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MAY, 1968
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.
Editor-In-Chief
Assistant Editor .
Executive Editorialist ...
Associate Editorialist .
Feature Editors
Managing Editors
Greek Editor
Social Editors
Sports Editors
Cartoonists
Columnists
Photographer
Advisors
Carrell Smith
Jerry Allen
Harold Craig, E. Robert Price,
Roger Porter, Robert Allen
Ronald Coleman, Eddie Embry
Jonathan Pointer
Hattie Grimes, Marcia Jackson
Roger Porter, Harold Craig,
E. Robert Price, Jonathan
Pointer, Eddie Embry
Jerry Allen
Norris Arnold
... Helen Boykin, Debbie Jones,
Gerald Spann
Dwight Ellison, Rubye Jackson
...Lizzette Jones, Ronald Coleman
Omega Tucker, Debbie Jones,
Annie Washington, Gerald Spann,
Isaac Von Cleveland
Charles Smith
Mr. Baker and Miss Long
The Unforgettable Week In April
By Lizzette C. Jones
In the length of seven long days, the tides of history and the
caprice of fate combined to shake the United States with two
mighty convulsions. They came with such stunning swiftness that
the nation couldn’t find time to react to the bright promise of the
frist before the second one was upon us.
By the end of the week, the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. and the tragic consequences which followed caused the cancel
ing of many, many important engage
ments of all kinds. Throughout the nation
flags flew at half staff in honor of the
great assassinated Negro leader, and
dignitaries from all over the world were
arriving in Atlanta for his funeral.
Thus ended a week of as much hope,
surprise and tragedy as any the United
States has known in a quarter of a cen
tury. After the initial shock waves sub
sided, the Federal Bureau of Investiga
tion and the Armed Forces were imme
diately put to work.
It was Lyndon B. Johnson who set off
the first shock waves: he proclaimed a
bombing pause over most of North Vietnam and simultaneously
dropped the bomb shell announcement that he will neither “seek”
nor “accept” a nomination for any term as president. With that,
the bombing pause became an earnest gesture for peace, and
touched off a wave of national relief and good feelings.
The tensions, the bitterness and the cumulative cancer in the
land seemed to find a somewhat final resting place. The stock
market was more on one day than other time in history.
Then tragedy struck, triggered by the bullet ending the life of
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Once again President Johnson was
thrust back to the political stage. After making many pleas for
non-violence, a wave of looting, fires and violence in some 40
states in the United States became headlines. Nowhere was the
disorder worse than in Washington itself, where over the weekend
the president prepared to address a joint session of Congress, and
Regular Army troops stood guard around the Capitol and the
Whitehouse.
In the light of what shook the United States those seven days
in April any type of contingent could not be dismissed as impos
sible.
Phelps - Stokes Fund
The Phelps-Stokes Fund of
New York City will contribute
$10,000 to the Southern Chris
tian Leadership Conference,
the Atlanta-based civil rights
organization founded by the
late Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr.
Dr. Frederick D. Patterson,
president of the fund, said the
contribution was being made
"to help keep alive Dr. King’s
ideals.”
Although the fund, as a pro
gram agency, does not ordinar
ily make grants, Dr. Patterson
said that the Phelps-Stokes
trustees made an exception in
this instance “because they feel
the fate of the country depends
literally upon the non-violent
resolution of the race struggle
developing in America.”
The Phelps-Stokes Fund,
founded in 1911, has given
major emphasis to efforts pro
moting the education of Ne
groes, both in America and
Africa.
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"So Carrell Finally Said If'
In this editorial there will be various statements made that
will cause many students, faculty and administration members to
become alarmed; but nonetheless, what I have to say must be
said in order to help eliminate some of the constant fear that
students are constantly confronted with daily.
First o all the business office is a big target of frustration.
The system of paying money at registration is more than ridicu
lous. Many hours are wasted at each registration period because
of the tardiness of the business manager and his assistants. It
has been pointed out that students are treated with discourtesy
and many are charged late registration
fees when it may not be the fault of the
student for being late.
Since most of the comments I’m
making come from the students them
selves, I feel absolutely free to tell the
truth as I see it and as the students
would have me to do.
Mr. Morrell is disliked by a great
deal of students because it has been
said that he is inconsiderate and acts
as an almighty King in the business
office. Whenever there is something to
be done the usual phrase (no matter
howe small the business is) heard is that
“You’ll have to see Mr. Morrell about that.” There are hundreds
of other faults that are heard daily about the business office but it
would take twenty three newspapers to name them all.
Faculty members at Clark are of a heterogenous nature.
