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VOL. 6 SEPTEMBER, 1949, ATLANTA, GEORGIA « NO. 1
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Clark W elcomes 295 Freshmen
PFEIFFER HALL, COMPLETELY OCCUPIED BY MEN AGAIN
The men students of Clark College are again occupying entire Pfeiffer Hall. During
the war years, half of the building housed women students. Already the men are enjoy
ing the added conveniences of their old home.
Clark Begins
80ih Year
The 80th year since the founding
of the institution as Clark Univer
sity and the ninth year on its new
site as Clark College, got under
way Wednesday as freshmen ar
rived to participate in the orien
tation program. The newcomers to
the campus come from all parts
of the country and are now in the
middle of a pre-school indoctrina
tion week during which they are
taking entrance tests, becoming ac
quainted with the campus and “get
ting settled” before the rush of
advanced registration on Monday
and Tuesday, September 19 and 20.
The class of 1953 numbers 295,
and the total enrollment this year
is 791.
The new women’s dormitory lo
cated at the corner of Greensferry
and Lawshe Streets is making a
more desirable housing situation
possible and has relieved the over
crowded conditions which have ex
isted during the past years. Pfeiffer
Hall, half of which has been previ
ously used to house women stu
dents, is now completely occupied
by men.
School physician W. N. Harper,
and Nurse Carolyn Chandler have
been highly pleased with the or
derly fashion in which the new
comers have responded to the many
areas of the physical examinations
to which they have been subjected.
The Personnel Department’s ori
entation program has included res
idence meetings, get-acquainted
socials and a tour of the other col
lege campuses in the University
Center.
President and Mrs. Brawley en
tertained the freshmen at a party
on Friday afternoon, after which
they were invited to a movie in
Davage Auditorium.
After Freshman registration on
Saturday morning, September 17,
Washington Park was the scene of
an annual outing. A social in
Thayer Hall Recreation Room con
cluded the day’s activities.
Journalism
Course Begun
At Clark
Because of an increased demand
by students, and with the realiza
tion of the unusual facilities and
opportunities which Atlanta affords
for journalistic training, Clark Col
lege has expanded its curriculum
to include courses in journalism.
At the present time this work is
being offered in conjunction with
the English Department, and it will
not be possible for students to ma
jor in the area. Minor programs,
however, may be worked out.
In charge of the journalistic
training program is Mr. John F.
Summersette of the Department of
English who is also Director of
Publicity. He has recently returned
to Clark after a year’s leave of
absence at Stanford University in
California where he studied toward
a doctorate with a journalism mi
nor.
“Introduction to Journalism,”
explaining the social and vocational
aspects of journalism, and provid
ing practice in news writing in
volving the various types of news
stories and editing, will be the
basic course offered. “The Media
of Mass Communications,” embrac
ing an examination of the tech
niques employed by the propagan
dist with application to war, revo
lution and politics is another in
teresting course slated to be offer
ed. “Social Philosophies and Jour
nalism” will examine the ideologies
of Democracy, Communism and
Fascism as they affect journalism.
The interest which has been
shown in the development of these
courses has already justified
Clark’s pioneering in this area.
AWARDED DEGREE
Paul Quinn College of Waco,
Texas honored Professor J. deKo-
ven Killingsworth, head of the De
partment of Music at Clark College
in Atlanta, with the degree of
Doctor of Music at the college’s
summer convocation. Dr. Killings
worth, who received his undergrad
uate training at Paul Quinn, was
tendered this degree in recognition
of the outstanding contribution
which he has made to the field of
music. He is also a graduate of the
American Conservatory of ’Music
in Chicago where he earned the
Bachelor of Music Education De
gree, and of the Chicago Conserva
tory from which he was awarded
the Master of Music Education de
gree. Subsequent study has been
engaged in at New York Univer
sity and at Northwestern. Some of
the foremost music masters in the
country have been teachers of Dr.
Killingsworth.
