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Page Three PANTHER October, 1974 After five years rest Debate Team Brings Home Honors By Lois Barrington On Clark’s campus, not getting much recognition, is a group group of students who brought home six awards for their oratory accom plishments. They are the Clark College Debaters. A Debate team has had been inactive for approx imately five years at Clark until last year. It was reorganized, reas sembled and made active again by Ms. Marsha Stanback. Ms. Stanback instructs a course in argumenta tion jmdjdebate. Each student, in the class automatically be comes a debater and she is the coach. Leonard Danley and Andrew Stephens are the captains and there are ten other members who make up the team. “Everyone can benefit from being a debater,” Ms. Stanback said, “but it is especially good for mass communications and political science majors, because it aids in gaining oratory ex perience and helps in ob taining 'knowledgeable facts,” They have planned eight trips to tournaments in cities like Washington, D.C., Birmingham, Ala.,, Detroit, Mich., and other Southeastern cities. In addition to achiev ing insight and per ception, the Clark de baters are opening roads to travel. They are also charter ing a chapter of Phi Kap pa Delta and the National Forensic Society, a national honors program for excelling students. In a tournament, the contesting teams give factual presentations for or against national res olution. This year’s resolution reads: that the power of the presidency should be significantly curtailed. • Last year, among the winners for the debate team were, Gloria Kelly, who placed fifth in poetry reading, Andrew Stephens, who placed fifth in varsity debate and Johnnie M. Smith, who placed their in prose reading at the Dixie Speech Festival. A national resolution is the debatable topic chosen annually by the American Forensic So ciety. Prior to a tour nament, each team has to gain all obtainable facts from different sources of information, preparing themselves to be pro or con the national resolu tion. P The English Department of Clark College has established a tutorial program « for students needing assistance in English. All students are urged to come by 1$ and take advantage of this opportunity. ENGLISH TUTORS MCN. TUES. WED. THURS. EKE. SAT. Judy Beville 1-2 4-6 1-2 4-6 4-5 1-2 4-6 1-2 4-6 10-12 Beverly Ferguson 11-12 1-2 3-5 1-2 3-5 12-3 1-2 3-5 9-10 1-2 3-5 9-12 Donna Finch 4-6 4-6 2-6 4-6 4-6 9-12 Sherri Garrett 2-5 2-5 2-5 2-5 9-12 Gloria Hankerson 2-5:30 11-12 2-5 11-12 2-5:30 2-5 Don Rita Hopson 11-12 1:30-2 3-5 11-12 2:30-5 3-5 10-12 3-5 11-12 1-2 C. Andre Jackson ''11-12 3-5 11=12 4-5 11=12 3-5 11-12' " 4-5 11=12 2-5 Linda Snyder 1-4 3-5 9-12 1-3 3-5 1-4 TUTORING HOURS Monday - 11:00 - 6:00 ;j:j i Tuesday - 11:00 - 6:00 Wednesday - 9:00 - 6:00 Thursday - 10:00 - 6:00 ;j:j Friday - 11:00 - 6:00 Saturday - 9:00 - 12:00 TUTORING WELL BE HEED IN THE BASEMENT CF MEENER HAIL President Vivian W. Henderson warned students, faculty, and staff at Convocation to be more budget conscious be cause of the tight economic situation facing the school this year. $150,000 Deficit Expected Henderson Cites Inflation As Cause Of Tuition Hike By Wanda L. Edwards In an emotionally charg ed voice, Dr. Vivian Hen derson said that due to the rising rate of inflation, tu ition will be raised and in structors cannot expect a raise in salary, this year. In addition, Clark will face a deficit of approximately $150,000. Dr. Henderson was speaking at the opening of the 106th Convocation on Tuesday, Oct. 1, to ap proximately 500 students and faculty. To appease the inflat problems facing Clark, Dr.. Henderson urged the stu dents and faculty to work together in cutting expens es. “I believe in this insti tution; I believe in its des tiny; and despite our con tinuing problems with space and resources, the spirit of Clark remains,” said Dr. Henderson. On the national level, Dr. Henderson said that American society and the American economy is in very serious trouble. “In a sense the society is sick. It suffers from malaise. In a more serious sense the economy is deathly ill. “We must face this as an institution, as people, as individuals of color, as different sub-groups in society. We must face our realities according to our present situation,” Dr. Henderson continued. Dr. Henderson said the rrations economic problems will not be solved until the potential for human re source development among the poor and aged are realized. “This nation face high inflation rates accom panied by high unemploy ment, a decline in labor market activities, and a depression in certain sub groups such as Black folks and the elderly,” said Dr. Henderson. He urged the students and faculty to set up a monthly forum to help to work toward improving the quality of education; to provide program leader ship and direction aimed at helping to solve some oi the financial problems facing students; and to de velop programs to meet the needs of the students and faculty.