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The Clark Panther
VOL 6
APRIL, 1950 ATLANTA, GEORGIA
No. 5
Overflowing Crowd Attends
Third Annual Music Festival
An overflowing crowd jammed Davage Auditorium for all
of the events of the four day Third Annual Festival of Music
and Arts at Clark College from April 27-30.
Director Weyman Carver’s Clark College Band opened
the Festival series on Thursday night, April 27, with a pro
gram of light classical music. The band revealed astonishing
precision and greater lyrical fervor than had heretofore been
noticed. Selections from “Tannhauser” were the towering
experiences of the program. No detail had undue emphasis
or disproportion. All of the selections had within their classi
cal frame the greatest depth and intensity of emotion, and
an immortal serenity—something eternally grand, unchang
ing.
Faculty Hears
Dr. Knoles
The Women’s Ensemble, directed entertainment was revealed when
she delighted the audience with an
earthy rendition of Victor Young’s
“Gossip.”
The interpretations which she
by Miss Ollie Brown, and accompa
nied by Theria Felder, presented a
program of religious and secular
music to open the activities of the
second day. Alfonso Levy, senior gave the Burleigh arranged spir-
music, directed the college orches- ituals revealed deep feeling and
tra in ball room music, followed by sensitivity. This artist has voice to
a presentation of the Creative spare, and a mental outlook which
Dance Group under the direction of seems to match the music of
of Mrs. Thelma W. Allison.
The curtain, Friday night, fell
upon portrayals of living master
pieces of art, and left a rare and
unforgettable experience. The ma
nipulation of the sharply directed
light, and the crescendo arrange-
Brahms particularly. Her singing
has three unusual qualities: it is
accurate, professional and imagina
tive. She was ably accompanied by
Frank Mettler.
Planquette’s “The Bells of Corne-
ville,” by the Philharmonic Society,
ment of color, contributed to make drew a crowd which spilled into the
the portrayals very real. It was hallways and on the lawn. The op-
easy for the audience to grasp the era revealed voices which seemed to
artist’s vision.
blend perfectly, and bring out much
Portrayal of Rembrandt’s great of the atmosphere of the old-fash-
scene of ecclesiastical magnificence,
ioned Norman villages of the sev-
“Supper at Emmaus,” revealed enteenth century '
philosophical over tones usually The singing was just right—with-
difficult to analyze. The quality of out over-statement or under-state-
the portrayals was uniformly high me nt.
and outstandingly strong. Much
credit is due Mr. A. D. Sherrod and
The Festival was produced by a
,, , ' , , ... v- committee consisting of Dr. J. de-
the persons who worked with him. &
Koven Killingsworth, Mr. Wayman
The high water mark of the Fes- Carver> Mrs Marian gykes> Miss
tival came on Saturday night, the 0Uie Brown> Mrs . Thelma AUiBon>
third day of activities, when So- Mr A D sherrod> Mr A x wil _
prano Katherine Graves of Phila- son> Jerald Johnson> Xanthene
delphia, rendered a memorable con- SayleS) Ammer Waters> Theria
cert. Miss Graves, who has studied Felder> Alfonso Levy> Lorenzo
and traveled extensively in Europe, Manns> Alfred Wyattj Linian
performed with great intensity and Graves> Cubell Johnson and Fred _
revealed her voice to the fullest.
Throughout the Brahms selections
while she sang, there was a strong
suggestion that she could perhaps
do her best with this great com
poser’s works. Her true gift for
Dr. Tully C. Knoles, counsellor
of the College of the Pacific at
Stockton, California, and a widly
recognized educator, spent a few
days at Clark recently lecturing
and serving as an administrative
counsellor.
Dr Knoles holds the A. B. degres
from the University of Southern
California and also an A. M. degree
from that institution dated five
years later. He has been the re
cipient of numerous honorary de
grees including a D. D. from the
University of Southern California,
and LL. D. from the College of the
Pacific, and a D. D. from the Pa
cific School of Religion. He is a
minister and a member of the Cali
fornia annual conference.
For ten years he was head of
the Department of History in the
University of Southern California.
He was elected to the presidency
of the College of the Pacific in 1919,
and served in that capacity until
1948, at which time he retired and
was elected chancellor of the col
lege. He still carries responsibility
for the internal operation of the
institution.
While at Clark Dr. Knoles dis
cussed with the faculty some of
the important issues of higher edu
cation with special reference to the
changing curriculum. He stressed
the importance of sound academic
government.
