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Vol. 1, No. 2
Clark College, Atlanta
February, 1970
Clarkites student teach
in Rochester, New York
Six Clarkites are among the ten Atlanta University Center students presently
doing their student teaching in Rochester, New York and the surrounding school
districts.
The program was proposed by the
Human Relations Commission in
1967. It included member colleges of
the United Negro College Fund, The
University of Rochester and the Mon
roe surburban school districts.
In 1968 a pilot project was con
ducted to gain first-hand knowledge of
the potential success of such a pro
gram. An evaluation of the project was
favorable and reported that the project
should be continued and expanded.
Clark served as host in October,
1969, for a Regional Planning Confer
ence on the southern college student
teaching program for the winter and
spring placement. As a result of the
meeting Clark has six student teachers
participating in the Cooperative South
ern Student Teaching Program and
Morris Brown has four.
The Clark students are: Gail Carter
and Joyce Turner, both who are Span
ish majors and Mary Ann Clark, a
music major. They are all from Atlan
ta. Ernestine Weaver, a French major
is from Staten Island, New York. Ann
Tensley, an elementary education
major from Glennville, Georgia, and
Donald Williamson, a history major
from Augusta, Georgia, are also in the
group.
These student teachers will be super
vised by education and staff members
from the University of Rochester, and
College of the Nazareth. Dr. Ester
Pearlie Dove, Chairman of the Educa
tion Department, or Miss Rebecca
Davis, Supervisor of Student Teaching,
will visit the Clark students before the
completion of their assignments.
According to Dr. Dove, early reports
from the students and the host districts
indicate the experience to be mutually
rewarding.
Pres. Henderson
stricken at
Council meeting
President Vivian W. Henderson is
presently still recovering from a re
cent illness. He was stricken while at
tending a Council of President's meet
ing in the Bahamas the first week in
February and was immediately flown
home.
Last reports were that Dr. Hender
son was resting comfortably with only
a slight improvement.
Clark College physician sees need
for better health habits
The Clark College clinic treats a
variety of cases of illnesses daily. The
staff feels that better health habits
would void some of the sicknesses that
occur frequently among Clark students.
Surprisingly the number of venereal
and other types of diseases outnumber
even the common cold on the campus.
The Panther asked Dr. Alfred J. Turk,
the college physician, the kinds of ill
nesses treated in the clinic and received
this reply:
“We treat frequent cases of gastritis
—(inflammation of the stomach lin
ing, caused by irregular eating habits)
urinary tract diseases, cervisitis, vagi
nitis, myositis (muscle inflammation
common to atheletes), bone fractures,
inflammation of the eyes, anemia,
hypertension, ear infections, dizziness,
headaches, heart disease, asthma, gas-
tro-intestinal-ulcer diseases, colitis, cys
titis (inflammation of the bladder);
urethritis, myopia and hyperopia (vi
sion defects)."
When asked about the number of
venereal disease cases on the campus,
Dr. Turk replied, “The cases of gonor
rhea, syphilis, trichomonasis are in high
frequencies throughout the school year
■—there are just as many cases in the
winter as in the spring. We run into
them more so than we do the common
cold. Colds on this campus are not a
frequent occurence. We have had one
or two cases of influenza. We also run
into an infection that causes little
growths to form in the lower crevices
of the thighs. We call this ‘lympho-
glandular inquinale’.’’
Turk went on to say, “Students can
greatly reduce their illnesses by im
proving their eating habits, cutting
down on the pot, alcohol, and cigar
ettes, proper and daily rest, drinking
six to eight glasses of water, and daily
hot baths."
In line with eradication of venereal
diseases Dr. Turk told The Panther,
“The students here could eliminate the
cases entirely by not having sexual rela
tions with each other. Atlanta does
have the highest incidence of cases of
venereal disease in the nation though.
So this campus is just a small sampling
of a large majority.”
AWAY WE GO!
Four of Six Clarkites who are practice teaching in New York. L-R, Ann Tensley, Gail Carter,
Mary J. Clark, and Joyce Turner.
f Your Mama’faces dilemma
Your Mama Is Black, the weekly
that P.R.I.D.E. publishes, has not
made an appearance on Clark’s cam
pus for more than a month. The
Panther talked with Your Mama editor,
Roger Porter, and was told that the
publication would be published less
frequent this year because of several
problem, among them—staffing.
Barbara Eiland, vice president of the
SGA, and a Your Mama reporter, is
student teaching and does not have the
time she formerly had in the prepara
tion of the paper. Besides developing
and writing stories, she also did the
typing required and helped to compile
the paper.
Lurma Rackley presently works two
jobs besides being enrolledd as a full
time Clark student. She works with
the paper in the same capacity as
Miss Eiland.
Roger Porter, the editor, is not in
school this semester.
Other than the staffing problem, the
paper does not have the needed funds
to operate. Money for paper and other
printing materials was gotten through
private donations and from the staff’s
pockets.
Although a paper has not been out
since the beginning of the Christmas
holidays, one is planned very soon,
according to Nathaniel Scurry, presi
dent of P.R.I.D.E.
Tuition and fees
to rise at Clark
The tuition and fees of Clark Col
lege students will definitely show what
Richard Nixon’s inflation is doing to
the cost of everything. Tuition will
show an increase that is much the same
as that of all the other schools in the
center, although Morris Brown’s is
slightly more and Spel man’s is a little
less.
1969-70
1970-71
Tuition
$1000
$1100
Fees
155
192
Room
216
243
Board
530
575
Laundry
53
54
Total
$1954
$2164
Other area schools will have the fol
lowing as their costs:
Tuition Fees Room
per
Ga. State $45 (course) $6 No dorms
Ga. Tech 504 — $216
Emory 2175 — 405