Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

VOICE OF THE STUDENTS MOUTHPIECE OF THE COLLEGE 1 A JOURNAL OF NEGRO COLLEGE LIFE Crogman Day ’In May Volume III Clark College, Atlanta, Ga., March & April, 1947 Numbers V & VI 40 Students Win Scholastic Honors CLARK MALE OCTET CLARK OCTET RETURNS FROM EASTERN TOUR When Clark students acquire for themselves and for Clark reputation of distinction it is indeed a notewor thy achievement. Upon the invitation of Harold Koreen, president of the New York* Kiwanis Club, Inc., the male octet of Clark College, one of the 125 Methodist Educational Institu tions, during its recent itinerary in New York Statefi appearing at a ftumber of the Methodist churches and secular organizations, rendered a program at the regular meetings of the aristocratic nationwide organiza tion, the Kiwanis Club, on Lincoln’s birthday, Feb. 12. » At this session, Pres. James P. Brawley delivered the address. Dr. Brawley stirred the hearts of those present with a call for the end of racism. He stated .“That this coun try’s government is based on freedom for all people.” He emphasibed that “any race %hat can produce a Booker T. Washington, George Washington Carver and a Mary McCleod Bethune, deserves a chance, and if given that chance, it in the name of democracy will make its contributions to this country and we shall march on to greater achievements with hands joined as brothers in America.” Dr. Brawley’s address was followed by music by the College Octet. Their music was immensely appreciated and warmed the hearts of all who were present. While in New York, the octet made appearances at the following Meth odist churches: Highland Avenue Church at Ossining, Memorial Church at White Plains; Tremont Church, Salem Church, Our Redeemer Church, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Central Church at Yonkers, and Broadway Temple, Washington Heights, New York City. Highlighting the octet appearances was the Race Relations Sunday’s en gagement. Broadway Temple, for many years the church of Mrs. Henry Phieffer, was the location for the concert group appearance. Guest for the Sunday’s worship was Dr. James P. Brawley. His message was re ceived with wholesome enthusiasm. Truly no greater occasion could have demanded the Clark College Octet’s presence along with the president of the institution and the opportunity at singing on Broadway Temple. This particular church once possessed the (Continued on Page Two) AKA’s Present Brotherhood Panel On Monday, February 24, Alpha Pi Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, in keeping with its national program and in promoting several of its campus objectives, presented the first in a series of educational proj ects at the chapel hour. The presentation was in accord with the celebration of Brotherhood Week and took the form of a panel discussion, the theme of which was “The Dawn of a New World Peace.” Participants on the panel and guests of the sorority were repre sentatives of the three great faiths of Western Society: Judaism, Cathol icism, and Protestantism. Collectively, the panel expressed one thought that is highly significant and essentially vital in our quest of future world unity and peace among all nations. Whereas, all were agreed that it is important to meet and to affirm anew certain basic principles upon which the realization of broth erhood depends, they are also con- Honor Society Students Attend AKM Meeting Kappa Theta Chapter of Alpha Kappa Mu honor society was repre sented at the annual conference at Florida A. & M. College in Talla hassee, Florida, February 13 and 14, by Misses Marcella Cain James and Ora Marie Williams. Upon their re turn they reported an interesting and inspiring meeting. The first event after their arrival in Florida was an informal reception at the home of President and Mrs. W. H. Gray of Florida A. & M. College. Some of the interesting highlights of the conferences included a chapel talk by President Felton G. Clark of Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; an address on the theme of the conference, “The Social Im plications of Scholarship,” by Dr. S. J. Wright of Hampton Institute; a panel discussion led by Dr. R. 0. Johnson of Morris Brown College, as sisted by five student representatives; (Continued on Page Two) Rage Relations Sunday Vesper Theme The observance of Race Relations Day on February 9 was climaxed at the Sunday afternoon vesper hour with Dr. Frank W. Clelland as guest speaker. Dr. Clelland, professor of New Testament and Christian Doc trine at Gammon Theological Semi nary, delivered a profund message on the patterns of segregation and dis criminations evidenced within the ranks of the Christian Churches of America. In relating statistics from a recent survey on church membership, the speaker pointed out that separate congregations of Negroes and whites exist on an extremely large scale throughout the country. These sep arate congregations which