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NOVEMBER/ 1944
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CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority
Alpha Pi Chapter of Alpha Kappa
Alpha Sorority began its 1944-45
school year with the following offi-
Soror Dorothy Elliott, Basil eus;
Soror Maxine T. Webb, Anti-Basil-
eus; Soror Ruth Riley, Grammateus;
Soror Helen Burke, Epistoleus; So
ror Nora Mathis, Trammiochus; So
ror Inelle Brown, Reporter, Soror
Eleanor Greenwood, Parliamentarian;
Soror June Daniel, Hodegus; Soror
Cleo Parker, Dean of Pledgees; So
ror Anna Rice, Dean of Iv’ets.
On Friday night, October 6, 1944,
the members entertained the new
students of Clark at an “All Nation’s
Ball” in the form of a make-believe
world tour with Soror Anna Rice as
commentator. The ball was held in
the Recreation Room, Thayer Hall.
The program proved unique and
interesting throughout. The rushees
came garbed in costumes represent
ing the United States, France, Ger
many, South America, Holland, Ire
land, Spain, Hawaii, and even Hades.
To represent Italy William Beasley
beautifully sang “Ave Maria,” Sylvia
Quarker took us to Ireland with her
vocal rendition of the Irish Lullaby,
“Tura-Lura-Lura.” A beautiful South
Sea Island dance was presented by
Bernice Hankerson, Cynthia Perry,
Fannie Scott and Doris James featur
ing Lillian Lovejoy, who was attired
in a grass skirt. A Gestapo Military
drill was presented by Florence Cas
sell, Claretta Rlufor, Marilyn Gar
rett, Willie Farmer, Majorie Butler,
Mildred Belcher and Marilyn Easter
ling who portrayed “Der Fuerher.”
Janice Grier proved to be a well in
formed “Confucius” with her witty
proverbs. Eura Lee Grimes, Evelyn
Thompson and Nora Lee Spots
formed a trio singing “Blue Hawaii.”
Dean Winston won first prize in the
spaghetti eating contest while Mary
Provost proved the best jitterburg.
Alva Lindsey won first dress prize.
The make-believe trip used every ve
hicle possible in getting from one
country to the next. In the United
States we passed through such points
of interest as Tuskegee, New River,
North Carolina and Great Lakes, Ill.,
where the air corps, marine, and navy
hymns were sung by the entire group
Finally we landed at the exclusive
Stork Club in New York where the
officers of the sorority were intro
duced by Soror Dorothy Elliott. After
a delicious repast and dancing the
commentator and rushees again
boarded the train for all points South
including Pfeiffer and Merner Halls
This trip concluded a successful and
entertaining party for all new stu
dents. Visiting Sorors were Sorors
Carrie W. Bennings, Verna M. James-
Marvel B. Johnson, and the Dean of
the chapter, Frances E. Clark.
Soror Thelda Phillips who is now
matriculating at Gammon, will also
affiliate with us this year.
Inelle Brown,
Reporter.
Clark College
Playhouse
The Clark College playhouse under
the leadership of Mrs. Norma Bland
has for its officers the following:
Maxine Webb, president; Catherine
Johnson, vice president; Katie Mc
Kinney, secretary; Ora Williams, as
sistant secretary; Carrie Jeffries,
treasurer; Bernice Hankerson, re
porter; Ora Bohannon, stage manager.
The purpose of the club is to enter
tain, to the best of its ability, the
student body by presenting interest
ing plays.
We have made many plans for your
entertainment during the coming year.
. B. Hankerson, Reporter.
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The Freshman Class
The Cla k College freshmen class of
1944 has begun organizing; thus far
mree officers have been elected. They
are as follows: President, Hiriam M.
Kendall; vice president, D. Guylon
Small; and secretary, Ruby Nell
Harpe. The organization isn’t com
pleted as yet, however in a very few
days it will be.
We the members of this extra large
freshmen class of 1944, are determined
to stand out with scintillating bril-
,iance in the annals of this our new
est home, Clark College. We intend
making a definite contribution that
will be commendable by all the Clark
family. Considering the ambitions and
enthusiasm of the class our objectives
will be easy to obtain.
We face the days before us with an
outlook of being the best class pro
duced in the history of Clark College.
The Advanced
Freshman Class
Officers of the Advanced Freshman
Class are: Gloria L. Current, presi
dent; Mae Harris, vice president;
Mary Dorsey, secretary; Enid White,
corresponding secretary, and James
Sullivan, treasurer.
