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2 FEBRUARY, 1967
The Panther
The Clark Panther
PURPOSE
A journal of college life published from September to June
by students.
To fill the vacuum of lack and effective communication be
tween students and administration; students and students.
An instrument for fostering constructive criticism of activi
ties pertaining to college life.
Carrell Smith
William Hammond
Robert Allen
Jerry Allen
William Hammond
Clarence Carter
Cartoon Editor
Reporters:
Gail Jordan
Jonathan Pointer
Hugh Farmer
Staff Editorial Writers
.. Editor-in-Chief
Assistant Editor
News Editor
Copy Editor
.. Feature Editor
Sports Editor
.. Albert Tinsley
Rosemary Clark
Johnny Russell
Maryjo Clark
Harold Craig, Bernice Little, James
Widemon and Larry Mattix
Photographer
Social Editor:
Marie Banks
Exchange Editor:
Eddie Embry
Fashion Editor:
Jerrilyn McGhee
Advisors
Charles Smith
Typists:
Sonja Collins
Bettye Carter
Mr. George McMillan, Mr. Pat
Watters, Miss Ellen Maby, Mr.
Black, Miss D'Souza
OUR GUEST
In the two years that I have matriculated at Clark, we have
been having a guest at our dormitories. You may ask, “So what’s
so unusual about that?” Well, I’ll tell you. It’s unusual because
of three things: first, the guest is uninvited; secondly, the guest
comes very early in the morning; and thirdly, the guest is a male
prowler.
Last year, the young ladies in two of the dorms called the
police upon seeing a prowler. They were reprimanded for having
done this and told there was nothing to worry about because he
couldn’t get in. May I ask then if we don’t worry about this,
who will? Then I’d like to know why can’t he get in? I’m quite
sure all of us have heard not only the young ladies, but the young
men as well, speak about how easy it is to enter or leave any
dorm without using any “official entrances.” For all we know
the prowler may have discovered these “unofficial entrances” to the
dorms and is setting about using them.
You may ask again, “Why write about something which hap
pened last year?” Well, our “guest” has returned! I know because
I saw him.
It is a normal habit of the students to remain up late at night.
One particular night, two young ladies were talking in the hallway.
Upon looking out of the window, one of them happened to see
a thin, medium height, spritely walker, moving from the side
entrance of one dorm to the corner windows of another dorm.
During this time another young lady in this writer’s dormitory
saw him until there were about eight or nine young ladies watching
him. No, we didn’t let him know that we were watching him,
we were very careful not to let him know this.
We watched him from approximately 1:00 A.M. until 2:45
A.M., at which time most of us went to bed. Between these
hours, our “guest” went from the front door of one dormitory
to the side windows of that dormitory. He couldn’t possibly have
been simply to “peep-in” for he was in one place far too long for
this.
We tried to get help, other than resorting to calling the police.
We tried calling the dorm-directress at which the “guest” was
busily working. Finally we tried calling the night-watchman’s
stations in the Administration building and in the Superintendent
of Building and Grounds’ office and still no help.
As a result of this incident, I appeal to all young ladies to
keep your curtains drawn and your window shades down! More
over, there are two questions to which I would like answers.
First, where was the night-watchman since he could not be reached
at his stations and had not been making his rounds? Second, why
can’t we notify the police without being reprimanded, if the night-
watchman is not to be found?
Must one of our students fall victim at the hands of our
“guest” or do we have to continue to sleep in fear of someone
entering our dormitory at night, before something is done about
our “guest”?
A Worried Clarkite
An Omission from last issue . . .
Our Apologies
Freshmen young women made their official debut into the
Clark College family December 9, 1966. With such an array of
lovelies the judges’ decision was not an easy one.
Miss Snowflake is Peggy Noble. First Runnerup is Joyce Hearns
of Bessemer, Alabama. Second Runnerup is Mary Jo Clark of
Chattanooga, Tennessee. Third Runnerup is Joanne Adams of
Florida and Fourth Runnerup is Joyce Hughley of Atlanta.
Miss Snowflake hails from Elberton, Georgia. She is a biology
major interested in becoming a nurse.
Congratulations.
74e & . . .
My View On
Stokely Carmichael
and Black Power
For months there have been lectures, discussions and press
interviews pertaining to the subject of Mr. Carmichael and Black
Power. To me “black power” should not be looked at as negative
controversy but rather as a realistic way for the black man to
prosper.
There are term papers, essays, and even books that could be
written on Black Power as every intelligent person knows. I will
say as many other black power advocators have stated: “Black
Power is an effective way for the black
man to upgrade himself politically, eco
nomically, socially and culturally without
being continuously exploited by the white
power structure. It is almost unbearable
for me to see a Negro stand up and say
he is against SNCC or Carmichael when
it is Mr. Carmichael and his group that
are trying to make progress for the black
man.
Black people watch TV, listen to the
radio and read the newspaper (which are
all run by the white man) and tries to
get a realistic viewpoint as to the signifi
cance of black power. The white man is
because he knows once he does not have
around his psychological frustration will
increase. By this we can see that the white man enjoys Negroes
objecting to black power because he knows (the white man) he
has once again brainwashed the public’s minds.
