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THE PANTHER
MARCH, 1969
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
SPORTS EDITORS
FEATURE EDITORS
REPORTERS
GREEK EDITOR
TYPISTS
ADVISORS
PHOTOGRAPHERS
RONALD COLEMAN
LIZZETTE JONES,
RUFUS KINNEBREW
DESDEMONIA JONES, HELEN BOYKINS
ERASTUS CULPEPPER, ROSE BRYAN,
LILLIAN ANDREWS
GERALD SPANN
LINDA GASTON, JOYCE TURNER
MISS LONG, MR. OXNARD
CLIFF MEEKS. Charles Smith
ON BEING A GREEK
Editor’s note: “The Greeks” is an article especially written
to attempt to alleviate some of the dissention in belief of the
foundation of Black Greekdom, based on an article appearing in
the P.R.I.D.E. weekly YOUR MAMA. February 24, 1969. Your
comments are welcome. Just send a letter in care of the Panther
Editor, P. O. box 194, or leave them in the office of Public
Detterment oi inan-Kinu anu meir muiieuiaie commumxies. rnej
supplemented their compounded energies into the devotion of
achievement.
Although they were small at first, they soon grew in size and
scope, but this growth in largeness rather than the increase in
the net improvement of the organizations themselves tended to
stagger the progress and goals that they sought to achieve.
This brings us down to the Greeks here at Clark. I am not yet
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supplemented their compounded energies into the devotion of
achievement.
Although they were small at first, they soon grew in size and
scope, but this growth in largeness rather than the increase in
the net improvement of the organizations themselves tended to
stagger the progress and goals that they sought to achieve.
This brings us down to the Greeks here at Clark. I am not yet
BeffdYftteffi t)i mnCirihh , 'affdr'tte’£FTH 1 nte!liaeTi\y*iiiraiiia®\ c ' u fIiey
supplemented their compounded energies into the devotion of
achievement.
Although they were small at first, they soon grew in size and
scope, but this growth in largeness rather than the increase in
the net improvement of the organizations themselves tended to
stagger the progress and goals that they sought to achieve.
This brings us down to the Greeks here at Clark. I am not yet
a member of any Greek Fraternity, but through my inquisitive
ness and the relations of first-hand experiences with my many
Greek friends, I have formed this opinion that the Greeks here
should criticize themselves from within. Not that they have not
had their share of over-criticism from the outside; some of it
justifiable, and some of it not.
It is important, however, that if they are to continue to grow,
they must constantly make improvements and look at themselves
and their roles from within. One thing to do is to openly admit
that they are not “Greek Gods” like “Zeus” or even any of his
relatives, but merely use his alphabet. They are only human
beings as the non-Greeks are.
I was led to believe that the Clark Greeks, as INDIVIDUALS,
in their Greek-letter organization must take it upon herself or
himself to:
1. Up-hold the ideals of the Founders;
2. Press for achievement in academic, cultural, and social
areas;
3. Come forth and accept leadership positions - and do some
thing more than just hope and talk;
4. Cut out 80-90% of the wasteful, time-consuming, non-help-
ful activities of the pledgees. And replace these activities with
more helpful ones. Show more leniency to the pledges because
they are human too and should be treated accordingly. A pledgee
is supposed to be the lowest thing on Earth at this time, tradi
tionally, but in reality - remember, he is created equal, “Big
Brother”.
5. Each organizations must come forth with Educational and
Cultural Programs which will reach all and benefit the entire
college community; and
6. There must be more togetherness and cooperation among
contd col. 3
000
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Black Pride IS
LOTS MORE THAN
WEARING A NATURAL
By
Ronald
Coleman
Black pride can be built by full participation of all black people in
activities which bring about the realization of their rights to citizen
ship.
Every qualified person should be active politically. He should regis
ter, vote, and make known his political preferences. By exercising
our powers as a voting population, we can elevate those persons who
will champion our causes and better our conditions. As politically
active members of society, we will no longer feel we are the pawns
of society.
Second, we must support our own interest groups, whether militant
or moderate. We should take part in activities which assert our needs
and our rights. We have all types of organizations working for our
interests. Each of us can find one that supports our aims, ideals,
and capabilities. One person may be an NAACP person, another
compatible with CORE’S methods, or another with SNCC. But each
of us can identify and work with some group.
For only through active functioning, both politically in the nation’s
business and racially in the business of black people, can we find the
self-determination that is the major ingredient in pride.
Education is the next necessity in building pride. Knowledge is power,
and power is the weapon with which we will win our freedom.
We must educate ourselves in the best ways to maintain our lives
and our property. We must be able to make decent livings, and to
support our own interest groups. We must know our history and our
culture. We must be able to recognize veiled oppression and de
vise methods to overcome them.
We must be able to institute and support our own businesses, and
professional services, thereby destroying the need to employ the
pcuuo un me survival oi tne group, wnat nappens to one, happens
to all.
Finally, pride must be built on our own individual pride. Each black
person must cultivate a role of pride in himself as a human being.
If, individually we refuse to tolerate oppression, as a group we will
have no problem. Each individual’s pride is another stone in the
building of group pride. If each of us is strong in purpose, know
ledge, love and resolve, black pride is assured.
ijcuus un mu sdivivai ui me grouji. wnat nappens to one, nappens
to all.
