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Band In Annual Spring Concert
Holmes Challenges Lecture Series
Students Completed
New courage, new hope new faith,
and new sense of spiritual direction
were evident on the campus last
Panther
week when Dr. Samuel H. Sweeney,
pastor of Saint Marks Methodist
Church of New York City! com
pleted a series of lectures during
the college’s annual Religious Em
phasis Week.
The Clark
Dormitory Dedicated
Erected at a cost of approximately $400,000, modern
Holmes Hall, housing 92 women students and eight staff and
faculty personnel, was dedicated February 22, and named in
honor of President Merrill J. Holmes of Illinois Wesleyan
University at Bloomington. It was through Doctor Holmes
that the Pfeiffers became interested in the college, and the
initial gift of $15,000 on the erection of the dormitory came
from Mrs. Pfeiffer’s estate. Inasmuch as the family did not
desire that their name be carried on the building, the trustees
voted to name it in honor of Doctor Holmes—the close per-
sonel friend of the college’s largest individual benefactor.
Furniture and furnishings for the building were provided
by the Women’s Society of Christian Service, the Methodist
Church, while Mrs. James P. Brawley and Dean of Women
Phoebe Burney were responsible for its decoration.
The student rooms are furnished with maple colored furni
ture, while the suites which are occupied by faculty personnel
contain period furniture. The building contains a reading
room, kitchenette, and residence laundry.
President Merril J. Holmes
Heaping praises upon the founders
of Clark College eighty-one years
ago, and recognizing the outstand
ing role of the College in education
today, Illinois Wesleyan Univer
sity’s venerable President Merrill
J. Holmes urged the students of the
Atlanta institution to be “trustees
of civilization.’’ The anniversary
address by Dr. Holmes came just
before the dedication of the new
residence for women which was
named in his honor.
In his address, the speaker saw
Clark College as a trustee of civ
ilization. “The graduates,” he said,
“must function as trustees of the
civilization which Clark College is
helping to build and maintain.” In
preparation for this trusteeship, the
College must train students to be
loyal to their church, t develop a
strong philosophy of life and to
develop a sense of community re
sponsibility.
In introducing Dr. Holmes, Presi
dent James P. Brawley called him a
scholar, an educational statesman
and a warm friend who, while serv
ing as Secretary of the Department
of Educational Institutions for
Negroes, Board of Education, the
Methodist Church, rendered ’’inval
uable service to the college espe
cially during its period of transition
and location.
The Rt. Rev. J. W. E. Bowen,
Resident Bishop, Atlantic Coast
Area, the Methodist Church, pre
sided. Greetings were tendered by
Nehemiah Cooper on behalf of the
student body; by Doctor Joseph J.
Dennis for the faculty; by Mr. Vir
gil Ccott 'for the Alumni; by Rev.
E. A. Baldridge for the Confer
ences, and by Miss Muriel Day for
the Women’s Society of Christian
Service, the Methodist Church.
Participating in the services were
Reverend E. W. McMillan, pastor
of Warren Memorial Methodist
Church, Atlanta, and Reverend
T. P. Grissom, Superintendent,
Rome District, Atlanta Conference.
Dr. Sweeney, one of the outstand
ing exponents of Methodism, and
a distinguished church man in own
right, centered his discussions
around the theme: “A Religion Rel
evant to our Times.”
Beginning the lecture serries with
an explanation that in order for
Christianity to be accepted it must
be relevant to the times, Dr. Swee
ney focused attention upon the ne
cessity of having strong Christian
faith. The history of Christianity,
with emphasis upon the long period
through which it has endured, and
its far-reaching influence, was cited
by the speaker as proof of the val
idity of the Christian faith.
To interpret religion in terms of
personal experiences was Dr. Swee
ney’s final challenge. He appealed
to the college students to give
Christian commitment early since
it cannot wait “because we are
creatures of action and must act
now.” “The Christian-Religion has
moved forward in history on the
backs of consecrated youth. It
started out as a youth movement
and has been one throughout all
the centuries,” said Dr. Sweeney
in enlisting Christian support from
the students.
President James P. Brawley ex
pressed deep satisfaction with thh
Effect of the lectures and the sig
nificance of the week on the Clark
students.
The Department of Religious Life,
of which Rev. S. M. Weeks is Chair
man, sponsored the lecture series
and planned the programs. Student
chairmen of religious organizations
who helped plan the program were
Ruth Paradise of the P. K. Club,
Marvalinia Bell of the Y. W. C. A.,
Rodney Reed of the Y. M. C. A.,
Andrew Mitchell of the Philoi Club,
and Ezra Everett, Superintendent of
the Church School.
VOL. 6
MARCH 31, 1950, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
No. 4
90 On First Semester Honor Roll
Ninety students are listed on the
academic honor roll for the first
semester, according to a relase by
Mr. Edward T. Brantley, College
registrar.
Students who made the honor roll
requiring at least two A’s and no
grade below B (2.3) are:
SENIORS—Cardia Bivins, At
lanta; Henry Byrd, Atlanta; Henry
N. Cooper, Liberia, Africa; Huley
Dodson, Atlanta; George Garrison,
Atlanta; Benjamin Johnson, Miami;
Seymore Johnson, Atlanta; Alfonso
Levy, Savannah; Willie R. McMul
len, McDonough, Ga.; Franklin
Scott, Atlanta, and Evelyn W.