find their sanction in the several denominational groups, he said, continue to exist be cause both Negroes and whites have made themselves satisfied with such a pattern and fail to exert the nec essary effort to solve the problem. Dr. Clelland showed that there are (Continued on Page Four) Back Trio on Concert Series Sunday, March 16, 1947. the All- Star Concert Series presented the Bach Trio at 7:30 p.m. in Davage Auditorium at the Sunday evening cultural hour. The group consists of Rose Arbanas, soprano; Hendrik De Boer, tenor; James Jay Swan, bass- baritone, and Agnes Blafka, pianist. The trio opened the recital with Bach’s COFFEE CANTATA, in which James Swan and Rose Arbanas took the leads as the father and daugh ter in the story, Mr. De Boer was primarily the narrator and joined in the finale. Mr. De Boer then rendered his group of vocal solos with Miss Blafka at the piano. His selection included Donaudy’s Vahissima Semblianza, Lalo’s Vainement me bein aimee, Ha- geman’s “The Night Has a Thousand Eyes,” and two Negro Spirituals ar ranged by Burleigh—“Little David” and “Were You There?” Mr. De Boer is apparently a lover of Bur leigh’s arrangements which inter prets with great feeling. Adoa;;anTd“ The second group consisted of two piano solos by Miss Blafka, “Rhap sody No. 10,” by Liszt, and “Valse in C Sharp Minor,” by Chopin. After a brief intermission, Mr. Swan rendered a group of three bass- baritone solos: Verdi’s “II Lacerato Spirito” from “Simon Baccanegra”; Spross’ “Yesterday and Today,” and Hageman’s “Rich Man.” The last of the soloists was Miss Arbanas with her light lyric soprano renditions of the De Falla’s “Jota”; Hahn’s “Si Mes Vers Avaient des Ailes”; Donizetti’s “0 Luce di Quest Anima” from “Linda di Chamounix,” and Novella’s “Little Damosel.” The program was concluded with the entire group singing Rossini’s “Barber of Seville,” and Rosbah’s “Mountains.” > Each of the individual performers won tremendous applause and grant ed an encore. Mr. De Boer came back with Burleigh’s “Were You There”; Miss Blafka with Chopin’s “Valse in C Sharp Minor”; Mr. Swan with Hageman’s “Rich Man,” and Miss Arbanas with Novella’s “Little Damosel.” The entire group also re called by the applause and rendered Rosbah’s “Mountains.” 78 Others Merit Honorable Mention Forty students, 14 seniors, 5 jun iors, 4 sophomores, and 17 freshmen, distinguished themselves at the end of the first semester as honor stu dents, having attained no grade less than B and an average of 2.4 or bet ter. Significantly, three of the forty, Brady Jones, Thomas Pendleton, and Myrtha Thompson, made a 3.0 aver age (all A’s). Seventy-eight other students re ceived honorable mention for above- average scholarship. Considering the entire enrollment, the relative num ber of students doing above-average work is small, but they reveal a growing spirit at Clark—a serious consideration of this important busi ness of education for which so many strive but half-heartedly and feebly. The 14 seniors who made the honor roll are Shirley Asbury, Mildred Bone, Mae Harris, Gwendolyn Hen dricks, Winona Jackson, Marcella James, Ethel Jarrels, Emma Jeffer son, Morrell Johnson, Vivian Linder, Helen Peavy, Henry Torrance, Flor ence Wheeler, and Ora Williams; the five juniors, Ruby Harpe, Carolyn Long, Allen Merrick, Cornelia Pink ney, Altha Rowden; the four sopho mores, John C. Jackson, Phenecia Morris, Henrietta Parham, and Wil liam Robie; the seventeen freshmen, Nehemiah Cooper, Donald Fletcher, George Garrison, Grace Howell, Sey more Johnson, Brady Jones, Edna Lockhart, Jean Lowe, Willie Ruth McMullen, Frank Page, Thomas, Pen dleton, Charles Price, David Puckett, (Continued on Page Six) Social Science Students Lead In Observation of Negro History Week Students in the Social Science De partment took the lead in the obser vation of Negro History Week at Clark College. They deviated from the traditional custom of bringing in speakers to review well-known gen eral an dspecific contributions that have been made individually and col lectively by the Negro. Instead, on the theme, “The Negro in the Post- War World,” they painted a picture of the contemporary problems con fronted by the Negro in America as a minority group, against his contribu tions which have been most note worthy. Various divisions of the major theme of the week such as “Contri butions of the Negro to American Life,” “Citizenship and Suffrage,” “Employment Problems and Pat - terns,” and “Recent Migration Ten dencies and Their Implications” were ably treated by students in the de partment. The treatment and han dling of these themes by the students revealed active investigation and thinking on the problems of the con temporary Negro in various areas. The idea of Negro History Week emerged from the brilliant mind of Carter G. Woodson who felt that there should be a week for public exercises calling special attention to (Continued on Page Four) (Continued on Page Four) BROTHERHOOD PANEL