The white man, as can be observed daily, tries to keep down
any black advancement. The theory that what is white is right
has been thoroughly implanted in the mind of white America
and shamefuly enough into the minds of Negroes. We see it on
TV with the white dove, the white knight, the white car that
used a certain gas travels longer and farther than the black car
and ridiculously enough we even see a white tornado. All of these
techniques are imprinted on the minds of people through repeti
tion and yet some black people (sometimes referred to as “uncles”)
still stand in defense for white.
Children are bombed, men are lynched and black women are
raped by whites but yet some black people believe “things are
going to get better.” What does it take for black people to combine
their efforts instead of “turning the other cheek” for the white man?
Believe it or not Mr. Carmichael is an angry young man (with
reasons to be) that believes in the advancement for the low class
black man in a systematic way and believe it or not the white man
is not!
Now It's Negroes vs. Negroes
In America's Racial Violence
by Robert Allen
The nation’s racial strife has taken on a new character. The
turning point came with the election of Stokley Carmichael as
president of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee.
A Negro leader who preached violence as a weapon in America’s
racial situation, Mr. Carmichael, above all, is a “Black Power”
extremist.
The new violence and the idea of “Black Power” took the
spotlight away from the kind of trouble that has been the chief
hallmarks of the civil rights struggle. These were clashes between
white segregationists and Negroes. Now the once linked civil
rights organizations are at war with each other. The Rev. Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., head of the nonviolence movement, has
said that such violence and “Black Power” is not good for the
image of our nation and not good for the Negro cause. But,
despite the warnings given by Dr. King and other great leaders,
Mr. Carmichael continues to preach violence and “Black Power.”
The Congress On Racial Equality has also joined S.N.C.C. in
advocating violence and “Black Power.” This has posed a big
problem for the more conservative N.A.A.C.P. The black man
is now confused and desperate because of the conflicting ideas of
their leaders. Some see a new light of hope in the idea of “Black
Power” and some see violence as a means of revenge for their
misfortune but the abled see both as a quick way of destroying
previous accomplishments.
It is evident that S.N.C.C. and C.O.R.E. have successfully
managed to obtain followers. Negroes are no longer working for
a common goal. “Black Power” followers believe in racial isolation,
and violence. Incidentally their beliefs are similar to the Black
Muslim’s beliefs but the degree of extremity is not the same on
the part of S.N.C.C. and C.O.R.E. The other black men believe
in working for the whole of the population and uniting in a com
mon land. The response to the ideas provides us with enough
to show that we have divided into three segments: Black Muslims,
Violence and “Black Power” extremists and the moderates.
Reality must be faced immediately. Before any new goals
can be realized. The racial situation must once again unite and
work for a common cause.
going to say B.P. is evil
the black man to kick
Coeds Win
“Battle of the Sexes”
(ACP)—Coeds eked out a
251-244 victory over male stu
dents at Louisiana State Univer
sity last month as they managed
to vote down the proposition
that LSU coeds came to college
seeking husbands rather than an
education, reports the Daily
Reveille.
The vote was taken at the
third speech forum of the se
mester, which turned out to be
a battle of the sexes. Men seated
on one side and women on the
other side of the union ballroom
volleyed vehement comments
back and forth for some 45
minutes.
Denise Engeran, principal
speaker for the winning coeds,
said women 10 years ago might
have been just looking for hus
bands but that, in 1966, wom
en’s “career drive exceeds their
mating drive.”
She noted that women make
up one-third of the 79 million
laborers in the United States and
earn three-fourths as much as
men do. Four or five coeds she
interviewed, Miss Engeran said,
knew what career they were go
ing into.
“Saying most girls come to
college to get a husband is like
saying a man comes to college
to stay out of Vietnam,” she
said.
She pointed out that “Who’s
Who in American Colleges and
Universities” contained the
names of more women than
men, and that of 576 freshmen
on the honor roll last semester,
only 250 were male.
Vincent Hazleton, speaking
for the affirmative, argued that
females are trained to get hus
bands from the minute they
leave their diapers and get their
“Betsey Wetsy” dolls.
“Females are hunters,” he
said, claiming that at the age
of 18 they are ready to stalk
their future mates and that the
universities are their hunting
grounds. Women know the best
catches are made on a univer
sity campus, he said.
The main reason women drop
out of college, Hazleton con
tinued, is to marry and have a
family, “hopefully in that or
der.”
While the coeds contended
they are in school to get an
education, one male countered
by asking, “Can you see your
self 20 years from now, working
eight hours a day, instead of
caring for a husband and
family.”
God has given each of us a
task to fulfill,
Have you done your best? Have
you started yet to build?
Look within yourselves; it’s with
you whom you must cope.
Have you done your best? Have
you surveyed your scope?
It’s not pertinent to be the
grandest in society’s great hall,
Have you done your best? Is not
this the most important of all?
Be not reluctant and afraid of
constant innovation,
Have you done your best? What
is your vocation?
Ponder carefully, proceed,
perpetuate your goal,
You have done your best. You
have completed your role.
Christine Coleman