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October, 1946
The Panther
Page 3
President and Mrs.
Brawley Entertain
Faculty At Tea
On Sunday afternoon at 5:30, Sep
tember 29, 1946, the Faculty and
Staff of Clark College were guests of
President and Mrs. James P. Braw
ley at tea in Merner Hall Lounge.
The guests were greeted in the lob
by of Merner Hall by Miss Ora Wil
liams, who stood at the entrance,
Misses Barbara Lowery and Brawner,
who kept the guest register, and Miss
Katie McKinney, who escorted the
guests into the Lounge and introduced
them to President Brawley who stood
in the receiving line with Mrs. Braw
ley, Messrs. Allen, Banks, Hayes,
Shockley, Summersette, and Williams,
Mesdames Christopher, Fitzgerald,
Hayes, Lowe, and Ware, and Misses
Denny, Henderson, and Taylor.
After meeting those in the receiv
ing line, the guests were served tea
and tea sandwiches attractively ar
ranged on a beautifully decorated ta
ble where Mrs. Flora P. Griffin
poured tea. The attractive color
scheme of pink and green was car
ried out in pink and green tea sand
wiches, pink and green lemon slices,
and pink sugar. Assisting Mrs. Grif
fin were Misses Hubert and Julia
Jones.
Faculty Summer
Activities
The former faculty and staff mem
bers who have returned to resume
their duties at the College report in
teresting and profitable summers of
varied experiences. Many found time
and energy after a strenuous year for
study, for travel, and for rest.
President J. P. Brawley continued
faithfully as ever with his work at
the College. He traveled extensively
in the East and the Mid-West for the
benefit of the College. One trip* to
the Far West, California, he was
obliged to take, we regret, in order to
attend the funeral of his mother.
Dean A. A. McPheeters continued
working at the College most of the
summer getting things ready for the
nearly 800 students. He reports hav
ing enjoyed his leisure time spent at
home in Atlanta.
Mr. P. G. King enjoyed a quiet and
peaceful summer at home in Atlanta
in addition to keeping the business of
the College in order.
Miss Marvel Beadles spent the ma
jor portion of her summer working
at the College after which she en
joyed an all too brief vacation-in New
York City.
Miss W. J. Gilbert continued her
duties in the President’s Office until
the ninth of August. Her vacation
which was spent in Florida resting.
Mr. Waymon Burns continued his
studies at the University of Chicago
during the summer ar.d returned to
Atlanta early in September eagerly
anticipating a richer and fuller aca
demic year.
Mrs. Joyce Carver studied at At
lanta University and spent a brief
vacation in Alabama.
Mr. Waymon Carver studied at the
Juillard School of Music in New York.
His studies being extremely heavy
prevented his seeing as much of the
City as he had hoped.
Miss L. M. Clark returned to her
home in Urbana, Illinois, where she
spent a pleasant summer with her
family. A trip to Kalamazoo, Mich
igan, where she visited friends and
relatives added color to her vacation.
Mrs. S. H. Cureton spent a quiet
vacation at home recuperating from
nine months of hard work at the Col
lege. She visited Alabama State
Teachers’ College where her husband,
Mr. R. E. Cureton, was guest pro
fessor.
Dr. J. J. Dennis taught at Atlanta
University during most of the sum
mer after which he spent pleasurable
vacation in Florida.
Dr. Eagleson taught at Atlanta
University, spent some time in Pine
Bluff, Little Rock, and Hot Springs,
Arkansas. Much of his leisure time
was devoted to his favorite sport—
fishing.
Mrs. C. L. George studied at Chi
cago Business College. The remainder
of her time was spent at home in At
lanta.
Mrs. F. P. Griffin studied at Co
lumbia University in New York.
Mr. C. Vincent Holland reports a
pleasurable and profitable summer of
study at Boston University. He spent
some time resting at his home in
Youngstown, Ohio, after which he re
turned to Atlanta filled with ideas
and plans for a bigger and better
year.
Dr. B. Hamilton Nelson spent his
vacation at home in Washington, D.
C., where he rested, taught a short
summer session, and completed a re
search project.
Mrs. Marian E. Sykes taught piano
lessons and rested in her leisure time.
Her stay was an enjoyable one at
home with her husband.
Mr. Wright after a busy summer
in Atlanta spent an enjoyable vaca
tion in Boston, New York, and other
points in the East.
Miss C. C. Posey visited in Ann
Arbor, Michigan, with her sister, aft
er which she returned to her home
in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for a
much needed rest.
Mrs. Hattie Carmichael assisted in
the dormitory and remained in At
lanta throughout the summer.