The Advanced Freshman Class ex
tend- a challenge to the other classes
of the college to surpass them in their
class activities.
Junior Class
The Officers of the Junior Class
elected for the 1944-45 school year
are: Anna Rice, president; Euralee
Grimes, vice president; Ogust De
laney, secretary; Virginia Cage, as
sistant secretary; Newberry Flana
gan, treasurer; Marilyn Garrett, re
porter; William E. Thompson, his
torian; Bernice Hankerson and Anna
Rice, representative to the Student
Council.
The Pyramid Club
This school year again finds the
Pyramid Club quite eager to continue
its yearly activities. It will be carried
on this year by such officers as:
President, Johnny Jordan, Vice
Piesident, Ogust Delaney; Secretary,
Naomi Campbell; Assistant Secre-
r.ry, Jacqueline Turner; Treasurer,
-Harriet Bailey.
Miss Genevieve Ferguson is the ad
viser of the Pyramid Club.
The “C” Club
The “C” club consists of members
vho have been awarded letters by the
:ollege in recognition of their partici-
jation in sports. The officers elected
for this year are: Talmage Owens,
>resident; Richard Bolton, vice presi-
lent; George W. James, secretary;
Samuel Hatchett, assistant secretary;
iohnny F. Colquitt, treasurer; Giles
Tewell, reporter; Reginald Haynes,
haplain. Members of the “C” club
ire: David T. Harper, Clarence
Mitchell, Marion Weathers, John
Smith, Lincoln Crittenton, and Ernest
J. Sullivan.
Business Educational
Guild
On October 12 a group of students
met under the supervision of Mrs.
Carrie J. George to organize a Busi
ness Education Guild. This group con
sisted of Business Majors and stu
dents registered in Secretarial
Sciences.
As a result of the report of the
nominating committee the following
members were elected officers: Helen
Burke, president; Burnice Hankerson,
vice president; Myrtis Smith, secre
tary; Evelyn Edwards, correspond-
; ng secretary; Bessie Brown, treas
urer; Carrie Jeffries, reporter. The
Business Educational Guild has as its
purpose the furtherance of the inter
est of students in Secretarial Sciences.
Ivey Leaf Club
The Ivy Leaf Club elected the fol
lowing as club officers; Willie Lee
Farmer, president; Marcella James,
vice president; Katie McKinney, sec
retary; Mildred Belcher, treasurer,
and Bernice Hankerson, reporter.
Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity
October 9th will be remembered as
the day of the Alpha Phi Chapter’s
annual “Smoker.” Invitations were
extended to the transfer and Fresh
man male students of the college to be
the guest of the Alpha Phi Chapter
in the Recreation Room of Thayer
Hall.
With tobacco so hard to obtain one
wonders whether it was really a
“smoker”— but it was. There were
cigarettes to pass around once, twice,
and even a third time. The young-
ladies of the I’vet, Ivy Leaf Club and
Alpha Pi Chapter of Alpha Kappa
Alpha Sorority were there to enter
tain the young men. Members of the
faculty including Dr. Brawley, Mr.
Holland, Dean McPheeters, Mr. Elliot,
Mr. Pugh, and Dr. Eagleston were
introduced as members of Alpha Phi
Alpha Fraternity. Little Brothers Joe
Brown, Mason Wilkes, and Fred
Hatchett assisted in serving the
honored guests to the menu which in
cluded chicken salad, ice cream, po
tato chips, cake, and punch.
On October 13th Alpha Phi Chapter
presented a movie.
City Council
The City Council, a newly organized
group on the campus, has for its
officers:
President, George Allen; vice-presi
dent, Mabel O’Neal; secretary, Ber
nice Hankerson; assistant secretary,
Portia Thomas; treasurer, Mildred
Belcher; reporters, Marilyn Garrett,
Claude Robie; Representatives to Stu
dent Council, Tommie Hamm, Thur
man Wilson.
The purposes of this organization
are:
1. To promote better relationships
between the city and dormitory stu
dents.
2. To have representation on com
mittees that concern the entire student
body.
3. To promote and bring about
leadership among our members.
4. To help better our conditions
that we come up against in every
day life.
The French Club
The French Club elected the fol
lowing officers October 4, 1944:
President, Marcella James; secre
tary, Katie McKinney; Reporter,
Benjamin Bradford.
