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Page 2 PA NTHEK MA V 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 RONALD COLEMAN LIZZETTE JONES, Rubye Jackson FEATURE EDITORS DESDEMONIA JONES, HELEN BOYKINS REPORTERS ERASTUS CULPEPPER, ROSE BRYAN, LILLIAN ANDREWS GREEK EDITOR GERALD SPANN TYPISTS ADVISORS PHOTOGRAPHERS LINDA GASTON, JOYCE TURNER AL Bussell Chris E ckl Charles Smith PRESS Blacks Show Character BY RONALD COLEMAN These past few weeks, I have encountered several situations which have enriched my thoughts and dire concerns. This has made me very proud of the new Black man and of our heritage. Our new black man can now be trusted, and he can be relied upon to deliver the goods and quality service in a given situa tion. He now makes a mockery of the age-old image of the dis trusted Black man. Even though the background of ours is the same, our actions are all together opposite. I feel that this is a positive sign of our definite personal change. Yes, a change has most definitely taken place. A change which cannot and will not be overlooked by anyone. This is our new transformation of character. It has caused the misinformed whiteman to see still another side of the black man and has given him additional material upon which he can attempt to ‘rap down on us.’ The only saddening thing about this change that it is one change that some of us may not be able to cope with, so, since we all cannot possibly‘hang’, we all will not be able to make the transformation. However, we are not at fault. The ‘Negro’ that the white man has created to his personal liking has taunted him. This is his own fault. It was his idea to deprive us both socially and eco nomically. With such deprivation, it took such a strong people, as ourselves, to endure. Yet somehow, through all of this, wome of us were still taught the value of character. It cannot be disputed that surely our various environments would, and could, afford us the character-building influence that we needed. Now that we have begun a definite change of attitude and character, we can project our new image. The new Blackman will be a man who is both respected and looked upon as a man of trust. That is why I feel tis strong conviction that from this time henceforth, the Whiteman, and anyone else, will have to look elsewhere for his ‘traditional scapegoat’. From now on, in every opportunity that arises, I feel we will show the fruits of our new character and thereby illuminate the prowess of the new Blackman. With this, the world will know the quality that effervesces in the blood of us - the black people. So brothers and sisters... all that I ask is that we ... STAY SOULFUL. Brawley Comments On Clark History President Emeritus, Dr. James P. Brawley revealed from memory that Clark has a very rich and vivid past his tory. He said “Clark has had a rich history in the purpose and zeal which the founders had to minister to the newly freed race.” OLD INSTRUCTORS Dr. Brawley also said “the big problem teachers had at Clark’s founding was to get the students to master the elements of writing and reading. In a very short time, they were teaching the students to teach and preach. Then they went through a period of trying to get them to develop themselves economically. Among the things emphasized in the first 12-15 years were industrial trainings. By 1900, Clark had one of the best industrial training pro grams anywhere in the country. People from all over the coun try came to participate in the institutes.” Further questions led to the comment on Clark’s academic side. Academic wise, he said that the fine arts and classi cal languages were emphasiz'd along with science and the s j- dents became very proficient. So with this little revelation of Clark’s vivid past, one can begin to further realize why Clark has always remained ‘second to none.’ THE PANTHER STAFF CON GRATULATE S THE SENIOR CENTENNIAL CLASS OF 1969 UPON THEIR G RADUATION. *+******************* *7he Sdttvit (Z&uitn, • - ' A Change Has Come BY RONALD COLEMAN With black selling better on the market than ever before, there is no reason for any one individual or any black group to allow themselves to be exposed to the ill-digestible racial sufferage they have been so long accustomed to. “The hunter has now become the hunted; fore, the rabbit has the gun and the hunter has to run.” This could very well sum marize the general situation in this controversial black versus white thing. It seems that through a natural evolution, plus through vast literary enlightenment, as well as the new black attitude toward the denial of the many enriching resources long desired by the little man, the black man has at last begun to show some signs of a vast individual determination to materiallis- tically construct, instead of verbally phrasing his concept of ‘black power. ’ Everywhere you turn today, youth is on the move. More and more one can find the antiquated individuals and individual techniques adhering to a more modernistic viewpoint, or else folding up in the shadows of our new more dominate youthful concepts. So it is thus with the new breed of black leaders, entertainers, businessmen, politicians, athletes, and everyday man in general Everyone wants a piece of the action. More and more the black man is learning t work, plan, demand, or to insidiously devise a particular method of fulfilling a specific goal. The white man has finally taken an interest and entered into the black ghetto -- also trying to avert a riot reoccurrence throughout the nation. What he doesn’trealize is the fact that the black man is really not that anxious to blow Ms own cool by getting busted be hind a T. V., a stereo, or some choice selection of rare whiskies. The white man does not realize that once the average Black man gets into a little sometMng, he’ll do almost anything to protect his cool and magnify his particular standing as a result of his own tMng. Just like the type - cast individual has always shined his new car, pressed his new suit, and combed out Ms natural, he is beginning to desire the taste for Ms own business and is eager to participate in his tMng that may tend to enhance his being comparable to the white man. The word has been passed around so long and so strongly that the many black leaders as well as the black men all over the nation believes that black is truly beautiful and is to be not con sidered a fighting word when someone calls you that. Now it is a pass-word of fellow identification to a mightier order. The determination is showing in the masses, as the many Black leaders arise to organize and lead the people, the black race as a whole will continually step up its’ rate of black progress, and as the progress takes place, so will the unity of the race as a whole, and believe me, on every front, the white man will be right there to lend a helping hand, knee-deep in the meadow grass called the ghetto, that HE HAS FINALLY ENTERED; fore, he is no fool. Dear Lillian: For the last edition of the PANTHER, you wrote an arti cle entitled “What Can A Girl Do?”, where you made the fol lowing statement - “don’t tell the freshmen girl about the fel low who told Ms buddy he didn’t know she could spread her legs so wide when she did a split at the basketball game.” “I’m sure this is only one among many things he didn’t know about her. However, the purpose of this short passage is not to tell you this, but to inform you of the fact that the only way to properly do a full split is to open your legs wide ly. In the picture below, notice how the legs are spread. If you need more information on the subject, check with any cheerleader for a memograph sheet. Even better still, notice YOURS the next time you hap pen to spread them, WHILE SPLITTING. Yours truly, THE CHEERLEADERS TO PASS, OR NOT TO PASS .... by Arnetia Abercrombie As one walks down the halls, many times he hears bits of conversation similar to this: “I didn’t pass the test?” “Don’t you give points for oral reci tation?” “I’m the teacher and I should know..” Statements like these are heard all over cam pus whenever grade reports are due. There are obviously some reasons for tMs sudden concern about grades. The answer prob ably lies in some phase of our educational system. At times, I feel that educators today are trying to embed in the minds of students the idea that the important factor is not the grade on the report card, but how much knowledge one has managed to accumulate in a giv en period of time. Yet, these same educators will qualify one by the very grades that are not to be considered important. Many high school students know how it feels to be turned down by a college because of grade averages. Somewhere, some one is forgetting the criteria of the semi-Utopian world, that what one knows as an individ ual is sufficient. The contrast is much too great. Therefore, I feel that the only realistic thing to do is “to pass or not to pass.” I- V> ■"l f 1 I 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.