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THE PANTHER
APRIL, 1945
TThe panther
A Journal of Negro College Life
Published by the Students of Clark College
VOL. 1
Atlanta, Ga.,
1945
No. 6
STAFF
Editor-in-Chief Cynthia B. Perry ’46
Associate Editors Ora J. Bohannon ’45
Anna M. Rice ’46
Mason Wilkes, II ’47
Feature Editor Marcella C. James ’47
Associate Feature Editor Lolita D. Guinart ’48
Literary Editor Genevieve F. Bynoe ’46
Art Editor - Emma Jefferson ’47
Associate Art Editor .Jackie Adams ’48
Exchange Editor Benjamin Bradford ’46
Associate Exchange Editor Ruth Jones ’48 <
Gossip Editor Peeping Tom ’??
Business Manager. .Calvin K. Johnson ’47 \
Associate Business Manager..... Hiram Kendall ’48
Staff Secretary Thelma L. Barnhart ’45
Staff Typists Katherine Johnson ’46
Gloria Current ’47
Advisors to Editor Ora J. Bohannon
Calvin H. Johnson George C. Allen
Faculty Advisors..
Mrs. S. B. Brookes, Miss C. Posey <
Published Monthly
Dedication
The sixth and final issue of the Panther is dedicated to the
late Professor E. Luther Brookes. The faculty and students of
Clark College have a great love and admiration for him. He pos
sessed an insight into the actions and thinking of his students. He
was recognized as a great scholar. His qualities were priceless
and have created for him permanent values and eternal worth.
Professor Brookes still lives, for his ideas and teachings have
been instilled in all who came in contact with him. He has be
come an integral part in the lives of all who knew him. It is with
honor that we dedicated this issue to him.
An Editorial
Today those who are eagerly looking toward a better and
new world for their fellow men, look to the youth to formulate
and carry out a program of action. It is we who must join to
gether to achieve a greater material and moral well being for
all. On that basis, we have not time for petty arguments and
misunderstandings that arise among organizations and groups.
We must adjust our conduct to fit the pattern of the world we
are striving to build. We must struggle for right—the right which
stands for the law of the state, the conviction of people. The
right that will bring our people forward, with equality and jus
tice for all of them. Every right that is obtained kills something,
but it defends someone, or something that had lived in injustice.
Somehow, it is my belief that those who are about to leave
the creative forces of life, will welcome the youth to take their
placs. They have blazed for us many paths and have shown
us some of the obstacles that might hinder us in our progress.
Will you, youth of today, tomorrow, be ready to shoulder your
responsibility? Or will you be busy clamoring for yourself, not
thinking of your fellwman, or in the interest of your people?
Sometimes the answer is obvious. It is left up to us to help
one another, to stand up for what we believe and be willing to
lend our support to those who are more fortunate than ourselves.
To see to it that they are able to climb, we should not be so ob
vious as to attempt to pull down what someone else is striving
to build up, or do. In ourselves we must be understanding and
establish the knowledge that we have. This should be shared un
selfishly. This way, those who aspire eagerly for a better world
will see that we youth have started toward a future that will
be brighter and a happier one.
C. B. P. (9-B).
Watch Your
Speech
By Ruth Taylor
I was listening to a speech
one night—a dull, dry-as-dust
speech—and my mind was wan
dering, when suddenly I heard
the speaker say: “For the old
adage of ‘No taxation without
representation’ one might well
substitute the new slogan of ‘No
criticism without study’.”
If we could do that we could
revolutionize human relations.
If we stopped to study a situa
tion, how seldom would we criti
cize it? Instead we would un
derstand it. Prejudice always
menaces the person holding it.
No one of us would willingly
steal. But he who condemns an
other unjustly or who bears
false witness against his broth
er is a thief.
Shakespeare said: “He who
steals my purse steals trash;
but he that robs me of my good
name, robs me of that which not
enricheth him, but makes me
poor indeed.”
How do we do that? By gen
eralizing against a man, by at
tributing to a group the mis
takes of a man, by broad char
acterizations, by not taking the
trouble to learn all the facts.
Go over the people whom you
think you dislike. Why don’t you
WOULD YOU BE IMMORTAL?
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ours.
