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Page 2 The Panther March 2. 1979 Give Of Yourself Give To UNCF By A. Lineve Wead Panther Editor • “A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste” was, and will remain the continuing theme of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). This year at Clark College, it is our joint effort as a Clark College Family to raise $12,000. This amount is about average if every student, faculty and staff member contributes no less than $5.00. Five dollars is a small amount to give towards an effort to continue the financial obligations that black colleges face. It is something that I look forward to every year. As freshmen, under the leadership of president Raymond Johnson, we raised a considerable amount of money towards the 1976 UNCF cam paign. The same challenge lies before all classes — to raise the most money possible for the UNCF campaign. Many persons on the UNCF steering committee have been planning for this year’s campaign for many months now. Our Miss UNCF, Nema Roman recently participated in the national Miss UNCF pageant in Birmingham, Ala. Although Clark did not place in the competition this year, we are looking forward to becoming the winners next year. The faculty and staff have their individual campaign going for a member of the faculty and or staff to contribute over and above 10% of their monthly salary. The winner will receive a weekend stay at the Marriott in downtown Atlanta. Also plans have been made to have chartered organizations start the annual ‘can’ drive at local shopping centers. During the weekend of March 16-17; 23-24, organizations will ask Atlantans for donations. There are numerous other efforts that the Clark College family is providing for everyone to get involved with. As we approach this year’s effort, I would like to offer sugges tions to those who find no purpose for supporting the UNCF drive. Get concerned - get involved - get moving, because the en thusiasm that you generate for this year’s effort may continue for years to come. Therefore, we are talking about your children coming to a school like Clark, and being offered the best possible education, facilities, etc., because you got involved in 1979. It is very easy to let this year’s campaign slip hy without con tributing anything. But I hope that as the responsibility of every student, we will ask questions, seek donations, and become in novative to raise the necessary money this year for the cam paign. It is very easy to generalize and say, “UNCF hasn’t done a th ing for me.” This may be true - when you are .speaking about yourself individually. But we m ust remember that we are talking about our fellow students for years to come, who are affected by the monies of UNCF. Clark College it is time for us to stop being selfish. We must contribute substantially to UNCF. I offer the challenge for every individual affected by Clark College in some way to give more of themselves in this year’s ef fort, than ever before. m (Ifub An ATLANTA UNIVERSITY CENTER Insu ? '979 The Panther is published twice monthly by the students at Clark College. Editor Ann. L. Wead News Editor Marcia Jones Feature Editor Denise Green Sports Editor Charles Anderson Photography Editor Tyraun Patterson Business Manager Jack Jenkins Staff Artists Linda Dyson Felton Fedrick Faculty Advisors Denise Johnson Osker Spicer All articles, poetry, photographs and other con tributions to the newspaper may be dropped off at our offices in Thayer Hall. Address all correspondence to: PANTHER Newspaper, Box 154, Clark College, Atlanta, Ga. 30314. Clark College is to have the 1979 United Negro College Fund Kick-off on February 27 at 1:00 P.M. in Davage Auditorium. AWARDS The class raising the highest per-capita chooses the queen to represent Clark in the MISS UNCF Pageant next February. The Pagent will be held in Detroit, Michigan in 1980. The Chartered Group rais ing the highest amount of money receives the Dean of Students Affairs Annual Award. The Residence Hall raising the highest amount of money will receive an award. The student raising the highest amount of money above $100 receives the President’s Annual Award. The Campaign begins February 27 and ends March 30, 1979. To be eligible for the competition - all money must be reported by 4:00 p.m. March 30, 1979. PURPOSE OF THE CAM PAIGN . To support the United Negro College Fund and in turn Clark College financially. 2. To learn together through cooperative sharing and working. 3. To cultivate our God given talents that will further our educational goals. SPECIAL FEATURES President Elias Blake will bring the opening remarks. Challenges from classes, the Student Government President and others. Music to your liking. RATIONALE Clark College has been the recipient of the generosity of the United Negro College Fund since the Funds incep tion. Clark has given finan cially, but not in relation to funds she has received. The more financial support these UNCF schools give to the United Negro College Fund the greater the returns are for them. These funds support scholarships for students and faculty, capital fund programs and other areas. YOU WILL BE THE WINNER BY SUPPORTING THE UNCF CAMPAIGN IN 1979 Another View A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste By Veverly Y. Byrd Panther Staffwriter The time has come again when the Clark College family rallies together to raise funds for an organization that is dedicated to serving us. The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) is an organization which provides financial assistance to 41 predominantly black colleges and universities throughout the country. March is the'monththat is set aside for the Clark College family to compete to see who can raise the largest amount of money for UNCF. The goal this year is $12,000. The UNCF Steering Committee has planned several events to help motivate the faculty, staff, administrators and students. This committee is composed of representatives from each class, faculty, administration and staff. The committee is in charge of publicity, awards and programming during the UNCF Drive. Some of the special activities planned for the 1979 fund raising drive are class competition, chartered organization competition, faculty competition, staff competition, administrators competition and contestants for Miss UNCF competition. An es say contest is being sponsored in two categories: freshman/sophomore and junior/senior. An awards hall is ten tatively being scheduled for the drive’s end. In order for Clark to survive, it must rely heavily on money from businesses, corporations and its alumni. As to all of the 41 member institutions, the United Negro College Fund is essential to the survival of Clark College. Everyone is asked to participate with your classes, departments, etc. This could very well he the winning year for Clark. The Steering Committee challenges all to raise as much money as they possibly can. “Nothing that is worth something costs nothing,” said th< Honorable Carl Ware, President of Atlanta City Council, Mr Spizzerinktum of UNCF Kickoff. He said that education is cos ting more everyday. “Our responsibility to inspire that Clark and the other fort\ member institutions of the United Negro College Fund survive al a quality high standard,” Ware said. In national competition, Clark College’s student contribution placed poorly with its $6,000 from last year. Other schools in the AUC had contributions of $15,000, as did Morehouse and an em- barrasing $50 by Morris Brown. Student support is very im portant in that it shows the businesses that you are concerned about the future of your college. With effort and support, Clark is surely to fair better than last year. Please support the UNCF ef forts of Clark College. By Veverly Byrd Black child destined in the world to be A Thurgood Marshall or Booker T, A Marion Anderson with a beautiful voice, A Martin Luther King or W.E.B. DeBois, A James Weldon Johnson, a wiz with his pen. A famous architect like Washington’s Ben, A Wilma Rudolph or Muhammed Ali, A Cecily Tyson or Billy Dee, Frederick Douglas, Harriet Tubman or maybe Diana Ross. Without the existence of schools, all hope is lost. He may even want to build a character of his own and contribute his best and be well known. But where ever the dreams of the black child lie Without people who care his dream will die. A mind is a very terrible thing to washe. Please support UNCF to set a black child’s pace. Updates of Progress In The 1979 UNCF Will Appear in the Next Panther