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Vol. XXXI No. 4 MAY, 1969 CLARK COLLEGE-ATLANTA, GEORGIA THE PANTHER'S MAN OF THE YEAR "UPON A CENTENNIAL” FROM THE DESK OF JOE LOUIS TUCKER DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI AFFAIRS Fellow Clarkites, humbly I come before you with an honor heavy upon my shoulders. That honor is having this opportunity to talk with you about a high point in the history of Clark College. The high historical point is the Centennial Observance. Throughout the entity of the entire week, events of historical and significant na tures took place. It is my intent that you too wanted to witness and participate in the Centennial Observance which made its mark in the sands of time representing one hundred years of progress and service for Clark College. This was a once in a life-time oppor tunity, we will not be here on this earth to witness the climax of Clark’s second one hundred years. If you believe in re-incarna tion, you may witness the second one hundred years as a beau tiful flower or tree on our campus; if you believe as medical science is proving today, that new human organs can be trans planted in the place of old ones, you may still be with that genera tion here on earth at the end of Clark’s second 100 years. Hope fully, you will have graduated from Clark and taken your place in the world and willfully assisting Clark to be a better college the second century than it was the first. You may say that Clark is not what it ought to be. I won’t argue with you, but whatever Clark ought to be in your way of thinking, you should dedicate yourselves to making it so. The founding fa thers, faculty, staff, and students over the past one hundred years did so and you here today must do no less. As one reads the his torical records of Clark, there is human tendency to measure what the founding fathers did a century ago by standards of today. I am sure that as far as they could see on the horizon, they did their best for Clark College. During Clark’s third century, your children’s children will read the historical records of Clark in cluding your service and deeds to mankind. As they read, I hope they see that the things we do here now, helped to make Clark a better school, just as it was made better for us. FIRST 100 YEARS Centennial as defined means; “of one hundred years,” this is where Clark College stands today, one hundred years of progress and sevice. Over these one hundred years, Clark has conferred over 3,700 degrees and had these graduates represent us well in their various fields of endowment. Likewise, former students who for some reason did not have a degree conferred upon them have represented Clark with integrity and productivity. These one hun dred years have brought us honor and glory from our alumni through their achievements and service. It is my hope that during Clark’s second century, your achievements and service will bring honor and glory to old C.C. (contd. page 4) Student Reform What Did A Girl Do? Ron Coleman Wins!! The tallies have finally been counted and the results of the S.G.A. election have been es tablished, to the surprise of no fellow Clarkite. For the first year in Clark’s history, only one party was nominated for election of the student gov ernment offices. Many comments, arguments, and remarks have been made about the article “What Can A Girl Do?” by Lillian Andrews that ap peared in the last issue of THE PANTHER. The article charged that the majority of the men at Clark are untrue, insincere, and schemers by nature. We are only interested in sex and hold them at a sexual disadvantage. Are we only in terested in sex? For the co-ed to be involved in this intimacy, she must be committing herself else-where - off-campus. She must be sleeping out. The questions that I raise are “are we as Clark men totally responsible for the delinquency of our co-eds? If so, then do we ineptly victimize them to sleep out, and how com mon is it?” The Student Reform Party headed by John Wyatt for Pres ident, Barbara Eiland for Vice President, Nathaniel Scurry for Business Manager, Michael Rogers for S.G.A. Coordina tor, Lurma Rackley and Lex- ine Royal for Secretaries. It was truly an uncontested vic tory. Mr. Wyatt and his party will undoubtedly lead the stu dent body next year. A new addition to the election was added in the docket this year. That is the office of the Clark Judiciary Committee’s Chief Justice. It was formerly known as the Disciplinary Com mittee. In the past, it was a completely faculty staffed com mittee, but last year it was reconstructed to consist of five students (one from each class plus the chief justice) and four faculty members. The new Chief Justice is Jerry McIn tosh. Congratulations to the new of ficers, and may all their en deavors be as successful as those of the past association headed by James Mays. Where Do We Go Now? Clark today, is fully accred ited as an