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1 FLYING HI I WITH BLYE The ’House Falls To Clark 50-43 By D. C. Collington The Clark College cagers returned to their home court at Sunset Ca sino to crtSsh the Mighty House, 50- 43, in a heated hardwood tilt. The Panthers lost to South Carolina State, 21-24, and took the Benedict Tigers in stride twice. In the Morehouse game the Pan thers took the lead in the first five minutes of play and never were sur passed by the Maroon Tigers. James Dearo sank a free throw and Pho- necia Morris came through witha one- hand push shot giving the Panthers an early three-point lead. Leroy Barnes and Raymond Williams tal lied for the Panthers, while Irving Tompkins and Albert Williams scored for the Tigers, making the score 11-4. The Panters’ lead was cut several times in the first half, but the com* bination of speed, excellent floor work and sharpshooting enabled the Panthers to hold a ten-point lead at the half. The strong veteran Maroon Tigers came back in the second half, paced by Oliver Brooks, Irving Tompkins, Theodore Fleming and Robert Swain to match shots with Raymond Wil liams, brilliant backboard retriever; Leroy Barnes, JamesDearo, and Pho- necia Morris of the highly favored Panthers from Clark College. Both teams began to find their ranges in the second half, but the Panthers out classed the Tigers, 50-43. This vic tory gave the Panthers the lead in the race for the city cage champion ship. Leading the Panthers in scoring were Leroy Barnes, 17 points; Ray mond Williams, 15 points, George Gray, 7 points, and James Dearo, 5 points. For the Tigers were Irving Tompkins, 22 points; Silas Davis, 7 points, Albert Williams, and Robert Swain, 6 points each. The Florida clubs of Clark and Morehouse clashed in the preliminary with the Clark club taking the con test 23-21. The Clark club almost shot the Housemen out of the gym in the first half. The Morehouse club made a sensational comeback in the second half, but was forced to take the short end of a 23-21 score. Cecil Blye and Herman Hunter led in scor ing for the Clarkites and Gainey and Johnson for the Housemen. Florida Rattlers Defeat Panthers 45-33 By D. C. COLLINGTON The “Men in Orange” of Florida A. and M. College handed the Panthers their first conference defeat before a home crowd this season, 45-33, in the curtain-raiser of a doubleheader at the City Auditorium. In the second game, the New York Rens scored almost at will in defeating the Atlanta Clippers, 53-37. The first 15 minutes of the Clark- Florida game was a typical see-saw affair. Raymond Williams and Ellwood Britt made free throws and George Gray and Wallace Hawkins sank field goals to tie the score, 3-3. Nathaniel Powell and George Gray hit the hoops to even the count again, 5-5. Hawkins came through with two points to give the Rattlers a two-point lead, but Schley Williamson hit the hoops twice to reverse the order. Th,e Rattlers started to speed the game up a bit with superb passing and a series of field goals by James Williams and the Rattlers’ pivot man, Nathaniel Powell, to lead the Panthers at the half, 26-20. George Gray dropped shots from all angles of the court in an effort to put the Panthers in the lead. The all- around playing of Powell, Williams, Britt and Hawkins enabled the visitors to defeat the hard - fighting Panthers, 45-33. George Gray led' the Panthers in scoring with 15 points, followed by Raymond Williams, 7; Paul Sweeney and Billy Barnes, 6 points each. Na thaniel Powell and James Williams paced the “Men in Orange” with 12 points each. Ellwood Britt took run ner-up honors with 11 points. In the second game, Reginald Haynes, of the Atlanta Clippers, and “Hank” Dezonie of the New York Rens, both former stars of Clark, matched shots. The Rens took an early lead and then began to display their razzle-dazzle trickery of “now you see it, now you don’t.” The Rens outclassed the Clippers, 53-37. / HONOR SOCIETY STUDENTS HONOR SOCIETY STUDENTS ATTEND ARM MEETING (Continued from Page One) and the conference address by Dr. Christian Gauss, president of the United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. The social activities of the confer ence included an educational tour of Tallahassee, the capital city of Flor- Thoughts In a Psychol Classroom Oh, well, here I am back in Psy chology again. The discussion this morning is to deal with emotions. That ought to be interesting. I might find out what love is. I think I have a good enough definition for myself, but psychologists are seldom wrong, so if I get a definition from one I’ll always be right. What? . . . 8:15 and he hasn’t called on me to recite yet. It never pays me to study my lesson. Marian Anderson is here Saturday night and I don’t know where I am going to get money to take that cute little girl to hear her. I don’t see why I am wor rying about that because she hasn’t said that she would go with me yet. She looked kinda like she wanted to say yes when I asked her the other day but I guess women just like to keep you in suspense. I wonder if I will see her at lunch today ? She’ll probably get there before I do an dl can’t cut line without the host ess seeing me, an dthat would cause a lot of trouble. She sure did look fine at the con cert Sunday night. I wanted to get up from where I was and go sit be side her, but there were no vacant seats. Gee, I just happened to think. If I can’t take her to hear Marian Anderson I might be able to take her to the concert this Sunday. That’s free and I don’t mind that a bit. Ac cording to phychology, we would en joy a free concert better . . . less worry, less liability, more expedient, less emotional strain. What was that the teacher just said? Love is some binding force of affection? Shucks, my definition was as good as that. There might be something to that though; I feel 'as if my day is incomplete if I don’t get to talk to her. It’s too *bad the basketball season is over . . rFll see less of her now. What? The bell? Gee, this class sure does pass quickly. With all that ida, sponsored by the College; a ban quet session at which time