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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 Congrats! to 'Red Machine’ for Stunning Victory over Fisk Univ 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