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t A JOURNAL OF NEGRO COLLEGE LIFE Second Semester Begins January 28 Volume II Clark College, Atlanta, Ga., January, 1946 Number 3 Famed African Dr* Charles Keith, Guest Lecturer at Clark College Clark Students Hear Stirring Message on P o w e Guests of Clark Colege Wednesday, January 9, were Reverend Thomas Anderson and Dr. Charles Keith. Reverend Anderson, pastor of the Central Congregational Church of At lanta, Georgia, under who influence such forceful speakers as Dr. Keith are brought to the Atlanta area, in troduced Dr. Keith, who, like other speakers, came to Atlanta “to share more fully and effectively in the cul tural development of the Southeast. Dr. Keith, pastor of the Elliott Congregational Church in Boston, Massachusetts and national lecturer, marveled at the “grandeur and size of the student bodies” which he met and addressed at Spelman, Morehouse and Clark Colleges. His address to the Clark student body had as its theme—Power. He said, “We live in a world dominated by the idea of power. The concept of power has to be reckoned with.” He cited the im portance of the power of the U. S. Navy, the importance of power (line power) on a football team, the im portance of power in transportation. The domination of the idea of power he climatically illustrated by refer ring to the world’s recent state of paralysis by fear of the power of the atomic bomb. Success in life, he told his audience, is determined by power —this time “intellectual power.” “Power,” he said, flows to the one who knows. By reason of the power of learning we may scale the heights of success.” After vivid illustrations of the power idea, Dr. Keith limited his' lec ture to a challenging and stirring discussion of the power of personal ity. “There can be no great success without it,” he said. He continued, “Personality is character—what you are as a result of the forces in life that play upon you. It is based upon a result of attitudes toward the world and toward people. It is a power to be developed.” The speaker then named, discussed, and illustrated vividly three means of developing this power. He advised that we must first eliminate worry and ignore the croaker. We must eliminate worry, according to Dr. Keith about social life, about the future, about exami nations which can be met without worry if day by day preparation has been practiced. “Worry,” said Dr. Keith, “destroys happiness, weakens the power of personality. It is not to be confused with planning and in sight. Iti s rather a wearing force.” He beautifully illustrated ^lis ignore- the-croaker idea by giving an im pressive reading of Joe Lincoln’s poetic fable of the frog who croaked incessantly not because he could not see the beautiful pointed out to him (Continued on Page Two) Clark College Mourns Death Of Mrs. Pfeiffer Wednesday, January 9, the students and faculty members of Clark College joined President James P. Brawley in mourning the passing of Mrs. An nie M. Pfeiffer, New York philan thropist and benefactor to man. Reached by long distance telephone at Cleveland, Ohio, where he is at tending a series of educational con ferences, Dr. Brawley expressed re grets at the loss of so great a friend to Negro education and so personal a friend to Clark College. The full text of the president’s tribute to Mrs. Pfeiffer follows below: “Clark College and the cause of Negro education have lost a most val uable Christian friend in the passing of Mrs. Henry Pfeiffer. Mrs. Pfeiffer, at the time of her passing, ' was a member of the Clark College Board of Trustees and had been connected with the College in this capacity for sev eral years. It was through Mrs. Pfeiffer’s generous gift of $400,000 that Henry Pfeiffer Dormitory for men and Annie Merner Dormitory for women were erected on the Clark College campus. “The College Family had come to love and appreciate Mrs. Pfeiffer not only because of her philanthropy, but because of her Christian spirit and the faith she had in the integrity of all human beings. Her annual visits to the campus in the spring of each year were looked forward to by students and faculty because she showed such genuine appreciation for the simple kindnesses that were ex tended her during her visits. “Mrs. Pfeiffer’s gifts to Clark Col lege and Bennett College exceeded the total of $2,000,000. Lasting memo rials to her Christian philosophy and the magnificent obsession, she had for sharing now stand crystalized in brick and motor on Clark and Bennett campuses. For countless years in the Dancer at Clark College Asadata Dafora— Third Guest on All-Star Concert Series Sunday School Group Cheers Aged Atlantans Sunday morning, December 16, 1945, the Sunday School members of Clark College gathered in Davage Auditorium, whence they went heavy laden with gifts and the spirit of giving to the Home for the Aged on Camilla Street, where they spread Christmas cheer. Christmas carols were sung by the group and gifts were given to the eager and appre ciative residents of the home. The entire Sunday School group found great joy in applying the Christian principle of giving not so much of the material but giving of