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LIFESTYLE Page 3 Clark Atlanta University Panther February 13, 1990 “I don’t think I could ever teach anywhere else,” shecommented. “I feel there is a definate mission, calling and a special need for me to work with Black students. I just don’t know that the added money would be worth it elsewhere. Somethings are just not done for financial gain. “There is a need for our students to know their his- toryand know what it means. There is a need for them to have andknow the facts and the meaning of Black history. Know ing their history should be an incentive to succeed, to persevere. We owe that to our foreparents who have under gone so much. “I am here to challenge oui stu dents to excel and to encour age them to fulfill o.. his tory by doing their best ” NCNW Members of the play rehearse a dramatic scenefor the play “TheR iver Niger. ” ‘The River Niger’ Continued from Page 1 excellent young actors including Shawn She pard, Ayeola Williams, Laurice White, Marcus White, David Mansaka, and Randall Davis. Former Clark Student and designer, Steven H. Bolder, returns to the University as set designer and former students Christopher Hall and Tedy Hardiman serve as technical director and public relations representative. For more information reservations please call 880-8303. Dr. Autrey ‘Recalls’ History By TANYA Y.COLLINS Staff Writer “Recall, class. Recall,” echoes through classrooms and halls of various build ings on Clark’s campus as Dr. Dorothy Autrey begins her class lectures about African American and United States history. “Recall, class, when the first Blacks arrived in what later became the United States. Recall, class. Class, recall when slavery became legal and when it ended. Recall. Recall.” That six letter word - recall - seems an intricate part of who Dr. Autrey is and how she structures her classes. On any given day, ob serving Dr. Autrey’s lec tures may leave even the student who hates taking history with a passion in awe with a thirst for more of the same. She promptly enters the classroom with a warm, sincere greeting then, without hesitation, begins a brief review of her previous lecture by asking students to regurgitate (“Recall”) a few well stressed facts from her last lecture. “Recall, class. Recall from our last meeting. . ./’students expect to hear at the beginning of each class session. “I believe in preparation and retaining knowledge/' Dr.Autrey commented about her instruction. “I organize my thoughts and ideas and I take a lot of time doing this,” she said before adding that an instructor’s classroom creativity is also important. In as much as this Tal ladega College history graduate who earned both master’s and doctorate de grees from the University of Notre Dame, said that preparation and creativity are key to her classroom demeaner, she said that praying to God for guidance unlocks the door. “I pray that the Lord help me to be able to reach the students and somehow help me connect with the students’ inner being. After doing that something magi cal happens once I get into the classroom,” Dr. Autrey summised. While talking about her first teaching experience at her Alabama alma mater, Dr. Autrey described her nervousness and reluctance to teach. Initially a sociol ogy major, this Ozark, Alabama native had no idea where her interest really lied upon entering college. “I chose sociology because I heard someone else say it and it sounded good to me,” she giggled. “But after taking World Civilization from an out standing teacher I changed my major.” Dr. Autrey added that her admiration of herTuskegee and Atlanta University-graduated brother, who was a Eu ropean History major, also influenced her decision, advantages to a position at largely white-populated in stitutions. Continued from Page 1 tance of becoming a mem ber of NCNW, Anita Jo seph, coordinator and past president of MAS of NCNW, discussed the role of the college student in NCNW. “It’s easy to get caught up in the Utopia of college. We are our brother’s keep ers. As student, you made it thus far—it is your respon sibility to give back and network with younger people. But more than any thing, stay involved,” ex pressed Joseph. The message of the tele conference was directed to wards the Black family. Height stressed the NCNW throughout the tele conference were looking towards the future through self-help. “We want the country to know we’ll build on the strengths of the Black Family,” she noted. Joseph spoke of the “Traditional Family Val ues” panel discussion con vened by Julian bond, for mer U.S. Senator from Georgia, Dr. Niara-Sudar Kasa, president of Lincoln University in Pennsylvania in , presented seven values entitled the “Seven R’s.” Those values are as follows: respect, responsibility, re ciprocity, restraint, rever ence, reasonable and recon ciliation. Lincoln’s president explained that respect is a cardinal principle; respon sibility extends much be yond the nuclear family; reciprocity compels those to give back what was given to them; restraint deals with subordinating desires for the sake of the family; rev erence shows honor and re spect for God who brought families here and thus far; reasonable suggests being moderate and fair with one another; and reconciliation refers to being able to for give each other. The panel discussed that all families in the U.S. are changing. The nuclear family, single-parent fam ily, and the stepparent family were three examples given of the changing fam ily. “But why is the Black family the only family being classified as a crisis,” questioned Dr. Sudar Kasa. She continued, “What fami lies could escape (un harmed) if they lived under the same conditions of Black families like single parenthood and life below the poverty line.” The NCNW was founded Dec. 5, 1935, by Mary McCloud Bethune, a distinguished educator and government consultant. The organization is an “organization of organiza tions,” and serves as a clear inghouse for activities of women.