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CLARK PANTHER, OCTOBER, 1949
PAGE THREE
STUDENT OF
THE MONTH
edition is Horace Winston Scott,
a member of the junior class and
a native of Atlanta. He was an
honpr student at Booker T. Wash
ington High School and has main
tained a three point average for
the past three semesters here at
Clark.
Scott does not only excel in his
studies, -but finds time to devote
to ids favorite hobby which is
music. He is an excellent saxo
phonist. He also participates whole
heartedly in extra-curricula activi
ties. He is a member of the college
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Alumni Notes
By FRANKLIN S. JONES, JR.
The year is moving very rapidly,
and the gridiron warfare is in full
bloom. Along with every football
season, however, comes the parade
of queens. At the head of this class
of course is “Miss Calrk” followed
by her lovely attendants and the
beautious fraternity queens. The
alumni wishes to congratulate Miss
Lois Richardson, “Miss Clark” of
1949-50, a junior from Birmingham,
Alabama. We wish to also congratu
late her attendants and the fra
ternity queens for the year.
Miss Mildred Brawner, our queen
of 1948-49, has served us well and
we admire her greatly.
The Panthers have turned to their
winning ways and should make all
Clarkites proud of their Alma Mat
er on November 12th, Homecoming
Day. The Alumni extends to you,
the Panthers and Coaching Staff,
its full support.
Homecoming Week is at hand.
Particularly during this time we in
vite every Clark alumnus, former
students, and friend to visit Clark
and to share in the many whole
some activities that will be held
at the college.
Our Alumni here and there:
1949
Arminta Parks Sweeney and
Messrs. Cecil Quarterman and Perry
Daugherty are doing graduate work
this year at Atlanta University in
the department of Sociology.
Ida Bell Winfrey is an instructor
in the public school system at
Hogansville, Georgia.
G. Elaine Pace is a supply teacher
at B. T. W. High School in Atlanta.
1948
Herman Scott, bandmaster at the
Main Street High School of Rome,
Georgia, was present at Clark’s an
nual High School Day with his
colorful and well trained aggrega
tion. The high stepping majorettes
of Rome also added charm to the
occasion.
Mable E. O’Neal, an instructor at
Carrollton, Georgia and a loyal
alumnus of Clark, was in attendance
at the Clark-S. C. State game and
was a recent visitor to our campus.
Louise Peggy Gordon is an in
structor in the Carroll County pub
lic school system.
James Gwyn is in his second
year of attendance at Gammon The
ological Seminary.
1947
James E. “Jimmy” Washington is
getting the altar call on November
24. The lucky girl Is Miss Clara A
Walker of Louisville, Kentucky, a
graduate of the Atlanta University
School of Social Work. Mr. Wash
ington is attending Atlanta Uni
versity this fall, working toward
the masters degree in Biology.
Rev. Edward A. Baldridge is also
attending Atlanta University this
fall, working toward the masters
degree in the department of Soci
ology.
Howard “Prince Charming” Simp
son is working for the Cook County
Department of Public Welfare. Mr.
Simpson married Jeanette Ross, a
former student of Clark.
1943
Alfred Stokes, now a resident of
Chicago, is also working for the
Cook County Department of Public
Welfare.
Julia Demery, a former student
of Clark, is working for the De
partment of Internal Revenue of
Cook County, in Chicago.
Lula Belle Smith Harris is teach
ing in the public school system of
Chicago.
Ella Heard is an instructor at the
South Atlanta Elementary School.
This is her sixth year as an instruc
tor in the Atlanta Public School
System.
1942
James Lovett Wolfe is doing well
with his own business, the Wolfe
Realty Company of Atlanta, Geor
gia.
1941
Ruby Brown Tatum is an instruc
tor at the Crogman Elementary
School of Atlanta.
Blanche Smith sailed for Europe
in order to do social work for the
Government. She is also a graduate
of the Atlanta University School of
Social Work.
1939
Gertrude Williams McDonald is
a teacher at Simpson Elementary
School of Atlanta.
1928
Mrs. Lillian Paul Warbington is
principal of Hunter Hills School of
Atlanta and is an active member of
the Atlanta Clark Club.
1926
Mrs. Mary Travis Rogers, gradu
ate of Clark, returned to Atlanta
for a visit with some of her many
friends and to her Alma Mater. Mrs.
Rogers, an active alumna of the
Washington Clark Club, was greatly
impressed with Clark’s fine campus.
Why I Like
My Instructor
I like my instructor first of all
because he knows my name—that
is, my full name; and he never con
fuses me with someone else who
has my first or last name. My in
structor appeals to me as a model
instructor who has kept abreast of
the changing world and society.
He allows the student to express
himself and stands ready to correct
him if he makes a mistake or says
something for which he has no
sound basis.
His personality is ideal; and most
of all he. has a sense of humor. He
is stern; but yet he is not harsh.
