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THE CLARK PANTHER, SEPTEMBER, 1949
Student
Council Corner
N. Henry Cooper of Monrovia
Liberia, is a member of Alpha
Kappa Mu Honorary Society,
Iota Beta Chemical Society,
and the Omega Psi Phi Fra
ternity. He has been active in
student affairs since entering
Clark. Chemistry is his chief
interest.
Fellow Students:
I am humble in expressing my appreciation for the faith you have
shown in me by electing me to the presidency of the student body.
In accepting this responsibility, I invite you to think with me along
two lines: The first is related to our purpose. We all have confidence
to some extent in the democratic system, but few of us take with
any degree of thought the concomitant responsibilities. If our purpose
is to gain experience in self-government and thus to better equip our
selves to live in our social order, then we must be ever aware of the
debt we owe to ourselves. I often think of a student body as being
much like a circle. Our ideal, our goal, is the center; and we are all a
continuation of points that constitute a circumference. One necessary
implication, therefore, is that our hopes and aims are one. For every
point on the circumference of any circle is equidistant from the center.
Whole-hearted participation of every member is necessary since the
circle would cease to exist if the circumference is broken at any point.
The second point asks, “How shall we accomplish these ends?” For
the past three years I have watched with interest our problem of
student government. I would not venture to summarize or criticize
\ our attitudes, but perhaps some comment should be made.
We could hardly expect everyone to be of a serious nature; but,
on the other hand, I do think there is a line somewhere between
“collegiate” habits and buffoonery. I often wonder how indicative of
maturity are these “collegiate” and “campus” habits.
Perhaps, however, our greatest need is cooperation. We can achieve
only if we are willing and able to lay aside petty personal and minor
group differences. It is much harder to forget the many points on
which we do agree than it is to forget those few issues that are
sure to breed disunion. But we often choose the hard way.
This year we cherish the hope that each citizen of Clark has come
in with an inspiration that cannot be extinguished and with the
stout-hearted type of courage that will not stoop to selfish ends. With
these assets we cannot fail. We shall make this a year that will
live forever in the annals of Clark College!
Mary L. Long of St. Louis,
Mo., is secretary of the Alpha
Kappa Mu Honorary Society,
and president of Sigma Chap
ter of Delta Sigma Theta So
rority. English is her chief in
terest in college.
I am happy for this opportunity to express my appreciation to the
student body of Clark for electing me secretary of the Student Council.
I am fully aware of the responsibilities of this job; and, with your full
cooperation, I will execute my duties to the best of my ability. It is my
sincere desire that the relationship between the faculty and the student
body will be a close and harmonious one and that we will be, in every
sense of the word, the Clark College Family.
Sincerely,
Mary L. Long.
STARS OF TOMORROW
By David Kilgore
Who knows what stars will shine
in the future? You do—for you
may become one. How? By becom
ing a member of the Clark College
Playhouse.
The Clark College Playhouse was
organized by Mrs. N. H. Bland in
1944. Its first production was a
one-act play, “Gangsters Over
Harlem.” The following year “La
dies in Retirement,” “Ghosts,” and
“Deep Are the Roots” were pre
sented. Special plays were given at
Christmas, Easter and at the Cen
tral Jurisdictional Conference.
Gwendolyn Ferguson, John C.
Jackson, June Blanchard, Dennis
Wooding and Robert Cureton are
the stars who left their names at
Clark and who departed last year.
As they have gone, others must
come. Join the Clark College Play
house today!
“ANGEL STREET” TO BE
PRESENTED IN NOVEMBER
Patrick Hamilton’s play, “Angel
Street,” produced also under the
name of “Gaslight” will be pre
sented by the Clark College Play
house November 3 and 4, in Davage
Auditorium. This play is the story
of the Manninghams of Angel
Street.
June Blanchard, stellar dramatic
star of Clark, will play the leading
role. Others in the cast will be Rob
ert Hawk, Elsie Fields, Willie Ruth
McMullen, and Juan Roper.
The play will be directed by Miss
Esther M. Jackson.
A Word ,
From
Your Staff
When is the paper coming out?
Will the situation be the same this
year as last? Why is it that we
have to pay for a school paper and
receive none? These are questions
which are daily directed to the
Panther staff by members of the
student body.
