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Mr. Manningham (Robert Hawk) stiown in a scene from
The Clark Panther
VOL. 6
OCTOBER, 1949, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
No. 2
‘MISS CLARK”
Record Alumni Expected For Celebration
Lovely Lois Richardson, business administration junior,
who will reign during the homecoming game with Fisk Uni
versity. “Miss Clark” hails from Birmingham, Alabama and
is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Her attendants
will be Annie Ruth Burts of Birmingham and Ruth Woodard
of Forsyth, Georgia.
MORMON TEMPLE ORGANIST
OPENS CONCERT SERIES
DR. ASPER
IN RECITAL
Dr. Frank W. Asper, the renowned
organist of the Salt Lake City
Tabernacle, opened the All-Star
Concert of the Sunday Evening Cul
tural Hour at Clark College on
October 30.
Marcello’s “The Heavens Declare
the Glory of God” was Dr. Asper’s
opening number. It was followed by
three Bach selections: Chorale-Pre
lude, “Sleepers, Wake! A Voice is
Calling;” “Jesus, Joy of Man’s De
siring;” and “Fantasie and Fugue in
G Minor.” In this first group, the
organist displayed a high degree
of individuality in his playing as
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Clark Senior
Authors Book
A chemical arithmetic for begin
ners, designed to aid new students
of chemistry in their interpretation
of problems and to strengthen their
knowledge of mathematics, has
been released by Henry Nehemiah
Cooper, a senior. /
The experiences and observations
of three years as a Chemistry
laboratory assistant, where the au
thor noted the difficulties which
perplexed beginning students in
this area, prompted this work.
The first part contains an ex
planation of the decimal and- metric
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News in Briel
PRESIDENT BRAWLEY SPEAKS AT CLAFLIN
ORANGEBURG, S. C.—President James P. Brawley was
the principal speaker at Claflin University’s eightieth an-
niversity celebration in Orangeburg, South Carolina on Oc
tober 19th. At this time, Claflin also dedicated a number of was
new buildings. Claflin’s president, Dr. J. J. Seabrook, is an
alumnus of Clark.
A capacity crowd jammed Dav-
age Auditorium to see Patrick
Hamilton’s “Angel Street” which
was presented as the first play of
the season by the Clark College
Playhouse. The play was directed
by Miss Esther Jackson, director
of dramatics at Clark.
Robert Hawk, of Bainbridge,
Georgia, was particularly effective
in the role of Mr. Manning, the
handsome husband who attempted
to drive his wife insane. Despite
the fact that this was Hawks’ first
appearance with the Playhouse 1 , he
showed remarkable understanding
of the character he portrayed.
June Blanchard of New Orleans, .
who played Mrs. Manningham,
reached a new high mark in her
dramatic career. Playing a thor
oughly naive woman who believed
that she was going out of her mind
because her mother died of insan
ity, Miss Blanchard displayed rare
character interpretation.
Detective Rough, played by Ivan
Roper of New York City, was ably
portrayed. Roper, by sensing the
right moment to chuckle, was al
most able to completely dominate
the stage from the beginning.
Elsie Fields, the maid, was able
to get over a type of subserviency
and yet amicability which was dif
ficult to portray.
Willie Ruth McMullen of McDon
ough, Georgia, was light and gay,
yet serious at the proper moment.
Carswell Vinson and Jonathan
Jackson took the part of bobbies.
Directress Jackson was able tc
achieve a remarkable degree of sus
pense, and like the play’s author,
served as a master architect in
producing the play. Her selection
of the cast was well suited to the
writing, and she saw to it that
seriousness took precedence over
showmanship. -All in all, the play
highly successful — finely
classic in many respects.
Alumni
Dr. James P. Brawley, President
of Clark College, will be on hand
to welcome alumni and friends who
will participate in the homecoming
festivities.
