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The Panther
December, 1946
Page 4
Miss Clark’s
Address to the
Student Body
President Brawley, Fighting Pan
thers, and fellow Clarkites, I would
like to take a moment of your time
to thank you for choosing me as your
queen. It is quite an honor to be
elected to represent an institution
that is SECOND TO NONE. It is my
desire to uphold the standards set
by those who reigned before me and
were crowned in victory.
Fighting Panthers of Clark Col
lege, it is only a matter of hours
now before you will once again face
the Maroon Tigers to win a victory
that is rightfully yours. For many
of you it is a new experience; for
others, it has become a matter of
routine. However, we, the members
of Clark College are looking forward
to your meeting the opponent with
a grim determination to win because
we have our pride and that pride we
must uphold. We possess a determi
nation to win because in the words
of our beloved president, “Morehouse
MUST be defeated.”
We know that it will take all of
the teamwork, courage and faith that
you have to be successxul and yet we
are not afraid. I want, Panthers,
that your victory should be one fox
which you will have to fight. I want
also that you will not work each max.
for his personal glory, but as a unit
for the glory and gain of the team
and our school.
As you prepare to go out on the
field to win as other teams have done
in previous years, do not forget the
standards that they set bexore you.
Above all, rememoer that they were
then what you axe now, stalwart rep
resentatives of Clark College.
Men of our football team, I think
I can say for the most of the Clark
College lamily as well as for myselx
that you have our wholehearted sup
port because, we love you, and we
have faith and confidence in you. We
are with you in victory, or defeat.
Your victory is our victory. Youx
defeat is our defeat. Your hopes are
our hopes. Your gains are our gains.
Fighting Panthers, I challenge you
to uphold the ideals of our Clark Col
lege as you go forth on the field, f
challenge you to put into your sixty
minutes of play the test sportsman
ship you have ever exhibited. And
above all, I challenge you to send
Morehouse down in an ultimate de
feat. Minnie Estelle Holmes
78TH HOMECOMING
CELEBRATED AT CLARK
(Continued From Page One)
smartest little freshman went the re
alization that here is a real, loyal
Clarkite. Wednesday was Red and
Black Day and the campus was a
living mass of the striking colors.
By the end of the day, the fervor and
spirit of homecoming week had
reached an almost hysterical pitch.
But there was more to come.
Thursday, October 31st, William
Puckett, a graduate of the class of
’35 gave a timely message after
which the cheer leaders led the audi
ence in yells and the band played
spirited numbers to raise the spirits
of the already spirited student body.
The long awaited queens were pre
sented to the student body Friday,
November 1st, by Dr. J. J. Dennis,
Chairman of the Homecoming Com
mittee. Miss Minnie Estelle Holmes,
stunningly attired in a brilliant red
dress with black velvet belt and side
draped pocket effect, was presented
first as “Miss Clark”. Following
were her attendants, Misses Thoma-
sina Cooper and Mattie Moseley. The
fraternity queens were then present
ed—the sepia beauty, Miss Bernice
Fields as “Miss Alpha”; the gracious
Miss Robie Davis as “Miss Omega”;
charming Miss Florence Wheeler as
“Miss Sigma”. “Miss Loyalty”, at
tractive Betty Joyce O’Neal, was then
presented to represent the Junior
Class which proved its loyalty by the
highest per capita contribution to the
Homecoming Drive. After the sepa
rate presentations of these fitting
representatives of the College as well
as the various organizations, Miss
Minnie Holmes presented her chal-
Clark Band Gives
Benefit Concert
Clark College Band under the di
rection of Mr. Waymon A. Carver
rendered a successful benefit concert
on Sunday, November 3, 1946, at
Pinelog, Georgia—a small community
in need of service. This community
to which Clark has appropriately
made a definite and worthwhile con
tribution has no school or school fa
cilities for its Negro inhabitants. At
one time, classes, such as they were,
were held in the churches, but even
those classes have been discontinued
for the present.
The proceeds from the concert
which totaled over $700.00 represent
the first sum of money to be raised
for the erection of a much needed
school building for that area.
The members of the band left by
Greyhound Bus Sunday morning, Nov.
