the early part of the
second half. However, the Pan
thers got their offensive and
defensive attacks working and
emerged with an impressive 67-
53 victory. The Panthers are
now 5-3 in Conference competi
tion.
The Panthers had four play
ers in the double figures. Char
lie Smith led the way with 19
points, he was followed by
Theordis Norton 13, Paul Robin
son 12, and Sam Brown 11.
PANTHERS DEFEAT
F. V. STATE
The Panthers went on a
scoring rampage as they very
easily defeated Fort Valley by
a score of 89-54. The Panthers,
noted for their outstanding de
fensive play proved that they
have an equally outstanding of
fense as they executed their fast
break to perfection. Coach Epps
took full advantage of the large
leads which the Panthers main
tained, and emptied the bench
in order to give his reserves a
chance to prove themselves.
Sharpshooters George Thomp
son led the Panther’s attack
with 20 points to his credit.
Closely following Thompson
were C. Smith 16, Sam Brown
12, and Paul Robinson 10.
PANTHERS NIP
SOUTH CAROLINA
STATE
In a low scoring game, the
Clark College Panthers defeate
the South Carolina Bulldogs 49-
48, in Orangeburg, South Caro
lina. This was a great victory
for the Panthers in that it has
been a long time since they had
defeated. The Bulldogs at home.
The game was strictly a de
fensive battle in the first half. In
the second half, the Panthers
capitalized on the Bulldogs er
rors, and gained a comfortable
C O A H R
Reorganized
by Lamond Godwin
Representatives from the va
rious schools in the Atlanta Uni
versity Center met Wed. night
January 15, at Paschal’s rets-
aurant to discuss plans for the
reorganization of the Committee
On Appeal for Human Rights.
The organization, which won
nation-wide acclaim for its
mammoth protest marches in
1960, has been non-functional
for the past several months.
Larry Fox, chairman for the
group called for a “reunification
of hearts, minds, and bodies in
the cause of gaining those rights
which are inherently our as
members of the human race and
as citizens of these United
States.”
James Forman, executive se
cretary for the Student Nonvio
lent Coordinating Committee,
was the keynote speaker of the
meeting. Forman remarked that
“there is still much that needs
to be done in Atlanta if we are
to achieve our goal of complete
freedom and equality.” John
Lewis, Chairman of SNCC was
also present.
Student body president George
Smith, Johonnie Downs, Lennet
Cain, and Panther editor La
mond Godwin were the Clark
representatives.
The COAHR is expected to
make a statement of policy in
the near future.
Clarkites Attend
Ecumenical
Clarkites Addie Shopshire,
Maxine London and Ruth
Suggs were among seme 3200
delegates at the 19th Ecumenical
Student Conference on the
Christian World Mission in
Athens, Ohio.
The theme of the inter-racial
and international quadrenial
conference was “For the Life of
the World.” Author of the book
from which the theme came and
key speaker at the conference
was Alezander Schemann, who
represented the Russian Ortho
dox Cuhrch.
To learn more about the be
liefs of other denominations was
the main purpose of the con
ference. Reports from churches
around the world were held
daily. These reports stimulated
the daily group discussions.
Of the varied activities, Clark
representatives cite the Holy
Communion Service taken from
the tradition of Hypolytus some
200 years ago as the major
highlight.
There were 78 nations repres
ented with the Methodist de
nomination leading in delegates.
lead. In the closing minutes of
the game State fought back but
the Panthers stout defense pro-
ed to be the deciding factor. The
Panther’s scoring attack was
led by Theordis Norton, Sam
Brown, and Charlie Smith.
PANTHERS LOSE TO
TUSKEGEE
The Clark College Panthers
suffered their first defeat by a
conference team to an impres
sive Tuskegee five by a score of
75-62.
The Panthers got off to a slow
start in the first half, and were
unable to catch-up as the Tigers
built up a big lead. In the sec
ond half, the Panthers found
shooting range as they began to
hit from the outside, and cut
Tuskegee’s lead.
Klein And Kirk
For Institute
Two distinguished figures in
Social Relations will appear at
Clark College as guest lecturers
during the second semester un
der sponsorship of the recently
organized Social Relations In
stitute. They are Dr. Donald
Charles Klein and W. Astor
Kirk.