Mrs. N. H. Bland, who is now bn
maternity leave, spent a pleasant sum
mer in Atlanta.
Mrs. Carolyn Chandler spent most
of her summer visiting several hos
pitals throughout Georgia, observing
the methods of each. Her vacation
was climaxed in sunny Florida.
Mr. Ellison spent most of his sum
mer working in the summer school,
but he spent a brief vacation in New-
nan, Georgia.
Miss Emma Bowick remained here
at Clark working the greater part
of the/ summer. She had a brief va
cation at her home in Ozark, Arkan
sas.
Miss Freda Burghardt also worked
with Miss Bowick during most of the
summer, and visited in Springfield,
Illinois.
Miss Ruth Harris spent a quiet and
peaceful summer at her home in At
lanta.
Miss D. T. Reeves spent most of
her summer at the College. She then
spent some time in St. Louis, Missourir
Mr. A. T. Wilson remained here for
quite some time beautifying the build
ings and grounds of the College. He
enjoyed his summer in “Creole” sec
tion of New Orleans visiting his
daughter and friends.
Miss D. M. Touchstone found so
much pleasure in Atlanta that she
remained all summer at her home
here.
Dr. W. Reeves broadened his
knowledge of medicine by attending
meetings of two medical associations,
one in Louisville, Kentucky, and the
other in Augusta, Georgia.
Coach McPherson did extensive
traveling in search of new material
for the team. The remainder of his
time was spent at home, and in mak
ing plans for the present football sea-
son.
Mrs. S. J. Fraser studied for six
weeks at the University of Chicago.
She had lots of rest during the re
mainder of the summer in Idlewild,
Michigan.
Mr. J. De Koven Killingsworth
from June 11-20 was an instructor
in the Pastor’s School in the New Or
leans area at Waveland, Mississippi.
From July 1-12, he was instructor in
the United Council’s Pastors School
at Gammon Theological Seminary and
Emory University. During August he
was at Northwestern University . in
the Department of Church Music. He
then attended the National Music As
sociation in Detroit, Michigan. He
visited in New York, in Centerville,
Maryland, and other places all over
the United States too numerous to
mention.
Semi-Formal
Frolic Opens
Social Season
Friday night, September 27th, the
Student Social Committee entertained
the student body with a semi-formal
dance, the first open social affair of
the academic year. Thayer Hall Rec
reation Room was the setting of the
gala affair exclusively for Clark stu
dents. Assisting the Committee were
Misses Josephine Washington, Winona
Jackson, Florence Cassell, Ora Wil
liams, and Maurice Pullam, who
served as hostesses for the occasion.
The music to which the attractively
attired couples alternately glided and
jumped was furnished by the Trou
badours.
During intermission, which came as
a welcome relief to jitterbugs, gen
erous helpings of ice cream were
served. After what seemed only min
utes dancing, “Good Night Sweet
heart” brought the evening to a re
grettable end.
AGATHA DANIEL ’49
A Greater Phil
harmonic Society
The Philharmonic Society, under
the competent direction of Prof. J.
DeKoven Killingsworth, began this
year with fifty members. These in
clude twenty-one new members, nine
of which are male voices and twelve
of which are female voices. This year
the Philharmonic Society plans to ex
tend its trips into distant territories
such as Cincinnati, Ohio, and Chi
cago, Illinois. With the commencing
of the New Religious Life Program
under the Chairmanship of President
J. P. Brawley, the Philharmonic So
ciety has been working cooperatively
with this phase of the program. Mrs.
Marian E. Sykes, accomplished pi
anist and accompanist, renders ap
propriate preludes and postludes for
Vesper Services. This attraction
makes the services more interesting.
The new members of the Philhar
monic Society of 1946-47, are as fol
lows: Lona Brown, Freshman, First
Alto, Miami, Fla.; Elsa Simpson,
Freshman, First' Alto, Cleveland,
Ohio; Rosa Wyatt, Freshman, Second
Alto, Atlanta, Ga.; Martha Thompson,
Freshman, Soprano, Cuthbert, Ga.;
Ruth Pardise, Freshman, Soprano,
Sandersville, Ga.; Frederick Hobbs,
Freshman, Tenor, Athens, Ala.; Rob
ert Adams, Freshman, Tenor, Coving
ton, Ga,; Albert Vines, Freshman,
Bass, Alexander, Ala.; Alfonso Levy,
Freshman, Bass, Savannah, Ga.; Law
rence Washington, Freshman, Bass,
Victoria, Texas.; Gloria Spicer, Fresh
man, Soprano, Miami, Fla.; Xanthene
Sayles, Freshman, Soprano, Green
ville, S. C.; Joseph Stevens, Fresh
man, Tenor, Atlanta, Ga.; Renita
Phillips, Sophomore, Soprano, Atlan
ta, Ga.