He is open-minded and works to
get at the roots of the matter in
question. He is well thought of be
cause he will admit that he, too,
can be wrong and, even though he
has read widely, he admits that he
has not read all of the books that
have been printed since the inven
tion of the printing press.
I further like my instructor be
cause he is helpful and seems to
understand that all students are not
at the same intellectual level even
though they are in the same class
He speaks clearly and distinctly and
I can hear him although I may be
seated in the back of the classroom.
The fact that he is well informed
outside of his own field makes me
respect my instructor. Often, he
discusses several other fields of
knowledge accurately and integ
rates them with ease with his own
field. I like him because he makes
his courses interesting. He stimu
lates the students to do outside
reading and to acquire information
other than his subject matter.
My instructor must be commend
ed on the manner in which he orga
nizes his courses. They are organ
ized so as to greatly facilitate learn
ing; thus, I am able to acquire a
great deal of knowledge from this
experience alone.
In the past it has been the policy
of the “Panther” to present to
the student body an individual
whom we have seen fit to name
as “Student of the Month.” Be
ginning with the present issue we
are resuming our
feature. The stu
dent presented
each month is
selected by the
staff on the basis
of scholarship,
personality, spe
cial ability and
talent, and out
standing contri
bution to the
The choice of the staff for this
Daily Devotions
Someone asked why it is that we
find our daily existence so difficult,
why it is so hard to live. The an
swer given was that it is so “daily.”
That is just it. Every day we have
to meet some of the same issues,
the same problems, the same irri
tations, the same little things which
the Bible describes as the sins
“which doth so easily beset us.”
But also at the same time life lacks
simplicity; it is highly complex.
What shall we do? To overcome
these we need help problems daily;
we need an every day communion
with God. That is the genius of
“The Upper Room” and “Power”
(this literature may be secured
from the Religious Department).
We read the Scirpture and the
meditation, and we talk to God.
We believe that he hears and under
stands. Above all, because of what
He is, we believe He cares.
Because of this faith of ours we
do not miss a day; but every day,
at some time or other, we stop to
hold our daily devotions. In these
there is strength to meet the irri
tations which are so “daily.” Thus
we pray “forgive our feverish
ways.” And He does.
Monthly Thought
“Christian loyalty requires that
we do not shun our worthy friends
when others reject them.”
Religious Department
Clark Grad Appointed
/
Recreation Supervisor
Mr. Howard Long, who graduate'-.
from Clark College in 1947, recently
has been appointed supervisor of
Anderson Park Recreation Center
in Atlanta. The park is operated by
Fulton County.
Mr. Long is in charge of all of
the park’s activities, including the
swimming pool, public grounds, and
golf course. When entirely complet
ed, the park will be one of the
largest and best for Negroes in the
South.
The young supervisor, who served
for more than thirty-eight months
with the armed forces, is a native
of Atlanta. He attended the Atlanta
University School of Social Work
after his graduation from Clark.
Dr. Hale Speaker at
Alpha Smoker
Dr. William H. Hale who was re
cently awarded the degree of Doc
tor of Philosophy by the University
of Chicago, was guest speaker at
the annual smoker given by the
Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity at
Clark College.
We were indeed honored by a
stimulating and encouraging mes
sage delivered by Dr. Hale. It is
my belief that every young man
left the gathering with greater
determination. The speaker chal
lenged the freshmen and new stu
dents who were present to build
“Esprit de Corps.” In his address
he placed each man in a position
as to make him feel as if he were
an important part of the College
family.
—Fred H. Ross
s BOOK REVIEW
THE NEGRO NEWSPAPER. By Vishnu V. Oak. Antioch
Press, Antioch, Ohio. 170 pp. $2.50.
The first volume of a proposed series of four dealing with
Negro business has been released by author V. V. Oak of
Wilberforce University under the title “The Negro News
paper.” Actually, the title, of this first volume is either mis
leading or ill-conceived, for the book is almost bereft of any
information about the Negro newspaper.
The author extolls, the press for
its race pride and admonishes it
for the “sensationalism” and politi
cal irresponsibility of which it is
guilty. These characteristics of the
Negro press are, of course, true;
but they are not the whole truth.
The social forces which direct the,
status of the Negro newspaper, it
appears to the reviewer, should well
have been discussed here.
The volume argues, as this re
viewer sees it, for a segregated
economy; for through such arrange
ment—temporary though it would
be—Negroes might become pre
pared for the business opportuni
ties which will be theirs when they
are fully integrated into the Ameri
can economy.
Mr. Oak is rather disturbed over
the failure of Negroes not to have
accomplished more—even under the
social conditions to which they have
been relegated. He seems to at
tribute this failure to a lack of
initiative on their part. What he
does not say—and probably for a
very good reason—is whence the
capital for his approved segregated
economy would come. He alludes to
philanthropists as one possible
source—implying that their gene
rosity has not always been accom-
pained by sagacity; and to rich
Negroes who have enjoyed pros
perity to the extent of owning
Cadillacs—the large number of
which would shock many people—
as another. Whether or not one;
might expect aid from either source
remains a matter of conjecture.
