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The Panther
January, February, 1947
FLYING HI
WITH BLYE
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THE VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM 1946-47
The Panthers are on the march
again with victories over Tuskegee,
Morehouse, Morris Brown and Xavier.
If they can defeat Florida and Ala
bama State, the cry will be “Clark
Again” the SIAC champions.
The preliminary games produced
more thrills than students anticipated
at the beginning of the season. The
Omega vs Alpha and Gammon men
vs Pfieffer men games were really
thrillers.
If the formation of a preliminary
game committee could be put into ef
fect, there would be no conflicts as
to the teams that are to play in the
preliminary games. Officials should
be carefully selected on the basis of
their knowledge of the rules.
There’s a strong rumor in motion
giving Clark a championship baseball
team this spring.
In the Tuskegee-Clark game, Paul
Sweeney really earned his title of
“Yankee Flash”—Paul played a nice
game.
OHIO CLUB PRESENTS
J. R. COTTIN
(Continued from Page One)
varied sources. He went into German
and French Switzerland, England,
and Belgium to make comparative
studies of attitudes and reactions. He
attended a conference at Geneva,
Switzerland, and gained impressions
of European students and an idea of
the new conception of the American
Negro in Europe since the war.
Mr. Cottin emphasized the impor
tance of our understanding the cul
ture, thought and philosophy of Eu
rope since all western culture is based
on European culture. All our thought
and philosophy, he said, are based on
Greco-Christian thought and thought
systems.
He then proceeded to interpret and
contrast mental and spiritual states
among Europeans. The French, he
feels, are pessimistic. They feel de
feat. They complain of decadence.
They plan to rebuild materially, in
tellectually and morally but in an un
hurried fashion; haste is not impor
tant to the French. The English, he
feels, are stronger, less prone to pes
simism, more inclined to make the
best of a bad situation. Their rebuild
ing is faster. The French students, he
revealed have attitudes toward us.
They believe us to be generally ma
terialists and a lazy people. Their
concern is with the problem—intellect
vs. machine. They are as concerned
about our future as with theirs.
Mr. Cottin feels that there is a
spiritual dissatisfaction and unrest.
The French who so long looked to the
Church have lost to a large extent
faith and confidence in the Roman
Catholic Church since it has not been
able to maintain peace and because
it seemingly has done more to disturb
than to help. A resultant movement
and an indication of their intention to
rebuild from the bottom up is a youth
movement under the guidance of the
Boy Scouts, since they feel that for
France to rebuild, it must begin with
the youth. Mr. Cottin fears that such
an organization as he saw it at work
may lead to a dangerous over-em
phasis on nationalism. He does point
out, however, that as all French edu
cation the emphasis is on the forma
tion of L’esprit—the inner man.
Mr. Cottin’s comments on the Ge
neva conference of intellectuals of
Europe to discuss present situations
and the future were also revealing. It
was significant, he felt, that Russia
refused to accept an invitation. Most
of the delegates he found were pessi
mistic except the English delegate
who struck the only note of hope at
the conference.
The last of the points touched upon
by Mr. Cottin was the new connec
tion of the American Negro in France
and in Europe. Whereas in France
20 years ago, Frenchmen of color
shunned American Negroes, they now
want to know more about them and
are interested as all of Europe is. He
pointed out that color in Europe is,
Billie Barnes dropped thirteen
points through the hoops in the first
half in Clark’s 36-30 rout of Morris
Brown.
From a reliable source:—Plans are
underway to increase the seating ca
pacity of the Sunset Casino—Clark’s
supporters can yell louder when seat
ed.
In the Sewer bowl game (Sophs
vs South Atlanta) William Myles ran
105 yards for a touchdown with his
overcoat on. Sophs won 14-7
The Clark College football team of
1946 refused to play in a post season
bowl game—all guys wanted to spend
Christmas at home.
Lou Ella (Baby Lou) Fortson is the
Pin Up girl in sports around the cam
pus. She has really won the fellows’
hearts with her display of fine sports
manship. She is an excellent softball,
tennis, and volleyball player—she
skates, too. Baby Lou hails from
Knoxville, Tennessee.
PIANIST ACCLAIMED BY
CLARK AUDIENCE
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three American tunes—“Casey Jones”
(Central Southern States, 1894),
“Deep River” (Negro Spiritual) and
“Yankee Doodle” Revolutionary War
Period).
Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody” gave
a dramatic and deserving climax for
the preceding numbers and Mr. Fred
eric was recalled by roaring applause
for two encores, one of which was
Rimsky-Korsakoff’s “Flight of the
Bumble Bee” arranged for piano by
Mr. Frederic himself.