The old members retained are:
Isabelle Patterson, Senior, First So
prano; Rosalind C. Tonsill, Senior,
Second Alto; Winona Jackson, Senior,
Second Alto; Mary E. Moon, Senior,
Second Alto; Gwendolyne Davis,
Senior, Second Alto; Doris L. Lang,
First Alto; Ora Marie Williams,
Senior, First Alto; Gloria L. Cur
rent, Senior, First Alto; Nora Lee
Spotts, Senior, First Alto; Esther L.
Parker, Senior, Second Soprano; Jos-
phine A. Stratman, Senior, Second So
prano; Carolyn Smith, Senior, First
Soprano; Edward Smyth, Senior, Sec
ond Tenor; Anderson Bryant, Senior,
Second Bass; Thomasina Cooper,
Junior, Second Soprano; Evangeline
Allison, Junior, Second Soprano;
Cathryn Palms, Junior, First So
prano; Bernice Fields, Junior, First
Soprano; Louis Browne, Junior, Ten
or; Alfred Eason, Junior, Tenor; El
lis Adger, Junior, Tenor; Thomas
Grissom, Junior, Baritone; Allen
Merreck, Junior, Baritone; William
Trammell, Junior, Bass; Thelma
Jones, Junior, Soprano; Christine
Paradise, Sophomore, Alto; Emma
Howard, Sophomore, Alto; James
Templeton, Sophomore, Tenor; Roland
E. Haynes, Sophomore, Tenor; Alon-
za F. Hill, Sophomore, Bass; Lorenzo
Manns, Sophomore, Bass; Walter
Johnigan, Sophomore, Bass; Ethel
Tolson, Sophomore, Soprano.
With Justice
To All
Yes, boys and girls. It is I PEEP
ING TOM seeing and hearing all.
Don’t try to find out who I am be
cause that is impossible. Nevertheless,
I must go on with the gossip.
R. Donatto, what has happened to
that Charles Boyer charm. Have you
lost B. Fields.
Well, Well, J. Blanchard your dra
matic technique is slipping. Can’t it
get you a boy friend this year?
J. Reese, not being so personal, who
is really the girlfriend? I. Collier
or B. Jones? You were told to put
one of them down and from what I
heard it wouldn’t be I. Collier.
Summer vacation really brings on
decided changes. Some of the old cou
ples are not together and some are
still carrying the torch for each oth
er. It seems that V. Scruggs has
really put T. Roberts down. Too bad
Tommy. M. Ross and L, Manns, what
has happened to that torch? Is it be
cause C. Blye is back?
It looks as though D. Scruggs and
J. Brown, H. Pettigrew and M. Bones,
M. Hardwick and W. Johnigan, E.
Waters and R. Haynes, B. Hunter
and T. Cooper, B. Fields and A. Hill
know how to settle their spats.
So, M. Whiteside, you have really
decided to put R. Williams down.
What is it, Minnie, H. Grissoms? R.
Woodard, what are you saying about
that or was that true?
Now that football season is in,
there seem to be a lot of heroic ro
mances now. V. Cameron, don’t get
such a crush on Boom because he’s
putting all his talk down to L. Fort-
son,
Speaking of putting down and pick
ing up, R. Rodgers what are you
picking up now? Don’t answer that.
B. Jones, M. McDonald, M. Brau-
ner, don’t worry, you aren’t too pop
ular yet. The boys are just trying
to see what makes you tick. That’s
typical of all Freshmen. Take it from
me, play it C-O-O-L.
Some one seems to be able to work
magic around here. Where did those
Seven Sisters disappear to? At one
time they joined the Clark College
family. It seems that some don’t
belong to it anymore.
R. Maxie, don’t tell me it’s not Dil-
worth; he has a fine car you know.
lust a tip to the freshmen girls.
Morehouse is across the street, but,
I am quite sure you know that we
have “Clark” men to associate with.
It is said, “Association Breeds Assim
ilation! !!!!”
J. Bell and M, Lamar, you didn’t
fool us; we knew it all the time.
No, T. Owens, I didn’t forget you.
This is to inform all the new girls
that he is occupied.
B. J. Lowery, you can be natural
around us sometime; don’t act all the
time. Don’t forget, this is no school
of Dramatic Arts. This is a Liberal
Arts College.
I may have missed some of you,
but don’t feel downhearted. Space is
limited, but, I promise I won’t miss
you the next time.
Thank you people from the bottom
of my heart for letting me tear your
gossip apart. Remember I’m one who
sees all, hears all and tells nothing.