Some instructors are appreciated and a great deal of them are
tremendously hated. The thing that makes my blood run hot is
the arogant teachers that walk around with the attitude that “I
got mine and i is up o you o get yours the best way that you
can.” Teachers (to whom this may apply to) act like you are
interested in each student and his future and not discriminate -or
overlook that student that does not make an “A” or “B” in
your class. Take time to talk freely as “person to person” in
stead of “King teacher” to “noble subject.” We all want to
graduate so don’t push students around with your power to
“pass or fail” people.
The department chairmen of Clark must realize that mem
bers of your staff as well as students dislike you and would like
to see changes in your attitudes about precedures in general.
It must be said that if Clark is to achieve greater heights and
preserve plersant memories, instructors as well as students must
work to upgrade the institution instead of degrading this great
school. What I am about to say may hurt me in the long run
but since I am a student leader and believe in most of the
student grievances, I feel obligated to make the following re
marks.
Mr. Miller, students want to pass not fail and there is no
prestige in giving an enormous amount of work with the inten
tions of giving a failing grade if the student does not complete
all the assigned task. A history class should be just that instead
of an English course as I hear so many of your students com
plain.
Dr. Brooks I have had many insults hurled at me from you
that I never bothered to mention. But it is my hope that one
day a student will be able to have a dialogue instead of a mon
ologue with you. It is my hope that one day a student wishing
to have a conference with you may do so without writing you
a note.
In the Social Science, Language, Biology, Economics and
math departments there is much tension and unrest. Next year
should be a year of communication instead of hate, revenge and
grudges held. Forget about this article and work to better rela
tions with the students. There is not one instructor on the school
that does not have a negative aspect but is not bad until no
attempt has been made to correct the faults.
Personally, I am not liked by many instructors but this is
a “student newspaper” and each student has a right to voice
his opinion if he choses to do so. Money has been paid for this
paper by the students at the beginning of the year and no one
can deprive this right.
I’m sorry that there is apathy on this campus but it is be
cause students are afraid to participate in anything for fear of
department heads and instructors.
James Mays (President of the S.G.A.), John Wyatt and
Prentis Cook (both student leaders) are excellent examples of
men that can be active in any kind of movement because they
are not afraid of the environmental pressures that other students
might succumb too.
There are several complaints about Dr. Sweat not taking
time out and helping only those students that receive “A’s.”
Dean Gilespie has been mentioned as being extra hard on students
that take part in any activities that might cause some con
troversy about the campus. It is almost a daily expectancy to
hear some students speak of how Dean Withers is so caught up
in the middle class strife until he is unable to communicate and
understand student problems. Girls on this campus carry around
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Quarter Million
Dollar Grant
Six colleges and universities
located in Georgia’s Fifth Dis
trict have received work-study
grants totalling almost a quarter
of a million dollars, Congress
man Fletcher Thompson an
nounced today.
The grants will benefit more
than 700 students and are part
of some $82 million worth of
grants made by the U. S. Bu
reau of Higher Education under
the Economic Opportunity Act
of 1964, the Atlanta area Con
gressman explained.
Under the work-study pro
gram, federal funds provided
85 percent of student payrolls,
and a matching college, univer
sity, or off-campus agency con
tribution will provide the other
15 per cent, for the period July
1 to August 19, 1968. From
August 20, December 31, the
matching formula will be 80
percent federal and 20 percent
local funds, Thompson added.
Atlanta-area colleges and uni
versities in the Fifth District re
ceiving grants, the total amount,
and the number of students
benefited are:
Atlanta University, $24,101:
134 students
Clark College, $29,778: 100
students
Georgia Tech, $31,600: 175
students
Georgia State College, $15,-
293: 30 students
Morehouse College. $53,875:
172 students
Morris Brown College, $90,-
131: 300 students
“This program permits de
serving students of limited fin
ancial means to continue their
college education and work at
the same time,” Thompson
pointed out.
South Africa Develops
Its Own NAPALM Bombs
(Taken from Spotlight on
South Africa) THE STAND
ARD, DAR ES SALAAM,
TANZANIA, March 16 —
South Africa’s Defense Min
ister Mr. Peiter Betha, has said
that South Africa has develop
ed its own napalm bomb. Prev
iously, he told the Senate, Na
palm bombs had been manu
factured abroad from raw ma
terials which were not available
in South Africa.
But South African scientists
have now developed a Napalm
bomb from raw materials avail
able in South Africa. Speaking
in the Senate on a motion to
approve his policy, Mr. Botha
revealed that South Africa has
also developed an anti-armour
mine capable of destroying the
heaviest armoured vehicle.
Two types of highly effective
shrapnel mines have also been
developed and a night-sight for
infantry rifles. He said South
Africa was now self-sufficient
in a whole range of weapons,
making its own rifles, mortars
and ammunition of various Cali
bres as well as grenades,
smoke-bombs, explosives and
equipment.
The South African soldier
also has his own distinctive
battle dress, instead of the Bri
tish army style it has followed
up to now.