The musician has been Director
of Music for the Board of Educa
tion for Negroes of the Methodist
General Conferences and musical
precintor at the Central Jurisdic
tional Conferences in Greensboro,
N. C. and Atlanta, Ga. He has also
been director of the music depart
ments at Samuel Huston College,
Rust College and Bricks Junior
College. For several years he was
director and pianist for the world
famous Williams Jubilee Singers.
Pupils of Mr. Killingsworth who
have reached the heights in their
chosen musical careers include the
late Ruby Elzy, the original Serena
in Oscar Hammerstein’s famed
opera “Porgy and Bess”; Frances
Ellis McDonald, soprano, well
known on the concert stage and in
radio circles in Los Angeles; Lan-
tha Ross Clark, pianist and organ-
Clark
Continues
Expansion
By Lorenzo Jones
At the beginning of the last
school year, President Brawley an
nounced a plan to expand the build
ings and grounds of Clark College..
The extension plan was to go for
ward at the cost of millions of dol
lars over a period of ten years. The
immediate objective, as putlined by
the president, was to be the con
struction of a new dormitory for
women. The building was to cost
thousands of dollars, and the.Clark
student body was to be responsible
for ten thousand dollars of the
amount.
The student body readily ac
cepted the challenge and, as a re
sult of their efforts, raised over
and beyond their quota of ten
thousand dollars.
Actual construction of the build
ing began last March. It is a very
beautiful and modern dormitory.
Its capacity is ninety students. The
building was sufficiently completed
at the beginning of this school
term to be ready for immediate oc
cupancy. The young women who
will live in the new, spacious, and
beautiful edifice are overjoyed at
their very comfortable quarters.
The young men also appreciate be
ing able to have complete posses
sion of Pfeifer Hall, which they
had been sharing with female stu
dents for the past few years.
The new\ building stands as a
symbol of hard won achievement,
courage, resourcefulness, and de
termination on the part of a great
president, an energetic faculty, and
a large student body. It symbolizes
the dreams of the founders, early
laborers, and graduates of Clark
College that their legacy will en
hance the beauty of Clark College,
and house many future great wom
en.
The erection of this building will
inspire the present Clark College
student body, the Alumnae, and
the sympathizers with Clark to re
new their efforts this year to see
that the expansion program pro
gresses rapidly.
ist of San Francisco, California;
Jeanetta A. Giles, Director of mu
sic at Dorsey High School in Mi
ami; Anna Harriet Jackson,'mezzo
soprano, of the cast of the “Music
Box review”; Luther Saxon, who
played the featured role of Joe in
the Broadway success “Carmen
Jones”; and Gilbert Adams, the
holder of a leading role in the U.
S. 0. production of “Shuffle Alone”
SOCIAL SCIENCE HEAD
The head of Clark College’^ De
partment of Social Science, Dr.
William H. Hale, has recently been
awarded the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy by the University of
Chicago.
“The Career Development of the
Negro Lawyer in Chicago” was
the subject of Dr. Hale’s disserta
tion. From the thesis that to be a
Negro is usually enough to fix the
status of an individual, and taking
into consideration the extent to
which the legal profession deter
mines the status of a lawyer, Dr.
Hale developed his study. It spe
cifically deals with the adaptations
which the Negro lawyer must make
in order to develop a successful
career under the impact of these
two forces.
Another part of the study em
braces the relationships between
the professional man and his cli
entele. Because of the racial and
cultural prejudices under which the
Negro lawyer must work, his clien
tele for the most part is limited
to Negroes. It follows, then, that
the kinds of problems which Ne
groes have will determine the
kinds of practice in which the Ne
gro lawyer may engage. These as
pects of the total problem of career
development are so clear and so
lucid in Dr. Hale’s study as to
make a reader realize that the
story of the Negro lawyer is more
vast and shattering than one would
like to believe—yet he is becoming
more American every day.
