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Page Seven PANTHER October, 1974
Clark Studies
Housing Problem
By Barbara Jackson
EDITOR’S NOTE: Because of the large number of
freshmen enrolled and the shortage of on-campus hous
ing, some Clark coeds are being housed on Morris
Brown’s campus. The following is one such coed’s re
action.
For one first-year Clarkite, dormitory life is an
eighteenth century anachronism.
She lives in Gaines Hall on Morris Brown’s campus.
In a word, she calls it the “hole.”
This coed is only one of many Clarkites who are
locked out of the college’s dormitories because of a
housing shortage.
Accessibility to on-campus activities is at a minium.
For the coed, night activities are out of the question.
But she has plenty of company at the dorm noctur-
nally, what with a rat who “makes his rounds” and
roaches who are proud to be “the biggest in the world.”
The furniture in her room conjures up memories of a
spartan-like existence of an earlier era. The remains
include a medieval refugee presently incognito as a radi
ator, unlevel floors and lights that “go on and off at their
own leisure.”
Despite the fact that she is a dorm-dweller, the Clark
coed can never be dorm president. “Or anything,” she
maintains, “because the meetings are all scheduled at
night and Atlanta is too dangerous a city to walk from
Morris Brown to Clark at night.”
The slim coed may be even slimmer when cold weather
sets in, particularly since the hump from Morris Brown
to the dining hall is a good 15-minute trek.
Despite the overcrowd
ed conditions and the
limited housing space on
Clark’s campus, some
members of the admini
stration are still puzzled
as to whether the idea of
building a new dorm is the
solution.
According to Dean
Edith Thomas, Clark does
not necessarily need any
more dorms built.
“There are new types of
housing and this should be
considered,” she said.
She said that more of the
hotel and apartment type
accomodations would b e
better.
A new dorm would ac
commodate approximate
ly two hundred people ac
cording to William W.
Morrell, directorof
Business Affairs. “Hous
ing for urban colleges has
become a problem be
cause of the uncertainty of
students who want to live
on campus,” he said. “We
may not be able to fill the
new dorm because so
many students want to find
housing off-campus,”
Morrell said.
Since it is so obvious to
everyone that some type
of additional accommoda
tion is needed for the
school, Morrell and some
of his colleagues are go
ing to study the situation
of the apartments for a
while.
“We are going to allow
ourselves a couple or
three years to see the ex
perience, then we cande-
termine the need for dorm
space, Morrell said. “All
in all, our housing situa
tion is not going to get bet -
ter , it is going to get
steadily worse,” he said.
In the meantime, thea-
partments are going to be
kept and probably a new
dorm will be built after
this matter is studied,
Morrell said.
Morrell said the only
thing that bothers turna
bout the apartments is the
problem of transportation
for the students. How
ever, Dean Curtis Gilles
pie said that all of the stu
dents that are housed off-
campus live within seven
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or eight blocks from the
campus andpossibly
within one block of the bus
line.
Students being housed
off - campus because of the
inability of Clark to ac
commodate them is cer
tainly not very desirable
to Paul Brown, the new
dean of instruction and
faculty. “But under the
circumstances, it is the
best that we can do,” he
said. “We prefer to do
this rather than deny the
students an opportunity to
enroll at Clark College.
CALENDAR
OF EVENTS
Henderson
Attends
Summit
Clark College’s President,
Dr. Vivian W. Henderson
Dr. Vivian W. Hender
son, president of Clark
College participated in the
two day summit conference
on the economy in Wash
ington, D. C. Sept. 27-28
at the invitation of Presi
dent Gerald R. Ford.
Henderson, who has been
president of Clark since
1965, served on several
task forces and commis
sions during the Johnson
administration. He pre
sented papers in 1966 and
1967 to the White House
Conference on Civil Rights,
and he was named to the
Commission on Rural Po
verty in 1967-68.
A nationally recognized
economist and educator,
Henderson also serves on
the Board of Trustees of
the Ford Foundation and
as a director of the Citi
zens and Southern Bank and
the National Urban Coali
tion, to name a few.
He has published exten
sively in both educational
and economic journals.
Dr. Paul Brown
Clark Gets
New Dean
By Barbara Jackson
About a month ago, a
very unfamiliar and
questionable face confront
ed many Clarkites. Now
that face is no longer un
familiar but somewhat
questionable. Students are
continuing to ask, “Who
is he?”