Smith, Liberia, Africa.
JUNIORS—-Tima Bryant, Phila
delphia; Evelyn Clayton, Mitchell,
Ga.; Marlene Dobbs, Atlanta; Geor
gia Gibbs, Atlanta; Emma L. John
son, West Point, Ga.; Eula Jones,
Chattanooga; • Mary Long, Atlanta;
William Stanley, Athens, Ala.; Julia
Thompson, Outhbert, Ga.; Ethel
Watkins, Philadelphia, and Maria
Young, Savannah.
SOPHOMORES — Avis Carver,
Atlanta; Juanita Coffee, Atlanta;
Loretta Fletcher, Atlanta; Marshall
J. Smith, Gastonia, N. C.; Vienna
Thorne, Atlanta; Eunice Thorne,
Sanford, Fla., and Bernice Wilkins,
Washington, D. C.
FRESHMEN—Mary Sue Crosby,
Sherdon, Miss.; Samuella Gray, Au
gusta, Georgia; Erdman J. Hen
derson, Chattanooga; Herman
Johnson, Atlanta; Martha M. Lee,
Barnesville, Ga.; Joan B. McWil
liams, New Orleans; Lola Parks,
Atlanta, and Pauline Postell, Cin
cinnati.
Students who maintained an
average of B (2.0) are:
SENIORS — Jeremiah Aycox,
Gadsden, Ala.; Edward Chatman,
New Orleans; Julius Conway, Cov
ington, Ky.; Anthony Jones, Rome,
Ga.; Brady Jones, Chicago; Chris
tine Paradise, Sandersville, Ga.;
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Band Presents Annual Spring Recital
Before Full House On Gala Occasion
A capacity crowd turned out to
hear the College Band, under the
direction of Mr. Waymon Carver,
exibit its customary instrumental
precision and polish, Sunday even
ing, March 26 in the College audi
torium.
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Among the classics which the
band plaiyed were Roland Seizt’s
“Brooke’s Triumphal March” and
von Suppe’s “Pique Dame” (Over
ture) .
Excerpts from the “Third Move
ment, Braham’s Third Symphony,”
the “Third Movement, Beethoven’s
Fifth Symphony,” and from the
“Finale, Dvorak’s New World Sym
phony” were played in a special
group.
As a new feature, a saxaphone
choir played Jerome Kern’s “Smoke
Gets in Your Eyes.” In this selec
tion, the saxaphonists showed an
unusual capacity to transmit to a
considterable degree what they had
learned.
James Hobson played Endressen’s
“Picollino” on the clarinet, while
Baritone Alfred Wyatt sang Ed
ward Purcell’s “Passing By.”
The appeal of the “South Pacific”
numbers, which concluded the pro
gram, seemed to have grown bright
er and their felocity of inventions
and scoring were conveyed delight
fully under Mr. Carver’s enlivening
and sympathetic direction.
Handel’s “Prelude and Fugue in
F Minor,” usually a difficult num
ber to perform, showed a delicacy
of phrasing which premitted the
theme to be clearly heard from all
instruments.
Director Waymon Carver has not
only proved himself to be techni
cally able, but showed a wonderful
capacity for developing consider
able excitement in his interpreta
tions.
New Instructors
Appointed
In announcing the appointment
of Dr. Jen-Sen Hsiang to the De
partment of Physics, operated
jointly by Clark and Morehouse
Colleges, and Mr. William T. Robie
to the Department of Business Ad
ministration at the college, Presi
dent James P. Brawley stated that
these additions will make available
more subjects from which students
might choose, as well as strengthen
the institution’s offerings.
Dr. Hsiang, a native of Hang-
kow, Huplh Province, China, re
ceived the B.S. degree from Tsing
Hua University in Peiking, and the
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Alpka Kappa Mu
Inducts Eight
Kappa Theta Chapter, Alpha
Kappa Mu' Honorary Society, re
cently welcomed into its member
ship eight new Clarkites who had
evidenced, by their outstanding
scholastic records, their worth of
acceptance into the organization.
New members, all of whom are
juniors, are Marlene Dobbs, Geor
gia Gibbs, Eula Mae Jones, Horace
Scott, Evelyn Smith, William
Stanley, Ethel Watkins, and Marie
Young.
Join the NAACP today
National News Bulletins
ATLANTA, GA.—William L. Dawson formerly of Al
bany, Ga., and at present a congressman from Illinois, was
present in Atlanta the week-end of February 12, 1950, speak
ing at Wheat Street Baptist Church where he called on the
people at-large to express their political shortcomings and
grievances through the ballot.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The United States office of Edu
cation recently reported that college enrollment of predomi
nately Negro institutions are decreasing despite increases
in the same categories for all other institutions of higher
learning statistics of 1948 report 71,000 enrolled while 1949
statistics a decrease of fifteen hundred.
ATLANTA, GA.—William L. Stanley, a junior of Athens,
Alabama, servied as a delegate to the Alpha Kappa Mu, con
vention beginning February 17th at Wilberforce University,
Zenia, Ohio. Mr. Stanley represents Kappa Theta Chapter of
this institution and Clark at the National Honor Convention.