What these questioners do not
realize is that whether or not a
paper is published depends, in large
measure, upon the student body.
The school newspaper is the organ
through which the students may
speak. Unless students write arti
cles, there can be no paper. Or is it
that the students have nothing to
say?
But this is not all. A few
scratches on a sheet of paper is
not a newspaper article. Many stu
dents would be quite shocked to sec
some of the articles which come
to the staff for publication. It is no
easy task to edit this material and
make it presentable. Frequently,
those who complain loudest about
the paper are the ones whose arti
cles are the “lousiest.”
This year the Panther staff is
making a concerted effort to pre
sent a creditable chronicle and por
trait of the activities of the year
such as you may treasure when
the days which are now are long
gone. We are even presenting a
September issue—something inso
far as we know is unprecedented in
the university center. If you see
improvements worthy of commen
dation, how about being as vocal
about this as some have been about
criticizing the staff. Believe it or
not, the staff members are human,
and such an expression, if well
earned, will inspire us to strive
more diligently to achieve even
higher standards.
The staff is composed of those
students who have indicated their
interest in working on the school
paper. Most of them have had ex
perience working with the school
newspaper before.
The new size of the paper, the
change of format and print type is,
we confess, a California influence.
But then it may be that the Panther
needed an influence of some sort.
Something was wrong.
Bring in some news articles that
are articles and stop grumbling.
The Staff
DODSON ELECTED HEAD OF
SENIOR CLASS
Huley B. Dodson, graduate and
honor student of Booker T. Wash
ington High School of Atlanta, was
elected to the presidency of the
Senior Class September 28, 1949.
Other officers elected were Sam
H. Jones, Vice-president; Willie R.
McMullen, Secretary; Henry J.
Byrd, Treasurer; and Cubell John
son, Chaplain.
Dodson has been very active in
campus activities since his coming
to Clark immediately upon dis
charge from the army where he
served in England, Belgium and
France. He is a member of the
Alpha Kappa Mu Honorary , So
ciety, Associate Editor of the “Pan
ther”, and a member of the Alpha
Phi Alpha Fraternity.
In an interview, President Dod
son expressed the hope that the
Class of 1950 would leave an un
precedented record of scholarship
and fidelity at the institution.
MR. FRANKLIN S. JONES
Clark College Alumni Sec’y-
Announcement has been made by
President James P. Brawley of
Clark College of the appointment
of Mr. Franklin S. Jones, Jr. as
Alumni Secretary. This appoint
ment comes as a part of the col
lege’s expansion program and will
make possible the organization of
a number of new Clark College
clubs as well as establish a more
active participation of the alumni
in the college’s affairs.
Mr. Jones, a veteran of World
War II, and a native of Saint Au
gustine, Florida, is a 1947 graduate
of Clark College and holds the
master’s degree in sociology from
Atlanta University. He is a mem
ber of the Alpha Kappa Delta Na
tional Honorary Sociological Fra
ternity, Alpha Phi Alpha Frater
nity, and formerly taught in Co
lumbus, Georgia.
Clark alumni are invited to cor
respond with Mr. Jones concerning
alumni affairs at the college.
Alumni Notes
By Franklin S. Jones
Now that the dust has
settled, and we are getting
used to seeing the more than
250 new faces on our campus,
in behalf of all Clark alumni
throughout the world I wish
to welcome the new additions
to the Clark family.
This eightieth year since the
founding of Clark promises to be
one of its best. Your Alumni Sec
retary, who comes as a new mem
ber of Clark faculty, will attempt
to keep you posted as to what our
graduates are doing and some of
the ways you can help keep and
make Clark a place of “Culture
for Service.”
Let us take a glance at a few of
our Alumni here and there:
1949
Miss Effie Raines is on the Clark
staff this year as assistant libra
rian.
Mr. Robert Cureton, valedicto
rian of last June, is attending How
ard University Medical School.
Mr. Daniel Martin, salutatorian
of last June, is attending the Theo
logical School of Howard Univer
sity.
Mr. Roland E. Haynes is attend
ing the School of Theology at Bos
ton University.
Misses June Blanchard and Ruth
Thomas are attending the Atlanta
University Schol of Social Work.
Messrs. Thomas Blue, Dennis
Wooding, Alfred Polar, John C.
Jackson Jr., Roosevelt Moore, and
Eddie Rivers are attending Gam
mon Theological Seminary.
