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Vol. XXIX, No. 4 CLARK COLLEGE - ATLANTA, GEORGIA January, 1966
Demonstrations?
“If Julian Bond is ousted from the House of Representatives
there’ll be some demonstrations, you can be sure of that.”
“That’s understood, but I think those people have outlived
their time.”
This is a bit of a conversation heard January 11 between Clark
students, and some of the conclusions drawn by the speakers were
quite interesting. The subject changed from the controversial Julian
Bond issue to a denunciation of present civil rights marchers and
demonstrators. Some points reached were as follows: 1) Protest
ing is no longer any good, the courtroom is the place to air dif
ferences; 2) Many marchers are in it for the money with no
consciousness of cause; 3) Many are school dropouts who are
looking for just a place to go; 4) Some marchers are merely de
viates who can’t adjust to society and its norms; 5) Marchers
are no longer a means toward a certain goal but an end in them
selves.
These arguments were all quite radical and disturbing but the
students who made them may well have some very good points.
Are Civil Rights demonstrators no longer needed? Should they
be stored away in a neat little compartment of our country’s his
tory to rest? These students thought so.
We are all well aware of the fact that civil rights demonstra
tions served as one of the main factors in bringing the grievances
of the Negroes from the unconscious mind of our nation’s people
to the front pages of newspapers, television and into the office of
the President of the United States. Because of marchers and dem
onstrators the United States has taken steps bigger than it has
taken in over ninety years in the area of equality for the Negro.
Furthermore, they have proved their worth by overcoming in
comparable odds. They have faced death, dogs and demagogues
for a cause worth fighting for. Whatever their means, civil rights
workers have gained wondrous ends.
Though most of America is now aware of the debt owed to
civil rights marchers and demonstrators, is America ready to
stamp them out and say, “You have outlived your time?” Maybe
this should be said. For today we are able to come off the streets
and into the courtroom with great assurance of justice. But who
is in the position to decide? The answer, I am sure, can only be
found in the future.
Bernice Little
Social Work Program
Takes Job Applications
The Social Work Recruiting
Center of Greater New York
has announced that it is ready
to begin taking applications for
its Summer Experience in Social
Work program.
This program is designed to
afford college students the op
portunity to test their interest
in social work through an eight
to ten-week paid work experi
ence in any one of about a
hundred health and welfare
agencies in the New York City
area. Salaries average sixty dol
lars per week. Participants are
placed in various kinds of agen
cies and assigned social work
related tasks under the super
vision of trained social workers.
There is an extra educational
component attached to the pro
gram in which all students are
required to participate. This will
involve in addition to the time
spent working in an agency,
about one evening per week or
the equivalent. The recruiting
Center stresses that this program
is a learning experience and not
just a summer job.
To be eligible for the program
applicants must be seriously
considering a social work ca
reer, have completed their junior
year at college and be at least
nineteen years of age by June,
1966.
Further information and ap
plications for the program can
be obtained from Clark College
Placement Office, or by writing
or calling: The Social Work Re
cruiting Center, 225 Park Ave
nue South, New York City,
ORegon 4-6550.
Job Outlook
The Federal Outlook program
will begin at the Atlanta Univer
sity Complex, Atlanta, Georgia,
February 1 and 2, 1966.
On Wednesday, February 3,
1966, chapel programs have
been planned at four of the un
dergraduate schools. A chapel
program designed to familiarize
the student body with the Fed
eral Outlook employment pro
gram will be held at Clark Col
lege on Wednesday, February 3,
at 10:00 A.M.
Twenty-nine consultants from
various government agencies will
be available in the Georgia Wil
liams Brawley Lounge both
days from 1:45 to 4:00 P.M.
to advise and counsel students
who wish to seek government
careers.
Be My Valentine . . .
February Cry
Valentine’s Day is celebrated
on February 14 as a festival of
romance and affection. People
send greeting cards called “val
entine” to their sweethearts, their
friends, and members of their
families. Verses on many valen
tines contain tender thoughts.
Other valentines may include
humorous pictures and sayings,
but almost all ask, “Be My
Valentine.”
Valentine’s Day comes on the
feast day of two different Chris
tian martyrs named Valentine.
But the customs connected with
the day have nothing to do with
the lives of the saints. They
probably come from an ancient
Roman goddess of women and
marriage, and Pan, the god of
nature.
Valentine’s Day is not a busi
ness or bank holiday. Schools
and businesses remain open as
usual. During the weeks before
the festival, merchants sell val
entines and decorations for Val
entine’s Day parties and dances.
On Valentine’s Day women and
girls will be receiving gifts,
candy or flowers from their
favorite “valentines.”
Belief and Customs
Years ago, people held many
beliefs in connection with Val
entine’s Day. One of the oldest
beliefs said that birds choose
their mates on February 14. An
old English superstition warned
that it was bad luck to bring
snowdrops into the house before
Valentine’s Day if unmarried
girls in the home hoped to be
married before the end of the
year.
