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6 MARCH-APRIL, 1968
The Panther
Greekdom
Reports
by
NORRIS ARNOLD
Editor
“Sigma Soul”
By the time this edition of the
Panther hits the press, Phi Beta
Sigma Fraternity, Inc. will have
sponsored a Community Action
Dance at the Mosley Park Rec
reation Center. The purpose of
the dance will be to provide
some type of social activity for
the children in the surrounding
Atlanta University Center. The
dance will also be in keeping
with one of the fraternity’s na
tional programs, “Social Ac
tion”. The brothers look for
ward to this being a successful
event and hope to initiate others
as the semester goes on.
The brothers of Psi Chapter
took time out Valentine’s Day
to honor our queens. The
Queen, Miss Ruby Blake, was
presented a paddle and candy.
The brothers are still very
active around campus. Brother
Eugene Rhodes is in the pro
cess of doing his student teach
ing, Brother John Wyatt has
been very instrumental in the
Black Pride Movement on cam
pus, Brother Joseph Kimball is
at present trying out for Clark
College’s first [baseball team,
Neophyte Brother William
Owens is also at present pre
paring for the debute of the
Concert Band this Spring, and
Brother Norris Arnold is still
hopping.
The brothers of Psi Chapter
along with all other brothers of
the city, state, and country took
time out to pay respect to the
family of Brother R. A. Billings,
past president of the Phi Beta
Sigma Fraternity, who recently
passed. Dr. Billings was very
active in the fraternity.
Que News
What’s new from Que Coun
try? Presently, the brothers of
Beta Psi Chapter are catching
their breaths after a hectic but
enjoyable Valentine Season. To
help spread the message of love
all around the country, we in
stituted our usually highly suc
cessful Love-U-Gram project
(a love message via the mail).
The season was further high
lighted by a tastefully decorated
Sweetheart’s Program at which
time the brothers paid special
tribute to their lovely queens
(“Miss Omega”, Vivian Snell-
ings; “Miss Psi”, Thelma Davis;
“Miss Phi”, Peggy Noble) and
to the young ladies of Clark
College. To culminate the
week’s activities, a banquet was
given at William’s Tavern for
our queen’s and the personal
sweethearts of the brothers.
The ranks of Beta Psi have
been further strengthened by
the addition of two neophyte
brothers, Dwight Ellison, a sen
ior from LaGrange, Georgia,
and David Holt, a sophomore
from South Carolina. These two
neophytes possess a combina
tion of outstanding atheletic and
academic ability; Dwight being
the all-city and all SIAC star
quarterback of the roaring Pan
ther Football team and also one
of our leading cinder men, and
David, Vice-President of the
Sophomore Class and one of
the highest ranking members of
that class.
The light of Omega is kept
eternally shining as Omega men
engage themselves in all aspects
of life here at Clark College—
the academic (Leroy Slade,
Harold Moses, Rudolph Jack-
son, Badru Jaden, David Holt),
athletic [(Dwight Ellison and
Isaac Von Cleveland), and the
social (Beta Psi Chapter).
Delta Spotlight
The Sorors of Sigma Chap
ter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,
Inc. will be the hostess for an
undergraduate workshop on
March 2. 1968. This one-day
meeting is for undergraduate
sorors, undergraduate advisors,
the Regional Director, and the
top Naitonal Sorority Officers.
Soror Jean Noble, Past National
President and Professor at New
York University; and Soror
Frankie Freeman, National
President, will be here on cam
pus.
A part of the morning session
will be devoted to a “Thought
Session" in which a problem
will be discussed and hopefully
solved. Typical problems are:
(1) The Moynihan Report on
the Negro Family in the United
States has received a lot of pub
licity. It indicates that a female
is the head of most Negro fam
ilies. Discuss (2) Should the
Negro American proceed to
change the name of the race
from Negro to some other
name? Suggestions have in
cluded African — American,
Afro-American, Afram. Black,
Overseas African. Sorors from
Savannah State College and Al
bany State College will be pre
sent.
