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12 MAY, 1968
The Panther
Dr. S. B. Brookes In
Constitution Feature
Dr. Stella Brookes, professor
of English at Clark College and
nationally recognized authority
on the writings of Joel Chandler
Harris, recently did a special
feature on Harris and his “Un
cle Remus” characters for the
Atlanta Constitution.
Her article, which appeared
on April 1 (April Fool’s Day)
was titled, “Brer Rabbit, the
greatest trickster.” It was on the
Constitution’s Centennial Page,
a weekly feature reproducing a
page of the paper from the 19th
century. This year is the 100th
anniversary of the daily news
paper.
It has been said of Dr.
Brookes that “no better inter
preter of Uncle Remus as folk
lorist could possibly be found.”
Chairman of the Department
of English at Clark, Dr. Brookes
has been on the faculty since
1924. She received her BA de
gree from Wiley College, her
MA from the University of
Michigan and her Ph.D. from
Cornell University. She did her
doctoral thesis on Harris and
the Uncle Remus stories.
Scholarships
For Seniors
Armonk, N. Y., May 13—
Chain Scholarship Foundation
has announced that a number
of scholarships is now avail
able to members of the Class
of 1969.
Each year Chain Scholar
ship Foundation awards schol
arships of up to $100 per
month—for a maximum period
o ten months—to Senior stu
dents who need financial aid
in order to complete their col
lege educations.
One of the youngest founda
tions in the United States to
day, Chain Scholarship Foun
dation has awarded over one
hundred o these scholarships.
Scholarships are granted to
qualified Senior students with
passing grades in any field of
study. High academic standing
thereore is not a requirement
for eligibility.
It is the philosophy of the
Chain Scholarship Foundation
that the average student can
make valuable contributions to
society and should be encour
aged to complete his studies.
Eash recipient of a Chain
Scholarship becomes a vital
link in a continuing program
to provide financial assistance
to increasing numbers of needy
Senior students. A moral re
sponsibility is assumed by the
Chain Scholarship student to
repay the value of his scholar
ship after graduation at a time
when he is able to do so. The
student is not legally obliged in
any way.
For further information and
an application form, contact
the Financial Aid Officer, or
write directly to Chain Scholar
ship Foundation, P. O. Box
203, Armonk, New York
10504.
DR. S. B. BROOKES
About the character of Uncle
Remus, Dr. Brookes says it is
“as much a part of world litera
ture as Rip Van Winkle or the
inimitable Micawber.”
The Amen
Comer
The funniest thing to hap
pen at Clark College since reg
istration happened on the 17th,
18th and 19th of September.
On these three nights the Drama
Department presented James
Baldwin’s “The Amen Cor
ner.” It is perhaps one of the
most humorous of his works.
The play was centered around
life in Harlem and the affects it
has on religion.
There is not complete gaity
through the play. There are
dramatic scenes which add to
the climax. The climax, al
though it does not come unex
pected, seems to explode in an
instant.
There are certain things
able to be read between the
lines. There is no doubt that
there is a struggle of son trying
to break the chains that bind
him to his mother. There is
confusion within the church
similar to that of today. Much
of the accusation is not based
on concrete evidence and turns
out to be humorous at times.
The actors did a supreme job
action. They performed well
enough to give the play a feel
ing of being real. The audience
held captive from curtain rise
to curtain fall.
Suicidology
By Lizzette Jones
In 1910, Freud, Sigmund
convened the first symposium
on suicide in Vienna to discuss
why young students took their
own lives. One committee
member suggested that hostility
was the cause; he further stated
that “no one kills himself who
has not wished to kill another.”
Later Freud suggested the
theory of the death wish; an
instinctual drive to self destruc
tion that view with the will to
survive. Recently psychiatrists
and social scientists convened
the first National Conference
on Suicidology in Chicago and
speaker after speaker evoked
the thoughts and spirit of Freud
and his 1910 theories. While
there has been a great deal of
research in the years since
Freud, dependency and hope
lessness, for example are now
considered motivation for sui
cide as well as hostility, sui
cidology is still in its early
stages of study.
Until the last few years even
the Journal of the American
Medical Association never list
ed suicide as a cause of death.
Though there are now 63 local
suicide prevention centers in
the United States, the National
Institute of Mental Health es
tablished its centers for Studies
of Suicide Prevention only in
1966. And the first suicidology
fellowships and curriculum
were set up last year through a
NIMM grant at John Hopkins
University.
New Program by
Ford Foundation
The U.S. Information Agency
announced today a new long-
range program to prepare ap
plicants from minority com
munities for careers in the
USIA Foreign Service.
