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December, 1946
The Panther
Page 5
Deltas Fete
Freshmen At
Rush Party
The Rush Party which was spon
sored by the Delta Sigma Theta So
rority was quite a gala affair. The
freshmen and new students had fun
galore while they laughed hilarious
ly, danced and sang in the scorching
confines of Inferno. It was during
their delirium of excitement that Del
la Mae Thomas held them spellbound
with her sensational torch songs. Nan
cy Strickland’s thrilling voice pene
trated into the depths of every heart,
and the two “Jo’s” (Sorors Strat-
man and Washington) featured an
original interpretation of “Tempta
tion” which was superb. To add to
the spicy variety of Hades, a swift
and voluntary talent program was
presented. Among the eminent par
ticipants who received prizes were:
Juan Lowe and Bernice McNeal for
their twinkling and nimble feet, Myr-
tha Thomas for her melodies voice,
and Lona Brown for her ability to
fascinate others while reciting. The
inhabitants of the Underworld
crunched on potato chips, turkey sal
ad, and crackers while they were held
entranced by the performers.
As souvenirs were given to the
Hellites, the light feet ceased danc
ing, the rapturous strains of music
died away, and gradually the capti
vating flames of Hades began to
grow fainter and fainter.
As the scene shifted from the dy
ing embers -of the Carefree World,
the guests became overwhelmingly en
chanted as they drifted into a calm
and celestial atmosphere. In this ra
diant and tranquil domain were found
the Pyramids and Sorors of Delta
Sigma Theta. It was here that the
charming Pyramid Sallie Hall, an im
personating angel, made known the
ideals of Delta Women; Pyramid Vi
ola Charlton and Christine Paradise
revealed some of the innumerable and
outstanding personalities of Delta. It
was there that the members of Sig
ma Chapter were introduced to the
newcomers. Following the introduc
tion were the heavenly hymns of the
Pyramids and Sorors as the beautiful
melody softly vibrated throughout the
realms of Paradise.
Among the visiting Sorors were:
Sorors W. Gilbert, D. Touchstone, D.
Shockley, and J. Brantley.
Before the scenes of Heaven came
to a climax, delicious refreshments
(ice cream and cookies) were served.
As the curtains of evening were clos
ing, everyone happily acknowledged
that the evening had been most pleas
antly spent.
M. Bone, Reporter
Ohio Club
Activities
The Ohio Club activities have be
gun for another year. The opening
activity sponsored by the Club was
a chapel program—a musical program
which included a whistling solo and
the State song, “Beautiful Ohio”
sung by the members of the organi
zation.
The club members this year in
clude: Misses Florence Wheeler, Cin
cinnati; Esther Parker, Cincinnati;
Elsa Simpson, Cleveland; Charlene
Manning, Cleveland; Nora Spotts,
Oberlin Messrs, Charles Bell, Cincin
nati; William Hunter, Cincinnati;
Luther Ware, Cleveland; Hermon
Gregory, Cleveland; Charles, John
son, Cleveland; and Dean C. V. Hol
land, Youngstown.
The club has already begun mak
ing plans for more activities through
out the year.
Homecoming
Dance Climaxes
Week
The victory over the Morehouse
Maroon Tigers on November the sec
ond was highlighted by an outstand-
mg formal dance in Thayer Hall
Recreation Room, where faculty, stu
dents, and friends met to join in the
last of the festivities of the gala
Homecoming Week Activities.