Mr. Thomas H. Pendleton is at
tending the Theological School at
Harvard University.
1948
Mrs. Thelma I. Jones joins the
Clark staff this year as an assistant
in the office of the President and
assistant in the English Depart
ment.
Miss Edith Mae Dalton is secre
tary to the faculty at the Atlanta
School of Social Work.
Mr. Thomas P. Grissom Jr. is
attending Gammon for the second
year.
Mr. Herman Scott is bandmaster
at Main High School of Rome,
Georgia—and is doing a splendid
job.
Mr. William Thomas Robie, Val
edictorian of ’48, is studying tow
ards his master’s degree in Busi
ness Administration, at the Uni-
FACULTY MARRIAGE
ANNOUNCED
Of interest to members of the
Clark family is the marriage of
Miss Cecil Constance Posey to Dr.
Bernard Hamilton Nelson. The
event took place last summer at
Southern University in Scotland-
ville, Louisiana—the home of the
bride.
Mrs. Nelson was a member of
the English Department at Clark
for five years, while Dr. Nelson
was the head of the Department of
Social Science for a number of
years.
The groom is currently on the
faculty at Miner Teachers College,
Washington, D. C., while the bride
is but attending household duties.
Both Dr. and Mrs. Nelson were
highly respected members of the
faculty during their stay here, and
the Clark family extends to them
their warmest felicitations.
Freshman Induction Program
The Freshman Induction Service
was held in Davage Auditorium
Sunday night, September 18 at
eight o’clock. The new students as
sembled in the foyer of Haven-
Warren Hall and marched to the
center of the auditorium where
each lit a candle. President Braw
ley and Director of Religious Life
Weeks participated in the ceremon
ies from the rostrum. The challenge
to the Freshman Class was deliver
ed by President Brawley. Frank T.
Odum responded to the challenge.
A prayer poem was recited by
Jeanette Claire Mitchell. Leaders
for the service were Gloria Thomas,
Callie Smith, Joan Perkins, DeLays
Brooks and Patricia Centers. The
service was concluded on the steps
of Merner, Pfeiffer and Thayer
Halls.
Mr. Charlton Hamilton, Mrs.
Phoebe Burney, Miss Margaret
Aiken and Mr. Harold Mazyck of
the Personnel department were in
charge of the orientation program.
versity of Michigan.
1947
Mr. William “Biff” Jones is as
sisting in coaching the “Panthers”
this year, while studying at At
lanta University.
Mr. George Tate is again for the
second year assisting in the De
partment of Mathematics while in
attendance at Gammon.
Mr. James E. McCallum is as
sistant in Religious Education for
the second year while attending
Gammon.
1945
Rev. Samuel Marion Weeks joins
the faculty this year as Director
of Religious Life. Rev. Weeks holds
the B. D. degree from Gammon
and the S. T. M. degree from Bos
ton University. He has had valu
able experience in religious work
in the Methodist Church.
1942
Mr. Clarence D. Coleman is
assistant secretary of Atlanta
branch of the Urban League and
has served efficiently there since
1947.
1941
Mrs. Jeanette Berry Cameron re
turns to Clark as Assistant Regis
trar.
1938
Mr. Carter E. Coleman, proprie
tor of College Cleaners, is also an
instructor at Carver Vocational
School in Business Education. Mr.
Coleman received his master’s de
gree in Business Administration
from Atlanta University this past
June.
1937
Rev. M. J. Wynn brought us
some very inspirational remarks
during our chapel exercises on Fri
day, September 23. Rev. Wynn is
at present Pastor of Ariel Bowen
Methodist Church in Atlanta. How
ever, on November 1 he will become
Director of Religious Life at Be-
thune-Cookman College.
1935
Miss Marvel M. Beadles, former
ly Assistant Registrar at Clark, is
now assistant to the Bursar of At
lanta University.
1925
Mrs. Eva Martin returns as
matron of the new women’s dor
mitory. Mrs. Martin has enjoyed
much experience as a teacher, U.
S. 0. director and instructor in
Christian associations of the Meth
odist church.
“Alumni Notes” will be a regu
lar feature in the “Panther”, so
please send news in regularly con
cerning our Alumni to the Alumni
Secretary for publication at Clark.
“Be a true Clarkite.”