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The Panther
February 5, 1980
Fair Street Lights
Dedicated
BY MARCIA E. JONES
Panther Editor
Many students in the
Atlanta University Center
(AUC) should be appreciative
and thankful for the new lights
just recently installed on Fair
St. However, only a small ap
preciative crowd of ap
proximately 35 people were at
the new high-intensity light
ing dedication activities. The
program occurred on Sunday,
Jan. 27 on Fair St. between
Chestnut and Mildred Streets.
The crowd was mostly com
prised of Clark College faculty,
administration and alumni.
Clark’s vice-president, Dr.
Gloria Scott presided over the
brief program. Participants in
cluded I)r. Elias Blake,
president of Clark College;
Charles Merideth, AUC
Chancellor; Curtis 1). Gilles
pie, Dean of Students at Clark
College; Alfred Wyatt, Clark
SGA president; M.l). Roberts,
Neighborhood Planning Unit-
T (NPU-T) representative;
Rudy Cohen, and William
Morrell, Men of Clark
representatives; Dr. James P.
Brawley, president-emeritus of
Clark College; Marvin
Arrington, Councilman; and
Israel Mack, director of Bureau
of Traffic and Transportation.
The high-intensity lighting
project is a culmination of
Clark College, the community,
alumni and local government.
The initial effort began in
Dr. Brawley’s office,” said Dr.
Scott as she welcomed
everyone to the ceremonies.
“This ceremony calls for
public attention to continue
the need for public safety.”
The $125,000 project is only
the beginning of a series of im
provements to be made ac
cording to NPU-T represen
tative, M.D. Roberts. Roberts
asked for continued support to
aid in revitalizing the city
through the NPU’s.
Dr. James P. Brawley
expressed much appreciation
for the lights, but commented
frankly on the city of Atlanta’s
procrastination in reference to
the lights!
“I hope that the city of
Atlanta will not take as long to
get other things done,”
Brawley said. “It is important
to have a working relationship
with the community.”
Brawley concluded his
remarks by stating that
available services are needed
in the AUC vicinity for
students. These services
should be provided by the city.
It’s ashame he said that “a
student from Clark has to go to
Morris Brown or to West End
Mall to purchase a stamp.”
This statement gave everyone
something to think about.
Plaques of recognition and
appreciation were presented to
the Men of Clark and the
Neighborhood Planning Unit-
T by Dr. Blake. These two
organizations were greatly
instrumental in promoting
and implementing the initial
plans for the high-intensity
lighting project.
The program ended with a
dedicatory prayer by Dean
Gillespie and a reception in
Vivian Wilson Henderson
Gym.
City Council - from p.4
“Mayor Jackson is one of the from his position with the
biggest crooks I have ever Atlanta Bureau of Corrections
seen,” Williams charged, in 1978 because he refused to
“ Atlanta is run by crooks.” “cover-up the murder of an in-
Williams said the Jackson mate” by two staff members at
administration is responsible the Atlanta city jail,
for “thousands of dollars” that Williams said his decision to
were never recovered and enter the race was sparked by a
added Jackson is stealing need to “protect the people of
money from the city right Atlanta, and to see to it that
under the nose of Atlanta’s Atlanta s city government is
citizens. operated by qualified in-
Williams, said he was fired dividuals.
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Crab or Clarkite?
BY SHERRY JONES
Panther Entertainment
Editor
How much did tuition and
board cost a year at Clark dur
ing 1877?
What year was Clark
founded?
What was Clark called when
it first established?
Who was the college named
after?
If you can not answer the
above questions you are not a
true “Clarkite” you are a
“Crab!” That’s right, you are a
crab!
A true Clarkite would not
only know the answers to these
questions, but almost all ques
tions concerning the history of
this institution.
In 1869, Clark was founded
in a room of the Clark Chapel
Methodist Episcopal Church
in the Summerhill section of
Atlanta. It was named after
the first president of the Freed
man’s Aid Society of the
Methodist Episcopal Church,
Bishop Davis W. Clark.
Clark changed locations
several times during its early
years. It moved to the second
site at Whitehall and
McDaniel Streets in 1872, It
remained at this site until
1881. During this year, it-
moved to a 450-acre site in
southern Altanta.
Clark became chartered in
1877 and conferred its first
degree in 1883. During the
same year, The Clark
University Theological School
became Gammon Theological
School. Then in 1888 it became
independent as Gammon
Theological Seminary.
In the history of the
university there has been 19
presidents and 2 acting
presidents. The first president
was Ureah Cleary. The 12
president, William Henry
Crogman was the first balck
president.
Unlike tuition today, in 1877
the tuition costed only $1.00 a
month. Board during this time
costed only $6.00-$8.00 a mon
th.
It was decided during the
period of 1935 -1939 that Clark
would join the Atlanta
University Center complex.
The name was changed in 1940
from Clark University to Clark
College. However, Clark was
not moved to its present site
until 1941, while under the
leadership of President James
P. Brawley.
During this year, Haven-
Warren, Merner,’Pheiffer, and
Thayer Halls were built. Five
years later, the Turner-Tanner
Building was erected. Three
years later, Holmes Hall was
built. Then, in 1954 came
Kresge Hall. In 1959 the male
dormitory, Brawley Hall was
built. The next building to be
placed on campus was the
McPheeters-Dennis Hall in
1971. The Clark College Courts
were purchased in 1975 and in
1976 the Vivian Wilson
Henderson Health and
Physical Education Center
was built.
In the past years, Clark has
grown steadily in size and
stature. This year, during
Founders Day (February 19,
1980) the college’s students,
faculty, and alumni will
“reflect on the past and honor
the achievements of the people
that- helped make this
institution what it is today,”
stated Clark College Sociology
major, Darryl Jarvis.
News Briefs...
The Clark College United
Negro College Fund’s Kick Off
will be Monday, Feb. 18- Mon.,
Mar. 31, 1980. Dean Curtis
Gillespie, who is the chairman
of the Steering Committee - is
asking for the faculty, staff,
and entire student body to sup
port this campaign.
The Atlanta University
Center (AUC) Convocation is
scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 7
at 11 a.m. The location of this
program is to be announced.
The purpose of the con
vocation is “to bring all
students together, improve
and protect the life and
property in the AUC Center,
exhibit that all college
presidents are working
together and to allow students
to know the administration,”
said AUC Chancellor, Charles
Merideth. All students are
urged to attend.
The Ralph McGill
Scholarship Fund, a memorial
to the late publisher of The
Atlanta Constitution, offers
scholarships to those who
have completed at least two
years of college and who have
demonstrated an abiding
interest in the news and
editorial phase of
newspapering.
The Ralph McGill Fund is
supported by grants from the
Cox Foundation and other con
tributors.
Application blanks may be
obtained from:
The RALPH McGILL
Scholarship Fund
Box 4689
Atlanta, Georgia 30302
Application deadline . . .
May 1