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VOICE OF THE STUDENTS THE MOUTHPIECE OF THE COLLEGE PANTHER A JOURNAL OF NEGRO COLLEGE LIFE VOL 5 CLARK COLLECE, ATLANTA, CEORGIA, DECEMBER, 1948 NO. 2 Alpha Kappa Mu Elects Eight TO Honor Society The Alpha Kappa Mu National Honor Society elected eight new mem bers on the eighteenth of November. To be a candidate for this society a student must maintain a 2.3 scholas tic average during his freshman and sophomore years. Those who have just met these requirements are Henry Cooper, Hurley Dodson, Mary Long, Willie Ruth McMullen, Paul Sweeney and Dennis Wooding. The Honor Society will holds its national convention here in Atlanta in February, 1949. The sessions will be held at Morris Brown College. Robert Cureton, president of the Kappa Theta Chapter at Clark Col lege and vice president of the general society, will take an active part in this convention. Christmas Tabeau The Arts-Crafts Class, under the direction of Mr. Arthur Dobson Sher rod, the head of the College Depart ment of The Fine Arts, has on dis play in the lobby of Haven-Warren Hall “"The Manger Scene” executed in papier mache. This exhibit has been open since the tenth of December and has been a source of inspiration to all who have witnessed it. The scene is lighted each evening from 7 to 9 and there is an accompanying period of Christmas music. “They presented unto Him, gifts, « gold and frankincense and myrrh.” Fourteen Enter Into The Greek World On the night the 17th of December the eyes of the Sphinx began to close and fourteen weary but determined men stepped into the burning desert of Egypt. There passed a time whose secret is known to those in the inner most circles of brotherhood and then the great Sphinx lifted its eyes and fourteen neophyte brothers in Alpha were welcomed into the realm of the Greeks. Fourteen men began a journey; fourteen men finished. These men made a decisive step in the plan of their college lives by allying them selves with those who cherish and up hold the ideals of manhood, scholar ships and love for all. These newly initiated brothers in the Alpah Phi Alpha Fraternity are: Brothers Robert A. Phillips, William Stanley, Allen Hart, Huley Dotson, Fred H. Ross, Alonzo Hill, George Waters, Alvin L. Petty, Emanuel R. Fryer, Jr., Edward McCray, Alfonzo Goggins, Cubell Johnson, Charles R. Willoughby and Rufus Wilson. Professor E. F. Sweat On Negro Life History Meeting Mr. E. F. Sweat, professor in the Clark College Department of the So cial Sciences reported a most fruitful trip to the one-third of a century conference of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. Present at the meeting were the foremost authorities of Negro life and history in the country. Among them were Dr. John Hope Franklin, who appeared at Clark last year in the annual Negro History Week cele bration, and Dr. Bernard Nelson, for mer head of the Clark College Social Science Department. Mr. Sweat brought back with him many scholarly papers on the con tributions made by Negroes to Amer ican life and culture. It is his hope that he may in some way stimulate within the students of the history de partment, a greater interest in the study of the Negro life and culture. Kappa Alpha Psi Establishes New Chapter On Clark Campus On November 23, 1948, the Pan Hellenic Council was increased by two members. This was the direct result of the establishment of a new Kappa Alpha Psi Chater on Clark’s campus. The charter members are Donald Fletcher, William Hunter, David Puckett, William Washington and Oscar M. Thomas. Gamma Kappa, the newly estab lished chapter, held its inaugural chapel program the next day in Clark College’s Davage Auditorium. Dur ing this program Donald Fletcher gave a brief history of Kappa Alpha Psi and Gamma Kappa honored its queen. The principal speaker was Attorney J. Ernest Wilkins, Grand Polemarch of Kappa Alpha Psi. In his brief address he encouraged the other Greeks on the campus to accept this newly established chapter, and assured the institution that this chap ter would live up to the high ideals of the general organization. The pro gram was concluded with the singing of the hymn by all th<< Kappa broth ers present. \ The officers of the _ Japter are as follows: Polemarch Donald Fletcher (Continued on Page Five) Dr Charles Johnson, Speaker at Clark Dr. 'Charles Johnson, speaking at the Southeastern Regional Confer ence of the Fisk University Alumni Association at Clark College, re asserted his faith in the future of Negro private educational institu tions. Dr. Johnson pointed out four phases of the subject. 