Some unmarried girls pinned
five bay leaves to their pillows
on the eve of Valentine’s Day.
They pinned one leaf to the cen
ter of the pillow and one to each
comer, and believed they would
see their future husbands in their
dreams if the charm worked. In
some places, an unmarried girl
would strike her forehead with
a folded rose petal. If the petal
cracked, the girl knew that val
entine loved her. When a girl
finally married, she could no
longer take part in romantic
Valentine’s Day customs. The
poet Robert Herrick wrote of
the bride:
“She must no more a-maying
Or by rosebuds divine
Who’ll be her valentine.”
Roman Viewpoint
The Romans celebrated their
feast of Lupercalia as a lovers’
festival for young people. Young
men and women chose partners
for the festival by drawing
names by chance from a box.
Then the partners exchanged
gifts as a sign of affection. They
usually continued to enjoy one
another’s company long after
Clark Introduces
A New Program
Dr. V. W. Henderson, President of Clark College has an
nounced the addition of a program in journalism to the college
curriculum. Dr. Henderson, in a statement issued to the Atlanta
Constitution on Jan. 6, described the new field of study at Clark
as a “program created to help fill the growing need for students
to become more competent in
the profession of mass com
munication.” This marks the
first time in the college’s his
tory that such a program has
been offered. The program will
be carried out under a grant to
the college by the Field Founda
tion Inc. of New York.
Dr. Henderson said the need
for more trained and competent
Negro newspapermen has be
come serious both because of
the absence of journalism pro
grams in colleges attended by
most Negroes and by the ab
sence of opportunity for early
newspaper experience.
The course will be conducted
in the fashion of a seminar, with
a well-known writer serving as
journalist-in-residence. In ad
dition, there will be from time
to time, outstanding journalists
who will lecture on their par
ticular fields.
All interested Clarkites are
urged to seize the opportunity
to participate in this program
fully. For participation in this
program, students will be al
lowed three semester hours.
This program will be conducted
under the auspices of the Eng
lish Department of which Dr.
Stella B. Brooks is chairman.
Lecture Series
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Snowflake Debut
Forty-nine of Clark’s fresh
man girls were presented in the
annual Snowflake Debut in
Davage Auditorium on January
8, 1966. The feature attraction
of the occasion was the crown
ing of Miss Saundria Keats who
reigns as “Miss Snowflake” for
1966. She was crowned by Miss
Patricia Lathan, “Miss Snow
flake” for 1965. Narrators of
the affair were Miss Tony Wil
liams, a member of the social
committee, and Mr. George
Trip, president of the freshman
class. Each of the girls wore
formal white gowns and carried
red bouquets.
After the presentation, the
Snowflake Ball took place in
Crogman dining hall and fea
tured the “Sidewinders” band.
the festival. Many such court
ships ended in marriage.
After the spread of Christian
ity, churchmen tried to give
Christian meaning to the pagan
festival. In 496, Pope Gelasins
changed the Lupescalia festival
of February 15 to Saint Valen
tine’s Day on February 14. The
sentimental meaning of the old
festival has remained to present
time.
Historians disagree about the
identity of St. Valentine. One
St. Valentine was a priest who
lived in Rome during the 200’s
under Emperor Claudius II.
Another St. Valentine was a
bishop of Temi, about 60 miles
from Rome. One source says
that he was persecuted for con
verting a Roman family to
Christianity. He was beheaded
in Rome about A. D. 273.
In the United States, Valen
tine’s Day became popular in
the 1800’s at the time of the
Civil War.
DAVAGE AUDITORIUM
THEME:
The Social Sciences and the
Development of Human
Potentials
February 16, 1966
10:00 A.M.
7:30 P.M.
Dr. Robert D. Hess, Profes
sor of Education and Chairman
of The Committee on Human
Development, University of Chi
cago.
March 15, 1966
10:00 A.M.
7:30 P.M.
Dr. Donald Dewey, Profes
sor of Economics, Columbia
University.
May 3, 1966
10:00 A.M.
7:30 P.M.
Dr. Ralph Mason Dreger,
Professor of Psychology, Louisi
ana State University.
May 10, 1966
10:00 A.M.
7:30 P.M.
Dr. David Spitz, Professor of
Political Science, Ohio State
University.
This Series is supported in
part by a grant from the S & H
Foundation, sponsored by the
Sperry and Hutchinson Com
pany. A detailed announcement
of the Series will be issued later.
INTERESTED!!
Any student interested ||
in graduate education in :|
business for either the ||
M.B.A. or Ph.D. degree
is encouraged to write to
Dr. N. C. Allyn, Graduate ||
School of Business, San
ford University, Stanford,
California. Scholarships |
up to $3,500 per year are ||
available. II