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A Look At Cbrk’s Now Piosidont BLAKE - A MAN WITH pledge to continue the tradition of quality education which the in stitution has established. By Deborah Lipscomb And Thomas Torrence The first semester at Clark has always been full of headaches and disap pointments. If it wasn’t long lines, it was cancelled classes. It is one of the most dreaded times of the year. This scene remained virtually unchanged this year- with one notable exception. A tall, lean, soft-spoke * man arrived on the scene Aug. 1 with new ideas and with ex periences that might change some of these confusing situations. Dr.Elias Blake, Jr., who became Qark’s 19th President, said he plan to resolve the ills of registration and many other problems on the campus. Coming from the Institute for Services to Education (ISE), Dr. Blake has a vast knowledge of the problems of Black Colleges. He is familiar with Clark and was a fairly close professional and personal associate of the late President Vivian W. Henderson. “I have had the experience of being nvolved with almost all the black colleges,” he said. “There are not vry many of the schools that I don’t havea fairly good fix on, in terms of how they’ve been developing, and Clark was one snhool that was very aggressive in dealing with the new press res on a liberal arts college.” Blane held several positions at IS. His most recent position was as chief executive. Other position held during his tenure were .. Director oi Evaluation (1967-69) and Southeast Regional Director of Upward Bounds in ISE (1966- 67). Blood Benefits Lukemia Patients Suleiman Abdul- Azeez Leukemia patients between the ages of 10 and 12 will benefit from a blood drive October 12 on the Atlanta University Center campuses. The drive is being conducted by the Clark College Peer Counselors, under the direction of Mrs. Katie Ramsey, director of Counseling, and the Atlanta University Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity. The blood will be collected from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Marquis L. Harris Library in McPheeters-Dennis Hall. Peer Counselors and Sigma members are now collecting pledges of one pint of blood for the leukemia victims. Leukemia is a cancer of the white blood cells. Leukemia patients need almost constant injections of blood. The two student groups hope to collect donations of several hundred pints of blood from the students, faculties, and staffs of all six institutions in the AUC. Mrs. Mae Marion of the American National Red Cross’ Atlanta Women’s Auxiliary has been working with the two student groups. She said Atlanta needs 700 pints of blood donated daily to meet the needs of patients in Atlanta hospitals, in cluding leukemia patients. Sigma Henry Diggs explained that by donating blood members of the AUC community help to insure some will be available should any of them get sick and need blood. “Today it’s somebody else,” Diggs said. “Tomorrow it could be you. So please give.” The drive is part of a comprehensive program developed during the summer for freshmen by the 15 member of the Peer Counseling Program. Peer Counselor s Charles Dunn and Reginald Jenkins are spearheading the drive. “It’s a great opportunity for the AUC community to get behind a worthwhile cause,” said Dunn. “I an ticipate a generous response , for the leukemia victims.” For further information on the drive and to pledge a pint call Peer Counselor Charles Dunn at 586-0613 and Sigma Henry Diggs at 752-7344, both during evening hours. A PLAN FOR CHANGES othe ISE is a non-profit corporation involved in research and prooram development designed to promote greatet access for Blacns in higher education. Even though Blake has been involv e d with severl educational and philanthropic instit tions, he said comino to Clark is a new challenge. I find it extremely interesting and provocatve and can see all kinds of positive things that have been going on her,” he said. One of the first things Blake plans to do i to review the basic missions and goals of the in stitution. “I want the faculty and staff to slow down and ask themselves what is it that Clark College has been trying to do over the pa t five to seven years which was really the period in which it changedm “I want to review what those directions eally were to make certain that we have a kin of community understanding of what those things were; what increasing the options * really meant as the mission and goals of the institution.” , Blake said he will basically be followoing the 10-year projections establishe by Presidnt Henderson. There will be some revisions however. b”the projections in many' ways define the expectations for Clark as a college,” he said. Blake readily acknowledged some of the sccomplishments Clark has made since i,t established priorites in its effo ts to increase the options for students, but it 1 will take time to completely fulfill all of the goals enumerated n the projections, he said. ‘‘The communications, program has a lot'of work to be done, but it’s beginning to produced graduates,” he. said. “The allied health and public policy programs are getting off to a good start.” ; Dressed neatly in a white shirt and black trousers, Blake used his hands frequently as he expressed his concern bout the faculty, administration and students. Continued on page 3 Skipping Ca use? Registration "Bl ues By Ann L. Wead “The key to enrolling large numbers of students is staggering the lines and'having monitors to view the students,” Dean Paul Brown said recently. Brown, dean of faculty and instruction at Clark, said the staggeriing of lines would have worked well, but the students “would not follow directions.” There are no monitors, however, to aid in the process at Clark. Yet, a Clark student, Kenneth D. Thompson, a junior medical illustration major said the staggering process did not work. He stood in one line for four hours to finish his financial obligation to Clark. “Ample space was not provided to register, Thompson Isaid. The gym could have been used because you can see what’s going oij aheadiof you. ” “Pre-registration limp acts the process of registration adversely because many students don’t return to school the next semester, or they take advance Iclasses,” Brown said. He would like to see more cooperation from the students to be more consistent in their enrollment of classes. Also, Brown blamed those students who “skipped” their places in line for some of the confusion. “Students showed up at anytime,” hesaid, “They would .get in any line. They would not follow directions. They held up those who do read the signs.” * One student, Emmanuel innis, a junior, said he follwed the directions given to him for the final process of registration, but he said a better system could be implemented to help prevent the long lines next semester. Innis said each class should register separately and with its [respective department >ichairmen to complete the ■process. Brown said Pre- Registration and Registration will be more effective if the computer system could be up^ dated for the Atlanta University Center. “If we are to have pre enrollment, then we need a more complicated data processing system than we now have,” Brown said.