Soprano Lillian Graves of Philadelphia (center) who high
lighted the Festival of Music and Arts at Clark College
with a recital on Saturday night, is shown autographing
programs after the highly successful concert. At the artist’s
left is her sister, Lillian Graves, a junior at Clark.
Kappas Observe
"Guide Right Week"
Gamma Kappa Chapter of Kappa
Alpha Psi fraternity observed its
annual Guide Right Concentration
Week from April 23-29, 1930. On
April 25 and 26, the chapter held
programs during the college chapel
hour. Principal speakers for the
two days were Brother J. Max
Bond, professor at Atlanta Univer
sity, and Brother George E. C.
Hayes, Washington, D. C. attorney.
These two men emphasized the need
of guiding the Negro youth of
America in order to prepare them
to meet and uphold the tradition for
which the Negro stands in America
today.
Also, the fact that the Negro
must be prepared to qualify on a
level with other groups in America
and the world in order to elevate
themselves so that they may be re
spected, was stressed.
Many instances where Negroes
have been making a name for them
selves and the race were cited. It
was stated that these achievements
must be emphasized to such an ex
tent to the Negro youth of Amer
ica that they will see the need for
preparing themselves to meet and
uphold the challenge presented to
them by these distinguished per-
Dr. Knoles spoke at Clark as a
part of a very extensive itinerary
through the South, under the spon
sorship of the Division of Educa
tional Institutions of the Methodist
Board of Education in Nashville.
Approximately 100
Participate In Music
Festival
erick Hobbs.
Why not have an organized cam
paign election?
Who would you like for the presi
dent of your student, government?
Why not have an organized cam
paign election?
Almost one hundred students par
ticipated in the Festival of Music
and Arts which was held from April
27-30. Those who participated in
the events were:
“The Bells of Corneville”—Esther
Franklin, Ethel Watkins, Johnetta
Henderson, Zanthene Sayles, Alma
Bryant, Haroldeen Hopper, Julius
Conway, Joseph Stevens, Gerald
Johnson, John Robinson, Harold
Flint, Alfonso Levy, Floyd Minor,
Marjorie Alexander, Constance
Burts, Gussie Braybody, Yvonne
Crawford, Willie Engram, Theria
Felder, Dorothy Grant, Lillian
Graves and Geralyn Hill. “Portray
als of Living Masterpieces”—Alvin
Petty, Fred Ross, Andrew Allison,
Sterling Long, William Powell,
James Trice, Donald Fletcher, Dor-
cey Williams, William Knox, Har
old Ramsey, Bland Batey, Evelyn
Burns, Eula Jones, Lillian Graves,
Sam Jones, Alma Bryant, Sterling
Long, William Powell.
“The College Orchestra and Col
lege Band”—Avis Carter, Eugene
Wimby, Horace Scott, Brady Jones,
Marshall Smith, Rodney Reed,
James Mudson, Albert Dobbins,
Carl Ogletree, Percy Brown, Fred
Ross, Ivan Roper, Nathaniel Gil-
ham, Rufus Tucker, Raymond Jar-
ret, John Kimbrough, August Clay,
Franklip, Scott, Alfred Wyatt, John
Lockhart, John Martin, Phonecia
Morris, Harold Flint, John Peek,
Mason Johnson, A. B. Lockhart, Jo
seph Chambers, Wilson Bostic,
Charles Holloway, Joseph Steven
son, Thomas Howard, Arthur Hes
ter, Cooledge Bostic, Alfonso Levy,
Frank Hawkins, Julius Wimby,
Wilbert Christian, Walter Sullivan,
Foster Lewis, Crayton Dudley, Lor-
retta Merriweather, Katherine
Channel.
“Creative Dance Group” —• Mary
Wilder, Joan McWilliams, Anne
Singleton, Bertha Cato, Marylyn
Tucker, Brady Jones, Eula Jones,
Betty Schenks, Charlie Mae Well
man, Gladys Lamb, Gladys Sidwell,
Avis Carter, Elloween Lowery, Sal-
lie Hambrick, Carolyn Sandford,
Martha Winston and Mary Wilder
Student Council Election
May 17, 1950
CANDIDATES
Climaxing the four-day festival was the presentation of the comic opera “The Bells of
Corneville” (directed by Dr. J. deKoven Killingsworth, accompanied by Mrs. Marion
Sykes and Mrs. B. B. Gore) by the College Philharmonic Society.
THE PEOPLES PARTY
William Breeding,
President
Marlene Dobbs,
Secretary
THE LIBERAL PARTY
William Stanley,
President
Eula Jones,
Secretary