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The Panther
MAY, 1965 5
Clark usherettes at new Atlanta Stadium
Thanks to the Placement Office
The Placement Office has been doing a booming business
this year. Representatives from industry, business and the Federal
Government have tripled this year. Representatives from as far
away as San Francisco, California have come to Clark seeking
graduates because of their high
This summer will find many
of our students working for the
Federal Government in Trainee
positions, a number of our
students are preparing to go
into the field of Social work and
have already secured positions
in that area.
Congratulations to the Clark-
ites who will be working as ush
ers and usherettes at the new
Atlanta Stadium, they are:
Rosa Davis, Hariett Tompkins,
Naomi Jackson, Lauren Hanks,
Lanease Allen, Shirley Morrell-
Calton, Isadore Lee, Marvin
Harris, and Leonidas Epps, Jr.
We are also proud to relate that
Coach Epps and Coach Mc-
Clardy will also be Associated
with the Atlanta Braves.
Another outstanding Clark-
Lounge Named
Sunday afternoon, March 21,
1965, Kresge Hall Lounge was
given the name “Georgia Wil
liams Brawley Lounge” in hon
or of Mrs. Georgia Williams
Brawley, wife of President
James P. Brawley.
The ceremony for the occa
sion was truly enjoyable as
well as momentous. A large
group consisting of faculty
members, students, visitors, and
friends gathered to witness the
occasion.
Author Speaks in Chapel
Miss Henrietta Buckmaster,
author of Let My People Go
and Freedom Bound was guest
speaker at Clark on Tuesday,
March 16. Miss Buckmaster
was guest of the Social Sci
ence Department.
She has received numerous
awards for her writings on civil
rights and Negro literary and
cultural history. Among her
novels include And Walk in
Love, about the Apostle Paul;
and, most recently All the Liv
ing, based on the life of Shake
speare.
We look forward to having
Miss Buckmaster visit our cam
pus again.
academic standing.
ite, Leroy Martin, Jr. will be
working in Washington, D. C.
this summer with the Depart
ment of Interior, Bureau of
Mines. Mr. Martin made such a
good impression on his superi
ors when he was employed in
Washington, he was asked to
return to them this year.
Have Knowledge;
Will Travel
Clark College debators went
to New York in April to con
clude their schedule of tourna
ment participations at New
York University.
Widely-travelled for compe
tition against teams throughout
the East, the New York trip
will be the second visit to that
city this year for the Clark
debators.
The most recent debate for
the Clarkites was staged here
on Friday, March 9 when the
Harvard team appeared in
Georgia Williams Brawley
Lounge of Kresge Hall to de
bate “Resolved: That The
Church as an Institution is No
Longer Relevant to The Prob
lems of Modern Society.” It was
the second appearance at Clark
for the Harvard debators in
two years. Bernice Little, of
Atlanta, and Beatrice Madison,
of Birmingham, represented
Clark.
Earlier, the Clark team won
3 debates and lost 3 in a tour
nament at Ballarmine College
in Louisville, Kentucky. The
Clarkites won from The Uni
versity of Illinois, Wisconsin
State University and Bradley.
They lost to Ball State College,
The University of Kentucky and
Ohio University. Two Atlantans
were among four students at
the Ballarmine tournament.
They were Robert L. Bryant
and Jacqueline Morrell. Others
were Jacqueline Bennett of
Louisville and Beatrice Madi
son from Birmingham.
In related activity, two mem
bers of the debate team are at
Hollins College in Hollins, Vir
ginia, this weekend to partici
pate in a Model United Nations
Security Council Session. They
are Elias Oye and Nathaniel
Jackson, who will take the posi
tion of the Ivory Coast. The
chief topic will be Viet Nam.
Students Organize AULA
A BEGINNING: On Satur
day, February 13, 1965, the
student assistants of Atlanta
University’s Trevor Arnett Li
brary organized themselves into
an association known as the
Atlanta University Library As
sistants (AULA). At the first
meeting of AULA, Mr. Miles
Jackson, Chief Librarian of Tre
vor, Arnett, talked to the student
assistants about the historical
development, function, and cur
rent progress of Trevor Arnett
as a central library for the At
lanta University Center. Mr.
Jackson also reminded the stu
dent assistants of their respon
sibility for the provision of
prompt and efficient service to
the students and faculty mem
bers of the Atlanta University
Center. Following Mr. Jack
son’s comments, officers were
elected: President — Terry
Dawkins, Morehouse; Vice
President — Geraldine Bention,
Morris Brown; Secretary —
Joette Y. Baker, Atlanta Uni
versity; Assistant Secretary —
Thomas Frazier, Morehouse;
and Treasurer — Deloris Davis,
Morris Brown. The members of
the AULA organization repre
sent the five institutions of the
Atlanta University Center: At
lanta University, Morris Brown,
Spelman, Clark, and Morehouse.
The primary functions of the
AULA organization are both
social and educational. The
social aspect of the AULA or
ganization will concern the
gathering of the members and
their friends for fun and relaxa
tion. The educational function
of AULA will be active in four
broad areas: (1) Utilization of
the members’ experience as li
brary assistants to provide max
imum service to the Atlanta
University Center (2) Presen
tation of lectures and forums by
outstanding intellects (3) Pro
vision of continuous and cur
rent information pertaining to
innovations at Trevor Arnett
which are beneficial to the At
lanta University Center (4) To
set examples (as students in
the Atlanta University Center
and library assistants) of prop
er and full utilization of all the
available resources of Trevor
Arnett Library.
