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The Panther
October, 1946
The 1946 Panthers
Panthers Top Ft,
Benning 14»6
The fighting Panthers of Clark Col
lege returned to the gridiron in a
blaze of glory and toppled the Fort
Benning' Tiger's of Fort Benning,
Georgia, 14-6, in their initial en
counter of the 1946 grid season on
September 28th at Harper’s Field.
Displaying the type of aggressive
ness that characterized the Panther-
eleven of the previous season, the vi
cious lads of Coach McPherson drew
blood in the opening moments of the
first quarter as W illiam Myles, on
an off-tackle smash, raced twenty-
five yards behind beautiful interfer
ence to score standing up. Jennings
converted. At the end of the first
period Clark led 7-0.
The second quarter opened with
both forward walls battling savagely,
with the Tigers of Fort Benning
emerging with a slight edge. The Ti
gers gained control of the offensive
spotlight momentarily as they crashed
through the Panther’s defense to block
an attempted punt which resulted in
a touchdown with Stovall tallying.
Stovall’s try for conversion failed.
After the first thirty minutes of play
ing time had expired, Clark led 7- .
No scores were registered in the
third quarter as both teams resorted
to defensive tactics.
In the fourth and final quarter,
Myles ^gain found an opening in the
Tiger’s defense and scored on a twen
ty-three yard jaunt. Jennings’ try for
conversion was good. The Panthers
increased their lead, 14-6.
The closing moments of the game
found the Fort Benning clan trying
desperately to force across a score,
but the Panther’s forward wall proved
to be invulnerable.
Myles, Jennings, Baskins, and Wil
son sparked the Panthers’ attack,
with able assistance from McCoy (the
freshman sensation), Howell, Jack-
son, White, Miller, Colquitt, Brown,
and Gray.
Tuskegee Downs
Panthers, 33-0
Fresh from a 14-6 victory over a
strong Fort Benning eleven, Clark’s
fighting Panthers journeyed to Bir
mingham, Alabama, to engage the
Golden Tigers of Tuskegee Institute
and were defeated 33-0.
The game began with Myles receiv
ing the Tigers’ kick-off on the ten-
yard stripe and returning to the Pan
thers’ twenty. After a series of line
smashes, Baskins punted to Van
Cleve of Tuskegee who made a beau
tiful return of thirty yards.
After an off tackle smash placed
the ball on the midfield stripe in pos
session of the Tigers, Moore sneaked
in the Panthers’ secondary, picked
up his interference beautifully and
romped fifty yards for the first score
of the evening. Van Cleve’s try for
conversion was good.
Again Miles received the Tigers’
kick-off for Clark and advanced to
the thirty before being pushed out of
bounds. From that point the Panther
machine started rolling amid cheers
of the capacity crowd but was stalled
by the alert defense of the Tuskegee
Tigers.
Fighting hard against their bitter
rivals, the Tigers blocked an attempt
ed Panther’s punt and advanced with
in the shadow of their goal where
they encountered a magnificent goal
line stand by the Panthers. Tuskegee
attempted a field goal from the ten-
yard stripe but it was blocked by
the charging Panthers.
With their backs to the wall, the
Clark men kicked out of danger only
to have the Golden Clad Tigers rip
off sizeable gains and a few plays
later Dickinson crashed over to score
on a line buck. Instantly the first half
ended with Tuskegee leading 14-0.
The third period proved to be a'
scoreless one witl^ both teams fight
ing desperately to score.
In the opening moments of the
fourth period the Goldgn Tigers en
gineered a brilliant display of gridiron
power' as they combined passes and
timely gains for three touchdowns
and a conversion to secure their vic
tory and end the scoring for the eve
ning.
Clark’s only offensive spark came
in the dying moments of the game
when Johnny Strong intercepted a
Tennessee State
Downs Panthers
26-0
By CECIL A. BLYE, Sports Editor
Clark’s fighting Panthers were un
successful in their attempt to bounce
back into the win column on Sat
urday, October 12, in Nashville, Ten
nessee, as they yielded to a powerful
Tennessee State aggregation in a 26-0
non-conference engagement.
The Panthers entered the fray
bearing marks of definite improve
ment since their humiliating defeat
by ’the Golden Tigers of Tuskegee, but
their vaunted machine failed to pro
duce the necessary scoring punch and
they were unable to capitalize on
“breaks” to put the game on even
terms.
Despite the large score, the Clark
men battled the Tigers of Tennessee
State evenly for three quarters. The
third quarter found the Panthers
presenting the most colorful offensive
of the 1946 season as Baskins, Rich
ards, Small and Brown ran wild in
ripping the Tigers’ line to shreds.
They marched from their five-yard
line to the midfield stripe. From
that point, it seemed as if an amaz
ing upset was about to dawn upon the
young 1946 grid season as Baskins
faded deep and rifled a pass to Fred
McCoy, who took it on the ten-yard
stripe and carried it to the one-yard
line where he was pushed out of
bounds. There, on the one-yard line,
the Panther machine stalled. The
scoring threat ended with Tennessee
taking over on the one-yard line aft
er holding the Panthers for four
downs.
