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PAGE 2 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? (Continued From Page One) 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 (Continued on Page Three) 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.