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Vol. XXXIV, No. 1
The Panther
A Voice for
Student
Sentiment
Clark College, Atlanta
October-November, 1970
Wire service
gives campus
latest news
Latest news , from around the
world now flows into Clark via
a United Press International tele
type machine.
The teletype, located in Turner-
Tanner Hall, began operation in
early October. UPI news stories
are posted regularly each week
day on a bulletin board inside
the quadrangle entrance of Ha
ven-Warren Hall.
Clark receives UPI’s A wire,
which carries national and in
ternational news. It is the same
news report that goes to many
daily newspapers.
During the spring semester
students in the Journalism Stud
ies Program newspaper
,class will sort and edit the UPI
stories as part of regular class
assignments, said Alan Bussel,
assistant professor of Journalism
Studies. A grant from the Poin
ter Fund of St. Petersburg, Fla.,
is underwriting the cost of the
UPI service, Bussel said.
College to explore
work-study plan
Clark is studying the possibil
ity of establishing a cooperative
education program that would
allow students to alternate study
with work.
News flows in
Students catch up on latest news developments
from the United Press International news wire
in Turner-Tanner Hall. Stories from the teletype
are posted regularly on a bulletin board in Ha
ven-Warren Hall.
Recently the Department of
Health, Education and Welfare
awarded the college a $25,000
grant to study the possibility of
setting up such a program, said
(Mrs. Jennye T. Harland, acting
chairman of the Business Educa
tion and Office Administration
Department.
Mrs. Harland said the HEW
grant will allow the college to
survey students, faculty and pro
spective employers about the
needs for a cooperative education
program. The survey will also
study curriculum arangement, she
said.
Business group chooses
new slate of officers
The Clark Chapter of Phi Beta
Lamjbda, national college and un
iversity business organizations,
elected officers at its first meet
ing recently.
Officers for the 1970-71 school
year are: Regina Hatten, presi
dent; Larry Earvin, vice-presi
dent; Sandra White, secretary;
Hershel Bush treasurer; and Dor
is Lyles, reporter.
Patricia Florence, Miss Phi Be
ta Lambda, was also elected at
the meeting.
Soldier in Nam wants
coeds as pen pals
A lonely GI in South Vietnam
is seeking letters from Clark co
eds.
James H. Jackson wrote Clark
to say that he and his buddies
get little mail from home.
“We would be very glad to cor
respond with some ladies,”
Jackson wrote. ‘‘I will see that
all letters received will be an
swered the same day.”
Jackson’s address is NS A Sai
gon, Code 4141, FPO San Fran
cisco, Calif. 96621.
Not a threat’
SGA chief vows action
to collect loans owed
Black Liberation Bank
Student Government Associa
tion (SGA President Joseph
Johnson has told The Panther
that the Black Hand, an organi
zation of students responsible for
upholding the policies of the
SGA, would take action against
students who neglect to pay back
money borrowed from the SGA
Black Liberation Bank.
Johnson, asked about what kind
of action the Black Hand might
take, said: “If you join the bank
and do not pay the money back,
you will receive first-hand ex
perience.”
Asked if this constituted a
threat, Johnson said, “No, this
is not a threat.”
Last year’s SGA administration
turned the bank’s delinquent list
into the business office. Before
students whose names appeared
on the list could take final ex-
ams, the money owed to the bank
had to be payed.
According to Johnson, students
at Clark are not taking advan
tage of the SGA bank. The ser
vices of the bank have been wid-
ly publicized, but participation
by students has been low, Johnson
said. Since the bank opened in
September, only 38 persons have
joined.
Coeds majority
A female majority of two to
one exists in this year’s fresh
man class of 303 students.
Most of the freshmen are from
Atlanta and cities surrounding
it. Many come from Alabama
and Florida. The remainder are
from several northern cities.
Many freshmen, asked . their
reasons for coming to Clark, said
that a college recruiter or friends
informed them about the insti
tution.