themselves, and an equally great joy in “living” Christ rather than merely “talking” Christ. A Purely Voluntary Group The Sunday School Group was only reorganized during this school year as a purely voluntary organization. On Sunday, November 25, 1945, an interested group of students met in the lounge of Merner Hall with Mrs. Hattie Carmichael presiding. Their first discussion proved a lively and in teresting one from the book of Mat thew. The interest spread from this small group to a large number of students which necessitaed moving the place of meeting to Dagage Audi torium, where the group has met since December 2, 1945. Officers of Sunday School The following officers have been elected to carry on the business and meeting of the group. The officers include both students and teachers, who share in this rich Christian ex periment : Mrs. H. Carmichael Superintendent Miss Florence Wheeler...... Secretary Mrs. A. H. Williams Treasurer Miss Jane Clark Pianist Sunday School teachers include Mr. C. V. Holland, Dean A. O. Busta mante, Allene Blake, Madone Smith, Essie Simmons, Thelda Phillips and Dorothy Scruggs. Membership The Sunday School organization started with an enrollment of twenty- seven and has since grown to an en- future she will be remembered, for in the hearts of thousands of Negro youth she has achieved immortality.” Clark Students Attend Third National Meth odist Student Conference At the' Third National Methodist Student Conference, Clark College was ably represented by three stu dents—Misses Ogust Delaney and Florence Wheeler and Mr. Roland Haynes—and Professor C. V. Hol land, Instructor of Religious Educa tion and Counselor of Men. The Con ference met December 28-January 1 on the campus of the University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois. Clark dele gates mingled and liven congenially and discussed problems with other delegates (more than 1,515 students and counselors) representing forty- two nations. The theme of the conference was, “The Church Meets the Crisis of Our Time”—the crisis treated being pri marily a racial crisis. Eager dele gates asked and proposed answers to the question, “What can we do to pro mote better race relations?” Since twenty-six different divisions met each day of the conference dele gates were forced to choose confer- ances according to their own special interests. Mr. Roland Haynes at tended the meeting on Race Relations, in which he found a wholesome ex change of stimulating ideas on meth ods of combating and solving world race problems. Somie active plans discussed which Mr. Haynes reported (Continued on Page Two) Asadata Dafora, the acclaimed Af rican dancer, was the third artist on the Clark College All-Star Concert Series, January 16, 1946, when he presented “The Dream of African Dance” to an enthusiastic and appre ciative audience of students and friends of the college. The entire audience was fascinated by the au thentic performance of Mr. Dafora and his associates, whose presenta tion of “The Drama of the African Dance” consisted of a series of tradi tional native dances interpreting the rhythm and heartbeat of Africa. Mr. Dafora is internationally rec ognized as a foremost exponent and choreographer of African dances and music and has received high praise and unqualified approval from both press and public for his unique per formances. He has made sensationally successful appearances at New York’s Carnegie Hall, the New School for School Research, the American Mu seum of Natural History, the Brook lyn Museum, the Annual Dance Fes tival at Fisk University and many others. Heritage and Accomplishments Bom in Sierra Leone, West Africa, (Continued on Page Three) rollment of fifty-six. Any student or faculty member or friend of the col lege is welcome. Won’t you join us next Sunday morning in Davage Audi torium at 8:45? Sunday, School Qroup Southern Voting Practices Bared The devices which Keep the major ity of southern citizens away from the polls are uncovered by the South’s leading editors and writers in a pamphlet, “Voting Restrictions in the Thirteen Southern States,” with state- by-state surveys on election practices and regulations. The reports show that in the thir teen Southern states, 27 per cent of the potential voters cast their ballots, compared to 61.9 per cent in the other thirty-five states. The three most gen eral limitations brought to the light in the pamphlet are: (1) Arbitrary interpretation of complicated registration laws which allowed the exclusion of great num bers of the population. (2) The fact that in many states the election is actually decided by the Democratic primary election, in which Negroes are often not allowed to par ticipate; and (3) The poll tax, which, by its fi nancial burden the nuisance which it involves keeps many people from the polls. Other difficulties in the way of vot ing include unreasonable location of voting places, and limited hours of voting, making it impossible for work ers to get to the polls. Readers of the Clark College Pan ther may secure free copies of the attractively-illustrated pamphlet from the Committee of Editors and Writ 502 Chamber of Commerce Build ing, Atlanta 3, Ga.