For the second semester,
Soror Maryjo Clark is on ex
change at Depauw University in
Greencastle, Indiana.
AKA’s Observe
Founders’ Day
On February 18, 1968 the
Sorors of Alpha Pi Chapter, Al-
phat Kappa Alpha Sorority ob
served their annual Founders’
Day Program in the lower
lounge of Kresge Hall. The main
speaker for this occasion was
Soror Mary Scott, Basileus of
Kappa Omega Chapter, grad
uate chapter in the city of At
lanta. Other participants on the
program were Sorors Lurma
Rackley, Janeen Jones, Shirley
Walton, Rosalyn Warrior, and
Willadeane Clayton.
Presently, the Sorors are
planning their annual “Sister
hood Week” program. This
year’s program promises to be
one of the most exciting events
of the year.
Protesters Should Go First
by Walter Grant
WASHINGTON (CPS)—Students who protest the war and
the draft by disrupting army induction centers or keeping military
recruiters from conducting interviews should be drafted first, ac
cording to Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey.
Hershey has sent a notice to all members of the Selective
Saint Patrick's Day
by Lizzette C. Jones
A legendary character of im
portance is none other than
Saint Patrick. The patron saint
of Ireland whose magnetic per
sonality converted many Irish
to Christianity at the dismay of
the Driuds.
Saint Patrick’s birthday is be
lieved to have been in 387 at
Dumbarton, Scotland. When he
was sixteen years of age, Saint
Patrick was captured by pirates
and sold as a slave to Ireland.
His mother used him as a
swineherd in the country An
trim. After six years, he escaped
to Britain and in 433 returned
to Ireland to preach to its non
Christians .Saint Patrick’s Day
is celebrated on March 17 as
he was reported dead on March
17, 493.
Saint Patrick’s Day festivities
are represented by symbols ot
serpents, demons, cross, sham
rock, harp and baptismal font.
The story of Saint Patrick
driving the snakes from Ireland
is interesting only as a legend.
It is told that Saint Patrick ban
ished all but one snake who re
fused to leave. The serpent and
Saint Patrick were in disagree
ment over the size of a box that
would hold the serpent. The
snake wanting to prove Saint
Patrick wrong, entered the box.
Saint Patrick fastened the box
and threw it into the sea. He
used the shamrock to explain
the mystery of Trinity.
On Saint Patrick’s Day
Everyone's Irish!
Don't Forget
VOTE
SGA Election
Service system which says de
ferments should be given only
to individuals who are acting
in the national interest. Stu
dents and others who interfere
with the military process are
not acting in the national in
terest, and therefore their de
ferments should be discontin
ued, Hershey says.
“There can be no question
that an individual who is en
gaged in violating the very law
that deferred him cannot very
well be acting in the national
interest,' ’Hershey said in a tele
phone interview.
The new Selective Service di
rective could affect thousands
of students at campuses across
the country who have been in
volved in recent protests de
signed to physically disrupt the
military machine, specifically re
cruiting and induction.
Hershey admitted his letter
to local draft boards is a re
action to the “disruptive and
destructive” trend which pro
tests have been taking. “There
is a growing weariness on the
part of the public, and Congress
men and a lot of others have
been saying why in the devil
don’t you do something about
these people,” Hershey said.
Hershey said his letter also
refers to persons who either
burn or refuse to carry their
draft cards. However, he said
“about 75 percent of the pieces
of paper which have been
thrown around as draft cards
probably are not.”
Hershey encouraged local
boards to provide evidence of
any efforts by nonregistrants “to
prevent induction or in any way
interfere illegally” with the Se
lective Service Act to the na
tional headquarters so that it
may be made available to U. S.
attorneys.
He also stressed that prosecu
tion in the courts must follow
for Selective Service registrants
who fail to report as ordered, or
refuse to be inducted.
