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Clark anther VOL. 6 SEPTEMBER, 1949, ATLANTA, GEORGIA « NO. 1 —— • 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