The club was organized in 1933
under the sponsorship of Mrs. Cure-
ton, the professor of French. The
purppse of the club is to instill inter
est in the French Culture and history
and to perfect the student’s knowledge
and use of the French language. In
teresting programs are presented
annually for the benefit of the general
student body.
Former members of the French
Club are serving in various branches
of the Armed Forces all over the
world. Many of them write back
concerning the importance of speak
ing knowledge of the French language
and urge their fellows to work dili
gently along this line.
The present sponsors of the club
are Mrs. Cureton, Mr. Fletcher and
Mr. Bustamante.
N. A. A. C. P.
At the first meeting of the
N. A. A. C. P. the following officers
were elected:
President, William Thompson; Vice
President, Benjamin Bradford; Secre
tary, Mae V. Simpson; Executive
Secretary, Sadie Clark; Treasurer,
Eugene Prather; Repoter, Ora Marie
Williams; Chaplain, Mrs. Ruby Moss;
Historian, Ora J. Bohannon; Repre
sentatives to Student Council, Mabel
E. O’Neill and Inell Brown; Repre
sentative at large, Newberry Flanna-
gan.
The purposes of the N. A. A. C. P.
is to work in conjunction with the
national organization and to create
Negro college youth in the general
program of the national organization.
All students who have not done so
are urged to become members of this
most vital organization during the
membership campaign which starts
October 27th. Prof. Daniel C. Thomp
son is the advisor of the N. A. C. P.
The Ohio Club
The Ohio Club already boasts of
being one of the best organized clubs
on Claik Campups for the coming
season, 1944-45. We aim to foster a
program which will appeal not only to
Ohio Club members but to all Clark
Students. We are looking forward to
presenting a Chapel Program very
soon which will be a “Red Letter
Day” in the history of our College.
Our purpose is to create better re
lationship among the members and
stimulate interests of others to come
to Clark.
We are pleased to make known the
following new members: Mr. A. 0.
Bustamante, a native of Cuba, having
received his citizenship papers from
Delaware, Ohio; Mr. Charles H. Pugh,
a former resident of Columbus, Ohio;
Miss Sadie Clark, a transfer student
from Georgia State College, a mem
ber of the Junior Class, and resident
of Canton, Ohio; Miss Marjorie
Butler, born in Cleveland, Ohio, hav
ing lived in Chattanooga, Tennessee,
but now residing in Cleveland is a'
member of the Sophomore Class; Mr.
John Camp, a graduate of Booker T.
Washington High School, a member
of the Freshman class and a resident
of Dayton, Ohio; and Miss Alva
Lindsey transfer student from Rust
College and a member of the sopho
more class.
The officers of the Ohio Club are:
Piesident, Miss Ruth Riley, resident
of Cincinnati, Ohio; secretary, Miss
Mae V. Simpson, resident of Toledo,
Ohio; treasurer, Mr. Curtis V. Hol
land, member of the Faculty and
Concert Artist, a resident of Youngs
town, Ohio; Miss Alva Lindsey, chair
man of the Program Committee, and
Miss Cleo E. Parker, repofNir, and
esident of Cincinnati.
El Espanol Club
A group of young men and women
met on Friday, October 6 to re
organize the Spanish Club for the new
school year. The purpose of the club is
to stimulate greater interest and
understanding among Spanish speak
ing peoples.
This marks the fourth year of the
Spanish Club. A day out of each year
is celebrated as Pan American Day.
Exhibits are held from time to time,
playlets presented and Spanish pic
tures shown, all of which help to
acquaint observers with South Ameri
can customs and cultures.
Each year our sponsor, Mrs. Cure-
ton, closes the Espanol Club with an
entertainment at her residence. The
newly elected officers are: Ora Wil
liams, president; Evelyn Edwards,
vice president; Carolyn Smith, secre
tary; Marjorie Butler, assistant sec
retary; Florence Cassell, treasurer;
Dorris James, reporter, and Mrs. Sara
H. Cureton, Sponsor.
Les Elites
The Les Elites Social Club met at
the beginning of the new school year
to make plans and to elect officers for
the 1944-45 term. Officers elected in
clude:
President, Bernice Hankerson; Vice
President, Eura Lee Grimes; Secre
tary, Portia Thomas; Treasurer, Em
ma Lena Phillips; Business Manager,
Mildred Belcher; Reporter, Margaret
Booker; Members, Eleanor Green
wood, Marilyn Garrett, Virginia
Cage; Faculty Adviser, Prof. A. B.