A $1 membership fee is required
of every student using the batik's
services “to maintain the stabil
ity of the bank,” Johnson said.
The bank loans from $5 to $15
to students for a two-week period
at 5 per cent interest.
A savings department from
which students can withdraw
money they’re saving at any time,
and a correct change division for
students to get the right amount
of change needed have been add
ed to the services of the bank,
Johnson said.
The bank’s purpose is to pro
vide a source of money for stu
dents facing minor financial
problems. Insufficient funds and
the SGA’s failure to enforce the
5 per cent interest rate led to
the bank’s failure last year.
“The SGA will do more to
publicize the bank,” Johnson
said. “We want to make sisters
and brothers aware of the signi
ficant service that the bank can
provide. The SGA will sponsor
fund-raising events to build up
the bank’s funds:”
At the end of the school year,
the remainding funds in the bank
will be placed in the treasury of
next year’s SGA administration.
in fresman class
Many expressed disappointment
concerning the physical appear
ance of Clark. One freshman said
sh e expected so much and found
so little.
Most freshmen began to over
look the appearance and size of
Clank after making friends, said
one freshmen guide. “If you ask
most freshmen now, you will find
that the majority of them love
“CC’ she said.
In the face of budget cut
13 College Program ask more OEO $$
Clark plans to ask the Office of Ec
onomic Opportunity for more funds
to finance the experimental 13 Col
lege Curriculum Program (13 CCP).
Dr. Lloyd R. Howell, 13 CCP direc
tor, said that the college will submit
a proposal to OEO by Nov. 15 asking
for three years of additional funding.
Originally the program was to have
ended in May, 1972.
“The amount of the budget proposal
to OEO has not been determined,”
said Dr. Howell, “but it will depend on
the elements in the proposal.”
Howell said some of the elements
in the proposal call for increasing the
number of instructors in the program
from 12 to 25, training new staffers in
the methods of the program, travel
qxpenses, and curriculum supplies.
“I think the OEO will grant Clark’s
proposal,” said Dr. Howell. “There
might be some modifications but the
basic idea will be granted.’
'This year the 13 CCP has a budget
of $204,680, down from $266,000' last
year. The budget was cut because
each year Clark itself takes in more
of the responsibility of financing the
program. “This year Clark is financ
ing the program more than it has in
previous years,” said Dr. Howell.
One of the program’s teaching
methods, “learn by doing,” will be af
fected by the budget cut.
No money was allotted for cultural
enrichment expenses this year.
When asked why curtural enrich
ment had been eliminated from the
program’s budget, Dr. Howell said that
OEO felt money formerly being uti
lized in the area should be used else
where.
“OEO questioned the students’ last
ing knowledge received from the trips
previously taken,” Howell said. “Any
trips taken by the program this year
will be financed by the students.”
There was a $26,000 cut in curricu
lum supplies this year.
“Books and other reading material
formerly supplied to students in the
program will be limited,” Dr. Howell
said. “But basic materials used in the
science and math classes will con
tinue to be furnished.”
In its original plan, the departments
of the 13 CCP would merge with or
supplement the school’s general cur
riculum when the program ended.
“Ideas and expression, measures of
anaytical thinking, and humanities are
fully merged in the school’s regular
program,” Howell said. “Social science,
biology and physical science have been
modified and merged with the curricu
lum, but math, as of yet, hasn’t merged
with the regular school curriculum.”
The experimental 13 CCP. which was
designed to eventually re-structure
Clark’s curriculum of general educa
tion, “is not interested mainly in the
dead issues of yesterday,” said Dr.
Howell. “We are concerned more with
contemporary issues in education that
would make the student’s life more
relevant and meaningful.”
The program includes 13 other pre
dominantly black colleges and univer
sities, as well as Clark.
When asked why Clark was the only
member of the program in the Atlanta
University Center, Dr. Howell replied
that “no other school here has shown
an interest in becoming a member.”