Music for the occasion which was
u ini shed by Cleveland Lyons’ Band
was a happy mixture of swing and
sweet which gave ample opportunity
for the jitterbugs to “jit” and rest al
ternately. Scattered over the dance
door were lovely ladies attired in ex-
uisite formals. Among them “Miss
Clark” — the attractive Minnie
Jolmes—was attired in red and black
;or,tinuing her color scheme for the
mtire. week. One of her attendants,
firs Thomasina Cooper, was attrac
tively attired in a true blue formal;
her other attendant, Miss Mattie
Moseley, wore a clear pink formal,
fhe fraternity queens too were out
standing—Miss Bernice Fields—“Miss
Alpha”—was dressed in a beautiful
black net over black satin trimmed
with splashes of gold sequins adorn
ing the skirt of the lovely self-styled
gown; Miss Robie Davis — “Miss
Omega”—was attired in a beautiful
;old and white net formal; Miss
Florence Wheeler—“Miss Sigma”—
was as striking as ever in a black
taffeta formal.
As the evening rapidly passed, as
all good things do, the atmosphere
was laden with floral odors emanat
ing from the countless corsages worn
by the charming ladies all of whom
were queens in their on right. The
corsages included gladioli, sweet peas,
roses, and a conspicuous number of
orchids.
As “Goodnight Sweetheart” was
played, couples knew that the lovely
evening was over and that another
successful Homecoming Week was at
a close. A. Daniel
Hooser-Illini
Gub Organized
A new organization has formed on
the campus this semester composed
of students from the states of Indiana
and Illinois. The name selected for
the new organization is Hoosier-Illi-
ni. At the first meeting, the following
officers were elected: President Evan
geline Allison, Vice President Bar
bara Lowery, Secretary Yvonne Schil-
cutt, Treasurer Joseph Brown, Busi
ness Manager Johnny Colquitt. Mem
bers of the organization are: Mil
dred Brawner, Vivian Cameron, La-
bron Caraway, Aubrey Chatters, Da
vid Dobbin, Donald Fletcher, Samuel
Hatchett, Frederick Boone, Brady
Jones, Robert Miller, and Howard
Simpson,
With the business of getting or
ganized nearly over, the organization
intends to begin making plans for an
eventful and purposeful year.
Alpha Kappa
Alpha News
Alpha Pi Chapter commenced its
winter season in a big way with a
Cabaret Rush Party which elicited
much fun and praise. The outstand
ing feature was a floor show enter
tainment which was provided by the
Ivy Leafs with musical backgrounds
and selections by Herman F. Scott
of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and
his band. Climaxing activities was
the presentation of a birthday gift
to the sponsor, Soror Marvel Bea-
Dr. Brookes and
New Faculty
Entertained
The administration of Clark Col
lege entertained recently at a buffet
supper honoring Dr. Stella Brewer
Brookes and the new members of the
Clark faculty and staff. Dr. Brookes,
as has been indicated in a previous
issue of this paper, has recently re
joined the staff after a leave of ab
sence during which time she was
awarded the Ph.D. degree by Cornell
University.
Dr. Bernard H. Nelson, head of the
Department of History at the college,
served as Master of Ceremonies and
introduced President James P. B raw-
ley and Dr. A. A. McPheeters who
brought greetings from the adminis
tration. President Brawley, in his
remarks, expressed a deep satisfac
tion in Dr. Brookes’ accomplishment.
Thanking President Brawley and
the administration for this gesture of
their appreciation for her, Dr.
Brookes, in her response, told some
thing of the nature of her work in
the study of American Folk Litera
ture and mentioned plans for the in
troduction of a course in American
Folk Literature at Clark the second
semester.
Mrs. Flora P. Griffin, of the De
partment of Home Economics, brought
greetings to the new faculty mem
bers, while Mr. Alfred Stevenson, of
the Department of Education, re
sponded for the new members. Mr.
Peter T. Fletcher rendered a vocal
solo, while Mr. Wayman Carver en
tertained with a flute solo.
A menu of chicken boudine, mush
room sauce, stuffed pears, congealed
vegetable salad, olives, celery, rolls,
cake and coffee was served the guests.
Among the guests present were:
Prsident and Mrs. Rufus Clement,
President and Mrs. Benjamin E.