3rd, at eight o’clock and arrived at
twelve noon. The concert which be
gan at three o’clock that afternoon
opened with Frances Scott Key’s
“Star Spangled Banner”. Following
was a trumpet solo “Mighty Lak a
Rose” performed brilliantly by first
trumpeter, John Peck. Other num
bers rendered on the concert includ
ed "The Poet and Peasant Overture”
and “The Roaring Panther” by Di
rector W. A. Carver.
lenge to the team, which was accept
ed by the handsome Captain Jeffery
Jennings. “Miss Clark” was present
ed a lovely autumn bouquet by her
little sisters of the Ivy Leaf Club
and a bouquet of American Beauty
roses by the Sigma Chapter of Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority.
At seven o’clock Friday evening, a
large gathering of Clark students
and friends and Morehouse mourners
assembled at one of the “saddest”
and gladdest occasions of the week—
the “ funeral” of Old Man More
nouse. The ceremony was a colorful
one with Rev. Renfroe presiding with
the assistance of Brothers Thomas
Grissom and Cecil Blye. “Widow
Judo” (Joseph Brown) with a large
group of Old Man Morehouse’s
iriends and family presented an
amusing spectacle.
Saturday, November 2nd, was the
climaxing and crowning day of the
celebration. On that day the Clark
Panthers met and defeated the More
house Maroon Tigers. Despite hang
ing dark clouds which cast dreary
shadows, at two o’clock a magnificent
parade was formed leading from the
campus down Chestnut and Hunter
Streets to Harper’s Field. The band
colorfully attired in their red and
black uniforms led by the majorettes
headed the procession playing “Here
Comes Old C. C.” and other spirited
marches. Following the band were
the Pantherettes dressed in black
skirts and red sweaters. The attrac
tively decorated float on which pages
attired in white satin suits trimmed
in red stood, rolled slowly behind
down the streets. A procession of
decorated automobiles carrying the
queens, attendants, and escorts
formed the remainder of the parade.
The interesting and exciting game,
a full account of which appears on
the sports page, attracted a gay and
colorful throng of Clark and More
house supporters. During the half,
the queens, attendants, and escorts
were presented. The majorettes lead
ing the band, the Pantherettes and
the bands of both colleges added to
the spectacle during the half. Another
excellent feature of the day was the
exchange of cheerleaders—Morehouse
cheerleaders leading Clark yells and
Clark cheerleaders leading Morehouse
yells.
With victory won, the return pa
rade to the campus was as beautiful
as before. The queens, many of whom
rode in convertibles, were elevated
to reign in all of the splendor with
victory in hand.
The Homecoming Dance climaxed
the week, an account of which ap-
tears on the society page.
Alumni Notes
From Class
of *46
The alumni of the Class of ’46 are
already making a reputation for
themselves and for Alma Mater and
■living the motto of the College—Cul
ture for Service. From those of whom
we have heard, they are obviously fol
lowing the varied paths of human
endeavor that make life interesting
and worth while.
Some have chosen to further their
education. In the graduate school of
Atlanta University are Misses Mil
dred Belcher, Catherine Farley, Er
nestine Davenport, Juanita Brantley;
Mrs. Virginia Wardlaw; and Messrs.
Newberry Flanagan, Roger Fair, and
Reginald Haynes.
Others have chosen to begin their
life’s work and are capably filling
responsible positions in various parts
of the country.
Mr. J. Arthur Hickerson is em
ployed at Southern University in
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he is
a clerk in the Office of the Auditor.
Mr. George Allen is here at Clark
College in charge of the Bookstore
and assisting with the athletic pro
gram.
BOOK REVIEW
(Continued from Page Two)
see a portrait of Mrs. Jardine’s
daughter as a child, the beautiful
Ianthe. They learn that Ianthe had
children who are of course Mrs. Jar
dine’s grandchildren. But Mrs. Jar-
dine, apparently devoted to children,
has never seen her grandchildren. Re
becca is astonished. Never seen her
own grandchildren! Why not?