DID YOU KNOW?
Each of the institutions com
prising the Atlanta University
Center developed as separate
and distinct entities. Their li
brary resources developed the
same way.
Atlanta University’s Library
serves each of the five institu
tions in the A.U. Center. The
foundation for the book collec
tion of Trevor Arnett was a
gift of 300 volumes in 1870
from the Reverend Giles Pease
of Boston, Massachusetts.
Three years later Mr. Robert
R. Graves of Morrisiana, New
Jersey, gave the University $1,-
000.00 for immediate use to
buy books and to increase its
endowment. Atlanta University
designated its library the
“Graves Library” until 1907,
as a gesture of appreciation for
his interest.
Andrew Carnegie gave the
University $25,000.00 in 1906
for the erection of a library
building. By that time the book
collection had grown to 13,000
volumes.
In 1929 a merger of the book
collections of the other colleges
in the Atlanta University Cen
ter was effected. In 1931,
Morehouse College Contributed
approximately 5,000 volumes
and Spelman contributed over
12,000 volumes. However, both
institutions maintained their
own reading rooms.
Clark students made little
use of this now “Central Li
brary” from 1932 to 1941, for
Clark was located in South At
lanta, several miles away. In
1941 Clark moved to its pres
ent location which gave the stu
dents an opportunity to use
more of the Central Library’s
resources.
Morris Brown College moved
to its present location on Hunt
er Street in 1932. This brought
it closer to the Central Library
and its resources.
The costs of library services
increase each year. The total
operational budget for Trevor
Arnett Library has moved from
$54,410 in 1951 to over $179,-
000 in 1964-65. The book bud
get alone has increased from
$12,000 in 1963-64 to $30,-
000 in 1964-65.
The Atlanta University Li
brary, serving as “Central Li
brary” for the Atlanta Univer
sity Center, has had, and con
tinues to have a dynamic im
pact on the education of the
students in the Center. The
Trevor Arnett Library is a
source of a wealth of knowledge
to the students who use it with
integrity and skill as a tool for
their educational preparation.
A HINT TO THE WISE:
Presently, all students of the
Atlanta University Center are
permitted to use the stacks at
Trevor Arnett Library. The
only requirement for stack per
mits is the completion of an
official application form which
takes only two or three minutes!
COMING SOON: Article
number two of this series will
concern National Library Week,
with special emphasis on se
lected Negro college libraries.
DuPont Representative
Lectures at Clark
Dr. Edward F. Sturcken of
DuPont served as a visiting lec
turer at Clark College, Atlanta,
Georgia on Friday, March 26.
He visited under the auspices
of Oak Ridge Institute of Nu
clear Studies, Oak Ridge, Ten
nessee. Lectures, informal dis
cussions, assistance to faculty
members concerning curriculum
and research problems in Phys
ics along with talks with stu
dents featured Dr. Sturck-
en’s visit, Doctor O. P. Puri,
chairman of the Clark College
Physics Department, is in
charge of arrangements for Dr.
Sturcken’s visit.
Students from Morehouse,
Morris Brown, Spelman and
Atlanta University, participated
in Dr. Sturcken’s lecture. Dr.
Sturcken has been connected
with DuPont as Senior Research
Physicist. He was graduated
from Saint Louis University in
1953 with a Ph.D. degree in
Physics. He is a native of Char
leston, South Carolina. He is
author of some 36 A.E.C.R.
and D reports and journal arti
cles in the fields of Nuclear
Physics, Physical Metallurgy
and X-Ray Diffraction.
Vivian Coleman
Y.W.C.A.Contest
A Big Success
Miss Vivian Coleman, a so
ciology major, was the winner
of the Y.W.C.A. contest held
on the campus the week of
March 7.
She is an Atlantan, the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
D. Coleman, Mr. Coleman be
ing an alumnus of Clark Col
lege, raised a total of $300.00.
This was the first contest of this
kind to be held on Clark’s cam
pus.
Runner-up to Miss Coleman
was Miss Vera Walker, a mu
sic major, with a total of
$167.32. These two young
ladies represented Clark at the
National Y.W.C.A. Convention
in Boston, Massachusetts.
Other contestants were: Miss
Delores Parker, freshman; Miss
Bloncile Shaw, sophomore;
Miss Deborah Edwards, sopho
more; Miss Jerolaine Baker,
senior; and Miss Peggy Hall,
senior.
The Y.W.C.A. spent Spring
Holidays in Washington, D. C.,
and with the loyal support of
all members, the trip was made
possible. The Y.W.C.A. are
asking you to count on them
whenever they are needed. They
believe that FAIR
EXCHANGE IS NO ROB
BERY.
Each contestant had the op
portunity to select a sponsor.
Miss Ellen L. Magby was spon
sor for Miss Coleman and Miss
Gladys Brown sponsored Miss
Walker.
Mrs. M. H. Linton is advisor
for the Y.W.C.A. and Deborah
Edwards is president.
Z/’njo rcje table
xperience
By Marion Phillips
Several weeks ago I was in
vited to spend a week-end at
Union Theological Seminary at
my home in New York. It is
quite an experience to just
stand close to men who are
profound thinkers.
It was my pleasure to meet
and talk with such men as Dr.
Martin Niemoeller, President
of The World Council of
Church; Dr. Paul Lehmann,
Professor of Systematic Theolo
gy, Union Theological Semina
ry; Rev. Howard Moody, Pastor
of Judson Memorial Church
and President Bennett.
It is always a moving ex
perience to know individuals
whose thoughts are shaping
Man's destiny.