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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 (Continued on Page 5) 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.