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VOICE OF THE
STUDENTS
MOUTHPIECE OF
THE COLLEGE
A JOURNAL OF NEGRO COLLEGE LIFE
Clark Presents
Negro Dramatic
Group
Oct. 21
Volume II
Clark College, Atlanta, Ga., October, 1945
Number 1
Clark College Op ens To 685 Students
I)he 1945 Jreihman Claii
Clark College to
Present All-Star
Concert Series
In order to serve a larger number
of Atlantans and to bring to Atlanta
more and finer artists, Clark College
takes pleasure in announcing plans
for presenting three outstanding pro
grams in which appear celebrated
artists of the theatre. The College,
particularly the Departments of
Music and Drama, was very much
pleased over the fine response and
show of appreciation accorded efforts
last year to present wholesome en
tertainment' of a high type. The in
terest shown last year by Atlantans
has led the cultural program com
mittee to put forth every effort to
present a group of programs just as
good or better for the coming sea
son. The following artists will ap
pear at Clark College during the
first semester:
THE NEGRO DRAMA GROUP in
Night Must Fall under the direction
of Powell Lindsay. Atlantans will be
especially interested in this presenta
tion because of the background of the
director Mr. Lindsay, a graduate of
Virginia Union University and a for
mer student of the Yale School of
the Drama, lived for a while in At
lanta. He is a playwright as well
as a director. His activities have in
cluded plays with the Negro Youth
Group in Harlem and the staging of
the pageant, “Salute to Negro
Troops” presented at New York’s
Cosmopolitan Opera House with such
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Mrs. Bethune
Addresses Clark
Student Body
Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune held a
capacity filled auditorium spell-bound
when she addressed Clark students
and friends on the theme of “Pre
paredness.” She began her challeng
ing message by expressing her ad
miration for “these fine young people
from all over America.” Despite the
fact that her day was planned for
rest Mrs. Bethune could not resist
seeing and talking with groups of
young people at Spelman, Morehouse,
and Morris Brown, as well as at
Clark where she delivered stirring
messages at what she called a sort
of “communion hour.”
Mrs. Bethune emphasized the im
portance of “preparedness, united
service, and integration into the
peoples of America and the world”
in our new world at peace. “These
are not hours for fictious thinking,”
she continued, “but rather hours for
solid, rounded thinking and medita
tion. We are at the crossroads now
and must determine what course we
are going to take.” “This is the most
challenging period in the history of
the Negro race, minorities of this
country and of the world,’ Mrs.
Bethune said.
At this point Mrs. Bethune likened
life unto the crossing of a great river
which she conceived in a dream.
Mother and Father started with her
at the crossing, but turned back at a
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An Interpretation of
“Culture For Service”
“To see this age! A sentence is
but a cheveril glove to a good wit:
how quickly the wrong side may be
turned outward.”
Such was the lament of the saga
cious “fool,” Feste, upon the corrup
tion of words and word combinations
in his ageless world. So, too, might
we lament the distorted use of words,
particularly those words we dub ab
stract terms denoting that “indescrib
able, intangible something.” Probably
no word suffers more abuse and mis
interpretation than the word, culture,
the keynote of our college motto—
“Culture for service.” Unfortunately,
not only the disparagers of culture
are its enemies; its greatest enemies
are within that host of seekers for
it who have so misused the term
that the disparagers have just claim
to discredit it. These unconscious
enemies of culture view it as an end
in itself or as a means to personal
elevation in a society-crazed world.
They suppose it to be a sort of badge
or title that distinguishes them from
their “inferiors.” No intelligent per
son sets such false estimates on cul
ture. In the interest of Clark stu
dents and the general public, this
article is intended to bring to light
the true and only meaning of culture
as it is used in our motto—“Culture
for service.”
“Culture,” as Matthew Arnold
phrases it “has its origin in the love
of perfection; it is the study of per
fection itself.” To be sure, that love
and study of perfection is and must
be, at first, a personal goal—an en
deavor to see and learn the truth
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Coming Attractions
October 21—Sunday—“Night Must
Fall”—Negro Drama Group.
November 4—Sunday—Alumni Re
cital—Anna H. Jackson.
December 2—Sunday — “Bartalini”
One Man Show.
December 14-15—Friday and Sat
urday — “Ladies In Retirement” —
Theatre Guild of Clark College.
December 16—Sunday — Christmas
Carol Concert—Philharmonic Society
January 2 — Wednesday — Dr.
Charles C. Keith—Lecturer.