undergraduate insti tution with 1200 students on a coeducational basis. During President Henderson’s admin istration, the college has ex panded its academic program greatly. The campus area has also been considerably ex panded. At this precise time, a $2 million academic building is being constructed. During the last three years, our bud get has doubled to $3 million per year. Clark’s future is quite de finite. President Henderson sees Clark’s future as a Negro college for a long time to come, but also as a college good enough for all-black and white-who seek quality education. He said “we will not abandon, however, our historic interest and concern for the black stu dent.” Before we can answer this, we must know the situation called a “sleep-out’, that we ‘impose’ on the co-eds. It is the common time a co-ed spends at some male’s house or in some form of shelter where he and she share a sexual relationship. The time may vary from an hour to an over-night ordeal. Nearly every female student, Miss Andrews wrote, was under the strain of leading a double-standard life - that being a student and a sex out-let for the male studens. If that be the case, then she must be out to please the “in-crowd” because no co-ed has signed any agreement with the administration or any student that she must satisfy some man to attain academic success. I can not see any ‘strain’ being put on the co-eds other than a psycho logical one. I believe the majority of these co-eds are only conforming to the double-standard set forth by society. Take for example the man who files for a divorce. He ends up paying alimony. Tangibly it exists in the law books, but other than that it is in the mind. There is no true double standard, but merely an opinion formed one. Women have become dependent on it as a means of defense - an excuse. It can be applied in two speculative philosophies. Take those of the typical white male and black male. The white male will be satisfied with wineing and dining the co-ed, where, on the other hand, the black male is suspected when dating a co-ed a few times for the sake of copulation. When this happens, whose fault is it? The girl is responsible due to her negligence of hu man nature. The white male has no obligation to the co-ed he is dating steadily. The black male has, however, had to establish that ‘main-squeeze’ steady boy-friend relationship from the be ginning. He has asked the co-ed for the complete chance to be hers’, and is expected to put down all of his other women. If the average black co-ed expects this of him, then she too must pay the price. If he has to put down all of his other women, then the majority of the times he dates her, she can expect to sleep out as being a common thing. The time elapsed in this sleep- out is an individual thing, and the awareness of it by other stu dents depends .on how well they keep their business to them selves. That sleep-out is the time it takes for the sexual rela tionship and the air of coolness following it. Everytime you se a male taking out his co-ed, you can think that the sleep-out is undoubtedly in his mind. How common is this sleep-out? This can be answered by say ing that a good percentage of the Clark men feel it is becoming more common everyday. They undoubtedly agree with it and support it. While taking a survey about the campus, students had this to say when asked “how common the sleep-out was to them, how they thought the co-eds felt, and how they felt toward it per sonally”: A co-ed Junior Political Science major said, “I think it is quite a common occurrance, but not yet on the everyday basis it could be. It seems to be because a lot of students who indulge in the sleep-outs are seen coming in at what seems to be irre gular times. If it’s a crime, then I’m guilty too, I guess. I feel I’m mature enough to understand the circumstances involved with it though.” A male Junior Political Science major said, “Yes, I feel it’s common. Its happening all the time. The girls are for it as long as no repercussions such as ridicule, being talked about, and being made pregnant come about. I think it is all right be cause the girl is in full agreement when she does go and knows to expect satisfaction out of it as much as I do. I think that the structure of society brings this into play not only on this cam pus, but in all phases of life. At the same tme, I’m not saying it’s tough that the co-eds are in this position, but that’s life.’ MAY GOD BLESS THOSE UNDER CLASSMEN WHO A RE TRYING TO RETURN,AND THOSE SENIORS WHO ARE TRYING TO LEAVE A male Freshman History major said, “I feel it’s quite a common thing. Just the other night down in Paschals, I saw a freshman I know sitting and hugged up with a known celebrity when my girl went over to ask the celebrity for his autograph. I don’t think she asked him for any boxing lessons. I think if both people are mature enough to handle- n, then it’s all right.” (contd. page 4)