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College 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.; (Continued on Page Four) 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. f 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 (Continued on Page Five) 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.