After their unsuccessful offensive
had terminated, the Clark men re
sorted to defensive tactics and em
ployed them throughout the remaining
quarters.
Tennessee scored first with Whit
man, their brilliant young halfback,
crashing over from the six-yard line.
Cyrups added the point qJTer the
touchdown. In the second quarter,
Taylor shot a pass to Williams and
after a neat job of juggling, he held
on and crossed the double stripes
standing up for final score of the
first half.
The Panthers opened fire with all
of their heavy artillery in the third
quarter and completely outplayed
Tennessee, but failed to score.
In the fourth quarter the Tigers
registered thirteen more points as
Smith intercepted a pass tossed by
Myles and streaked forty yards to
score unmolested. Cyrus added the
extra point.
The fourth and final score came
n the last period when Cummings
scored from the one-yard line culmi
nating a sustained sixty-yard drive.
Cyrus’ try for point after touchdown
was low.
White, Jackson, McCoy, Jennings,
Washington and Fred (hey child)
Williams played a great game in the
forward positions with assistance
from Colquitt, Wilson, Chatters,
Brown, Richards, Myles and Baskins
in the backfield.
Drummond, Cyrus, Cummings,
Whitman and Fowlkes engineered the
Tigers’ attack.
Tuskegee aerial and romped deep
within the Tigers’ territory but was
stopped short of pay dirt. The game
ended with Tuskegee emerging victo
rious, 33-0.
! BEAT FLORIDA !
NEW EMPHASIS ON RELIGIOUS
LIFE AT CLARK
(Continued from page one)
entire religious life program. Ap
propriate preludes and postludes for
the various activities are a feature
of practically all of the programs
with Mrs. M. E. Sykes, Mr. J. de Kc-
ven Killingsworth, and sometimes
students in the Department of Music
at the piano.
The Initial Vesper Service Hour
The Vesper Service Hour of Clark
College opened Sunday, September
29, 1946, at 4:00 P. M. on which oc
casion, President James P. Brawley
was the speaker. On the beautifully
decorated platform containing lighted
candles and yellow and white chrys
anthemums were Rev. G. S. Shockley,
Mr. C. V. Holland, and President J.
P. Brawley. The program was begun
with a silent meditation thought
printed on the program:
“Men shall cross swords and their
portion shall be death;
Until they learn wisdom from the
book of life.”
The opening prelude played by Mrs.
M. E. Sykes was Isidor Seiss’ “Eve
ning Song,” followed by an* impress
ive processional of Philharmonic So
ciety singing “How Firm A Founda
tion,” and the platform party. The
introit, a hymn, the Gill to worship,
prayer by Rev. G. S. Shockley, and
the prayer response preceded Phil
harmonic Society’s rendition of Cesar
Franck’s immortal “O Lord Most
Holy”. Most impressive was the of
fering at which time Mr. C. V. Hol
land gave an impressively cadenced
message on giving with directions
to the audience to leave their offer
ings as they passed from the audi
torium. Accompanying Mr. Holland’s
message was Mrs. Sykes at the piano
with Lowry’s “Savior, Thy Dying
Love”. Following another hymn with
the entire audience participating,
President Brawley delivered the aft
ernoon message.
President Braivley’s Vesper Message
The President’s stirring message
had as its central theme making God
our choice. He explained that man
only is endowed with rational powers
and is therefore capable of making-
choices. The most important choice
which he so forcefully illustrated
throughout his message is God. With
God, he said, we have purpose, hope,
and comfort; without Him, we are
lost, aimless beings. He illustrated by
showing the necessity of God in our
school life, in love affairs, and in
our hours of deepest sorrow. He fur
ther suggested that there is no need
for our intellectual lives to grow
away from and weaken our spiritual
lives, for where there is true educa
tion, the intellectual emphasizes and
strengthens the spiritual.
Following the President’s message,
Mr. C. V. Holland gave the benedic
tion which” was followed by a beau
tiful postlude, Heller’s ^ “Warrior
Song” by Mrs. Sykes.
The public is cordially invited to
worship with us each Sunday after
noon at 4:00 P. M. in Davage Audi
torium.
I)R. BRAWLEY, DELIVERS
WELCOME ADDRESS
(Continued From Page One)
traditions. With a sincere hope that
we shall all prove worthy members
of the Clark Family, the President
cited love, understanding, unity, loyal
ty, and mutual respect as the things
that constitute the Clark Family and
the basic principles upon which oul
creed and philosophy rest.
The President continued, “One of
the major purposes for your coming
to Clark College, most assuredly, is
to get a degree. In your efforts to
meet the academic requirements for
a degree, I hope that you will also
get an education, for the acquisition
of a degree does not necessarily
mean that you will have become edu
cated. Meeting the acedemic require
ments for a degree presupposes the
acquisition of certain information
and the achievement of mental ma
turity representative of such aca
demic honors.” Along with these
achievements, the speaker cited the
essentials of a real education:
(1) Learning to live together,
which he explained by quoting Harry
E. Tyler who says, “Learning to live
is changing your personality by your
experiences in such a way as to live
more effectively.”