Mr. Frederic who is known as one
of the outstanding pianists of j the
younger generation was born and edu
cated in the United States. His first
appearance on the concert platform
in this country set a musical prece
dent when without recourse to the or-,
thodox promotional channels, he
played the amazing total of two hun
dred and fifty-seven concerts in three
seasons. The success of these tours
was further proved by his recall for
seventy-five return engagements. Re
viewing his playing, Eugene Stim-
son, eminent critic of music for the
Chicago Daily News, wrote: “In some
twenty years of reviewing I have
never encountered a pianist with
quite Mr. Frederic’s poetry of mind
and devotion to beauty. I can quite
understand the magnetic quality of
his hold over his audience and I am
sure his is something that will only
increase with the years.”
There will be little relaxation this
year for Frederic at his Southern
Maryland country place. Along with
his heavy schedule he is on the fac
ulty of the Ohio State University as
a visiting artist, now on leave for
the concert season.
Of singular interest is the unique
way in wjhi,ch Mr. Frederic has solved
the shipping problem of the Steinway
Concert Grand Piano which he uses
exclusively throughout his extensive
tours. A specially built trailer of his
own design provides a safe all-weath
er conveyance for transportation of
the instrument. It is ingeniously so
constructed that movers can unload
and set the piano on an auditorium
stage in twenty minutes. The unit
has toured the length and breadth of
this country and Mexico.
not important—an American is sim
ply an American. Particularly note
worthy is the interest of the French
in the literature by and about Negroes
which interest was evidenced by a
book fair in Paris this summer.
A limited number of questions and
discussion followed the lecture after
which all guests were invited to re
main for refreshments and an oppor
tunity to look through some litera
ture which the speaker made avail
able.
The Ohio Club is to be commended
for this contribution to the cultural
program of the college.
Clark Upsets
Tuskegee
By CECIL A. BLYE
In their initial encounter of the
1947 hardwood season, Clark’s Fight
ing Panthers recorded a 54-49 upset
over Tuskegee’s Golden Tigers on
January 8, at the Sunset Casino.
The Panthers, SIAC champions of
1946, went into a 7-4 lead with Capt,
Raymond (Hawk) Williams, Billie
(Wonderman) Barnes, and Phonecia
Morris playing with the strings.
C. George and W, George dropped
two “float” shots for Tuskegee to
keep the Tigers ,'close behind the fast
moving Panthers. After a thrilling
display of ball handling and “impos
sible” shots by both teams, Clark pos
sessed a 30-24 halftime lead,
After a brief intermission, Tuske
gee’s Golden Tigers returned to the
court in inspired fashion and regis
tered five “quick” points to come with
in one point of the Clark cagemen,
Sweeney, Dearo, and Hambrick col
laborated to score six points for
Clark. Their feat was duplicated by
Harwick, Jones, and Porter of Tus
kegee to increase the scores 36-35.
In the final minute of play, Capt.
Williams, “Judo” Brown, Williamson,
and Colquitt combined their shots for
ten points for Clark and Porter, W.
George, C. Jones, and Hardwick
scored eleven points for Tuskegee to
tie the score 46-46. The regulation
time expired with Clark and Tuske
gee deadlocked 46-46.
With an added five minutes of play,
Clark’s Fighting Panthers out-scored
the Golden Tigers of Tuskegee and
coped a well earned 54-49 victory.
WITH JUSTICE TO ALL
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Five of them left and then there were
two. •
Be careful, Big Six!
Judo and Tweet, you’d better keep
them apart, the city and dorm I mean,
we wouldn’t want any casualties.
James Washington, what has your
come hither smile gotten for you?
Do you really know?
Prater, your train is near
Alonzo, your train ir here
But, Hamp Pettigrew, your train is
gone. What are you waiting for?
Phinazee, what’s the score between
you and E. Allison ? If it is tell us.
If it isn’t, don’t stand in the shadows.
Marquito Nelson, you’re wrong.
You can’t fool Jack by hiding behind
“Daddy.”
Why! Oh! Why! Are there such
things as New Year’s Resolutions?
Elaine Pace has made a Resolution,
“I, Elaine Pace, resolve to be better
in my schoolwork and stay in at
night to study,” Dp you believe it?
I don’t,
What is this I hear, see, and roust
tell, Mattie L, is forever saying that
she is going to live true tp Jack B.'
so don’t interfere, fellows, Hey, Mat-
tie, tell more girls to do as you are
doing, and there won’t be so many
broken legs, arms, heads, etc,, around
the campus.
Clark Crushes
Morehouse 41-30
By CECIL A. BLYE
Employing the same type of trick
ery that won them the SIAC cham
pionship of 1946, Clark’s Fighting
Panthers crushed the Maroon Tigers
of Morehouse College 41-30 Saturday,
January 11, at the Morehouse College
Gym,
The game began with Capt, Ray
mond Hawk) Williams of Clark' and
Fleming of Morehouse jumping cen
ter. Immediately Clark went into a
6-0 lead by virtue of timely shots by
Williams and Barnes. Balwin, Smith,
and Tompkins retaliated for More
house to deadlock the count 6-6 and
after a few minutes of defensive
playing, Clark gained a permanent
lead with Dearo, Gray, Barnes and
Morris finding their shooting range.