Mays, Director Forrester B. Wash
ington, of the Atlanta School of So
cial Work, and his mother; Presi
dent Florence M. Read of Spelman
College; Mrs. Gladys Miles, of Skn
Antonio, Texas, sister of Dr. Brookes;
Mr. E. L. Simon, president of the
National Clark Alumni Association,
and Mrs. Simon; and Mrs. J. W. Hay
wood, wife of the president of Gam
mon Theological Seminary.
Alpha Phi Alpha
Elects Officers
1946-47
The following officers were elect
ed by the Alpha Phi Alpha Frater
nity for the academic year 1946-47:
President—William Jones
Secretary—Paul Hatchett
Treasurer—Earnest Sullivan
Dean of Pledgees—Franklin Jones
Editor of The Sphinx—Eugene
Prater
Chaplain—Robert Scott
The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
extends Greetings to the Panther
staff and students of the College.
Eugene Prater,
Editor of The Sphinx
dies,
A most delightful evening was
spent by all on October 27th at an
elaborate reception given by the So
rority honoring Miss Minnie Estelle
Holmes—“Miss Clark ’46”-—and her
attendants, Misses Thomasina Coop
er and Mattie Moseley, the fraternity
queens and the entire Clark football
squad. Turning out in large numbers
were the faculty and presidents o’
the major organizations on the cam
pus.
Officers for the coming year of A]
pha Kappa Alpha Sorority are: Ka
tie L. McKinney, Basileus; Marcella
C. James, Anti-Basileus; Ruth Rodg
ers, Grammateus; Nettie Shaw,
Hodegus; Carolyn Smith, Tamioch-
us; Evelyn Edwards, Parliamenta
rian, Ethel Jarrels, Dean of Pledgees,’
and Emma Jefferson, Reporter to the
Ivy Leaf Journal.
E. Jefferson
Dr. Eagleson At
tends Acoustical
Society Meeting
Dr. Halson V. Eagleson, professor
of Physics at Clark and Morehouse
Colleges in Atlanta, Georgia, was one
of the speakers at the thirty-second
meeting of the Acoustical Society of
America, meeting jointly with the So
ciety of Motion Picture Engineers,
which convened recently at the Stev
ens Hotel in Chicago.
Dr. Eagleson, who holds the Ph.D.
degree in Physics from Indiana Uni
versity, reported on Identification of
Musical Instruments When Heard Di
rectly and Over a Public Address
System. The basis for this report
was a study made by Dr. Eagleson
in collaboration with his brother, Dr.
Oran W. Eagleson of the Department
of Psychology, Spelman College, to
determine and compare the success
of two groups of musicians and a
group of non-musicians in their ef
forts to identify nine different musi
cal instruments by tone quality alone
when each instrument was heard di
rectly and indirectly over a public ad
dress system.
Dr. Eagleson’s address was well re
ceived and at the conclusion of his
appearance, Mr. P. B. Oncley, of the
Bell Telephone Laboratory, invited
him to participate in a symposium
on Musical Acoustics to be held in
May at Murray Hills, New Jersey.
High compliment was also paid to his
report by Dr. Vincent Salmon of the
Jenson (loud speaker) Laboratories.
Home Economics
Dept. Entertains
Faculty and
New Students
Sunday, October 14th, Junior and
Senior women of the Home Econom
ice Department doffed their white
uniforms- to don their most glamor
ous frocks and suits to serve as host
esses to the annual Home Economics
“Chocolate Sip.”
Unique invitations shaped as au
tumn leaves were sent to the faculty
and new members of the department.
An array of autumn flowers and
leaves added to the fall atmosphere
of the event.
Mrs. Flora P. Griffin, Head of the
Home Economics Department, was
attractively gowned in a black dress
with appliqued sequin flowers of va
rious fall colors. Miss Jacqueline
Denny who is among the new fac
ulty personnely - was stunning in a
black dressmaker suit cut on the
new swallow design producing an un
usual and attractive effect. Matching
accessories of black completed the
costume. Mrs. Erline B. Christopher,
also at Clark for the first year, was
charming in a green dress with a
floral design of black and blending
shades of green with matching black
accessories.