(2) Learning to see values, which
he explained by adding that the art
of careful discrimination and the
ability to choose wisely after having
made discriminations are characteris
tics of an educated person.
(3) Learning self-mastery, which
he explained with the familiar state
ment that he who conquers and con
trols himself is greater than he who
taketh a city.
(4) Extending your ideals.
(5) Broadening your outlook on
life.
After insisting on the vital necessi
ty of getting a good start, the Presi
dent continued with a negative ap
proach, explaining why people fail.
He said that people fail because they
are not impassioned, because they
are without determination and en
thusiasm for the goal to be achieved.
He then listed eleven ways to fail
which if avoided will serve as eleven
ways to succeed:
(1) Forming or practicing habits
detrimental to winning personalities
such as profanity, improper groom
ing and slovenliness, and drinking.
(2) Loafing and drifting
(3) Over-socializing ,
(4) Irregularity in eating, sleep
ing, and working.
(5) Disregard for regulations es
tablished for the good of all
(6) Inability to organize your
work and schedule your time
(7) Lack of interest in the cul
tural activities of the College
(8) Timidity and backwardness
(9) Lack of purpose and initiative
(10) Failure to give yourself a
chance to unfold and develop
(11) Disloyalty to your college and
failure to be a worthy representative
of it.
GREETINGS TO THE NEW
FACULTY MEMBERS
(Continued From Page One)
has one addition: Mr. Charles H.
Hayes of St. Louis, Mo. He is a
graduate of Clark College and Gam
mon Theological Seminary and re
ceived his Master’s Degree in sociol
ogy from St. Louis University. He
formerly taught at Philander Smith
College.
Mr. Grant S. Shockley of Philadel
phia, serving as director of Religious
Education, is a graduate of Lincoln
University (Pa.) and received his
Master’s Degree in Religious Edu
cation from Columbia University.
Miss Barbara Taylor, of New Or
leans, La., who, a graduate of Phi
lander Smith and former student at
the University of Kansas, has been
appointed secretary to Dean A. A.
McPheeters.
Mrs. Clara Stanley Lowe of Ath-
CLARK COLLEGE OPENS TO
776 STUDENTS
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four (24) special students have been
admitted to the College and thirty-
three (33) un-classified students who
with the others make a total of 776
students. Several students on the up
per level are transfer students from
colleges and universities all over the
country. None were admitted with
out above average scholastic stand
ing nor without good character ref
erences.
A Truly Cosmopolitan Group
A great majority of the students
enrolled are from Georgia and neigh
boring states, noticeably Florida, Ala
bama, and Tennessee. Other states
liberally represented include Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Louisiana,
Texas and many others. But the en
rollment is not limited to the United
States. Students from Liberia, Puer
to Rico, and Canada come to swell
the ranks of the College and to learn
to live more effectively in a world
so much in need of trained men and
women.
vdg Veterans Enrolled
On various levels from the Fresh
man to the Senior Class are 147 vet
erans who have made Clark College
the college of their choice. Many
are former students of Clark who
have returned with renewed determi
nation and enthusiasm. Others are
transfer students from other colleges
and universities. Many are just be
ginning their college careers.
DR. S. B. BROOKES RETURNS
TO CLARK COLLEGE
(Continued From Page One)
having been on the faculty of the Col
lege longer than any other person. She
came to Clark when it was still Clark
University in South Atlanta in 1924.
Prior to that time, she had taught at
Walden College in Nashville, Tenn.,
from 1923 to 1924. From 1924 to 1929
she was a teacher in the English De
partment at Clark University and
from 1930 to the present time she
has been Head of that Department.
In addition to her teaching experience
at Walden College and at Clark, Mrs.
Brookes has taught during the sum
mer session at Alabama State Teach
ers’ College and at Atlanta Universi
ty. Besides being an able teacher and
scholar, Mrs. Brookes has proved her
self a real friend and_an inspiration
to many whose lives she has touched.
The Panther Staff and the mem
bers of the Clark Family extend a
cordial and hearty welcome to Di.
Brookes upon her return to the Col
lege to which so much of her life and
so many of her efforts have been de
voted. EMORY WIMBISH.
ens, Ala. a graduate of Gammon
Theological Seminary, is secretary to
Mr. Paul G. King, Business Manager;
while Mr. George Allen of Atlanta,
a Clark graduate, is serving as man
ager of the book-store and Mrs. Alix
Coleman, a graduate of Chicago Busi
ness College, is postmistress.
Mr. Frank A. Banks, who received
his Bachelor of Science and Master
of Science degree from the Univer
sity of Chicago, is serving as head of
the Department of Biology.
Mr. Homer C. Williams is working
in the Department of Physics doing
radio work and photography. He is a
graduate of Georgia State College and
has done graduate work at Atlanta
University.
The Clark family wishes for the
new faculty members a very pleasant
year. MAURICE M. DOWNS.