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'III j.J IS Vol. XXX, No. 3 CLARK COLLEGE - ATLANTA, GEORGIA December, 1966 MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR Each year, betwen the end of a successful football season and the beginning of an even more successful basketball season, there occurs at Clark a happy interval, known as Christmas Vacation. It is that time when we college students, weary from the rigors of class, tests and endless reports, lay our burdens down for a moment of rest, relaxation and holiday fun. To the seniors, it is “old hat,” but still a welcomed respite in the school year. The remainder of the student body also shares the senior’s sense of relief. It is well to enjoy the holiday season in the traditional manner, but we should keep in mind that, upon our return in January, semester exams will be upon us. A word to the wise is sufficient. Enjoy the season, but use your head about it. Don’t lose your cool! Finally, we the members of the Panther staff wish to extend to all members and friends of the Clark family a wish for the Merriest of Christmases and the Happiest of New Years. See you next year! In One Word . . . GREATNESS by Jerry Allen Mr. George McMillan, a journalist-in-residence at Clark Col lege, is nearing the end of his tenure at the College. His mature guidance and never yielding encouragement has made the college achieve an ultimate goal in newspaper coverage. Mr. McMillan has not only helped greatly in improving the efficiency of the Panther, but has also assisted . . _ , ’ It is a pity that such greatness is going to leave the halls of Clark College. For his absence will be felt by all those who have been fortunate enough to have come in contact with him. in improving the other campus newspapers of the A. U. Center. One of the ways of accomplish ing this task was by having a workshop of editors under his instructorship. Mr. McMillan, a native of Knoxville, served as acting chief of the news bureau of the Office of War Information in the early days of World War II. In fact, he later enlisted in the Marine Corps, serving as a combat cor respondent. In 1949, Mr. McMillan wrote “The Old Breed,” a book tracing the history of the first Marine Division in World War II. It was later to be listed as one of the best books by an American author for that year. Mr. McMillan, a writer of many articles on the Negro movement for civil rights, has had several feature articles and special reports appearing in Life, Look and the Saturday Evening Post. He is also a former Lasker Fellow in Civil Rights and is a winner of the Benjamin Frank lin Award for the best magazine article of the year. Annual Christmas Vesper The Clark College Philhar monic Society gave its Christmas Concert in Davage Auditorium at 4:00 P.M., Sunday, Decem ber 4, 1966. The performance was open to the public. Handel composed Messiah (there is no “The” before the name) in the space of three weeks: from August 22 to September 14, 1741. He took respectively seven, nine, and six days for each of the three parts, and another two days to fill out the instrumentation. The Christmas Portion (Part one) was sung by Charlotte A. Gibson, soprano; Van Dee Perry, Bezzo-Soprano; Samuel Hagan, Tenor; Judson Smith, Bass and the fifty chor isters under the direction of Dr. J. deKoven Killingsworth; as sisted by Joseph D. Meeks, piano; Kay Patterson, organist and Dr. Jonathan Jackson, Col lege Minister. Washington Lectures At Clark College Institute Held At Clark The directors of the Federal ly-supported institutes held last summer and fall on problems of school desegregation and equal educational opportunities made a visit to Atlanta Wednesday for a three-day institute of their own. The institute directors held their institute at Clark College. More than 50 participants, representing nearly all states, were expected. According to Dean Wiley S. Bolden of Clark, who was designated by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare as Coordinator of the evaluative institute, the main purpose of the meeting was to “discover the strengths and weaknesses of the institutes in the light of the Fed eral government’s Equal Educa tional Opportunities Program.” The institute directors also discussed measures for acceler ating school desegregation. Dr. Joseph Washington, au thor of a controversial study of the Negro church, spoke at Clark College at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday (November 29) in Davage Auditorium. Dr. Washington is associate professor of religion and dean of the chapel at Albion College. He was formerly the chaplain at Dillard University and Dick inson College, and an associate chaplain at Boston University. His book, Black Religion, published by Beacon Press in 1964, created widespread dis cussion and controversy in the ological and church circles. In it he questions whether the Negro church in America is Christian. A new book. Politics of God, is scheduled for pub lication early next year. PANTHER NEWS DEADLINE All articles to apear in the January issue of The Panther are to be turned in to P.O. Box 194 not later than . . . JANUARY 8 Harry Golden Visits Clark by William Hammond Harry Golden, author-editor and publisher of The Carolina Israelite, visited the Clark campus on November 29, in a lecture discussion program held in the lower lounge of Kresge Hall. In his talk, Mr. Golden covered a wide variety of topics ranging from the Georgia gubernatorial election. Chief Justice Earl Warren and the Ku Klux Klan, to the history of the Jewish people. With his characteristic gentle wit, the man who has been called “The genial scourge of bigots” proceeded to impress upon the assembly the value of the exchange of ideas between people and races. With scholar ly understanding, he showed how this process has made great civilizations and races (as with the Romans and the Jews), or how the lack of it has contrib uted to their downfall. Mr. Golden must be con sidered as one of the most ef fective and informative lecturers presented on campus this year. In satirical fashion, he pointed out a number of social ills. He is, in truth, a hard-hitting real ist, but possessed of warmth, humor and “gumption.” As The New York Post once described his talent, “His is the voice of sanity amid the braying of jack als. He combines the cool lucid- Pictured above left to right—are Dr. Harry Golden and Dr. Samuel Williams, assistant panelist. ity of a Montaigne with the gusto of a pushcart peddler.” The Panther applauds the in troduction to the campus of such outstanding speakers as Mr. Golden and urges that this con tinue to be the policy. We fur ther urge the members of the student body to support similar occurrences at the college by their attendance. This, after all, is the only way that we can show our appreciation for these events. Clark College Playhouse Presented Two Plays LeRoi Jones' The Dutchman and Harold Pinter’s The Room was presented Nov. 17-19 by the Clark College Playhouse. This was the first time these controversial one-act plays have been staged in Atlanta. The Dutchman, by one of the most strident voices in the Black Nationalist movement, deals with the abuse and exploitation of Negroes by whites. The scene is a subway in New York. The apple eating seducer makes her play for the fair skinned guy from ’Jersey. The guy exposes her little game and tells her what she really is. She retaliates, to the surprise of the audience, by stabbing him. Pinter’s work is in the gendre of the theatre of the absurd. Abstract and plotless, it also deals with exploitation, but in non-racial terms. The Room represents warmth whil every thing outside is cold and drab. Everybody, including the flitting landlord, talks of how nice the room is. The surprise element comes when the husband kills This is a scene from Leroi Jone's play "The Dutchman." his wife’s blind father and she goes blind. The casts were drawn from students of the Atlanta Univer sity Center and the community. Arthur Pellman, an instructor in Clark’s Department of Speech and Drama, was the director. Each night these plays were per formed to a capacity audience. CALENDAR The following are the remaining scheduled events of the first semester. SATURDAY, JANUARY 7—The English Department Examination will be given. FRIDAY, JANUARY 20—The Reading Period will begin. MONDAY, JANUARY 23—The First Semester Examinations begin. SATURDAY, JANUARY 28—The First Semester Examinations end. MONDAY, JANUARY 30—Registration for the Second Semester begins.