He is Dean Paul Brown,
the new dean of instruct
ion and faculty whose
duties are to direct the
activities of the faculty and
instructors
He is at Clark to pro
vide general leadership in
curriculum and cooperate
with the departments in
hiring new faculty mem
bers. He is responsible
for promoting them from
one rank to another and
dismissing them if neces
sary.
He schedules all of the
classes and recommends
candidates for degrees to
the faculty.
According to Dean
Brown, all of his jobs are
designed to facilitate edu
cation processes for the
students. “Everything is
designed to aid the
students,” he said.
Dean Brown joined
Clark’s family July 1,
1974 and already sees a
problem in registration.
He says that if all of the
local students would get
all of their registration
and financial matters out
of the way ahead of time,
this would alleviate some
of the problems.
But Dean Brown says
he plans on making no
changes this year because
he wants to>study the sit
uation. “My big decision
is not make any changes
until I have become fully
informed,” he said. “I am
learning a great deal
about the situation that
will enable me to aid in
the planning for making
needed changes,” he said.
He left his position as
Chairman of the division
of natural science and
math and as head of the
department of biology at
Norfolk State College to
come to Clark because as
he says, “I was interested
in the challenge that Clark
College has, particular in
the innovations in its edu
cational endeavors.”
Oct. 1-Soccer, Clark vs. Morehouse, WashingtonHS, 2:00
p.m. Rap Session, Bowen Chapel, Holmes Hall, 7:00
p.m. Opening Convocation, Davage Aud., 11:00am.
Oct. 2-Santana, The Omni, 8:00 pm., $4.50, $5.50, $6.50
Oct. 3-Hungry Club Forum, BirdCage, United Youth Conf.,
8:00 pm. W.E.B. Du Bois Conference on the Popula
tion of the American Black, Sheraton-Biltmore Ho
tel, $35
Oct. 4-W.E.B. Du Bois Conf.
Oct. 5-Clark vs. Ft. Valley, Griffin
Morris Brown vs. Alabama State, Atlanta
W.E.B. Du Bois Conference
Oct. 6-Stevie Wonder, The Omni, 8:00 pm., $4.50, $5.50,
$6.50 Sunday School, Dorm TBA, 8:30am., College
Minister Movie: “Gordon’s War”, Davage Aud., 6 &
8:00 pm., I.D.
Oct. 7-Morehouse/Spelman Players, TBA
Oct. 8-Rap Session, Bowen Chapel, Holmes Hall, 7:30pm.
Oct. 9-Soccer, Clark vs. Mercer University, Macon Ga.
Oct. 10-Hungry Club Forum, Bird Cage, United Youth
Conf., 8:00 pm.
Minister Rochman of Nation of Islam, Sisters
Chapel Spelman, 7:30 pm.
Movie: “Dracula Has Risen From the Dead, 7:00
Howe Hall Spelman
Oct. 12-Morris Brown vs. Morehouse, Atlanta
Oct. 13-Sunday School, Dorm TBA, 8:30 am., College Min
ister Evening Church, Bowen Chapel, Holmes Hall,
6:30 p.m.
Oct. 13-Movie: “Chinese Connection,” Davage Aud., 6 &
8:00 p.m.
Oct. 16-Soccer, Clark vs. So. DeKalb, Decatur, Ga.,
WXAP/College Minister Gospel Road Show, Davage
Aud., Free Traffic, The Omni, 8:00p.m.,$4.50,$5
.50, $6.50 Mr. Blue and White Pagent, Read Hall,
Spelman, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 17-Hungry Club Forum, Bird Cage, United Youth
Conf., 8:00 p.m.
Oct. 18-Miss Torch Pageant/Spelman
Oct. 19-Soccer, Clark vs. TuskegeeInstitute, Washington
HS, 2:00 pm.
Football, Morris Brown vs. Florida A&M, Home
coming, Atlanta, Clark vs. Knoxville College, Knox
ville Tenn. Morehouse vs. Tuskegee Institute, Tus
kegee, Alabama.
Oct. 20-Gospel Extravaganza, Davage Aud., 8:00 pm.
Sunday School, Dorm TBA, 8:30 pm
Movie: “Walking Tall”, Davage Aud., 6& 8: pm.,
I.D.
Oct. 22-Rap Session, Bowen Chapel, Holmes Hall, 7:30pm.
Oct. 23-Honor Tribute to football team, 8:00 pm.,
Oct. 24-Soccer, Clark vs. Flager College, WashingtonHS,
2:00 pm
Hungry Club Forum, Bird Cage, United Youth Conf.
8:00 pm.
Oct. 25-Coronation John F. Kennedy Center
Bonfire, Time TBA