And then we learn the story of
Mrs. Jardine, and Ianthe, and the
grandchildren. We see the destroying
influence of Mrs. Jardine on two gen
erations and on everyone she knows.
The first we know of Mrs. Jardine,
the complex and mysterious woman
whose character dominates the entire
novel, is from Tilly, a dwarfish cock
ney malaprop who has served as go-
between of the two families years
before. We learn that Mrs. Jardine
married the distinguished Charles
Herbert, had a baby, but ran away
with an artist. She wrote a book
of scandalous memoirs. She tried to
kidnap her baby away from its fa
ther.
And then, from Mrs. Jardine, her
self, we get her own rationalization
of the story. Little by little we ap
proach the tragedy of Ianthe which
was woven by Mrs. Jardine, her own
mother though not of hate but of de
stroying and crushing character.
The end of the tragedy we hear
from Maisie, Ianthe’s daughter, as she
and Rebecca sit by the kitchen
range after washing the Christmas
dishes. C. Morley calls this scene one
of the “most vivid scenes in modern
fiction.” So harrowing is this three-
generation brainstorm that the war
of 1914 which comes to wind it up
seems peaceful and welcome. It
comes as a relief after so much psy
chic twirl.
Christopher Morley says of this ro
mantic novel: “The drama is wildly
and savagely extravagant; but it rip
ples with mirth and ioruscates with
pain.” And so it does. Though the
story with its many complications
may fade and become vague after a
time, the reader will never forget
Mrs. Jardine and the horrified fore
boding note of the novel which Miss
Lehmann has left established in the
mind of the reader as the oboe’s fore
boding tone resounds in the ear of
the opera goer.
C. C. Posey
ALUMNI AND FRIENDS JOIN
HOMECOMING THRONG
(iContinued from Page 1 )
Despite low hanging clouds, loyal
Clarkites from out of town and from
the city joined the colorful throng in
the bleachers waving the Red and
Black. Though physically dampened
by the sifting rain, their spirits
soared.
Among visitor* whom your report*
The Foxes Of
Harrow
Frank Yerby
A Review
Frank Yerby in his first novel, The
Foxes of Harrow, has consciously or
unconsciously produced a work of fic
tion which defies the dictum that Ne
gro writers treat best the themes of
life they live and know as Negroes.
Similarly, he steers away from the
realistic and naturalistic trends o
many contemporary authors.. He has
no burning sociological message to en
shroud in fiction. He has a story—:
stirring tale of interesting men am
women who lived over a century age
and come to life again in print.
The Foxes of Harrow is set in pre
Civil War New Orleans covering the
troubled days between 1825 and 1865
It reveals a set of morals and cus
toms that will make the reader ask
“Was that America?”
Though the novel can be said tc
have no principal character to the ex
tent that other characters are mere
satellites, Stephen Fox dominates the
entire novel. He is an admirable char
acter with vices to equal his virtues
and virtues to equal his vices. His
is the success story of an Irish immi
grant who arrived in New Orleans in
1825 on a pig boat with a “ten dollar
gold piece, a pearl stick-pin, and a
dream.” He gambled and won and
built Harrow, the greatest manor
house and plantation in Louisiana, but
not without hardship and sorrow even
after material success. Three women
loved him—Odalia Orceneaux who be
came his wife; Aurora Orceneaux,
Odalia’s sister, who waited for a
chance to succeed Odalia in his affec
tions; and Desiree, the lovely quad
roon, who remained in the background
of his life, suffering heartbreak, de
spair and social ostracism to be nea.
him. But the story does not stop with
Stephen Fox. It embraces the suc
ceeding generation of Foxes who lived
to see Harrow and all it stood for de
stroyed. The reader will be fascinated
by such'vivid characters as Caleen,
the old slave woman who beneath her
humility and love for her mastei
strove and longed for freedom far her
son, Little Inch, who lived to become
a master of men; Etienne, Stephen’s
son, who bore the curse of an inward
streak of cruelty and represented to
Stephen a living retribution for his
many sins; and a host of others who
peopled New Orleans—the “wicked
est city in the world”,
This is a story of men and women,
white and black, “charged with blood
and fire, with white-hot passions and
animosities, with strife and warfare
and the clash of races”.