GOVERNOR WILLIAM HASTIE NAMED FOR APPOINTMENT
TO JUDGESHIP
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Of the twenty-seven appointed
Federal Circuit and District Judges, one Negro was appoint
ed: Governor William Hastie of the Virgin Islands. Governor
Hastie is a native of Tennessee and formerly held the Post
of Civilian Aide to the Secretary of War in the United States
Government.
THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NEGRO WOMEN TO MEET
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The National Council of Negro
Women will hold its annual.meeting in Washington, D. C.,
November 15th through the 18th. On the agenda is a speech
by President Truman and the election of a new president
since the Council’s founder, President Mrs. Mary McLeod
Bethune, is retiring.
PRESIDENT MAYS TO SPEAK AT SYMPOSIUM
NEW YORK—Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, president of More
house College, is slated to speak at Hunter College, New
York, on November 29th, at Symposium on “America’s Stake
in Higher Education for Colored Persons.” Speaking along
with Dr. Mays will be General George C. Marshall, former
Secretary of State, and Dr. F. D. Patterson, president of
Tuskegee Institute.
MISS LOYALTY
IS SELECTED ,
MISS LOYALTY SELECTED .. „
The lovely and graceful Helen
Thomas was selected “Miss Loy
alty” of Clark for the 1949-50
school year. Popular Miss Thomas
comes from Gadsden, Alabama.
“Miss Loyalty,” selected on the
per capita basis of money raised
by the student body to help defray
expenses incurred in connection
with homecoming, represents the
junior class which raised the larg
est amount of money toward home
coming expenses. The junior class
exceeded its goal by forty-three
percent.
“Miss Loyalty” has an active
role in the homecoming festivities.
This has been a particularly busy
season for President Brawley
since he has been continuing the
campaign for funds' and expansion
of the college program. In addi
tion, he has found time to devote
to civic work and to accept speak
ing engagements.
He is especially proud of the new
women’s dormitory which has re
cently been occupied by junior and
senior women, and which completes
the first' phase of the expansion
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The Homecoming Committee be
gan its initial preparation for the
week of homecoming, November 6th
through the 12th. Early distribution
and sale of homecoming loyalty tags
got under way at the October 18th
class meetings. Each class elected
its potential “Miss Loyalty” who
will play a stellar role in the home
coming ceremonies.
The football team was given the
honor of electing the “Miss Clark”
of 1949-50. They made excellent
use of this honor by electing the
beautiful and charming Miss Lois
Richardson, a junior from Birming
ham, Alabama. Miss Clark will be
accompanied by two vivacious at
tendants. They are Miss Annie Mae
Burts, also a junior from Birming
ham, Alabama and Miss Ruth B.
Woodard, a senior from Forsyth,
Georgia.
The Fraternities are looking for
ward to a festive occasion of crown
ing their queens in the homecoming
ceremonies. The Fraternity queens
are as follows: “Miss Kappa,” Miss
Brady Jones, a senior from Chicago,
Illinois and a member of the Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority. “Miss
Omega,” Miss Marlene Roberta
Dobbs, a junior from Atlanta and
a member of Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority. “Miss Alpha,” Miss Lillian
Geraldine Graves of New Rochelle,
New York, a junior and a member
of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
“Miss Sigma,” Miss Georgia Francis
Gibbs, a junior from Atlanta and
and a member of Zeta Phi Beta
Sorority.
The week of homecoming begins
Sunday, November 6th, at Vesper,
where an alumnus, the Rev. J. B.
Williams, of the class of “27,” will
be the speaker. By late Sunday
evening the fraternities and sorori
ties will raise and light their neon
shields. On Sunday evening the
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ANGEL STREET
-angei street as ne attempts to torture his wife (June
Blanchard) into insanity. He accuses her of petty aberrations
that he has arranged himself; and since her mother died of
insanity, she is more than half convinced that she, too, is
going out of her mind.
GALA HOMECOMING PLANS ANNOUNCED
“Angel Street”
Presented Before
Capacity Audience
Dr. Brawley
Welcomes
TROUBADOURS
TO PLAY
FOR DANCE