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PAGE 2 THE PANTHER NOVEMBER, 1944 VOL. 1 IChe panther A Journal of Negro College Life Published by the Students of Clark College Atlanta, Ga., November 1944 No. STAFF Editor in Chief Associate Editors.. Subscription Published Monthly William E. Thompson ’46 Ora Jeanne Bohannon ’45 Anna Marie Rice ’46 Feature Editor Marcella Cain Janes ’47 < Literary Editor Genevieve K. Ferguson ’46 Gossip Editor Peeping Tom 19?? , Art Editor Cynthia Perry ’46 < ' Associate Art Editors Emma Jefferson ’47 ' Jackie Adams ’48 Exchange Editor... Benjamin F. Bradford ’46 < Associate Exchange Editor Ruth Jones ’48 1 Associate Literary Editor Mason Wilkes ’47 Business Manager Calvin H. Johnson ’47 < Secretary To Editor ..Thelma Barnhart ’45 Staff Typist Katherine Johnson ’46 Advisors To Editor Ora Jeanne Bohannon Marcella James Calvin H. Johnson George C. Allen • Faculty Advisors Mrs. Stella Brewer Brookes (Leave of Absence) Miss Cecil C. Posey i $1.00 per year < DEDICATION The policy of the Staff is: To print the views and opinions of the student body. To act as a means for student expression. To encourage the students of Clark College to make regular contribu tions and to share with the other students their talents. To do these things it will be i necessary for the entire school to co operate—to see to it that news pertaining to students and of interest reaches the Staff’s office in time for publication. We depend upon you to keep the news rolling and we will let you see it in print once a month. Dedication The Staff takes pleasure in dedicating the second issue of the Panther to the various campus clubs, organizations, and Greek Letter Fraternities and Sororities. It is through participation in these organization the students of Clark College are given the opportunity to a happy and wholesome social life. An Editorial As news is being prepared for the second issue of the PANTHER the student body is labouriously preparing for the celebration of the 76th Home coming. To most of us Homecoming means the annual classic between the Clark Panthers and the Morehouse Tigers, but to others of us it is the an nual reunion of all Clarkites. When a student graduates from high school, he looks forward to three major happenings in his educational life . . . Matriculation, Commencement, and Homecoming. Matriculation is that time when we enroll to pursue a higher degree of formal training. It is that time when an individual says, “I am desirous of rubbing elbows with Socrates, Plato, Karl Marx, Jesus Christ, and the other great thinkers of the world. Unfortunately, it is not always possible for everyone to realize his ambition through the Commence ment Exercises which climax his four years of studying. Commencement means the beginning . . . and so it is . . . although we think of it as the end of our college career ... it is the time to give back to the world what we have gained in four years, and it is the transition from a college student to an alumnus of the college. For those who participate it is a momentous oc casion. Homecoming is that time when both students and alumni unite in a com mon bond—the love of Alma Mater. For those who have matriculated it means preparation fqr those who have graduated and will be coming back. For all the former, students it is the one occasion when we forget years, dates, and classmates to celebrate the annual Homecoming event. Homecom ing brings back to the college those battered and bruised individuals who have forged ahead and are now returning to tell of their success or attempts at success—of the hard struggles for survival and of how they have kept the banner of their Alma Mater aloft. On the occasion of such a glorious event the students are challenged to go forth and achieve as their predecessors have done. The football team spurred on to victory, but whether victory is ours or not ... we still have the aspiration for the coming of another year when we can start anew. Thanksgiving Prayer For flowers that bloom about our feet; for tender grass, so fresh, so sweet; for song of bird and hum of bee, for all things fair we hear and see. Father in heaven we thank thee! For blue of stream and blue of sky; for pleasant shade of branches high; for fragrant air and cooling breeze; for beauty of the blooming trees, Father in heaven we thank thee. Ralph Waldo Emerson From My Chapel Seat Genevieve K. Ferguson Ah, but once again, we of Clark College know the joy of meeting to gether each day for that potent rea son which is none other than spiritual Tuidanee. If ever in the history of ur nation there were an immediate need for reverence, spiritual living and biotherly love, it is now. We young men and women need to think deeply on these three essentials to enrich our lives, so that we will make for ourselves and those around us a better world. The activities of Clark’s chapel pro grams cover not only the Christian phase of living, but they also empha size facts on rightful social living. The month of October found the young men and women holding a sep arate chapel meeting, over which, the dean of men, Dean A. O. Bustamente, and dean of women, Doctor Ethna Winston presided. At the meeting with the young women, the personnel staff was introduced; it included Miss Rose E. King, Nurse Chandler, Miss Dovie T. Reeves and Mrs. Eddye M. Thomas. The chapel