As a novel The Foxes of Harrow
is not free of error. It suffers from
overplotting and a style too dotted
with purple passages until the move
ment of the story effectively fuses
description and narration. Only oc
casionally are we suspicious that the
author protrudes himself into the nov
el. In the main, he is the objective
omniscient author who has an unfor
gettable story to tell.
er was able to see were Miss Mar
jorie Hensley (Miss Clark ’39) of
Knoxville, Tenn. as radiant and
charming as she was the day she
reigned; Mrs. Wm, Jones (Hazel
Robinson—Miss Alpha ’41); Mes-
dames Gussie L. Hyatte ar.d Maxie
Easterling and Mr. Booker T.
Scruggs of Chattanooga, Tennessee;
Miss Collye Lee Riley, former li
brarian at Clark College; Dr. John
A. Greene, a graduate of Clark and
a former instructor of religion at
Clark; Miss Ernestine Doyd of Mi
ami, Florida; Mr. Caro Coate, once
outstanding basketball star at Clark
of Detroit, Mich.; Mr. George James,
former star of the Fighting Panther
Eleven of Augusta, Georgia; Mr.
Benjamin Bradford of Charleston, S.
C.; and Mrs. Talmadge Owens (Cyn
thia B. Perry—Miss Clark ’44). A
host of others whom you no doubt saw
visited Clark and returned to their
homes with the firm conviction that
Clark is still on the march.
DQRAINN AND ELLIS
IN TIGHT MUSICALE
(Continued from Page One)
Street Song and Ah, Sweet Mystery
of Life from Naughty Marietta.
Rime and Reason
On November the second—a rainy,
rainy day,
The Panthers and the Tigers went
on the field to play;
It rained and rained, but the men
didn’t stop,
For the Homecoming game just
couldn’t be a flop.
Reigning o’er the Panthers were six
lovely queens—
Miss Clark and five others were first
class dreams.
'his was the game of games to which
came people from far and near;
Then, when the game was nearly over
a cheer did I hear—
9
1 jumped to my feet and started
cheering too,
For the mighty Panthers had shown
what they could do.
411 Clarkites were happy, for a touch
down had been made.
And the name of good old C, C. just
couldn’t fade.
Then the game was over, and our vic
tory was won.
Baskin made the touchdown which
was very well done.
Morehouse Tigers ere put to ever
lasting shame,
But the Panthers were victorious, for
they had won the game.
Lana Browa
1MEGAS OBSERVE NATIONAL
NEGRO ACHIEVEMENT WEEK
XContinued from page one)
and proceeded to indicate avenues to
,'ealizing such action. She said that
social action means fundamentally
going from state to state or city to
city or getting facts by other means
in an effort to stir up the people so
that they will work out their qwn
problems having realized their exist
ence. The steps toward soeial action
she said are seeing and realizing ex
isting conditions, talking about them,
setting up organized committees to
formulate general plans for action.
She emphasized by numerous illustra
tions the importance of knowing how
the other half lives.
The methods of social action, she
concluded, are all except violence.
They include education, pressure
groups, and non-violence similar to
that of Ghandi,
The discussion was summarized by
Dr. B. H. Nelson, Head of the De
partment of Social Science at Clark,
Dr. Nelson pointed up the principal
points of the speakers and interpreted
the whole theme of social action as
a necessary reaction against selfish
individualism which has become too
common a part of the thinking oi
many individuals.
A change of costumes and the third
part followed a brief intermission.
This group included Play Gypsies,
Sweetheart Song and an aria from
Verdi’s La Traviata featuring Do-
raine,
Another piano interlude consisting
of a group of tonal lyrics in arabes
que patterns preceded the last group
of songs most of which were taken
from Oklahoma. Included in the
group were Oh What A Beautiful
Morning, The Surrey With the Fringe
on the Top, People Will Say We’re
In Love, and Oklahoma. The last
group which also included Home On
The Range was performed in cos
tumes originally designed for Okla
homa—cowgirl and cowboy costumes
of blue, red, white, and green. s
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Compliments
of
Junior Class
1946-47
Clark College