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The Panther FEBRUARY, 1967 3 One For The Birds (ACP)—Not too enthralled over the prospect of being labeled either a hawk or a dove, one is faced with the possibility of being called anything from a screaming eagle to a yellow-chested chicken, comments the Colorado State University Collegian. One humanoid bird that isn’t receiving his due recognition these days, the Collegian says, is the owl. He needs more consider ation not because he is a symbol of wisdom but because he runs around asking “Who?” Also, “What and Why.” The puzzled bird is asking many questions about everyone’s favorite topic, the war in Vietnam. He starts out with the scholarly, historical approach: “How the hell did we get there?” Reply: “Well, we were sort of handed this seed and a few years of poor tending turned it into a sick and ugly growth.” He asks, “Why us? Why not let someone else look after it?” And he learns that it is not only us, but also Australians, South Koreans, even South Vietnamese. Asking when we are getting out, he receives only grumbles and stares. Puzzled by news reports, he asks about them. “Has there ever been a time when American casualties were anything but light? Is there any truth to the statements about bombing civilians?” To both questions, one reply: “Incredible.” He focuses his attention on the home front. Being an old bird, he remembers better days. “Isn’t it customary here,” he asks, “for a man to question national policy and politicians and to raise a note of dissent without being branded cowardly or anti- American? And isn’t it possible for another man to support, for moral and legal reasons, military actions in another part of the world without being called a guileless follower or a butcher of children?” His feathers are ruffled by a crossfire of shouts but he persists. “Do you mean that a man is wrong if he feels he has a strong obligation to oppose the draft and burns his draft card?” “Right,” answers a 19-year-old Marine. “Do you mean that a man is wrong if he is convinced that this is the greatest nation in the world and he is privileged to serve in her armed forces?” “Right,” answers a 19-year-old pacifist. Intrigue Intimacy by Johnny Bruce We know the conditions surrounding white men and black women being the only free American. During slavery time the white man ravished black women freely. White society considered these black women to be low down trash. Yet white men slept with many black women by using force, and by using congenial persuasion. White women were kept on the shelves over a Protestant fire place. Of course black men did not say anything. For . they were castrated animals running around looking for their stolen rights. This brief historical account brings us to this point in my psychological theory. Black men were afraid to approach white women sexually. Tliey feared the outcome. White women were cautious toward approaching black men for sex, because they feared the outcome. Therefore, the outcome in this case was white men’s brutality. Around this secret conflict of sexual desire arose the myth of the century. That myth is black men are sex ually superior to white men. While white men conceptually de humanized black men, and turned them into beastly animals, white women patiently watched these black men transform from humans to super-human beings. White women knew that Negroes were better laborers than any other ethnic group. So they assumed that black should have more sexual output. White women sub consciously thought of this a thousand times. At the same time they knew they could not have black men because they were taboo. Black men had lust for white women also. They were men too. That want for the white woman was based naively on this idea. White women were the pearls of the master’s house. Black men said, if I could have these pearls then I will be a full man. Never theless, white women and black men knew they could not satisfy their wants for each other. They did not have the sexual freedom that white men and black women had. Therefore, they carried on secret love affairs of mental desire. In this case I am using intrigue, to convey this love affair. This psychological condition of want can be better illustrated with this example. When you tell a child not to touch a stove because it is hot, the child has an emotional drive that intensifies his wanting to touch the stove. Although, you told him it was hot. The child will live under con stant frustration until he touches the stove and sees that it’s really hot. My point is this, when we tell white women not to sleep with black men we only intensify white women’s desires to sleep with black men. I am not saying that all people react in this manner. However, the psychology of white women and black men relation ship is an enormous problem in racist America. To conclude, this intimate intrigue is ever present today. Can you imagine how many white women want to have sex with black men, vice versa. President Henderson Honored Dr. Vivian W. Henderson, president of Clark College, has been elected a Gordon Hoover Fellow by Yale University. In this capacity, he gave a series of lectures over a four-day period, beginning February 12, on national economic trends and southern economic development. Inquiring Reporter by Maryjo Clark Due to the efforts and decisions of the Student Life Committee, dark students for the first time were privileged to have a three-day period of study. QUESTION: Was the three-day reading period beneficial to you and do you see a necessity to have this program continued through out the years here at Clark College? ANSWERS: Yes, the reading period was beneficial to me be cause as a Freshman, I was not prepared in a sense, for the college environment. And therefore, unable to adapt as quickly as I should have been to the methods of teaching here. In most cases I was far behind in my classes. I do feel that there should be a con tinuance of this period for the purpose of the new Freshmen who will inevitably face difficulties in adapting to the college environ ment. Annie Washington Yes, the three-day reading period gave me an opportunity to carry on sincere and uninterrupted study. That is definitely an advantage for me and all students to use this time wisely. It should become an integral part of our college calendar. Alexander Brown The students really studied and didn’t goof off. I think that the faculty should take this into consideration and make this a part of the program every semester. This also allows students to have conferences with