Dr. Hale, a native of Krebs, Ok
lahoma, is a graduate of Langston
University, and took his master’s
degree from the University of Wis
consin. Before coming to Clark he
was Administrative Dean at Be-
thune-Cookman College where he
had served for a number of years,
larger ones as it grows.
Faculty
And Staff
Increased
Augmenting the already strong
faculty and staff at Clark College
for the present year are seventeen
newcomers representing a variety
of educational institutions and
bringing 1 experiences' from which
the students will be able to realize
great benefit.
The new faculty and staff mem
bers are Mrs. Alma C. Allen, Win
ston-Salem, N. C., A. B., Shaw
University, M. A., University of
Iowa, French and Spanish; Mr.
Albert H. Berrien, Jersey City,
N. J., A. B., M. A., New York Uni
versity, French; Mr. Edward J.
Brantley, Lockland, Ohio, A. B.,
Howard University, M. A., Colum
bia University, Registrar; Mrs.
Jeanette P. Cameron, Atlanta, Ga.,
A. B., Clark College, Assistant
Registrar; Mrs. Emma Rush Cun
ningham, Atlanta, Ga., A. B., M. A.,
Atlanta University, Remedial Read
ing; Mr. Leonidas Epps, St. Louis
Missouri, A. B., Xavier University,
Assistant Coach; Mr. James J.
Green, Columbia, S. C.,,A. B., Ben
edict College, M. A., 'New York
University, Social Science; Mrs.
Bessie E. Haynes, New Orleans,
La., New Orleans University, As
sistant Dormitory Director; Miss
Esther M. Jackson, El Dorado, Ar
kansas, B, S., Hampton Institute,
M. A., Ohio State University, Dra
matics and Speech; Mr. Franklin
S. Jones, St. Augustine, Florida,
A. B., Clark College, M. A., Atlanta
University, Alumni Secretary; Mrs.
Thelma 1. Jones, St. Augustine,
Florida, A. B., Clark College, Ad
vanced Study, Atlanta University,
Secretary; Miss Dorothy M. Lamb,
Chicago, 111., Clark College, Dormi
tory Assistant; Miss Eva S. Mar
tin, Rome, Georgia, Clark College,
Dormitory Assistant; Mr. Darwin
Turner, Cincinnati, Ohio, B. A.,
M. A., University of Cincinnati,
English; Miss Sara E. Warner,
Atlanta, Ga., Secretarial Diploma,
Morris Brown College, Secretary
to the faculty and postal clerk;
Mr. Samuel M. Weeks, Sr., Stuart,
Florida, A. B., Clark College, B.
D., Gammon, S. T. M., Boston Uni
versity, Director of Religious Life;
Miss Ollie Brown, Washington, D.
C., B. Mus. Ed., Mus. B., Howard
University, Voice.
Dr. Brawley
At First Vespers
Taking as a point of departure
Jesus’ advice to Nicodemus—that
man must be born again to see the
Kingdom of Heaven; the admoni
tion of the 51st Psalm: “Create in
me a clean heart, O God, and renew
a right spirit within me”; and the
words “Therefore if any man be
in Christ, he is a new creature:
old things are passed away, be
hold, all things are become new,”
President James P. Brawley chal-
lenked Clarkites, in his first vesper
message, to build a new life.
“Today’s gifts are not old gifts,
the speaker declared, “but new
ones.” “At the beginning of this
new school year, you have an op
portunity to begin a new life, or
you may drift in the same old
path.”
Dr. Brawley continued by
naming some of the new desires,
new hopes, new opportunities and
new determinations which were
possible at the beginning of the
new school year.
Eloquent, without over state
ment, is the simple description one
could offer of the speaker’s compa
rison of life to the symbolization
of Oliver Wendell Holmes “The
Chambered Nautilus.” Dr. Brawley
appealed to the audience to en
deavor to build a broader and mo're
comprehensive life—growing with
age and experience, as is symbol
ized by the nautilus which begins
life in a small shell and builds