the guests enjoyed beautiful renditions by the Male Glee Club of Famcee and a delightful repast; and a dance on Thursday night sponsored by the Pan Hellenic Council of the College. The representatives are both sen iors: Miss James, a major in the Chemistry Department, and Miss Wil liams, a major in the Social Science Department. Clark’s Fighting Panthers jour neyed to Washington, D. C., March 7 to engage the Morgan College Bears of Baltimore, Maryland, in a Capital City attraction, featuring Morehouse College vs. Howard University and Cark College vs. Morgan College. Sterling Poole, feeling qualified to officiate a basketball game, went to Marietta, Georgia, as an official with his home tern (Athens, Ga.) on Feb ruary 18th. Forty-five minutes later, Poole and his Athens aggregation were back in Atlanta bearing marks of a hasty departure. Evidently Poole called the wrong foul, on the wrong person, the wrong day, and in the wrong game. College. Sterling Poole, feeling qualified to officiate a basketball game, went to Marietta, Georgia, as an official with his home team (Athens, Ga.) on February 18th. Forty-five minutes later, Poole and his Athens aggrega tion were back in Atlanta bearing marks of a hasty departure. Evi dently Poole called the wrong foul, on the wrong person, the wrong day, and in the wrong game. In the SIAC Tournament at Tus- kegee, Clark battled savagely against the vaunted Lane Dragons and went down in a 41-42 defeat. Beta Psi Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fratenrity and “Sunshine” Chap ter of the Florida Club share the honor of being the only undefeated hardwood combinations on the cam pus. Chapter of the Florida Club share the honor of being the only unde feated hardwood combinations on the campus. Coaches and students of Clark are expecting Joe (Judo) Brown to bum the “cinder paths” again this season as he has done in previous seasons. The present track season finds Brown I learn in this class I’ll probably be a great psychologist some day like Frog or Fraud, or whatever his name is. 40 STUDENTS WIN SCHOLASTIC HONORS * (Continued from Page One) Xanthene Sayles, Paul Sweeney, Myr- tha Thompson, and Lawrence Wash ington. According to a report from the of fice of the registrar, 15 per cent of the 777 students enrolled at the col lege are doing above average work- five per cent having maintained aver age of 2.4 or above and 10 per cent having maintained a B average or a 2.0 to 2.3 average. Sixty-two per cent of the total enrollment are doing average work, having attained aver ages from 1.0 to 1.9. Eight per cent fall below average with point aver ages from .8 to .9, and fourteen per cent are failing. Report From The S. L A. C Conference The eight-man squad, which repre sented Florida A. & M. in the finals of the basketball tournament, went back to the Peninsula State as cham pions of the S. I. A. C. Tournament. A thrilling display of ball-handling and impossible shots by Florida led to the defeat of Alabama State Teachers’ College. The eight-man squad, which represented the State Teachers’ Col lege, went back to the Cotton State defending his record of 9:8 in the 100-yard dash against conference competition. Old-timers (just guys from last year) are still talking about the con ference track meet last year when/ Clark, led by Joe (Judo) Brown, Tal- madge (Fox) Owens, Raymond (Hawk) Williams, Jeffery (Count Fleet) Jennings, Hornsby (Slim) Howell, and Eugene (Ned) Prater, came from behind in the last few moments and won the SIAC track championship for 1946. According to Henry Formey, “Some motors came from somewhere.” M BASEBALL TEAM or no BASE BALL TEAM? Yes, that is the question — Never could answer ques tions. Softball season is here and where will the dormitory students play ? Ask Mr. Wilson. Talmadge Owens, All - American end of 1946, is not only a football star but a cage star as well. The “Fox” enjoyed a successful basket ball season on the west coast playing in professional circles “second to none.” In Clark’s last two home games, Johnny (The Bird) Colquitt was not in the line-up or in the gym. No com ments can be made at this time. He is missed by the student body as well as loyal followers of Clark. Edward Chatman and Joe Brown gave the boys on the second floor a lesson in boxing tactics on February 9, when they boxed twenty thrill- packed minutes without resting. Both boxers retired possessing a TKO over the other. In the intra-fraternal basketball tournament held at Morehouse, Wil liam Hunter represented Kappa Al- phat Psi from Clark. Alpha Phi Alpha of Clark was represented by George Tate and Jimmie McCollum. In Retrospect By Cecil A. Blye This year’s basketball team per formed brilliantly in conference and non-conference competition but lacked the precision, teamwork, and effec tiveness of last year’s cagemen. The reason can easily be attributed to the fact that newcomers had to be seasoned, and with only a few vet erans of the previous season on hand, the coaching staff of Clark did a commendable job. Many basketball observers through out the conference contend that com petition was at its height last sea son and at its minimum this season. As far as Clark is concerned, the above statement holds true. In the basketball season of 1946, the sharp shooting Panthers of Clark College defeated each of their opponents and by virtue of excellent ballplaying, copped the 1946 S. I. A. C. crown. The S. I. A. C. is the leading con ference in Negro intercollegiate sports and the Panther teams of today must emulate the Panther teams of yes terday if Clark is to remain among the nation’s best. not as champions but with the thought that only our team defeeated them, and proudly the team that was de feated only once carried the second- place trophy back. The consolation champs of Lane College from Tennessee, the Big Bend State, defeated Morehouse College of Georgia, the Empire State of the South, for the third-place trophy of the SIAC Tournament, the S. I. A'. C. Tournanjent. The sensational ball-passing and pointing for Lane enabled them to rate third place in the S. I. A. C. Tournament.