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“Our media is the means of liberation, an instrument of clarification, information, education and mobilization." Kwame Nkrumah VOL. XXXVIII NO. 2 The Clark College ENIHER CLARK COLLEGE OCTOBER 1974 r Clark Prepares Groundbreaking For New Physical Ed. Center By Vernard Howard Clark College has com pleted financing its propos ed $2.8 million Health Sciences and Physical Edu cation Center and is pre paring for groundbreaking ceremonies early in 1975. The cost of the new facility is covered in part by major grants from the Gustavus and Louise Pfeif fer Research Foundation, the Ford Foundation and a federal low-interest con struction loan. Local support includes grants from the Life In surance Company of Geor gia, the Rich’s Foundation and the Allen Foundation. Construction of the building will be a major part of Clark College’s de velopment of new curricula preparing students for ca reers in the allied health professions. The new building will permit the addition of curricula in physical therapy, occupa tional therapy and respira tory therapy. The new health sciences center will also house the college’s first gymnasium, swimming pool, and related physical education and recreation facilities. The building will include addi tional classrooms. The gymnasium in the center will probably be the biggest asset to Clark. It will bring an end to the basketball team practicing outside on the pave court and playing their home games in the gymnasium of Washington High School. This will also bring Clark- ites closer to home to take their physical education classes rather than walking over to the YWCA on Mor ris Brown’s campus. Athletic Director, Coach L.S. Epps said “the new Health Science and Phys ical education building will help the Clarkites majoring in physical education and offer many more options.” Coach Epps said that the new gymnasium will bring more intramural sports between students and dif ferent organizations. The proposed medical center for Morehouse, is slated to be completed by September, 1977. Morehouse Releases Date For New Medical Center Below is the artist’s conception of the new Physical Education-Health Center to be built at Clark in 1975. By Arlene Riley Morehouse College has announced September, 1977 as the target date for the opening of their “new” medical center. “It is hop ed that within the next two years, the school will be ready to admit its first students,” said Dr. Hugh M. Gloster: .president of Morehouse. Morehouse was funded $806,964 by the Health Re sources Administration of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW), to develop this medical program. The new medical center will be offering a two-year medical program whbse basic function is to teach the students the fundamen tals of medical ^science education. Within the past 18 months, Morehouse has re ceived two awards re- guarding the medical pro gram. The first award was presented in February 19 73, when Morehouse re ceived a contract from the National Institute of Health, totaling a sum ol $98,000. This money was used to examine the feasi bility of implementing a curriculum in medical education. The contract recently issued by (HEW), was the second of the two con tracts. Since February of 1973, it was determined that Morehouse would continue all plans for the proposed Medical Education Pro gram. During its planning phase, Morehouse will be seeking full-time person nel; ranging from Director to a development staff. Continued on Page 9