Mr. Klein is director of the
Boston University Human Re
lations Center and a Reserach
Associate in the Harvard Med
ical School. He is former senior
clinical psychologist at the
Berkeley State Mental Hygience
Clinic and has served as As
sociate Psychologist at the
Massachusetts General Hospital
in Boston. He has been associat
ed as a psychologist with the
Veterans Administration and
the U.S. Navy. Mr. Klein will
speak on Thursday February
13, at 7:30 p.m. in the lower
lounge of Kresge Hall. His
topic will be “Psychological
Crises Of Rapid Social Change.”
W. Astor Kirk is Director of
Public Affairs for The Division
i
of Human Relations and
Economic Affairs of The Meth
odist Church. His experience
includes a unique combination
of government service and
church work. During World War
II he was a member of the War
Department Staff, and he has
been legislative assistant to two
U.S. Congressmen. Prominent
among Dr. Kirk’s church re
sponsibilities is his work with
The Commission On Study Of
Church and State Relations for
the National Council of Church
es. He will speak on Thursday
March 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the
lower lounge of Kresge Hall.
His topic will be “The Role Of
The Church In The Desegrega-
tive Process.”
The Institute for Social Rela
tions is an experimental labora
tory devoted to the study of
problems arising from racial
and religious prejudice, social
conflict and social change. Its
faculty and students are in
volved in theoretical and practi
cal research. They are concerned
with an understanding of factors
affecting intergroup relations
and the development of more
efficient skills for work in these
areas.
Sigurd Rascher In
Saxophone Recital
Siguard Rascher, known as
the “Paganini of the Saxo
phone”, was presented iji recital
at Clark College on‘~January lif,
1964, at 10:00 a.m. Mr. Rascher
is credited with many “firsts,”:
Brought the saxophone to the
concert stage as a solo instru
ment, proving its incomparable
variety of tonal qualities; in
creased the range from 2 1/2 to
4 octaves; persuaded composers
of many nations to write special
works for him, of which over
fifty are dedicated to him.
Mr. Rascher has performed as
soloist with the Berlin Philhar
monic, Royal Philharmonic of
London, New York Philhar
monic, Boston and other orches
tras.
During his days on campus he
two lectured on “Wind Instru
ments and the Sax” and “Music
and Music Education: What and
Why?” He was also featured as
guest soloist in a College
Band Concert Band under the
direction of Mr. W a y m a n
Carver.
Clarkite Writes
From Wellesley
to Dean Thomas
Dear Mrs. Thomas,
I was exceedingly pleased to
learn that Clark is having such
a rewarding year. It is evident
that Clark is receiving acclaim
in all areas.
I apolgize for not writing
more frequently, but corre
spondence is, at present, a task.
The real essence of the task is
finding the time to write. My
academic life is quite time con
suming. I recall how delighted
I was at the thought of no Wed
nesday classes. Howeer, I soon
discovered that one is so busy
with homework that required
class attendance on Wednesday
might prove more desirable.
The work here is both chal
lenging and demanding. At
times, 24 hours seem quite in
adequate in terms of the amount
of work to be completed within
this period. One nightly consults
some five or six sources in pre
paration for a class to be held
on the following day. I some
times regard this as quite an
ordeal. However, it is impossible
to convey the feeling of ac
complishment that comes with
the completion of an assign
ment.
The work here is done quite
independently. Exams are given
on the honor system. In most
instances, the instructor pre
sents the exam and leaves the
room. Many sealed exams are
issued to the student to be taken
in the confinement of his room.
Class attendance is voluntary.
The ability to think is greatly
emphasized. One is encouraged
to critically analyze everything
that is presented. All aspects of
a situation are considered. One
never consults only one source
to substantiate a statement or
opinion.
I recently completed the read
ing of eight books for a unit in
sociology. I was delighted to
note that Dr. Lincoln’s book,
The Black Muslims In America,
was included. As I commented
on this work in class, I proudly
added that it was written by an
instructor at my school.
I varied from my day to day
routine to attend a football
game last month. I can hardly
remember being more excited,
for this was my first Ivy League
game. The game was that of
Harvard vs. Darthmouth. The
festivities reminded me of a
footall week-end at Clark, and
I began to feel homesick.
The recent edition of The
Panther which I received from
your office was, to say the least,
impressive. I beamed with joy
as I showed it to every girl on
my corridor. Thank you.
Upon receiving knowledge of
being nominated for Who’s Who,
I was quite pleased. I assure you
that I am aware of the distinc
tion and obligation that accom
panies such an honor. Thank
You.
Respectfully
Marshall Jones