In these days of war and
chaos, of bitter hatred, racial
prejudice and party strife, it is
well to note that E. Luther
Brookes was one who would not
limited his brotherhood to the
narro weonfines of a Greek let
ter fraternity, but he worked
diligently in the interest of a
World Brotherhood.
His life was a challenge to us.
Shall we accept it?
WILLIAM BRADFORD
Alpha Phi Alpha Chapter
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.
Sphinx Club
As members of the Sphinx
Club of Alpha Phi Chapter of
Alpha Phi Alpha it is proper and
fitting that we should pause to
pay homage to the founder, Pro
fessor E. Luther Brookes.
The Sphinx Club was initiat
ed at Clark from the Oasis Club
by Professor Brookes in 1927,
an institution which now em
braces men from the Atlantic to
the Pacific, from the Gulf of
Mexico, to the Dominion of Can
ada. They are indeed happy to
be numbered among those in
such an institution as this; and
to even be mentioned in the
same breath with such a per
sonality. This man about whom
I speak has touched the lives of
many. Yes, and he stands there
burning, and glowing back an
undying bundle of energy. He
was one who did not feel that
he had to be exceedingly imper
sonal to demand the respect of
his students, but rather demand
ed respect through his profound
capability. At no time was I re
luctant to go to him for consul
tation; even though he was ex
ceedingly busy at all times, but
never too busy to stop and ex
plain to a student.
I went to Mr. Brookes’ office
one day. “Mr. Brookes,” I said,
“are you busy?” “No,” he said,
“I am never too busy to talk to
my students, come in and have
a seat.”
Professor Brookes was a
teacher of such nature that stu
dents not only heard what he
said, but felt what he said, leav
ing the picture indelibly upon
your mind.
CLARENCE LOVICK.
like them? How many do you
dislike with good cause? IIow
many because you are not con
sidering them as individuals but
are lumping them as a group.
Do you speak carelessly of
people? Do you assume more
knowledge than you really pos
sess? Plutarch said: “He who
reflects on another man’s want
of breeding, shows he wants it
as much himself.”
You wouldn’t touch one of
your neighbor’s possessions?
But what are you doing to his
good name?
A man for whom I have great
admiration said one day, in
speaking of another man who
had done him harm, “If I were
small enough to dislike a man
for personal reasons—” That is
true greatness. He saw things in
their proper light. He would not
be hurting the man by disliking
him, but he would be injuring
himself.
If we have nothing good to
say about our brother—then in
God’s name—let us be still!!
“GANGSTERS OVER
HARLEM”
(Continued' From. Page One)
the world acting girl friend
of Frank).
Earl—Talmadge Owens (anoth
er tough guy with a weak
will).
Harry—Edward Smyth (a tough
Exchange Column
“The Hampton Script,” Publica
tion of Hampton Institute,
Hampton, Va.
“A more dismal story than
Richard Wright’s recent Black
Boy cannot be imagined,” de
clared the Reverend Shelly
Rooks, pastor of the Saint James
Presbyterian Church of New
chapel.
Pointing out that Wright’s
central thesis in this work is
that there is constantly a bitter
conflict between white and black
and that Black Boy belongs to
the naturalistic school of liter
ature, the Rev. Mr. Rooks
charged that the author does not
describe all types of southern
white men.
Stating that Wright’s person
al bitterness is the domineering
factor in the book, Rev. Rooks
asked, “Can we as a race des
tined to live side by side with
those who differ from us, afford
to encourage such sentiments of
hatred as those which I have
just read?” Warning against
such bitterness, he stated that
hatred was “demoralizing and
degrading” and should be cast
aside,
THE AURORA, Publication
of Knoxville College, Knoxville,
Tenn.
Peace without will come no
sooner than peace within. Today
a world yearns for peace. We es
pecially of the allied nations are
sacrificing our lives and ener
gies toward the great task of
wiping out Nazism, Fascism and
other totalitarian regimes from
the face of the earth. It is quite
true that we are paying with
our energies and mortal lives in
this so-called “war to end wars,”
but as far as being in the path
for a genuine peace, we are far
from the mark. We may sacri
fice ever so tremendously in ex
ternal and patriotic means, but
we will never secure a lasting
peace until we realize and con
form to the fact that “peace will
come no sooner than peace
within.
CAMPUS MIRROR, Publica
tion of Spelman College, Atlan
ta, Georgia. An Advocate of
World Peace Presented at Con
vocation.
