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Vol. XXXI No. 2 An ATLANTA UNIVERSITY CENTER Institution
Oct. 3,1978
SCAAW Rekindles
Black Renaissance
By Fletcher Peacock
PANTHER Staff Writer
A Southern Collective of
Afro-American Writers
(SCAAW) guild has been
formed at the Neighborhood
Arts Center located at 252
Georgia Ave., S.W.
Jim Lee, a New York
playwright and poet has been
one of the principle organizers
for the collective and says that
“the SCAAW will bring about
an Atlanta Renaissance even
greater than the Harlem
Renaissance.” Lee, who calls
himself a futuristic writer says
that “the SCAAW’s pos
sibilities are unlimited.”
“SCAAW is designed to
serve the black community by
developing writers based in
the community centers,
churches, schools and prisons
to act as a community voice,”
says Lee. In the past, black
writers in the South have had
few organized voices to en
courage and promote their
writings, but with the
formation of the SCAAW it is
hoped that there will be a turn
of events in the outlets and op
portunities available to black
writers in the South.
Setting high goals for the
guild, Lee projects that five
years from now the SCAAW
will not only have black
writers but black painters, ac
tors and actresses, screen
playwrights, foreign corres
pondents, dancers and other
black artists as well.
“Whenever the Hollywood
producers come to Atlanta,
and they need black artists,
the collective will be able to
serve as a resource center.”
Being very realistic about
the collective, Lee says that
“the success of SCAAW will
depend on how much blood
we’re willing to put into it.”
Persons who would like to
join SCAAW may register at
the Writer’s Conference being
held on Friday, Oct. 20 at the
Neighborhood Art Center
between 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
There is a five dollar regis
tration fee to join the collec
tive.
Meditation Break fast
Each Wednesday
Student Nsikan F. Vdott receives advice from Linda
Woodruff (L) and Lucille N. Tunstall of the Physical
Therapy Department.
Physical Therapy Program
Answers Black Needs
By Lillie Lewis
PANTHER Staff Writer
In our country today there is
a strong need for black
physical therapists since less
than two percent of working
physical therapists in the
United States are black. Ac
cording to Linda D. Woodruff,
project coordinator of Georgia
State’s physical therapy
program, there are 10 physical
therapists in the Atlanta area,
and approximately 20 in the
state of Georgia.
In Clark’s Allied Health
Professions Department the
physical therapy program is
relatively new. This program
is a cooperative arrangement
which began July 1, 1977
between Clark and Georgia
State University (GSU).
Physical therapy deals with
the restoration of function and
the prevention of disability
following a disease, injury, or
loss of bodily part.
The goal of a physical
therapist is to improve
circulation, strengthen mus
cle, encourage the return of
motion in the body, and
generally train or retrain the
patient to perform activities
associated with daily living.
Therapeutic properties of
excercise include the usage of
heat, cold electricity,
ultraviolent, and massage.
Students at Clark who are
physical therapy majors are
required to spend their first
two years taking prerequisites.
Some of the prerequisites in
clude: English 105 & 106, Gen.
Biology and Gen. & Modern
Physics I. In the student’s
sophomore year some liberal
arts courses may be taken.
During a student’s junior
and senior year he or she will
be involved in the professional
program at GSU. First of all,
the applicant must be accepted
at GSU prior to being accepted
into the Department of
Physical Therapy. The selec
tion of students is based on a
number of factors. They are
grade point average, maturity,
work experiences (related to
physical therapy),
interpersonal abilities, and
other extracurricular ac
tivities.
While enrolled at GSU the
students will be taking such
courses as; Human Anatomy I,
II, III, Applied Physiology,
Functional Neuroanatomy,
Principles of Physical
Therapy I, II, III, Functional
Analysis of Disease I, and
Clinical Science I, II, III,
(which is directed studies in a
hospital).
In the student’s senior year
he is required to take the
second half of the courses
listed above, in addition to
Scientific Inquiry, Psychology
of Illness, Teaching and
Learning in Physical Therapy
and Management of Physical
Therapy Services. This
curriculum covers seven
quarters and meets all of the
requirements of an acceptable
school for the physical
therapist.
After the Physical Therapy
program was developed at
Clark, a physical therapy club
was formed which meets once
a month with Lucille H.
Tunstall, Ph.D., chairperson of
Clark’s Allied Health
Department, and Ms.
Woodruff. All interested
students in the AUC are
welcome to attend. Assured
counseling will also be
available for students. The
next physical therapy meeting
will be held Oct. 4, in the
Henderson Center, room 117 at
4:30 p.m.
Upon graduation from Clark
all physical therapy students
will receive a dual degree. The
degrees are: B.S. in Allied
Health and a B.S. in physical
therapy.
President Averages 3.25
Faculty Rates Blake High
By Suleiman Abdul-Azeez
Many of Clark College’s academic chairpersons and ad
ministrative directors are cautiously optimistic about Elias
Blake, Jr,’s first academic year as college president, according
to a recent survey.
On a scale of one to five (one being lowest) the 15 department
chiefs who ventured to rate Blake at all gave him an average
rating of 3.25. The individual ratings ranged from a “straddle
the fence” two and a half to a “fantastic” five.
In the telephone and personal interviews faculty and ad
ministrative leaders expressed respect most repeatedly for
Blake’s intelligence, warmth and leadership ability.
“I am very favorably impressed with what I have seen,” one
department chairperson said. “I consider him a man of great
wisdom.”
An administrative director said, “I find him very serious,
intelligent and astute. He is research data oriented, which can
be a plus or a minus depending on how he uses the data.”
Many of the faculty and staff who have had contact with
Blake on a one-to-one or small group basis listed his warmth
as an asset.
“I find him very open and direct and almost personally
concerned with students, many of whom he believes have
been “butchered” by the public schools,” one top staffer said.
Another director agreed, adding,"Personally, I found him to
be warm, sensitive and concerned.”
Many of the respondents admitted that the short period in
which Blake has been president (the survey was taken at the
end of last semester) and the problems of transition made a
definitive statement about Blake’s leadership impossible. On
that basis many declined comment. However, some did have
early impressions.
A director said, “We are getting more systematic in every
thing we do and I think that’s good of him.”
Two of the top staffers who gave Blake a five rating talked
most enthusiastically about him.
“He has done an outstanding job. He has brought the school
strong leadership,” one said.
“I think he is developing into both an administrative and an
academic leader,” another said.
A few also volunteered an analysis of Blake’s policy as
president.
“He is committed to interdisciplinary studies, not studies in
isolation,” a department chairperson said. “Coherence of
interdepartmental cooperation is his thrust.”
Another departmental chairperson offered this analysis,
“Dr. Blake is a strong advocate of competency and efficiency.
Therefore, faculty, staff and students will probably notice
more demands being placed on them to perform at a higher
level.”
Blake began his duties as the 19th president of Clark on
Aug. 1, 1977. He is a former director of the Institute for
Services to Education.
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school
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vanced study.
Through the Minority
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offered by the GRE Board,
college juniors, seniors and
graduates who are members of
racial and ethnic minorities in
the United States can make
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students for this service.
Students sign up by com
pleting the registration form
contained in the GRE/MGSLS
Information Bulletin. It is the
same form used to register for
the Graduate Record
Examinations. The GRE are
comprehensive aptitude and
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