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Vol. 1, No. 1 Clark College, Atlanta January, 1970 Clark occupies new unit February 1 $2.2 million building best-equipped in Center Community program needs volunteers L. Andrews D. Jones Coeds take helm of campus paper Seniors Lillian Andrews and Desdi- monia Jones have been named co editors of this newspaper. They will serve during spring semester. They replace Ronald Coleman, who resigned in mid-December. Student Government Association President John Wyatt recommended the appointments of the new co-editors to Clark President Vivian W. Hender son. Henderson accepted Wyatt’s rec ommendation and officially appointed the editors at a meeting Dec. 9. Desdimonia Jones is a psychology major from Atlanta. Lillian Andrews, from Redan, Ga., is an accounting major. Both worked on The Panther last year. Dr. Henderson named to Ford committee Dr. Vivian W. Henderson, president of Clark College, has been named as the first Negro member of the Ford Foundation Committee. The Foundation was created in Jan uary 1936 “to receive and administer funds for scientific, educational, and charitable purposes”. Its worth has been estimated to overlap $3 billion. Henderson, a noted black economist serves many governmental committees and holds chairmanships in several of them. Haven-Warren Hall gets new tenants As Clark science departments get ready to move into their new home, other departments are preparing to move into the vacated science areas in Haven-Warren. Clark’s Admissions Office and the economics department, both currently located on Fair Street, will move into Haven-Warren, as will the social sciences department. Other depart ments may eventually move into Hav en-Warren, President Vivian W. Hen derson told The Panther. The college Business Office, already located in Haven-Warren, will be able to expand its facilities, Henderson added. Clark’s Student Community Service Program, designed to close the gap between campus and community, has a shortage of volunteers. Additional students are needed to help the program expand, according to its director, Clark junior Araminta Lett. She said students wishing to par ticipate in service projects can volun teer at the program office, 761 Fair St. “Students should render their best service to the community, and in re turn they will receive a service,” Miss Lett said. “No education elicited from books, classrooms and laboratories is compatible with the real experiences and education one receives by getting involved with the community.” During the fall semester the program has worked to set up tutorial programs for community students. But the lack of Clark volunteers has hampered the program’s efforts, Miss Lett said. “One of the program’s problems in the past has been getting sincere per sons to work as tutors,” Miss Lett noted. “Last year, for example, there were only two young men working with the program. This was a very depress ing figure, especially in relation to the different reports of the matriarchal system found in many black homes. “Young blacks need a strong male image today more than ever.” Miss Lett also expressed disappoint ment over the small number of Clark education majors who are working in the service program. “Usually when an education major applies,” she said, “it is because it is a class requirement, and then the educa tion major will work with the program only one semester.” The Student Community Service Program grew out of the Community Service Committee set up by the Clark SGA in the fall of 1967. Exams ahead Clark's fall semester reading period begins Thursday, January 15. Exams begin Jan. 19. Spring semester registration follows the exam period. Workmen add Science departments move Clark’s new academic building will be ready for occupancy Feb. 1, according to President Vivian W. Henderson. He said construction on the $2.2 million unit is on schedule and that campus departments now located in Haven-Warren Hall will soon be moving into the new facility. “The new building will be the best- equipped science unit in the Atlanta University Center and one of the finest in the South,” Henderson said. The building has not yet been given a name. It will house Clark’s departments of mathematics, biology, physics, chemis try, medical technology and modem foreign languages. The Cooperative General Science Project and the Thir teen College Curriculum program will also move into the new building on the corner of Chestnut and Fair. Among its features the building boasts: —Built-in gas lines and other science laboratory equipment. —A language lab that will allow an instructor to coach an individual stu dent without disturbing the rest of the class. —Individual stock rooms for biolo gy, chemistry, physics and medical technology. Georgia Smith Keeney Library will move from its present cramped quar ters in Haven-Warren to modern fa cilities in the new structure. Space will be provided to accommodate 36,00Q books recently acquired. Clark’s new library will be fully carpeted and will have an open stack system that will allow students to track down books they need. A special area will be set aside for microfilm equip ment recently donated to the college. There will be semi-private study areas and a special section for research volumes. The building will also contain stu dent lounges and smoking areas. According to Henderson, the build ing will be restricted in its use. He explained that part of the building’s construction was financed by funds from the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and the de partment grant prohibits use of the building for administrative or religious purposes. In addition to HEW, Clark alumni and private donors also helped pay for the new building, Henderson said. He said tuition payments were not used to help pay for any of the architectural or construction work but that tuition payments may be used toward the pur chase of instructional equipment. Edward C. Miller and Heery & Heery were the new building’s archi tects. Beers Construction Co. was gen eral contractor. The building is the first to go up on finishing touches campus since the completion of Braw- into modern facility shortly ley Hall in 1965. Campus plans provide for dorms, gym Clark's new academic building is only the first phase of the campus master plan. The next phase, according to Presi dent Vivian W. Henderson, provides for the construction of men’s and women’s dorms to accommodate 250- 300 students each. He said a site for the new dorms had not been chosen but that he expected construction to begin by the end of 1971. “Clark is healthy, and this expan sion reflects our health,” Henderson said. “We’re expanding to meet stu dent needs and to keep pace with accrediting requirements.” Long-range plans map out campus progress up to the year 2000, Hender son said. He said one item on the long-range drawing board is the con struction of a gym. College enrollment is expected to grow to 1,350 by 1975, Henderson said. Currently 1,059 students attend Clark.