committee under took the task of assigning once more permanent seats to the student mem bers of the Clark Family. Due to the fact that football season is here, the cheering squad held exhilarting meet ings with the student body. The lead ers of the squad are: Cynthia Perry, Anna Marie Rice, Ruth Riley, June Daniels, Alva Lindsey, Thomas Gris- son, Daniel Lewis and Alonao Hill. This month, the different classes elected their permanent officers for the school year. President James Brawley meditated with the student body in a solemn formal worship the second week of the month at which time the Philharmonic Society, di rected by Prof. J. I). Killingsworth, sang, “The Lord’s Prayer,” by For syth-Draft. Dean McPheeters gave the student body much to think about when he thoroughly cited reasons why students should strive to their utmost to make successful accom plishments in their college careers. Beginning its initial membership drive this month, the Y. W. C. A. be gan its program with spirited talks from the following members: Mabel O’Neal, Genevieve Ferguson, Marcella James, and Mary Pickett. It is a tra dition that Clark College have an in duction Dedication Service each year. This year the service was of such a nature as to stimulate each student to declare solemnly his confidence in his institution and his belief in the Christian faith. The service was opened by President J. P. Brawley. On the 22nd day of the month, each student was able to take part in the chapel program, for it was this day that votes were cast for the election of “Miss Clark.” Mr. Daniel C. Thompson, a mem ber of the faculty, related many im portant facts about the works of the N. A. A. C. P., in turn Mr. William Thompson made a heartening appeal for the membership drive of the N. A. A. C. P. * We Are Going to Ber lin, to Rome, to Japan i Oh soldiers of America, Ye sons of liberty, Let’s fight this glorious battle For freedom across the seas. Do you hear the bugle calling? Do you hear the great command? Forward soldiers, possess the land. Chorus We are marching on To a foreign land, To Berlin, to Rome, also to Japan. Fighting all the way Hitler and his gang, We shoulder to shoulder stand. Forward soldiers, possess the land. II For democracy and liberty, For the freedom of mankind, For the right and freedom of the seas The Army and Navy fight. Do you hear the cannons roaring? Do you hear the great command? Forward soldiers, possess the land. III All the people, all the nations, Those oppressed by Hitler’s gang, They are looking to America The country of Uncle Sam. Do you hear their anxious pleading? Oh, save us by your might: Forward soldiers, possess the land. Armando O. Bustamente Jacksonville, Fla. March 15, 1943. *This song was written and dedi cated to the Armed Forces of the United States. The words and music has been copyrighted by the composer and is being used with permission. Mrs. Sara H. Cureton, head of the department of Spanish, was chosen as a resource person for the Confer ence on “Demobilization Challenges the Church” held at Central Congre gational Church November 1, 2, 1944. On Thanksgiving More than three centuries ago, the Pilgrim Fathers celebrated the first Thanksgiving in America by praying and feasting after their first harvest 'n the “land of milk and honey.” De spite a bitter winter, a tremendous loss of their numbers, and the ard uous task of subduing the wilderness, hey we.e thankful that they had one of the world’s most prized possessions —freedom. Again in the year, nineteen hun dred and forty-four, we approach an other Thanksgiving Day, and like the Pilgrims, we have endured hardships to maintain that jewel for which they struggled—freedom. We will cele brate, however, with a knowledge of mounting victories, high aims of peace, and a meaning far more pro found than that experienced by the Pilgrims. We stand today on this b; oad and rich continent humbly sending prayers of thanksgiving to God for having spared us thus far, for the benefits of the labors of our forefathers. The land which faraway peoples thought of as the “land of milk and honey” still has an abund ant storef for those who have an hon est will to toil, a will for freedom for themselves and for their fellowmen. We can give thanks, humbly and reverently from overflowing hearts on this Thanksgiving Day. The abund ant food our good Americans have given to us is not all; we must be thankful for millions upon millions, named and unnamed, who go forward in the light of a great perspective toward the peace and equality of free men, standing before God in a more beautiful, just, and amiable world. L. Guinart, ’48 Contributing Freshman Sunset Silently Against a background of pale blue sky The sun sinks slowly I townward While busy people pass— While little children play— Heedless of this marvelous sight— The setting of the sun. Men search the earth And still Shall find no greater treasure Than the Obit one. But while they sleep Or play Or pass— The sun still sinks Until At last There is no sun: But only beautiful rainbowed rays To tell us There was one. —B. L. P. Delta Sigma Theta The officers of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority include: Louise Brown, President; Rhoda Dean, Vice Presi dent; Portia Thomas, Corresponding Secretary; Myrtis Smith, Recording Secretary; Genevieve Ferguson, Dean of Pledgees; Mildred