Ha! Ha! I remain, Your Peeping
Tom (Inquisitively).
N. A. A. C. P.
Holds Annual
Campaign Drive
Clark College Chapter of the N. A.
A. C. P. was organized with officers
elected as follows: Edward W. Smyth,
President; Mae Harris, Vice Presi
dent; Florence Wheeler, Secretary;
Mattie Moseley, Assistant Secretary;
Carlton, Treasurer; and Gussie Glan-
ton, Reporter.
Plans are already being made for
an interesting and active year. If
you have not yet affiliated yourself
with the organization which already
has more than 400 active members,
you are urged to do so now while
the drive is still on.
Meeting will be held on the first
and third Monday of each month at
1:00 o’clock in Davage Auditorium.
Freshman Week
Activities
The academic year, 1946-1947, has
brought many great things to the
Clark Family among which are a
strengthened and augmented faculty
and staff, and an unusually promising
group of freshmen and new students.
With these assets, each of us is an
ticipating a more profitable and en
joyable year. Without either of these,
the interesting Freshman Week which
extended from September 16th
through September 25th would have
been impossible.
The introduction of the freshmen to
the College was under the competent
direction of Mrs. P. F. Burney, Dean
of Women and Mr. C. R. Hamilton,
Dean of Men, both of whom are ex
perienced newcomers to the staff. As
sisting in the welcoming of the fresh
men and new students were a group
of juniors and seniors who returned
to the campus early for that pur
pose.
The freshmen—some meek, some
wise, some bewildered, some bold—
came to Clark College from all over
the country. There was much hustle
and bustle with the “bother of regis
tration” on September 18th and 19th.
After entrance and registration, they
were taken on an explanatory tour
of the College and vicinity. Each stu
dent was provided with a Student
Guide Bulletin containing information
and regulations of the College. In
cluded in the bulletin were a campus
directory, a list of sources of infor
mation, the aims and objectives of the
College, general practices and policies,
dormitory regulations, academic regu
lations, financial regulations, and a
list of penalties to be imposed for the
violation of any of the regulations of
the College.
Freakish attire imposed by upper
classmen was a traditional part of the
Freshman Week Program. This and
the usual jokes associated with fresh
man initiation were taken in high
spirits.
On Friday afternoon, September
20th, the freshmen and new students
were entertained in the attractively
decorated Thayer Hall Recreation
Room by President and Mrs. James
P. Brawley. All students who attend
ed the affair were impressed and
warmed by the congeniality and inter
est of the President and Mrs. Braw
ley.
Friday night, the Snack Shop was
again the setting for fun and friends.
The affair, for freshmen only, includ
ed music, dancing, food, and fun. With
the continued adjustment of freshmen
under way, a theatre party climaxed
Saturday afternoon’s activities.
Sunday morning found most of the
freshmen in groups of newly made
friends. Many attended church serv
ices in the city at churches of their
own choice. They not only heard in
spiring religious messages but saw
some of Atlanta. Sunday evening, an
inspiring candle light service, planned
and directed by Deans Burney and
Hamilton, climaxed the activities. The
service was indeed a fitting and sig
nificant climax, for it inspired new
students to feel and former students
to remember the feeling of unity,
peace, and culture of Clark College.
The College Band
The band of Clark College has ren
dered some of the most beautiful se
lections at different performances,
games and concerts. The band is un
der the direction of Professor Way-
man A. Carver, who is an outstand
ing musician. At Clark’s first game
of this season, the band rendered ex
cellent music for the occasion. The
performance of the Majorettes was
also highly commendable. They are
as follows: Misses Marjorie Ross, Lor
raine Dorsey, Belen Nortez, Iris Pas
more, and Nellie Glover.
The members of the Band for the
academic year 1946-’47 are: Trum
pets: Clarence Daniels, Nina H. Les
ter, Thomas Peek, Haskell Royal, Ben
jamin Banks, Charles Halloway, John
L. Lockhart. Flutes: Rubye Harpe,
Eugene B. Wimby. Clarinets: Robert
E. Cureton, Ray L. Donatto, Charles
Warren, Rudolph Wellmaker, John
James, Borch Walton, Fred Cox. Sax
ophones: Katie McKinney, Herman F.
Scott, Clifford Lowe, William Jeffer
son. Trombones: Tilus Gilham, John
T. Holyfield, Foster Lewis, Ralph E.
Mayes. Drums: Frank Hawkins, An
nie P. Neal, Alfonsa Levy. Tubas:
Thomas Howard, Pheonecia Morris.
Baritone: Willie Wingo. Chimes:
Brady Jones.