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The Wolverine Observer Page 5
Gold Rush
February 14, 1980
Feature Teacher
By Joyce E.James
Skilled, knowledgeable,
businesslike, authoritative,
caring, sensitive, and provoc
ative.
These qualities are the
basic components needed in
the profession of teaching,
especially on the under
graduate level and at a pre
dominantly black institution
where many students need
special attention.
Benjamin Strickland is one
of the many teachers here at
Morris Brown who possesses
these unique qualities.
An instructor of account
ing, business law and various
other business courses,
Strickland has been named
"Feature Teacher of the
Month."
"I think education is very
important and essential, es
pecially for blacks," Strick
land said. "When you con
sider the type of society we
live in, the fast pace and
ever-increasing changes in
our world, you need an ed
ucation."
"Education is a necessity
and a luxury," he said, "but
many blacks don't see the im
portance of an education."
"That is why many blacks
commit crimes and are in
prisons because they don't
have the basic common
knowledge of education
which enables a person to
think and respond in certain
situations."
"I teach business because
business, especially account
ing is the'backbone of our
economy," Strickland said.
"Accounting is one of the
most fascinating and influen
tial subjects, socially and ec
onomically."
"It is influential because
our economy is based on
dollars and cents," Strickland
said, "and there are so many
things that are determined
from accounting information
such as taxes, labor unions,
families and their budgets,
the inflation rate and our
government."
"Accounting is both inter
esting and important because
it deals directly with people
and how they go about form
ing their objectives, making
decisions and reaching their
goals," he said.
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"Here at Morris Brown, I
to get the students to take an
interest in why this subject
(accounting) is important,"
said Strickland.
Besides teaching accounting
skills in an informal setting,
so the student can relax,
Strickland tries to instill in
his students motivation, dis
cipline, and to be fair and
honest.
"Some of the students are
not of high caliber," he said,
"and there has to be some
type of mechanism to help
the students to self-motivate
and self-discipline them
selves."
"I try to motivate my stu
dents with regular quizzes
and tests," Strickland said.
Students who usually heed
to Strickland's method of
teaching with a positive at
titude are the ones who make
it. Gratitude is the feeling of
many students who have
taken business courses under
Strickland and who are now
out in the business world.
"The Morris Brown Bus
iness Department is known as
the best throughout the At
lanta University Center
(AUC)," Strickland said.
"I would like to see the
business department put em
phasis on the CPA (Certified
Public Accountant) Test so
students can take the CPA
Test while - they are still at
Morris Brown," he said.
A native Atlantan, Strick
land is a product of the AUC.
He received his B.S. degree
from Clark in Accounting
and Business. He then went
on to receive his Masters de
gree in Accounting at Atlanta
University.
Some of his hobbies in
clude playing drums, swim
ming, sewing and singing
classics and contemporary
numbers.
Mr. Strickland is also a
member of Alpha Phi Alpha
fraternity, Georgia Teachers
Accounting and the advisor
of the Phi Beta Lambda Club
here at Morris Brown. Many
students feel that Benjamin
Strickland is one of the best
teachers at Morris Brown and
the Wolverine Observer
agrees.
Olympic Pullout
A1 Oerter, a 43 year old
discus, thrower, who won gold
medals in 1956, 60, 64 and 68
first opposed but now favors
the President's proposal to
boycott the Olympics. "I feel
we should stop belly-aching
and get behind the President,"
Oerter said. "It is time to put
personal considerations
aside".
The proposal to postpone,
move, or cancel the 1980 sum
mer Olympics by President
Carter is a very pressing
problem.
As the old year (1979) came
to a close and as 1980 moved
in upon us, Americans
.throughout the country wit
nessed spectacular and in-
creasirig jumps in the price of
man's most treasured metal
GOLD.
Gold went from $400'“per
ounce in October to $500 in'
late December. On January 3,
the fixing price of an ounce of
gold hit a record high of $634
in the London market. Prices
well above $600 were recorded
in New York and Zurich that
day and reached $653 in Hong
Kong and $665 in Paris. Then,
in 24 hours, the London gold
price rose by $74.50.
In five days prices soared an
astonishing 34%, and the
precious ■ metal was $808 per
ounce in New York, $823 in
Hong Kong, and $835 in Lon
don and Zurich.
Just as fast as the price of
gold increased, Americans saw
By Tamara Macon
Dr. George Perez, a new
comer to the Morris Brown
College faculty, has just began
his' first semester as a
wolverine in the Foreign
Language Department.
Even after being in the
United States nearly 19 years,
Dr. Perez still speaks with an
accent.
Bom in Colombia, South
America, he obtained his
It's saddening to think that
for so many years worldwide
athelets have trained for this
special event and all of a sud
den it began to crumble. All
their hopes, desires, goals.
gold in London plunge from a
peak of $850 an ounce on
January 21 to a low two days
later of $585 and then climb
in 24 hours to $740.
At present prices, an ounce
of gold is worth more than a
quarter ton of hamburger.
Seven pounds of the metal
would pay for an average
American single-family home.
A suitcase of bullion would
buy an oil tanker of crude.
Gold is so valuable, the U.S.
government and other govern
ments cannot seize, devalue or
easily confiscate it.
The increase reflects rising
tensions over the Soviet in
vasion of Afghanistan, high
oil prices and the Iranian
crisis.
There is also speculation of
a major recession and war.
Having an invaluable
tangible, item such as gold is a
promise of holding value
against inflation. When the
Bachelors and Masters degrees
from the University of
JaVeriana in South America.
Continuing his education, he
received his PHD, from the
University of Connecticut in
Latin.
He has always taught at the
high school and college level in
French, English, Spanish and
Latin.
In commenting on his
•might just go up in smoke and
possibly a war could erupt.
My question is, has this new
decade marked a beginning of
another World War?
demand for goods are tremen
dous and supplies are limited,
the price increases.
Because of the sudden in
crease of gold, dental costs
will rise. Close to 15 percent of
U.S. gold consumption each
year goes into bridgework or
fillings. Gold is .important to
the aerospace industry in elec
tronic devices and, especially
in jet-engine assemblies.
You can also expect a rise in
the cost of jewelry. In a recent
article in Time magazine, it
said "at the start of this year,
experts estimated that jewelry
would take about 1,000 metric
tons."
How long this will last,? a
person can only guess. But it is
expected that the price of gold
will probably continue to fluc
tuate as long as there are
mounting fears over the
United State's soaring inflation
and international crisis.
classes he states, "the students
are serious, motivated, at
tentive and they want to
learn". Being enthused with
our library "it has a lot of
books about my country, and
that's where I'll be spending
my free time—in the library",
Dr. Perez says.
Dr. Perez is married and has
one daughter. We're glad to
have him aboard.
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