Touchstone, Ad viser to T. I. D. Y. M. C. A, The initial meeting of the Young Men’s Christian Association convened during one of the regular Chapel hours in the Audio-Visual Room. The purpose of the meeting was to greet the new young men of the college and to elect officers for the year. As a re sult of the election the following young men were elected: Benjamin F. Bradford, president; George W. James, vice president; William E. Thompson, secretary; Joseph S. Hickerson, assistant secretary; John T. Smith, treasurer; John Cannon, chaplain; Newberry Flanagan, re porter; David T. Harper, Sgt. at Arms. The Faculty Advisors include Dean A. A. McPheeters, Dean A. O. Bustamante, and Professor Curtis V. Holland. During the summer the Young Men’s Christian Association cele brated its 100th anniversary, The as sociation has grown in the past years to include chapters all over the world. The Clark Chapter is interested and urges those young men not already members to join the organization. NORMA HULL BLAND THRILLS AUDIENCE (Continued From Page One) The curtains fell slowly as Mrs. Hull led in the singing of the Negro National Anthem leaving us wishing for still more. The artist was the grateful recipient of an orchid cor sage from the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, a rose spray from the Ivy Leaf Club, and a beautiful basket of roses from the Clark Playhouse. Patronize our advertisers. On the Shelves j l nave 'written a hook about read ing. Those who write about sex or money-making often give the impres sion that it is the whole of life. I do not want to give a similar impression about reading, but I do want to per suade you that it is a substantial part of life, of reason. (From) How to Read a Book, by Iortimer Adler. No Delay of Triumph By J. Saunders Redding J. Saunders Redding is the first Negro to win the Mayflower Award in Literature, given by the state of Northa Carolina for his novel, No Day of Triumph. No Day of Triumph is a collection of four short stories revolving around the life, the experiences, and the philosophy of Mr. Redding. Richard Wright in his introduction to the book, speaks of the author as the first Negro of the middle-class to break with the ideology of the “Tal ented Tenth” in a complete and final manner. His task is to expose, ex hibit, and declare in a dramatic and lasting manner; though some may feel that he tears down more than he builds up. Mr. Redding writes on a high sensitive plane, describing how a man surrounded by falsehood and confusion, groped toward truth and dignity and understanding. In _ the first of the stories, Mr. Redding relates his experiences as a teacher at Morehouse College. He de picts conditions there in his o w n “personal” way (certainly, no one else has ever spoken so of More house). It is indeed an interesting description, not only as a pin stuck into an inflated balloon but also as a criterion for other colleges. At present, Mr. Redding is teach ing English at Hampton Institute and he is a columnist for the Baltimore Afro-American. If he continues to write books like No Day of Triumph he may subdue the popularity and in tellectuality of Mr. Wright. They run a too close-for-decision race for the former now. Mason Wilkes II. Playhouse Presents Drama The Clark College Playhouse under the direction of Mrs. Norma H. Bland presented its first presentation during the regular chapel hour Fri day, October 27. The Playhouse was assisted by the Verse Speaking Choir who gave a splendid rendition of “Twenty-fourth Psalm.” “The China Pig” by Evelyn Emig is a one-act play portraying the life of a small family consisting of Elizabeth May nard, mother; Muriel, the younger daughter; and Elsa, the oldest. Mu riel, is interested in the work of the American Red Cross and is trying to persuade her mother to permit her to take the training offered by the Red Cross. Elsa, her sister, has been of fered a job in New York as an actress and is determined to leave as soon as possible to accept the job which pays thirty dollars a month. Mrs. Maynard hesitates giving neither of her daugh ters permission to following their de sires because of their father. After a bit of persuasion Muriel is given permission by her mother to try and get her father’s consent. While she is gone to the office Elsa trys to show her mother where she has failed to enjoy life because of her father’s selfish motives. Mrs. Maynard re views her life and thinks of the good times she has missed because of her sacrifices for her family. She has just about decided to draw her sav ings of $1,000 from the bank and ac company Elsa to New York, when Muriel comes in disappointed because her father has rejected her plea. For getting herself again, Mrs. Maynard gives Muriel a check for $1,000 so that she can take the course she so desires. The curtains fall as Mrs. Maynard tells her oldest daughter that she will not run away, but stay there and start living all over again. Cast Elizabeth Maynard, the mother — Ella P. Stewart. Elsa, her elder daughter—Kathe rine Johnson. Muriel—Josephine Washington. The Clark College Bookstore has been equipped at a cost of more than two thousand dollars. If it is books, paper, cosmetics, soap, or whatever you want, see the Clark College Bookstore first. If you have group picture or campus scenes, submit them to the Staff for use in future is sues of the paper.