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The Clark Panther
VOL 6 NOVEMBER-DECEMBER, 1949, ATLANTA, GEORGIA No. 3
Merry, CkrUtma£
I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet ,
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Philharmonic Society Presents
Traditional Christmas Vesper
An overflowing crowd gathered
in Davage Auditorium Sunday, De
cember 11, to hear the traditional
Christmas Vesper Service by the
Philharmonic Society under the di
rection of Dr. J. DeKoven Killing-
worth, with Mrs. Marian Sykes ac
companying.
At the organ console, Miss
Thelma Harris, college organist,
played as prelude Praetorious-
Brahams’ “A Rose Breaks Into
Bloom.” The chorus walked to the
platform singing “Angels From
the Realms of Glory.” After the
invocation, “The First Noel,” an
old English carol, was sung. Muel
ler’s anthem, “Laudamus Te,” was
unusually well rendered as the next
number on the program.
President James P. Brawley
greeted the large gathering and
expressed hope for a meaningful
holiday season.
Esther Franklin, lyric soprano,
and Ethel Watkins, mezzo soprano,
took the solo parts in Richter’s
“The Birth of Christ.”
Taylor’s “Nightfall in Bethle
hem,” played on the organ by Miss
Thelma Harris, revealed the story
of the first Christmas.
“Rex Gloriae,” by Gaines, with
the women’s ensemble in the choral
parts, was the concluding number
of the Philharmonic Society.
Lampados
Presents
Plaque
In appreciation of his tolerance,
and “for the guidance which he has
given to the men of Clark College,”
the Lampodas Club of Beta Psi
Chapter, Omega Psi Phi Frater
nity, presented Dean of Men Charl
ton Hamilton with an appropriately
prescribed plaque. The presentation
UCHARDS MAKES
\LL-SIAC
Johnny “Meridian Express” Rich-
,rds was named to the All-SI AC
nythical team at the SIAC meeting
n Miami, Florida recently. Richards
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Dean Charlton Hamilton
was made at the club’s initial chapel
program by Marshall Smith.
Dean Hamilton came to Clark in
1946 and serves also as assistant
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Archonians
Present
Contralto
Dorothy Ellison, young contralto
of Morris Brown College, was pre
sented in concert by the Archonian
Club of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority
Monday morning December 5 dur
ing the chapel college hour.
The contralto sang “Tanto Sos-
pireo” by Boncini and Schubert’s
“Der Tod Und Das” by the same
composer. “Into the night,” “They
All Danced the Samba,” by Ber
ger, and “Home Beyond the River,”
by Brown, completed the contralto’s
program. She was ably accom
panied by Mr. Johnson Hubert of
the Morris Brown faculty.
Miss Ellison showed unusual
promise of developing into a first
class artist. It was quite obvious
that most of her inner feeling was
represented in her singing. The
selections she rendered were fully
revealed and touched with insight
and power. No one who heard her
could honestly deny that she does
not have a rare voice, and the un
usual combination of stage pres
ence and personality to accompany
it. m
Manger Scene Attracts Large Crowd
And thought how, as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along
The unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Till, ringing, swinging on its way,
The world revolved from night to day
A voice, a chime,
A chant sublime
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Then from each black, accursed mouth
The cannon thundered in the South
The cannon thundered in the South
And with the sound
The carols drowned
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
It was as if an earthquake rent
The hearth-stones of a continent,
And made forlorn
\ The households born
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
And in despair I bowed my head:
“There is no peace on earth,” I said;
“For hate is strong
And mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!”
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep.
“God is not dead; nor doth He sleep!
The Wrong shall fail,
The Right prevail,
With peace on earth, good-will to men!”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Hundreds Attend “Open
House” of ]\lew Women’s
Residence
More than one thousand people flooded the campus recently
to go through the new women’s residence hall, which was
opened to the public for inspection for the first time. This
modern edifice, constructed at a cost of approximately $400,-
000.00, is one of the best-equipped buildings to be found on
any campus.
All student rooms are furnished
with maple-colored metal furniture,
while the suites which are provided
for staff and faculty personnel are
furnished with modern pieces. The
corridors, done in a restful green
shade, are wainscoated in knotty
pine with a hard-rubbed finish.
There is an abundance of storage
space on each floor.
Realizing that an adequate sup
ply of pure water is healthy as well
as satisfying, each floor has two
drinking fountains of pure, cool
water. Another health asset is the
equipment for purifying and cool
ing the air. Both of these facilities
are electrically operated.
Provisions are made for the resi
dents to do their personal laundry
in service rooms located on each
floor, where metal racks for drying
clothes are provided.
An infirmary, with private bath,
is located on the third floo^.
An unusual feature is the three
dimensioned mirrors with shadow
less lighting which are located on
each floor.
The color scheme of the rooms
and of the bathrooms on each floor
is different. A reading room and
lounge, available for small resi
dence corridor parties as well as
for group meetings, is located on
the top floor.
The ground floor houses a resi
dence laundry ccontaining a Bendix
and stationary tubs; an attractive
lounge with adjoining kitchenette
where students may entertain
guests, dance, relax and play, and
facilities for a six-unit beauty
lounge.
Upon completing the tour
through the new building, guests
were escorted to Crogman Dining
Hall, where they were served re
freshments by women members of
the faculty and wives of some of
the male faculty members.
Credit for the tastefulness of
color scheme and the attractive fur
nishings of the hall is due to Mrs.
James P. Brawley and Mrs. Phoebe
Burney.
National News Bulletins
The manger scene, executed in
papier mache, by the class in Fine
Arts and Methods under Mr. A. D.
Sherrod, has been the source of
much favorable comment by the
hundreds who have come into the
lobby of Haven Warren Hall to
view it.
With a background of Christmas
music, this scene of the three wise
men, Mary and Joseph, has been
most impressive.
NEW DELHI, India (ANP) —
Prime Minister Jawaharal Nehru
of India, who has just returned
from a visit to the United States,
told his impressions recently.
Among these were his experiences
with American Negroes, a point
of considerable interest among the
brown skinned people of India who
have heard much of the treatment
of minorities in the United States.
Nehru said he had met a number
of Negro leaders in the United
States “who told me of both the
progress they had made and the
great disabilities they still sdffer.”
“Some,” the distinguishel Indian
leader said, “were satisfied with
that progress, the same as the peo
ple of India.”
While he was in the United States
and after the close of his official
visit, Nehru asked specifically that
a conference with American Ne
groes be arranged. He had not had
an opportunity for any close con
tact with them previously during
his stay other than the occasional
Negro visitor at one of his recep
tions. Dr. Ralph Bunche and Walter
White arranged a conference with
a group of well known Negroes and
after giving him a survey of Negro
Life and status in this country
took him on an auto tour of Har
lem.
CHICAGO—(ANP)Dr. Percy L.
Julian, noted Negro chemist whose
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