1. The growth of private institu tions—The greater percent of the Ne gro private institutions of learning are either church operated or church affiliated. These institutions were founded when there was no other source of learning for Negroes in the Southland. Their beginnings were humble and the facilities with which the early educators labored were scant and inadequate. Today these same institutions can boast of modern plants and equipment and a steadily increasing enrollment. 2. General Trends—Dr. Johnson Johnson stated that with the growth of state institutions for Negroes many people are beginning to think that private colleges will decline. Many also feel that when the vet erans now enrolled under the pro visions of the GI Bill of Rights have exhausted their allowances there will be a sharp decrease in the enrollment of the private institutions. Dr. Johnson contends that the de velopment of state institutions has simply made it possible for more and more Negroes to enter college and has not affected the enrollment of the private schools. In the light of his investigations, Dr. Johnson further states that the influx of veteran en rollments is already leveling off and the present heavy enrollments con sists largely of non-veterans. 3. Social and Political Trends—• The private institutions have been severely criticized for their failure to offer vocational educational training and a larger variety of professional training. It is Dr. Johnson’s conten tion that the private institution justi fies its existence by giving the stu dent a training in religion that he cannot get in the state school. Dr. Johnson pointed out that the private Negro institutions have trained 67% of the Negro social scientists, and the greater percentage of Negro educa tors. Also, the Negro colleges have been the main training ground for those of the race entering the profes sions. Financial Resources—With a great er emphasis being placed on the non- (Continued on Page Five) Clark Girds To Raise $10,000 In Capital Fun And Endowment Campaign The Clark College Community, de termined to show by their support, their approval of the recently inaug urated expansion program of the col lege, have pledged to raise $10,000 as their initial contribution to the $2,000,000 ten-year plan of advance ment. A joint student-faculty com mittee under the co-chairmanship of Professor Wright of the Business De partment and Mr. Borah Walton of the senior class has met and is pro ceeding with the plans for the cam paign. The drive was opened officially on November 22, 1948, by a kick-off pro gram presented during the college hour. An original skit by Mr. Hol man of the English Department was presented. The play demonstrated symbolically Clark’s history, its founding, and its future expansion by sacrifice and determination. The spirit and effectiveness of the pro gram were heightened by songs and yells written for the occasion. The students have been divided into the departments of their partic ular fields of interest and a strong spirit of competition has developed as each group strives to raise the greatest amount. To increase the spirit the committee is offering valu able awards totaling in value of $225. GENERAL PRIZES TO BE GIVEN: (1) A first prize, amounting to $75 in value, is to be given to the student who raises the largest amount above the fixed minimum of $50. (2) A second prize, amounting to $50 in value, is to be given to the student who raises the next larg est amount above the fixed minis mum of $50. (3) A third prize, amounting to $25 in value, is to be given to the student who raises the third larg- (Continued on Page Five) Don’t Forget One Thing Essential To Christmas Job So you’re going to take a Christ mas holiday job, are you? You have that holiday spirit, that dazzling smile, that vim and vigoi* and personality, that sales appeal to make a hit with the customers. What more could the employer ask? Well, there’s one more thing he not only could ask, but will require. It’s that social security card. Yes, to take any job in a store, shop, service station, Christmas tree sales lot, or ’most anywhere to work for wages, and for no matter how short a time, you must have the social security account number card. If you’ve ever had a card, you must show the same number, too. So either dig out that old card, or if you know it’s lost, apply for a duplicate—at no expense—so as to get the same number. If you’ve never had a card, then apply for an original. Here in Atlanta, you can just phone the social security office, if you like. Simply dial Walnut 1654 and ask that an application be mailed to you. Or visit the office before 4:30 P.M. Monday through Friday. Don’t waste a trip down town on Saturday, for the office is closed then. The Atlanta social security office wants to help you be ready for that first day’s work.