their instructors. Patricia Rogers Yes. I think that the reading period was essential and I found time to do a lot of reading I wouldn’t have done because the teach ers would be giving lessons up until finals. I think that the program should be continued. Bea Madison I think that the reading period benefitted more students than it hindered. In my opinion, the reading period should be continued. Gloria Jenkins Yes, I think it is beneficial because for students to be studying for finals and attending class is tedious and is too much of a load. I think that it should be continued throughout the years. Frederick Crowell The purpose of the final exams is to give a true and accurate account of what the student has learned. I think that this goal could more adequately be achieved if we had a five day reading period as large universities have. I think that it should be con tinued. In my own taste the reading period really helped me out. Hendrix Crowell Yes. It allowed me to devote more time to reviewing for all of my classes. If I were not given the three-day period I would have had to attend classes and try to review at the same time. Well, I think that I made better grades as a result of the reading period. If the three days have to be made up, I don’t mind. Augusta Clark Yes, because I had an opportunity to catch up on all of my studies. I could budget my time and didn’t have to study for five courses in one single night. I think that it should be continued based on the opinion stated above. Rosella Walker Yes, I think that it was beneficial because it gave me enough time to study each subject thoroughly and un-hurriedly. I think that it should be continued because of its effectiveness. Joyce Ann Moore I think that it proved to be beneficial especially to the Fresh men because they didn’t know exactly how the tests were going to be given. It gave them a chance to prepare themselves for it. It took away worry of rushing to class and studying in between class periods and staying in the library all night. I definitely think that it should be continued. Inez Lockett The reading period clearly showed that the administration is concerned with the progress of Clark Colleke. The reading period not only was effective as a means of study but also gave the student time to relax before the final blow. Michael Smith I think the three-day reading period is a progressive step in academic freedom at Clark College. Johnny B. Bruce, President of Freshman Class Clark Participates In Exchange Program Student exchange between Clark College and three Midwestern colleges began this week with the registration of four new students at the Atlanta institution and the departure of three Clark students. The institutions participating in he exchange with Clark are Miami University, Oxford, Ohio; Depauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, and Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa. This is the first time Clark has taken part in a full-fledged exchange program, although there have been short-term student exchanges in the past. The agreement between the participating colleges provides for semester-long exchanges and the transfer of credits. Dr. John D. Withers, coordinator of the program at Clark, said that the primary purpose of the exchange is academic. “It will allow students to benefit from new class situations, new teach ers, and a different environment,” he explained. The exchange students from Depauw University are Elaine Dunbar of West Lafayette, Indiana, and Frank A. Hester of Pittsburgh. Both are sophomores. Miami University exchange students are Judith Ellen Brophy of Cobleskill, New York, a junior, and Marilyn Lou Held of South Euclid, Ohio, a senior. Clark’s exchange students are Ella Alexander, a junior from Atlanta, and Mary Reed, a junior from Jacksonville, Florida, both attending Depauw, and Catherine Rayant, a junior from Fort Pierce, Florida, attending Simpson College. Win Money In Poetry Contest COLLEGE ARTS magazine is sponsoring a $2000 poetry contest, open to all poets. The first four grand prize winners will have their own book of poetry edited and published by the JTC Publishing Co., while every entrant will receive an anthology of the top 100 prize winning poems. Write for de tails: Poetry Contest, Box 314, West Sacramento, California 95691. Professors Advocate Fairer Grading System (ACP) —While college stu dents across the country are advocating abolition of the let ter-grade system in favor of a pass-fail or satisfactory-unsatis factory system, 15 members of the Michigan State history facul ty are urging revision of the cur rent system to make it fairer and more meaningful, reports the State News. The 15 men, ranging in rank from instructor to full professor, are co-signers of a letter to the State News protesting the straight letter-grade system used at Michigan State. They pro pose the addition of plus and minus grades on official tran scripts. “There is no reason why this cannot be done here,” the letter stated, “yet the appropriate agencies have resisted, not to say ignored, any such sugges tions from segments of the faculty.” The letter urged stu dents “to take a good, hard look at grading, and express its wishes, individually and col lectively.” Prof. Norman Rich, one of the signers, said ’’there is no ideal way of having a grading system, anyway” but that the plus-minus system “gives a lit tle more chance to be fair.” The author of the letter, Asst. Prof. Paul J. Hauben, said, how ever, that “unless there’s a lot of student reaction, nothing is go ing to happen. The faculty does not get a lot of attention in this area.” A subcommittee of the Edu cational Policy Committee is discussing the grading system. In 1963, when the subcommittee also studied the system, it made four recommendations, among them the addition of a C-plus grade “to give the middle stu dent a break.” Finding as many as 40 to 60 students falling in the C range, the subcommittee specu lated that a C-plus grade would separate students who just missed B’s from those who just missed D’s. The C-plus recom mendation was the most contro versial, Chairman Willard War rington said, probably because of its inconsistency, since the plus and minus were not pro posed for other grade levels. All four recommendations were tabled by the Academic Senate and returned to the Aca demic Council, where no further action was taken. A Bit of Humor A Clark College freshman walked into a restaurant and said quickly, “Do you serve Crabs here?” The waiter looked at him and replied, “Sure, we serve anyone. Sit down.”