Love Me
Like I Love Yon
I dream of you most every night
Some dreams say you’re untrue
But I just turn away these silly
thoughts
And keep on loving you.
If you love me like I love you
I’ll be your one and only
But if I find that you’re not true
It’ll make me very, very lonely.
There are other boys for me to
like
But they don’t compare with
you
I know that you are made for
me
And I’m sure that I’m made for
you.
Someday soon our eyes will
meet
Remember when they do
That forever I’ll always say
Love me like I love you.
Juanita J. M. Bridges
...ON THE COST OF EDUCATION: A RESTATEMENT
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pend heavily upon gifts and
grants to underwrite differences
between total cost of instruction
and tuition payments by stu
dents.
For the year 1968-1969, tui
tion at Clark College will be
$850 for two semesters. This
represents a $100 increase in
the cost of tuition over the year
1967-1968. Five points should
be made regarding the $100 in
crease in tuition and the cost of
tuition in general.
1. Most of the increase in
tuition, 70 percent, is for fac
ulty salaries; the remaining 20
percent is for scholarships,
grants, loans and other forms
of financial aid for students, and
10 percent is for instructional
equipment. This allocation was
voted by the Executive Commit
tee of the Board of Trustees of
Clark College at its meeting on
January 26, 1968. That part
which goes for student financial
aid will be used to increase ex
isting commitments where war
ranted and to offer scholarships
and grants in larger amounts as
well.
2. Faculty salaries at Clark
College are only fairly competi
tive. Improvement in this posi
tion is mandatory if the College
is to continue to strengthen fac
ulty. We must not only hold
onto Ph.D.’s, we must attract
more and so so quickly. In
crease in tuition is a necessary
step to accomplishing this dual
purpose.
For the school year 1967-
1968, for example, we were
able to attract and employ seven
persons with doctorate degrees
and five persons who are com
pleting dissertations this year
and should receive their degrees
before the next school year. Our
emphasis in recruitnig teachers
for 1968-1968 will be on per
sons with doctorate degrees.
3. Tuition payments by stu
dents, as implied above, are not
used for buildings, grounds,
maintenance, board and room.
Tuition payments are used for
curriculum, instruction and fi
nancial aid only. Construction
of new facilities at Clark Col
lege is not covered by tuition
payments.
4. I learned just recently that
most students at Clark College
as well as many members of the
faculty, alumni and parents do
not know that tuition cost is the
same in all six schools in the
Atlanta University Center.
(There may be a slight variation
for the graduate and profession
al schools, Atlanta University
and Interdenomniational Theo
logical Center.) This, in es
sence, is what makes it possible
for students to cross instruc
tional lines to attend classes and
pursue instruction. Students reg
istered in any one school in the
Center can take classes in any
other school without further
bookkeeping.
5. A fifth point involves in
creased financial assistance for
worthy students. Only a few
years ago, perhaps four or five,
Clark College had to under
write a small student financial
assistance program from tuition
and grants received from a few
individuals and agencies, includ
ing The Methodist Church, pri
vate foundations and a small
proportion of alumni. For the
year 1968-1969, approximately
$450,000 of our total operating
funds will be budgeted for stu
dent financial assistance.
There is every evidence that
with these and other sources of
financial aid available to stu
dents in increasing amounts, in
creased cost of tuition should
not impede orderly process of
matriculation of a single student
at Clark College. On the other
hand, to exploit these resources,
students must be resourceful,
studious, inquiring and contin
ually trying to put together the
best package of personal and
other resources to meet finan
cial ends to start and complete
their college education — and
above all, they must maintain
academic averages that justify
financial support. (I would sug
gest that students obtain from
the Registrar’s Office a copy of
“Financial Planning for a Col
lege Education — Clark Col
lege.”)
These lines set forth basic
considerations entering decisions
regarding increases in tuition
associated with attending Clark
College. They are fundamental
and r.ot unlike those associated
with other institutions in the At
lanta University Cenetr and
elsewhere.