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Page Two PANTHER October, 1974 WANTED Lyle Carter This Man Is Wanted By Atlanta University Center Students For Questioning Students Want To Know Chancelor Lyle Who? THANK YOU Dear Friends, and Clark- ites, I would like to thank all of you for the lovely cards, flowers, and blood that you gave me during my illness. I wish that there were truely some other way that I could express my sincere gratitude to all of you, but I must tell you in the simplest way that I know how and that is, “Thank you so very much. I shall forever be grateful to you. Sincerely Vanessa D. Matthews Satisfied Reader Dear Editor: Just a quick note to let you know how much I en joyed reading the October issue of The Panther. It's especially good be cause of the vitality and liveliness it communicates and because of the wide range of contributors. Keep up the good work. Cordially yours, Martin C. Lehfeldt Vice-President for Devel opment In an informal canvassing of the campus students were asked, What do you think about Chancellor Lyle Carter? After such answers as “Who”, “How could I think; anything about him if I’ve never heard of him before? arid “What’s that?’’ the survey was quickly abandoned. It was most evident that Chancellor Carter, the head of the A.U. Center, who’s salary in part is paid .by A.U. students, is quite the “Mystery Man.’’ In an attempt to find out exactly what and how well our Chan cellor has been doing in his first year of enstatement, I strode over to what once was Spelman’s dining hall and now houses the Chancellor’s office. I tried for a week to obtain an appointment with Mr. Carter in order to better inform students as to the duties of our Chancellor to no avail. I did discover that he is so busy that not only was he going out of town to do whatever he does but that it took almost a week to simply reach him for a request to obtain an appointment. The cost of education is high as I’m sure we all realize. This raises the need for all of us to be res ponsible for the knowledge of exactly how our money is used. It is quite feasible that the A.U. Center needs a chancellor to coordinate its activities but we have not had one in the past hand it is not unreasonable to ask that we be informed as to what this job entails. It is understandable that an administrator does not have time to be in touch with our large student body. On the con trary, when an opportunity is presented for this type of long overdue communication with a large segment of the student body I question the reasoning behind not tak ing that opportunity. Perhaps too many administrators feel that by per forming their daily duties they also fulfill all other responsibilities to their student body. I maintain that just as we are each individually responsible for our education , administrators working for us are also responsible to us. An account of any administrators activities should be an interesting, informative as well as a necessary duty. For much too long the student has been considered the no-person, an enrollment number. Search and seizure laws among other basic rights will not be ours till we graduate. It is long past time we were re cognized as adults and treated as such. Lyle Carter’s inavailibility to the Clark Panther indicates we are not responsible adults in his eyes or perhaps that he simply does not have time to inform those who pay him as to what he does for his money. Committe Solicits Suggestions 1 am your faculty rep resentative on an ad hoc committee currently .seeking improvements in the book selling and book ordering process at Clark. I would very much like to hear specific sug gestions on how this pro cess could be made moe cess could be made more efficient and how it could better serve both students and faculty. If you drop me a quick note containing your suggestions, I will see that they are given full consideration. - Paul Bolster Radio Show Broadcasts Dr. Florence Crim Rob inson’s syndicated network radio program “The Many Sounds of Black Music’’ sponsored by the Carna tion can now be heard in Atlanta. WXAP will carry the program weekly, Mon day at 9:00 A.M., Wednes day at 12:00 P.M. and Fri day at 4:00 P.M. Tune in and check it out. Public Opinion I was very appalled-at the format of last year’sMiss Clark Pageant. Here we are, a Black educational institution in a fast growing city, adhering to white oriented beauty pageants. We as blacks should be too proud to stoop to the low standards of such vain ideals. And too “noncon formist’’ not to have organized our own form of pageant. Never should any black sistuh have to submit to a contest where-her physical body is on a one to one ratio with he^mentality. Apd^Where were the heads of our schools, when Miss^Qlark was being chosen. Did the President,;-’faculty -"and administration eare who won? Did they know who was running? Did you? I hope the upcoming pageants are more beautiful and Miss Clark is known to everyone, respected by everyone and appreciated for her time representa tion and patience lent to a school which still has a long way to go. Selma Dodson EDITOR’S NOTE: Obviously President Hen derson was very serious in his Convocation Speech as demonstrated by this note which the ‘Panther’ received Oct. 14. Effective immediately - due to the change of the economy. I m asking that all spending be stopped ior ifem,s of travel, and equipment purchases. I’m also asking that the purchase of office supplies be limited to what is actually needed for current use. Dr. Vivian Henderson CC’ , Clark College or Crime Center Black-on-Black” crime is a menacing threat to the Black community at large. The Clark College Student body has failed to keep this evil out of their commun ity.. It would seem as if Clarkites would be about setting an example for the rest of black society. Is not the black world looking to its college adults for leader ship and redefinition? Bu£ instead of setting the pace, mo a nkey e do h theory deCided t0 PUrSUe ^at monkey-see, Burglarization of dorm rooms ranks high among the on-campus “Black-on-Black” crimes. Burglaries have advanced from petty thiefs to the unforgivenable crime of stealing someone’s check for tuition and fees. As the situation gets worst, students may have to resort to burglar alarm systems to protect their valuables. Hopefully the alarm systems will not be stolen. The library is another high-crime-rate district. Valuable library resources are still walking out of the library despite the shake-down procedure used by li brary assistants. Crimes committed in the cafeteria can not be omit ted from the list. Students should not be surprised if the Dining Room suddenly turns to using plastic silver ware and paper cups. Then maybe some of the utensils will walk back. Or maybe some people will be eating in their rooms where there are forks, knives, and glass- As of yet, the Clark College community has not lead the way to riding Black society of “black on black” crimes. Will it ever?