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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 • 1 ^****+*f****i"**999im*9mm9mm**a*imm»9—e«4p Compliments of Junior Class 1946-47 Clark College