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Vol XXIX, No. 7
CLARK COLLEGE - ATLANTA, GEORGIA
May, 1966
Commencement Exercise
Speakers Announced
Clark College welcomes to its 97th Commencement Exercises
two outstanding speakers and scholars in their respective fields.
Bishop Prince Albert Taylor, Jr. serves the New Jersey Area at
the Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference in Syracuse, N. Y.,
where he has held this position since 1964. He is the first Negro
to have been so appointed.
Bishop Taylor is known and remembered for his service in
different capacities at Bennett College, Gammon Seminary, and
Clark College. He has served as Adult Counselor, Central Juris
diction National Methodist Student Commission, Editor of the
Central Christian Advocate and presently functions as president
of the Council of Bishops. He holds numerous degrees and honor
ary degrees which have been conferred upon him from outstanding
colleges and universities across the country.
Mr. August Heckscher will serve as the commencement speak
er. Mr. Heckscher has had a career that spans the worlds of
education, journalism and public service. During the 1940’s —
after war service in the Office of Strategic Services — he became
chief editorial writer of the New York Herald Tribune. Since the
1950’s he has been Director of the Twentieth Century Fund,
a foundation specializing in research in economic and international
problems.
In 1962, President Kennedy asked Mr. Heckscher to join his
staff in the White House in the precedent-making role of Special
Consultant on the Arts. He has written several books and has been
a critic of architecture, serving on architectural juries and making
contributions to architectural journals.
Newly Elected
cu
Miss Regina Ammons, a
native of Atlanta and a junior,
was elected “Miss Clark” for
1966-67. She has a major in
French and a minor in English
and in Secondary Education.
Regina is a member of the Pi
Delta Phi French Honor Society,
the Philharmonic Society, and
the Sigma Chapter of Delta Sig
ma Theta Sorority. She is the
second vice-president of the
Women’s Association and the
secretary of the Literary Sym
posium. Last year Regina repre
sented Clark in an exchange
program with Bryn Mawr Col
lege, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
She was a freshman guide for
1964-65, “Miss Sophomore” for
1964-65, and first attendant to
“Miss Clark” for 1965-66.
Miss Justine Willougby, a na
tive of LaGrange, Georgia, and
a junior, is the first attendant to
“Miss dark” for 1966-67. Jus
tine has a major in mathematics
and a minor in physics. She is
a member of the Pythagorean
Society and the Judiciary Com
mittee, the secretary of Sigma
Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, and the first attend
ant to “Miss Omega.”
Miss Gloria Patricia Lathan,
a native of Rock Hill, South
Carolina and a junior, is the
second attendant to “Miss
Clark” for 1966-67. Patricia has
a major in sociology and a
minor in psychology. She is a
three consecutive semester hon
or student, a member of the
Clark College Exchange Com
mittee, the city-wide Southern
Student Exchange Committee,
and the Academic Improvement
Committee. She is a member of
Alpha Pi Chapter, Alpha Kappa
Alpha Sorority and serves as
its Assistant Dean of Pledgees
and representative to the Pan-
Hellenic Council. This year
Patricia was one of two students
who represented Clark College
in an exchange program with
Smith College in Northampton,
Massachusetts. Presently, she is
first attendant to “Miss Kappa
Alpha Psi.” Last year she
reigned as “Miss Scroller” and
also “Miss Snowflake.”
Millicent Bethea
On May 3, 1966 Dr. Dreger spoke to
Clarkites on "Social Change and Per
sonality."
Dreger Speaks
To Students
Dr. Dreger has been Professor
of Psychology at Louisiana State
University since 1964. He has
published twenty articles in
various scientific journals and
is the author of Fundamentals
of Personality, J. B. Lippincott,
1962.
Currently, he is President of
the Southeastern Psychological
Association and is past Presi
dent of the Florida Psychologi
cal Association and also the
Florida Council on Human Re
lations.
