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Mlertg Christmas and fuppj) Beto gear 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 (Continued on Page 6) 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 (Continued on Page 6) 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 (Continued on Page 6)