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The Panther
February, 1970
College minister relates religion to Clark students
When students and young people
everywhere no longer regard religion
as a panacea for all the evils in the
world, the question of how Clark stu
dents can relate to religion and what
is being done on Clark’s campus to
provide a practical and relevant ap
proach to it is reported by Dr. John
athan Jackson, Clark’s College min
ister.
proach to it is reported by Dr. Jon-
Dr. Jonathan Jackson, is “orthodox”
enough to please older people—yet un-
orthodoxed enough to relate to the
young. In an interview with The
Panther he shared some interesting
thoughts.
According to Dr. Jackson, religion
can be considered in two ways, the
first way is viewing it as dealing with
matters of the church, beliefs, dogma
and ritual. The second way is seeing
it as an existential concern or a quest
for meaning in life.
The first way of viewing religion is
generally the way most people see it—
as church-going or church organiza
tion. This is important for religion
must have an organization and outer
structure as all other cultural forms,
but religion is much more than this.
When students and laymen look at
how many of the “outher church struc
tures” do not keep up with society, they
Students have complained about the
last issue of The Panther. They were
not satisfied with its contents.
Reasons for discontent have been
given as:
1. Paper was not long enough
2. Paper had no sports
3. Paper was not geared toward
blackness
4. The material did not relate to
Clark students
5. Paper needed poetry
6. Paper had too much about
— President Henderson
7. Paper was too tame
8. Paper did not have enough
pictures
9. Paper did not need a picture of
Dr. King
The Panther editor, Lillian Andrews,
has expressed and unwillingness on the
part of the complainers to do some
thing about the things which they did
not like about the paper.
“I am under the impression that the
complainers wanted a “Give cm Hell”
sheet, even though I don't believe they
would have liked that either.”
She went on, “Some of the very
students who have been invited to work
with the paper and who declined,
gripe at the staff as if we have nothing
to do but get out a paper for them to
complain about. If they could offer
some constructive ideas about the
thing. I’d appreciate them. But most
of the stuff they talk is off the wall
mess. If they don’t care enough to
come in and help I don’t care enough
to overwork myself and the staff just
to create something that I am not in
agreement with. The staff is barely
three people these three people are full
time students and two of them have
jobs outside the paper. The main
people who do no more than come to
class and go and lay on their behinds
are the ones who could help, but they
lay around and complain.”
When asked if she plans to meet with
any of the complainers, Miss Andrews
said, “No, I don’t. If the complainers
want to they will have to catch the staff
when they can. All our meetings are
open to the students but nobody shows
up. I was satisfied with the paper and
nobody’s complaints can make me feel
any differently. Eighty four hours of
feel that all of religion has failed and
is meaningless. When they criticize the
conservatism of the outer form, they
think they have criticized all of religion
and because in many instances their
criticism are valid, they then sweep
religion under the rug as so much dirt
or dust.
But the outer form of religion are
the symbols through which is revealed
man's striving and struggle to find out
who man is and what his place is in
the universe. The “inner religion,” is
the concern of everyone, whether he
knows it or not, for every person wants
to know his identity and why he is in
this “bag" universe. Actually, it does
not matter if a person is an atheist or
an agnostic; classes in religion are
meaningful to him in that they show
hi m how men through the ages have
been in a quest for the good life.
For the above reason, even those
movements in society that are not
under the guidance of the church, but
are concerned about ultimate meaning
are in a kind of religious quest.
On our campus, those of us who
deal with religion have tried to make
everyone aware of both the outer and
inner dimension of the religious life
in both the classroom and religious ac
tivities. In the religious life activities,
we have the Philo Club made up of
my time during the Christmas holidays
went on that paper. Everybody else was
out partying. The only thing I got
to say to the discontented few is ‘To
get something, you gotta give some
thing’.”
The Panther intends to function as
before unless the staff gains more of
a variety of personalities.
The Atlanta University Center’s
radio station has finally found a home.
The main studio will be located in Sale
Hall Annex at Morehouse College. All
the colleges were approached with the
idea but reported they didn’t have the
space.
Lo Jelks, a reporter with WSB-tele-
vision since 1967, got the idea for the
station more than ten years ago while
he was a student here at Clark. His
seven-year active campaign to convince
the Center presidents of the need for a
student operated radio has finally been
effected.
young men and women interested in
full time religious work. The Soul
Seekers and the Soul Seekers’ Choir
are interested in showing the relevance
of religion for all students and faculty
at Clark. Our Tuesday morning wor
ship services attempt to use various
new approaches to worship and prayer.