At present Dr. Dreger is a
member of the Southern Region
al Council, and is on the board
of directors of both the Louisi
ana State University Wesley
Foundation and the Louisiana
Council on Human Relations.
CLARK'S NEW QUEENS—From left to right are Justine Willoughby (First Attend
ant), Regina Ammons (Miss Clark), Patricia Lathan (Second Attendant).
Jackson Wins S. G. A. Election
by William Hammond
Nathaniel Jackson, presidential candidate of the Student Re
form Movement, has won the race for president of the Student
Government movement in a hard-fought campaign that saw a
record turn-out at the polls.
Campaigning on a platform of more academic freedom through
student participation, Mr. Jack-
son called for an end to student
apathy. Mr. Jackson further ad
vocated better co-ordination
between the S.G.A. and the
various college committees, with
more students in on the plan
ning level. His platform calls
for better participation and
representation of city students,
a point which became a major
issue in the campaign.
The long week of campaign
ing was culminated by a fierce
debate which found both candi
dates facing a barrage of ques
tions from a particularly at
tentive and inquisitive audience.
Much heated discussion ensued,
with charges and counter
charges flying everywhere.
Of particular concern to
candidate Calvin Sharpe was
the manner in which the cam
paign was run. Mr. Sharpe later
told this reporter that future
campaigns should be better or
ganized and, also, that the
method of selecting a moderator
should be established to elimi
nate the question of possible
bias being shown to any candi
date.
Mr. Jackson, by way of re
ply, stated that while he agreed
that the campaign organization
left something to be desired, he
certainly felt that neither candi
date had, in this election, any
favoritism in the selection of
the moderator. He further stated
that he felt that the campaign
was a fair one, well-fought, and
expressed enthusiasm toward as
suming office in September.
The staff of The Panther con
gratulates Mr. Jackson, and as
sures him of our support during
the coming year.
Clark Students Win Research Prize
Joseph Robinson and Barbara Bums received a prize of $50.00
for the best undergraduate research paper in Chemistry at the
national convention of Beta Kappa Chi Scientific Honor Society
held at Kentucky State College,
The research, resulting from
work in the chemistry depart
ment of Clark College under
the direction of Dr. A. S.
Spriggs, was titled, “Tosylhydra-
zone and Pabsylhydrazone De
rivatives of Sugars,” by J. Rob
inson and “4-(p-phenylazophe-
nyl)-Semicarbazone Derivatives
and Regeneration of Free Sug
ars,” by Barbara Burns.
Other student research papers
presented at this convention
were:
William Gordon, “X-Ray Dif
fraction Analysis of Nickel.”
Lillie Harden and Herbert
Ruff, “Effects of X-Rays on
Dielectric Behavior.”
Lee Singletary, “A Qualita
tive Examination of the Struc
ture of Fibre Glass Under
Load.”
Homer McEwen, “Magneto-
electrets.”
These research projects were
carried out in the Physics Dept,
under the direction of Dr. O. P.
Puri.
Faculty research papers pre
sented at this convention were:
A. S. Spriggs, “Radioisotopic
Dilution Analysis for Melibi-
ose.”
Frankfort, Ky.
O. P. Puri, “X-Ray Study of
the Structure of Electrets.”
J. D. Withers, “In Vitro
Studies of Hemocytes of Blober-
ous cranifer and Dromphodo-
rhina portensosa.”
Clark College Receives
Grant From U. S.
Clark College has received a
grant of $583,333 from the U.S.
Department of Health, Educa
tion and Welfare.
One of two recent construc
tion grants made by the Depart
ment to Georgia colleges, the
Clark grant will be used for a
new multi-function academic
building. The other grant was
to Georgia State College for
construction of facilities for the
schools of Forestry and Psy
chology.
The multi-story building
planned for Clark will establish
another milestone in significant
developments in several aca
demic areas at Clark College
in recent years.
According to the provisions of
this grant, construction should
begin early next spring.