Ely Culbertson, noted for his
articles and books on economics
and politics and as an interna
tional bridge authority, was the
guest speaker at the University
Convocation.
Mr. Culbertson’s subject was
“Our Fight for Total Peace.”
As an advocator of world
peace, he believes that it is pos
sible to do away with all wars
of aggression, but not possible
to do away with all wars. In his
proposal he plans for an organ
ized federation of all states with
the reduction of the production
of heavy armaments, each na
tion having a certain quota and
that nation being subjected to
penalty that goes over its quota.
He also proposes an effective in
ternational police force and mo
bile corps acting as guarantee
for the safety of all.
THE COLLEGIAN, Publica
tion of State Agricultural and
Mechanical College. State Col
lege Man Makes Headlines.
Proud possessor of the Distin
guished Flying Cross and the
Air Medal, the latter with three
member of the mob who sim
ply serves as an errand boy).
Scene—A dark spot in Har
lem—office of the boss.
Time—The present.
The play was directed by Mau
rice Downs, as her semeste”
class project.
Technical Directress — Irene
Whitfield.
“Gangsters Over Harlem” was
received by a hardy applause
from the audience. Too much
credit cannot be given to each
of the members of the cast. Nor
can too much praise be given to
Mrs. Bland and her student di
rector, Maurice Downs.
Book Review
It is a great thing to be in
love with books or with a book.
I myself am mad about them.
The Big Sea
Langston Hughes was born in
Kansas in 1902. As a youth he
lived in Kansas, Cleveland,
Washington, D. C., and New
York. He grew up and took to
the sea, making a grand tour
of the Mediterranean to Europe,
Africa, and the West Indies. He
has lived in Mexico, France,
Italy, and Spain.
In Africa, Hughes missed his
single chance to see an African
War Dance: The natives advised
him against going because he
was not dark enough.
In Mexico he attended a bull
fight; taught English and heard
the story of a young girl whose
iron grilled windows failed to
protect her from her young
lover.
In France he was friendly
with the sophisticated Josephine
Baker and the scholarly W. E.
B. DuBois and Rayford W. Lo
gan.
While he was “bussing”
dishes in a Washington hotel,
he showed some of his poems
to Vachel Lindsay, who hailed
him to the press as a discovery.
The publicity Hughes re
ceived was good for his poetry
but bad for his job, because cu
rious guests asked to have him
stand before their table to see
what a Negro bus boy poet
looked like. He quit.
In Washington he worked as
a laundry hand and as a clerk
for the Association for the
Study of Negro Life and His
tory.
Mr. Hughes is proud to the
point of conceit about two
things. His Indian ancestry and
of his grandfather’s death at
Harper’s Ferry with John
Brown.
His mother was a poor, hard
working woman who had her
hands full with her husband and
Langston’s little brother; she
could not see why Langston did
not get a job and help her in
stead of running off to college.
His father was a mean money
maker who deserted his wife and
left the United States to live in
Mexico, because he hates the
white folks’ way of treating Ne
groes. He called Langston fool
ish for not accepting his offer
to send him to engineering
school in Switzerland. Langston
wanted to attend Columbia but
his father would not pay the ex
penses to have his son educated
in the United States.
Hughes was in and around
New York during the twenties,
when the Negro was in vogue.
He was the benefactor of a
wealthy woman who bore the
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oak clusters, Captain Albert II.
Manning, Jr., 27-year-old veter
an P-51 fighter pilot, returned
recently from overseas on one
of the Aii- Transport Command’s
trans-ocean planes which landed
at Miami Army Air Field.
Captain Manning was overseas
for about 14 months as a mem
ber of the 99th Fighter Squad
ron, the first all-Negro unit to
go into Hying combat. He re
turned to the States with a bril
liant record as a Mustang pilot,
being credited with shooting
down one enemy plane in the
air and destroying ten on the
ground. In all, he flew 128 mis
sions for a total of 335 combat
hours. He participated in a va
riety of missions, some of them
of exceptional importance to the
success of subsequent ground
operations.
Captain Manning also took
part in several raids on the
Ploesti oil fields, on enemy tar
gets in the Viennci, Munich, and
the Blechammer areas, and
helped make it “hot” for the
Germans when they evacuated
Greece.