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4>Clark College hP ANTHER VOL. XXXvn NO. 5 CLARK COLLEGE FEBRUARY 1974 Henderson 'Roasted’ Wiih Honors At Ceremony President Henderson holding plaques; shown Imre from 1 to r) is his wife, Anna Henderson; Andrews Stevens, a Clark senior; and Henderson’s oldest brother, James J. Henderson. By CAROLYN M. WADE Students, faculty mem bers, and school adminis trators filled Clark Col lege’s Davage Auditorium, Jan. 24, in an effort to show their love and admiration for their president, Dr. Vi vian W. Henderson. “Dr. Henderson, We Love You Madly Day,” which moved the president to a display of tears, was a great suc cess through the organiza tion of the Clark College Student government As sociation. After arriving a little late, Henderson was given a standing ovation by the audience of 600 who came to witness his “roast” It was an opportunity for many of his friends and co-wor kers to express their feel ings for him. Edward Brantley, presi dent of Knoxville College and friend of Henderson had many praises for his collea gues. “The characteristic about Henderson which first im pressed me was his sincere and deep appreciation for the Community Observes King’s Birthday BY RONALD HARRIS Awards, music, and spee ches set the pace for the rally commemorat ing the 45th birthday an niversary of slain civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King, Jan. 15 at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium. Congressman Andrew Young moderated the pro gram which was sponsored by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Social Change. Such dignitaries as Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, presi dent of the Atlanta Board of Education, Congressman Julian Bond, and former At lanta Mayor Allen,pas sed out various awards and spoke on the life and aspi rations of Dr. King. Speaking to a crowd of about 5,000, Young challen ged audience to “do some thing new, make nonvio lence a part of you,” which was also the theme of this years anniversary celebra tion. Music was an integral part of the community rally. Liz Spraggins, an Atlanta based sonstress, the Bill Odum Band, Morehouse College Glee Club Quartet, the Thur mond Specials, and the 45th Anniversary Celebration- Concert Band entertained the audience with a variety of music forms, ranging from contemporary to gos pel. Mrs. Coretta Scott King, wife of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was forced to leave the rally early due to a previous engagement, but not before saying a few words to the audience after receiving a standing ovation. “I want to thank you for this • wonderful turn out in honor of my husband,” Mrs. King said, “I love you.” Two students, Tina Pea cock of Murphy High School and Mike Fisher of Atlanta University, attracted much attention with their orations on the life of Dr. King. Fisher, representing the Atlanta University Center, said Black people must de mand new leadership, “ Lea dership that will totally dismantle racism in Ame rica.” individual,” Brantley said. “He is a man deeply and profoundly interested in the individual, ’ ’ Brantley said. Dr. Albert Manley, presi dent of Spelman College, was also on hand for the cere monies. “Dr. Henderson has al ways excelled in what he tried to do,” Manly said. Manly was Dean of Aca demic Affairs at North Caro lina College when Hender son was a student there. “Vivian was not the ea siest student to get along with at North Carolina Col lege,” Manly said. Many more praises of Henderson were forthcom ing out the true nature of a “roast” was not be denied. Herman Long, president of Talladega College was one of first to begin the friendly verbal onslaught. “I didn’t come to praise Caesar, I really came to roast him,” Long said. “Now I have a chance to get even.” “We have become not only associates but very good friends,’’Long said of his relationship with Hen derson. “Sometimes I’ve re gretted it and sometimes I’ve been thankful.” There was a surprise vi sit by Henderson’s eldest brother, J. J. Henderson, who reminisced over some of their past experiences. There was also a letter of congratulations from Mayor Maynard Jackson presented by the mayor’s press secre tary, Pearl Lomax. After the “roast,” Hen derson was presented with a gift and two plaques. Henderson was overcome by tears as he stood be fore the audience to give him his thank - you address. I’m not too good at things like this,” Henderson said in a trembling voice. “I tried to get out of it. I postponed the dates three times.” Students, faculty, and alumni were elated with the program and the idea of honoring Henderson. ”It was a most impres sive tribute to a very dyna mite character,” Mrs. Mat- tie Briscoe, a Clark Col lege alumnus said. Mrs. Vivian Henderson, the president’s wife, was present for the ceremony also. “1 thought the program was nice and very well done,” Mrs. Henderson said. “He looks like the big tough guy, but he’s really a sof ty,” she said speaking on Henderson’s tears at the end of the p>"ogr o ”' “I tnink for the first time the student body is aware of the many qualities of the president and there was a sincere exchange of appre ciation between the student body and the president,” Barbara Ross, vice - presi dent of the Clark College Student Government Asso ciation said after the pro gram. The sentiments of every one at theprogram were pro bably summed up by the words of Curtis D. Gilles pie, Clark College Dean of Students in his address to Henderson. “On behalf of the staff and administration, we love you madly, but we respect you profoundly,” Gillespie said. TUITION HIKED 11 PER CENT By RONALD HARRIS A $235 increase in tuition and fees will be staring Clark College resident stu dents in the face during the academic year 1974-75, ac cording to various adminis trative sources. The increase will include a $150 hike in tuition com mon to all undergraduate schools in the A. U. Center. Fees, room, board, and laundry for Clark College will increase a total of $85. President Henderson, responding to requests for clarity on the question of the tuition increase, sent a pre pared statement to the Pan ther staff. “Most of the increase in tuition, 70% is for facul ty and staff salaries,” Hen derson said. “The remain ing 25% is for scholar ships, grants, loans, and other forms of financial aid for students, and five per cent is for instructional.” “Tuition payments by stu dents are not used for buil ding, grounds, maintenance, board and room,” Hender son said. “Tuition payments are used for curriculum, in struction, and financial aid only.” A diagram of student char ges from the academic year 1971-72 to 1974-75 shows tuition has increase $275 ov er this time spand. Fees, according to the diagram, have increased $50, room has increased $35, board has increased $140, and laun dry only five dollars, a total increase of $505 over four years. According to Mr. William Morrell, Director of Busi ness Affairs at Clark, fee increases in room, board, and laundry are needed to offset the rise in prices that are presently covering the nation. With the rise in the cost of living, an increase in fees is needed to cover in creases in food prices for the cafeteria and to com pensate a salary increase for those persons working in immediate student services such as laundry workers, do rmitory workers, janitorial services, and cafeteria wor kers, Morrell said. Curtis G. Gillespie, Dean of Students attributed a lack of federal aid as a fac tor in the tuition hike. “To some extent, pos sibly an increase in tuition is due to cutbacks in fe deral funds for financial aid,” Gillespie said. According to Gillespie, the Nixon administration has severely cut back financial assistance to college while pretending to be increasing federal funding. “He (Nixon) tried to sub stitute the Basic Educatio nal Opportunity Grant, BEOG for the Educational Oppor tunity Grant, EOG,” Gilles pie said. “He promised $1400 would be the maxi mum a student could re ceive under the BEOG, but when it came out the maxi mum was actually $455. Under EOG a student could receive a $1000 maximum. Morrell pointed at a lack of federal funds as a factor in the tuition increase, al so. “The cut-back of federal funds started with the end of the Kennedy administra tion and continued to now,” Morrell said. “The unfortunate thing,” Morreall said, “ is that 85% of our students are on some kind of financial aid; either scholarships, EOG, BEOG, National De fense Loan, or work study. ” With tuition steadily ri sing, Clark College faces the dilemma of pricing it self out of the student mar ket. “It is going to become more and more of a chal lenge for Clark College to Continued on Page 7