To be known as the Foreign
Affairs Intern Program, it will
combine on-the-job training at
USIA with graduate study at
The George Washington Uni
versity’s School of Public and
International Aaffirs in Wash
ington, D.C. All academic
costs, and expenses for cultural
activities, will be funded from
a Ford Foundation grant of
$145,530 to the University.
Additionally, each intern will
receive a stipend from USIA to
cover living costs.
In announcing the intern
ships Leonard H. Marks, Di
rector of USIA, said, “Not
only will this program contrib
ute to the development of ca
reer opportunities for our min
ority citizens, but it will add
a new dimension to USIA’s mis
sion of furthering world under
standing of the United States,
its policies, institutions and cul
ture. I am looking forward to
welcoming these interns as
trained communicators in our
career Foreign Service.”
Applications for the intern
ships may be made by recent
college graduates or those who
will graduate in June 1968
with a bachelor’s degree from
an accredited college or uni
versity. Other requirements in
clude a serious career interest
in the USIA Foreign Service,
with a willingness to serve any
where most needed, worldwide.
Further information on the
program may be obtained by
writing USIA’s Recruitment
and Source Development Di
vision, 1776 Pensylvania Ave
nue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20547.
Good Luck
On Finals
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and his misguided math depart
ment, Mr. Morrell and his fel
low tycoon in the business de
partment, John D. Withers and
self-centered complex and
last but not least the lemons
like Jerry R. Allen who is go
ing to let this newspaper the
“Panther” become the tool of
the administration.
They must go or make dras
tic changes for they are what
an African in his thesis paper
titled The Epitome of the
American Negro and, I quote,
they are Masters of Excuses,
superb at evasions and become
ironically aroused when con
fronted with a problem. They
are stifling the slogan, second
to none and culture for service.
These people must be pro
tected, they are: Dr. Pearlie C.
Dove and her Education De
partment, Mr. Anderson and
his Building and Grounds De
partment, Mrs. Drake and her
Dietary Department and most
of all Dr. Vivian W. Hender
son, president of Clark College.
These are my reflections as
a graduating senior who is a-
waiting a piece of paper which
used to be a piece of sheep skin
that reads with all priviledges
pertaining thereto.
Signed
Drajah Morrow
Making Money
Off of King
In the past month I have
seen a great man make money
for non-sympathetic money
seekers. This man was Mardn
Luther King that merchants
are selling necklaces bearing a
picture of fhim on the front.
“Buy your King bracelet and
medallion and be the talk of
the neighborhood” is the
phrase that caused anger to
enrage my mind. It took a
great deal of moral restraint to
keep me rom attacking the
white merchant that was saying
this while gaily marching up
and down of an Atlanta down
town street. The white world
is now romanticizing the death
o a black leader by making
money off of his image. I will
not by a Martin Luther King
ink pen, pencil, belt, hat, t-shirt
or any other jive that would
make my dead brother ashame
of his cause. Buying these ob
jects will only make the rich
whites richer and keep poor
blacks poor. Think about that
when white merchants try to
sell you these “so-called”
souvenirs in the memory of
Martin Luther King.
"I Have a Dream
That a Man May One
Day Be Judged by
His Merits Rather
Than by the Color
of His Skin"
"About My Last Article"
By Carrell Smith
In my last article “Sexual Revolution in the A.U. Center,”
I seemed to have stepped on a great deal of toes. Many girls as
well as fellows disagreed with my facts and statements pertain
ing to sex in the A.U. Center.
Only the hypocrits should have been touched by what I
had to say and from what I can gather they were. People came
up to me saying “I did not like your article” as if I was suppose
to apologize for telling the truth. So far no one has been able to
prove one thing that I stated to be wrong, nor have I received
any editorials in protest of what I said.
I challenge and welcome anyone to an open debate on my
article at anytime if that person has disapprobations about the
validity of my article. Gossip and coward statements made up
most of the talk I heard about my article.
I was told by several students that Miss Dooley mentioned
in her education class that “I was a poor fellow that must to
have been refused by some young lady the night before I wrote
my article.” Miss Dooley you know nothing of my personal life
and if you did you would have known that your statement was not
only insignificant, ilrelevant, unfactual and ridiculous but very
unintelligent. My only comment about Miss Dooley is that calling
my name before a class in a derogatory way was not fair play
and besides she is still “Miss” Dooley.
Students if you disagree with what I had to say (those that
do disagree) you have yet to prove me wrong. I believe that the
truth put in such a raw form was what really got to you. If you
are not a hypocrit on or off campus my article should not have
affected you.