The numerous guests attending
were registered by Miss Lithangia
Shannell and served by the charming
Mrs. Ruby Parsons, both of whom
are members of the Senior Class.
L. Shannell
Religious Life
Program
The religious life of Clark College
has been given a new impetus with
the coming of Rev. G. S. Shockley.
Along with Mrs. H. Carmichael and
others who initiated and revived a
Sunday School last year, Rev. Shock-
ley has continued to Build up the
Sunday School. The teaching staff
has been increased to six including
Mr. C. V. Holland, Edward Smythe,
Maedon Smith, Dorothy Scruggs,
Toseph Brown, and Barbara Lowery.
Another organization which has
grown out of the Sunday School Pro
gram is the M.Y.F. under the lead
ership of Edward Kennedy. This or
ganization promises to reinforce and
enrich the already successful religious
life program of the college.
With Justice to All
Yes, boys and girls, it is Old Peep
ing Tom, the one who knows, hears,
and sees all. Now that football sea
son has brought its attendant splen
dor Hornsby Howell is very popular,
eh, Mildred T. and Charlene Man
ning?
There have been some changes
made in the last six weeks—John
James and Ray Donatto are singing
“Someone Has Changed the Lock on
That Door”. Could it be because of
Violet Wilder and B. Fields? Do
natto says that he is on the city now.
Who is she, Ray?
Homecoming was a great week for
Kendall and Haynes. It seems as if
Robie Davis has become Miss Omega
for good, huh Kendall?
Charles Hamm has become a mem
ber of the bachelor club. What’s the
matter, Margaret Pitts?
Alfred Eason goes to prayer meet
ing singing to Doris Jackson “I’ll
Pray for You”.
Bill Hunter, had you noticed that
your Frat brother is keeping T. Coop
er company. What is it? Not that
old brother line, I hope.
Mary Rowe, what is it to you and
Thomas Brown?
Can you answer these for Peep
ing Tom?
What happened to T. Wilson? Was
that Paul Gray B. Fields was at th«
concert Sunday? What’s up between
B. Lowery and R. Haynes? I heard
he wanted to give her his Frat pin.
What’s happened to the Bradford-
Spotts romance? Does S. Hatchett
ever let C. Manning dance with any
one else at the dances? Why is T.
Roberts smiling so beamingly at A.
Parks? What’s J. Colquitt’s play in
the city? Is Alonzo still trying to
hurt B. Fields or is it the real thing
this time? What’s this in the air
about R. Cureton and B. Jones?
What’s Dilworth doing since Ruby
Maxie’s gone home? What happened
to Chatters and H. Pettis.
Did you know that: there’s a cer
tain sophomore stuck on the gleam in
K. McKinney’s eyes; J. Jennings talks
in his sleep calling R. Durden’s
name; G. Small has a heart for “Miss
Clark”?
So sorry there isn’t more this time,
but Old Peeping Tom’s been busy
with Mid-terms and Homecoming
preparations.
Peepingly yours,
Peeping Tom
Alpha Kappa Mu
News
November 2nd, Kappa Theta Chap
ter of Alpha Kappa Mu Honor So
ciety was host to the Planning Coun
cil for the Annual Convention to be
held at Florida A.&M. College in Tal
lahassee, Florida, during the month
of February.
An effective program was planned
and we look forward to the conven
tion with eager anticipation.
The following officers have been
elected for the year: Pi'esident Mar
cella James, Vice President Mae Har
ris, Secretary Ora M. Williams,
Treasurer Mildred Bone, Reporter
Morrell W. Johnson. The sponsor is
Miss W. J. Gilbert.
Alpha Pi Chapter
of
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority
Extends to the Clark College
Family
Sincerest Best Wishes for a
Festive Xmas
and a
Very Merry New Year