BOOK REVIEW
(Continued from Page Two)
portant thing. Character delineation
is obviously the author’s chief inter
est. The plot exists only as a means
of bringing the two families together
in such a way as to show how firmly
and inevitably they are separated by
trivialities. It is noteworthy that the
author is entirely detached—favoring
neither the Redcliffes nor the Hessen-
winkles. She makes no decisions nor
points any moral; the decision is left
to the reader.
Three O’clock Dinner is truly an
American book if we can use the term
American to imply the melting pot
spirit of the pioneers. It sympathetic
ally ridicules the “old settler” com
plex and contains the same implica
tions as F. D. Roosevelt’s statement
in a famous address to the Daughters
of the American Revolution: “We are
all descendants of immigrants.”
Other good examples of the novel
of manners are Jane Austen’s Pride
and Prejudice and William Dean How
ell’s The Rise of Silas Lapham.
It seems as if the New Year has
brought to the eyes of the campus
circle the affairs of Blye and Raines,
with Raines playing the lead if her
understudy doesn’t take over. Watch
out, Effie, remember D. I.
“Romeo, Romeo, whereforth art
thou, Romeo,” that’s what Ann Wells
is saying these days. Ha! Ha! Ha!
Why did you change from Judo to
Romeo ? Did D. S. have any thing to
do with that. You didn’t know we
knew about that did you, Ann? ? Ha!
Ha!
Dorothy Grant, how dare you try
ing to stay in the background so
much talking continuously about New
Jersey and singing “My Silent Love.”
Why don’t you give some of us a
chance ?
Marion Perrin, you’re ambitious we
know, you’ll make a great senior, but
for now cool down. You can’t have
everything you want.
D. Small, who was looking for you
the night of Jan.. 14th, and where
were you hiding. The boys would like
to know.
At half time, Morehouse was on the
short end of a 22-19 score.
The second half found Coach
Charles (Pessimistic Mac) McPher
son’s lads hitting the inside strings
from all angles of the court. Tomp
kins, Smith, Balwin, and Fleming bore
the weight of the Morehouse attack
but failed to come within scoring dis
tance of the sharp-shooting Panthers.
Paced by the superb play of Capt.
Williams, Dearo, Morris, Sweeney,
Barnes, Boone, Gray, and Fletcher,
the swift Red and Black Panthers of
Clark outplayed Morehouse to remain
undefeated with their 41-30 victory.
C. V. HOLLAND TO
APPEAR IN RECITAL
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Atlanta and other areas. Last spring
he was invited to Dillard University
in New Orleans, Louisiana, where his
rendition was enthusiastically re
ceived. His recall to New Orleans
(Dillard) in December, 1946, attests
to his success with music lovers in
that city. He has also given recitals
at Palmer Memorial Institute, Se-
dalia, North Carolina, at Anniston,
Alabama, and at Ebeneezer Baptist
Church as well as other churches in
the City.
The artist’s repertoire includes
heavy and light classics which he per
forms beautifully and interprets ef
fectively in the original language of
composition. Many of his enthusiasts
are especially fond of his renditions
of humorous selections which reveal
much of his own keen sense of humor.
He excels as well in folk songs of
America and other nations and par
ticularly in his interpretations of Ne
gro spirituals.
Working closely with Mr. Holland
in the preparation of hia coming re
cital is Mrs. Marian English Sykes,
a skillful accompanist and instructor
of pianoforte and musicology at Clark
College. Her assistance in the train
ing period and her able accompani
ment have been major determining
factors in many of Mr. Holland’s re
citals,
Students and friends of the College
are cordially Invited to attend Mr.
Holland’s 1947 recital March 9th in
Davage Auditorium at 7:30 P. M.
THOUGHTS IN A PSYCHOLOGY
CLASSROOM
(Continued from Page Two)
day. There just shouldn’t be any
school on a day like this. What a
shame.
Boy, she’s fine (sigh) I’ve never
met another girl like her. She’ll
make a good wife. Wonder if I’ll see
her in chapel? I know she’ll turn
around and smile and I’ll miss the
announcements again. Oh well they
never concern me anyway. I guess
these people don’t appreciate over
average people. I have so much work
to do, and the new semester is rapid
ly approaching. Hope my marks grp
okay. Dr. Nelson is sure a hard mark
er. In fact everybody is. My dad says
he hopes I make all A’s; gee he must
be sick. There’s the bell (sigh) it
sure does take a long time to ring,
You know I kinda like PSYCHOL
OGY.