Finally, pride must be built on our own individual pride. Each black
person must cultivate a role of pride in himself as a human being.
If, individually we refuse to tolerate oppression, as a group we will
have no problem. Each individual’s pride is another stone in the
building of group pride. If each of us is strong in purpose, know
ledge, love and resolve, black pride is assured.
ijcnuc un me siliviviu ui me groiqi. wnat nappens to one, nappens
to all.
Finally, pride must be built on our own individual pride. Each black
person must cultivate a role of pride in himself as a human being.
If, individually we refuse to tolerate oppression, as a group we will
have no problem. Each individual’s pride is another stone in the
building of group pride. If each of us is strong in purpose, know
ledge, love and resolve, black pride is assured.
GREEKS contd
Greeks themselves.
With these ideals set forth by the Greeks here at Clark, how
well do you feel that our Greeks measure up? You tell me!
I know that the Greek-life here is an exciting and important
phase of college life. We have some very together Black Greeks
here at Clark. If you haven’t been associated with any of them
in any sense, then you are definitely missing a certain and spe
cial something while here in college. I will admit that some have
the tendency to show that they have forgotten the meaning of
“brotherhood, sisterhood, and the aspirations of the Founders”.
All of the Greeks should put forth an extra effort to regain
(where lost) the original meaning of their organizations. No-one
else can do it, but those brothers and sisters immediately con
cerned inside.
THANK YOU NOTE
We, the members of Clark
College student Y.W.C.A., wish
to extend our gratitude of many
thanks to you who contributed
to our coffee-cookie sale, Jan
uary 20, 1969, to help send
a “Y” delegate financially to
the regional assembly at Howell
House Hotel, Feb. 28 - March
2.
Sincerely yours,
The Y.W.C.A.
CENTENNIAL BALL
APRIL 17,1969
OUT OF SIGHT YALL
Now that all of our holidays
are over, and our fun-filled days
are gone, we’re back to the old
grind - the hectic routine of
studying and writing term pa
pers.
Final exams were around the
corner but are now gone. Some
of the students were so eager
to see exam time draw near,
that they actually wept when
they were over. Poor things,
someone should tell them not
to be upset; next year they will
have the opportunity to take them
all over again, plus the finals
of second semester are laying
around the corner.
Negroes
In History
1538 Estevanico, an Afri
can with the Spanish explorers,
opens Arizona and New Mexi
co to exploration.
1619 First Negroes are brought
to Jamestown as indentured
servants.
1738 Brother Martin De
Porres becomes the first Negro
Catholic priest, and the work he
began among orphans still con
tinues in Peru.
1770 Crispus Attucks, a run
away slave, is the first to fall
in the Boston Massacre.
1773 Phillis Wheatley’s book
of poems is published.
1814 Two Negro battalions
answer Andrew Jackson’s call
to defend New Orleans against
the British.
1822 Denmark Vesey’s con
spiracy to capture Charleston
is crushed in South Carolina.
1831 Nat Turner’s Virginia re
volt is ended by state and fede
ral troups.
1837 William Whipper, a weal
thy Negro and civil rights ad
vocate, calls for nonviolent re
sistance to unjust laws.
1841 Frederick Douglas joins
the abolitionist movement as a
speaker.
1841 William Leidesdorff, des
tined to become a wealthy and
noted Californian, arrives in
Spanish California.
1844 George W Bush leads
white settlers into Oregon
territory.
1846 Free Negro Norbert Rill-
1862 Slave Robert Smalls and
his Negro crew deliver their
Confedederate gunboat to the
Union Navy outside Charleston.
1870 Senator Hiram Revels of
Mississippi becomes the first
of twenty-two Southern Negroes
elected to Congress from 1870-
’T§62 Slave Robert Smalls and
his Negro crew deliver their
Confedederate gunboat to the
Union Navy outside Charleston.
1870 Senator Hiram Revels of
Mississippi becomes the first
of twenty-two Southern Negroes
elected to Congress from 1870-
'T862 Slave Robert Smalls and
his Negro crew deliver their
Confedederate gunboat to the
Union Navy outside Charleston.
1870 Senator Hiram Revels of
Mississippi becomes the first
of twenty-two Southern Negroes
elected to Congress from 1870-
1901,
1875 First Kentucky Derby has
thirteen Negro jockeys out of
fourteen,
1876 Negro Cowboy Nat Love
wins three contests in the Dead-
wood Rodeo to earn the title of
“Deadwood Dick.”
1879 Pap Singleton, a former
slave, leads a Negro exodus
of a thousand from the the South
to Kansas and points west.
1883 Jan Matzelinger invents
a machine that manufactures
an entire shoe; it revolutionizes
the industry.
1892 Negro journalist Ida B.
Wells launches an anti-lynching
campaign in Memphis, Tenn
essee, and is forced to flee.
1893 Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
performs the first successful
open-heart operation.
1900 Booker T. Washington
begins the National Negro Busi
ness League.
1901 George H. White of North
Carolina, last Negro to be
elected from the South, leaves
Congress.
1909 Commander Robert E.
Peary and Matthew Henson
reach the North Pole.
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