January 13—Sunday — Asdata Da-
fora—Interpretive Dancer.
Freshmen Impressions
Of Clark College
“I like Clark, but I don’t think
that Freshmen should be limited to
walk on a limited amount of space—
walking between Thayer and Merner
Halls.”
“I like Clark College because of the
location.”
“I like the social activities of Clark
College, and especially some of the
faculty members who are so friend
ly.”
“I came to Clark because of the
great opportunities it has to offer
to young people.”
“I chose Clark because it was my
preference of all the schools in At
lanta and I couldn’t go out of the
city.”
“I like Clark because it is a Metho
dist School, and I was highly recom
mended to Clark College by friends.”
“I like Clark because my parents
started drilling it into my head when
I was a child that I was going to
Clark and here am I. I now agree
that Clark College is “Second to
None.”
“Clark is a school where the stu
dent body, the faculty, and President
mix sociably.”
“I really don’t know why I came
to Clark College, but I’m awfully
glad I came because I like it very
much.”
“I like Clark College because the
buildings are so beautiful and the
campus is so well kept. Clark stu
dents seem to appreciate the value of
all these things.”
“Since childhood, I’ve heard friends
and relations talking about Clark and
I made up my mind that I’d get to
Clark one day. Now that I’m here
I find Clark to be more than wonder
ful.”
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The Panther
Extends
Greetings
to the
Freshman Class
President Brawley Extends
Greeting to Freshmen
and New Students
“A cordial, hearty, and warm wel
come” was extended to the Freshmen
and advanced students matriculating
for the first time at Clark College by
President James P. Brawley on Sep
tember 18, 1945 at the regular chapel
hour. He congratulated those stu
dents who so wisely made Clark Col
lege the college of their choice—a
college which for over seventy-seven
years has directed and guided Negro
Youth and one which boasts of an
alumni many of whom have made
“enviable records doing their share
in the world and their bit in the
community.” New and old students
were welcome into the Clark College
Family and the “fine fellowship”
which exists at the college.
Incoming students were further
welcomed into that “company of
learned men and women” whose ex
tensive training and inimitable per
sonalities will aid them in realizing
their nobler aims and higher aspira
tions.
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Dean’s Outlook For
’45-’46 Session
Much has happened since we last
met. As Americans we were then
concerned with the winning of the
war. Now, that the war has been
won upon both fronts, we find our
selves reviewing the war period and
our college, and the present innova
tions looking forward to a period of
greater expansion and service.
We are made happy this year at
the beginning of the school term to
have a few of our men who have
served in the armed forces resume
their college course. It is again
gratifying to know that many more
anticipate being permitted to enter
by the beginning of the second se
mester. The first question many of
these boys will ask is about the
status of the college. As we think
of our college during the war period
an attempt to make an accounting,
it seems to me that the following ac
complishments might well be related:
1. The enrollment of the college
has increased from 366 to 1941 to
684 in 1945.
2. Academically, the student body
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Over 360 Freshmen
Enrolled Representing
16 States
Clark College opened to a record
enrollment on September 13, 1945.
The ’45-’46 enrollment is a capacity
enrollment of 684 students represent
ing not only Georgia but all points
north, south, east, and west. Prior
to the war during 1941 the enroll
ment was 366; to-day at 684 it means
that students are more concerned
over their future welfare than they
were four years ago. Besides being
the largest enrollment of its time, it
is also the most academically selec
tive body since 1929.
With the end of the war many
Veterans are returning to their ole’
Alma Mater and many more will be
returning during the next semester.
A very serious problem of housing
the students will arise with the ar
rival of these students; however, we
are certain that our faculty will be
able to copew ith the situation. Along
with the returning Veterans we have
many transfer students who are mak
ing Clark their Alma Mater. The
number of transfer students is a
little over fifty. We are proud to
He not only succeeded in winning
the hearts of the students by his in-
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DR. BERNARD H. NELSON
Dr. Nelson Returns
Returning to Clark to resume his
position as Head of the Social
Science Department is Dr. Bernard
H. Nelson. Dr. Nelson has for the
past 2 years been on leave of ab
sence studying at Catholic University
in Washington, D. C. where he re
ceived his Ph.D. Degree in History.
Dr. Nelson did his undergraduate
work at Howard University and re
ceived his Master of Arts Degree
from the same institution,
to Clark in 1935 when it
Clark University in South
He came
was still
Atlanta.
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Portrait of a President
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Coed Fashion Notes
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Bobbie, the Freshman
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Whither the Grads of ’45
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