We recently organized growth groups
where students and faculty could come
and learn more about the level of feel
ing in themselves and others.
Special activities during the year in
clude, among other things, Religious
Emphasis Observance. In this activity
we set aside a special time to seek
communion with the spiritual dimen
sion of life. On Sunday, March 1 at
5:00 p.m., children will be brought
from Slater Elementary School along
with other dance groups to do a wor
ship service in dance form. Monday,
March 2 at 7:30 p.m., The Reverend
Martin Chandler will render “A Night
of Soul,” when he will sing and speak.
Tuesday, March 3, Dr. Evans Craw
ford, the Dean of Chapel at Howard
University in Washington, D.C., will
speak, and Wednesday night, the Soul
Seekers Choir will give a concert. We
invite everyone to come and help us in
the working together of both the inner
and outer form of religious life on our
campus.
and provide the guilt-feeling whites
with a good red to white whipping.
In spite of the overt attempt by the
other players to portray the Indian as a
carbon copy of pale-face frustration,
Robert Redford rides through the
debris untarnished.
To the film credits of Alabama
Polonsky we add his latest success. It
is paralleled only by the revered his
torical revelation of “Slaves.”
New building changes
destinies of equipment
When the science and foreign lan
guages departments move into the new
academic building, one of them will
take their old equipment and the other
will leave theirs.
Dr. Johnson of the biology depart
ment told The Panther that the science
equipment would be used in the new
building, with very few exceptions such
as the old charts.
Paul McGirt, chairman of the
foreign languages department told The
Panther that the old languages equip
ment would not be used in the new
building. He does not know at this
time what will be done with it.
SCHEDULE OF
COMING EVENTS
Sunday, March 1-4
Religious Emphasis Week
Thursday, March 5
Sisters Chapel: “Trumpets of the Lord,”
Musical adaptation of "God’s Trom
bones," by James Weldon Johnson—
Admission Free
Friday, March 6
8:00 p.m.—Social—UNCF—Senior Class
Saturday, March 7
8:00 p.m.—Social—UNCF—Freshman
Class
Tuesday, March 10
Book Review: Keepers of the House
3:00 p.m.
Friday, March 13
8:00 p.m.—Social—UNCF—Sophomore
Class
Saturday, March 14
8:00 p.m.—Social—UNCF—Junior Class
Fountain given by widow
Clark students never wonder about
the fountain that decorates the center
of the far end of the quadrangle. The
fountain was a gift from the widow of
J. W. E. Bowen, a Clark College Board
of Trustees chairman.
Bishop Bowen died in 1962 and the
fountain was donated shortly after
wards.
The chapel located on the main
floor of Holmes Hall was given Clark
by the same donor.
Clark disregards
Negro history week
The Negro History Week program
scheduled for February 12, 1970 was
pre-empted because of the Convoca
tion Day exercises in which Vice-
Mayor Maynard Jackson was guest
speaker.
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f Willie Boy’ depicts pale-
faced Indian life
If you just have to see a movie, try
“Willie Boy.”
The picture, now playing at the Fine
Arts Theatre on Peachtree, has its
faults, but comparied with the bulk of
pictures Hollywood turns out today, it
really isn’t bad.
“Willie Boy” is the latest version of
the old story of boy loves girl, girl's
pop objects to boy and the messy
complications that follow. Only in the
current variation the girl and the boy
are American Indians. But I am willing
to wager, that before the screen goes
black every living Indian will become
catatonic and every dead one will have
to be rebuired.
The film is set in 1909 and is aimed
at pointing up the timeless inherent
disorders of the American society. The
idea is somehow lost between the un
reality of the story and the conspiracy
of the movie industry to count coins
The station will be called “WAUC".
The last three letters are initials of the
Atlanta University Center.
“Students will set policies of the
station,” said Jelks. and added that the
purpose of the station is to provide
valuable training for students who are
interested in broadcasting as a career
and at the same time serve the needs
of the Atlanta University students.
The station will have discussions,
debates and various quality music
programs. Air time will be weekdays
from 3:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m. and
weekends from 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 am.
The Panther gets complaints