The book, in the opinion of thei
reviewer, is a very expressive one,
but it is not too clear. It leaves too
much unaccounted for and is guilty,
in some instances, of what appears
to be hasty generalization.
J. F. Summersette
Unique Vesper
Hour
Handel’s “Largo,” played by Miss
Thelma Harris-at the console of the
Wurlitzer organ at Clark College
opened the program of “Music and
the Spoken Word” at the college
Vesper Hour, Sunday, October 23,
The program began promply at four
o’clock in Davage Auditorium.
Mr. Darwin T. Turner of the
department of English read Shelley’s
“Ozymondias,” and George Herbert’s
“The Collar.”
Three, O Lord, Do I Lift Up My
Soul,” by Rachmaninoff, and “Sa
vior When Night Involves the
Skies,” by Shelley, were by the
Philharmonic Society, conducted by
Dr. J. deKoven Killingsworth with
Mrs. Marian E. Sykes accompanying.
Ethel’Watkins, junior of Philadel
phia, and Julius Conway from
Covington, Kentucky, were featured
solists.
YOU
No one to share my thoughts.
Alone with my every care,
I sat in my lonely room,
With a book, a cigarette, a chair.
Then you came along,
And with you came the sun;
I knew the joy of living;
My life had just begun. ’
Happiness filled each day
That I spent with you;
Dark clouds rolled away.
And blue skies came to view.
ATLANTA CLARK CLUB
ORGANIZED
The Clark Club of Atlanta orga
nized on Sunday, October 23, 1949.
During a very impressive meeting
the officers elected for the present
year are as follows:
Mr. Virgil Scott, ’49, President
Mrs. Phoebe Burney, ’34, Vice-
President
Miss Marvel Beadles, ’35, Secre
tary
Mrs. Ora White Bohannon, ’45,
Asst. Secretary
Mrs. Berdie Wallace, '07, Treas.
Mrs. Anna Edwards Jackson, ’43
Reporter
Rev. S. M. Weeks, ’45, Chaplain
All alumni and former students
are urged to participate in the ac
tivities of the Atlanta Clark Club.
Make a date now to attend the
Alumni Banquet on November 11.
Your Alma Mater needs your co
operation. All alumni are urged to
write or to visit Clark often. “The
College is not greater than the
Alumni. Are you loyal?”
Homemakers Entertain
Guests in Chocolate Sip
Suddenly, came the bitter end;
And again I knew despair
In my dark, lonely room,
With a book, a cigarette, a chair.
—David Stanley
Clark Student Honored
senior, has been elected to mem
bership in the Atlanta Chapter o
the Alpha Kappa Delta Sociologies
Fraternty. He is the only Clar
student admitted to membership.
A native o
ernon, Okla
he receive
early educa
at the Doug
las High Schoc
in Netunka, Okla
and serve
three years i:
Armed Serv
His exten
sive travel and opportunities to
mingle with people of many dif
ferent races, religions, cultures and
nationalities awakened his inter
est in the social studies.
Mr. Woodard enrolled as a fresh-
Beauty and dignity reigned at
the “Chocolate Hour” given by the,
Home Management Class of the De
partment of Home Economics on
Sunday, October 2. The chocolate
hour is an annual occasion honor
ing the freshmen and other new
members of the college family. The
entire department, especially the
Home Management House, was at
home to more than two hundred
guests.
The guests were greeted at the
door by Mrs. Frances Davis and
Miss Emma Johnson, the custodian
of the guest book. Hot chocolate,
poured by Misses Eula Gaines and
Evelyn Clayton, was served with
a variety of dainty sandwiches.
Other hostesses who directed the,
guests through the department
were Misses Julia Thompson, Geor
gia Gibbs, Bessie Marshman, Ella
Derricote, and Lucy Mae Bell. Re
freshments were prepared and ar
ranged by Misses Carolyn Keller,
Patsy Chandler, Mary Gay, Shirley
Heard, and Hattie Benton.
man in January 1947 at Clark
where he zealously pursued his
studies. During the summers he
attended the Atlanta University
Summer School in further pursuit
of education. Since enrolled at
Clark he has become affiliated with
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and
at present in the chapter’s presi
dent. He is also president of the
Social Science Club.
Mr. Woodard hopes to complete
his work at Clark in February
1950. He intends to do further
study in his field of interest at
the Western Reserve University
School of Applied Social Sciences,
Cleveland, Ohio. This field of
study of applied social sciences
interests Mr. Woodard because he
believes that the final and ulti
mate aims of socialogical knowl
edge should be for practical ap
plication rather than for the sak*
of knowledge itself.