Wright.
The purpose of the Les Elites Club
is to promote higher standards of fel
lowship, loyalty, cooperation, and
wholesome recreation among college
girls. To improve our school by stu
dent participation in various activi
ties to which we feel we can make
contributions. To build characters
that are expressions of appreciation
and respect for those that are striv
ing to prepare us for life. To develop
true loyalty for our school and all of
its ideals.
The Tokyo Social Club
The Tokyo Social Club was or
ganized for the year 1944-45 with the
following young women as officers:
Helen Burke, president; Rose E. Head,
vice president; Harriette Bailey, sec
retary; Catherine Farley, correspond
ence secretary; Omogene Williams,
treasurer; Dorothy Payne, reporter,
and Johnnye Jordan, chaplain.
Y. W. C. A. INITIATES MEMBER
SHIP DRIVE
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and a brief outline of the Y’s pro
gram for the year. The topic for dis
cussion was led by representatives
from each class. Mae Harris, Fresh
man; Marcella C. James, Sophomore;
Genevieve Ferguson, Junior, and Dor
othy Elliott, Senior, represented their
respective classes.
The discussion leaders impressed
upon the minds of the students that
the Young Women’s Christian Asso
ciation is that campus organization of
which each young woman should be
a member in order to have a well bal
anced college career. An insight was
given into the various national proj
ects of the “Y” such as its work for
full employment of all qualified work
ers; its striving to establish a world
organization to deal with world af
fairs through law and order; its ac
tivity in helping Christians assume
responsibility for the political life of
their community, state, and nation-
and its effort to place religion at the
center of higher education.
The Membership Drive began with
the sale of memberships cards by
former members of the “Y” and ended
The Social Science Club
The Social Science Club held its
first meeting of this year in Warren-
Haven Hall, Room 315, Thursday, Oc
tober 3 at 1 P. M.
There are two aims of our organiza
tion, namely, to stimulate the inter
ests of Clark College students in the
field of social sciences and to give
cultural and entertaining Chapel Pro
grams on National and International
Society.
We have as our advisor Mr. Daniel
C. Thompson, head of the Department
of Social Science. His interests and
experiences with young people are
widespread and valuable to the stu
dent body.
The roster for the year 1944-45 is
as follows: President, Miss Ruth
Riley; vice president, Miss Helen A.
Budke; secretary, Miss Cleo E.
Parker; corresponding secretary, Miss
Evelyn Gibson; representatives to the
Student Council, Miss Kathe ine John
son and Mrfl Eugene N. Prater; rep
resentative-at-large, Mr. William E.
Thompson, and Misses Ruth Riley
and Cleo E. Parker; historian, Miss
Rubye Moss; chaplain, Mr. Newberry
Flanagan.
Misses Cleo E. Parker and
Evelyn Gibson, Reporters.
I’vet Club
The I’vet Club elected as their offi
cers: Marilyn Easterling, president;
Gloria Cur: ent, vice pres’dent; Ruth
Rogers, sec etary; Catherine Stolly,
ssistant secretary; Lillian Lovejoy,
treasurer; and Marilyn Gar ett, busi
ness manager. Emma Lena Philips is
the club’s reporter.
Pfeiffer Hall Senate
Omogene Williams, president;
Dorothy Elliot, vice president; Kath
erine Johnson, secretary; Anna Rice,
assistant secretary; Louise B own,
treasurer; Ora Williams and Ogust
Delaney, representatives to Student
Council; and Helen H. Peavy, re
porter. .
The Steel City Club
There is something new on Clark’s
Campus — The Steel City Culb. This
organization promises to play an im
portant part in the coming year’s ac
tivities: The officers are:
President, Talmage Owens; vice-
president, Johhny Colquitt; secretary,
George Stearnes; treasurer, Omogene
Williams; reporter, LeVivian Mc
Daniel ; representative to Student
Council, Joseph Brown.
The officers and members of the
“Steel Club” are students from the
city ol Gary, Ind.
with an informal tea for new mem
bers in the lounge of Pfeiffer Hall on
Sunday, October 22. Young women
who have not as yet joined the Y.W.
are urged to do so and help fulfill the
slogan used, “You Women Can
Achieve.”
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