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CLARK PANTHER, APRIL, 1950
Inter-Seminary Regional
Conference Held Here
What’s happening? Why all the
preparation? Who are those folk?
These are but a few of the many
questions on the lips of students of
Clark and Morehouse as members
and representatives of the Annual
Regional Conference of the South
eastern Region of the Inter-Semi
nary Movement were on the cam
puses of Clark and Morehouse Col
leges April 14.
At last this long and much talked
about event was about to take place
as old friends and acquaintances
paused to exchange news of minis
terial, social, and personal events.
The Clark members felt quite hon
ored as the opening sessions were
held in Davage Auditorium. Dean
A. A. McPheeters delivered a stim
ulating welcome address in the ab
sence of Dr. Brawley.
The registration period, in War
ren Haven Hall, was scheduled to
end at 12:30 p. m., but because of
necessity the registration continued
late into the afternoon to accommo
date late arrivers.
The Atlanta Area of the South
eastern Region of the Inter-Semi
nary Movement, consisting of
Clark College, Morehouse College,
Emory University, Columbia Semi
nary, and Gammon Seminary, acted
as host to this annual affair.
At 2:15 p. m. the group went on
a tour of the campuses of the Uni
versity Center, and returned at
3:30 for the principal address of
the evening. The central theme for
the whole conference was “The
Christian Ministry,” with Jack
Clark of Morehouse presiding.
The group sat with eager ears
listening to the dynamic words of
Dr. H. L. Creager of the Lutheran
Seminary of Columbia, S. C. His
subject, “Life for Christ,” con
tained many important and useful
points. A few of his points were:
a living faith, complete trust in
God, a harmony of will with God,
LETTERS
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Were I again at Clark, I would
make certain that the behavior of
the Clark women was beyond dis
respectful comment. I would bring
to the consciousness of these young
women the unlikely opinion of ad-
joining college’s male populations.
I would, without fear of criticism
or loss of status, iusist that a high
kind of lady-like discretion always
be paramount in the behavior of
Clark women in the co-educational
relationship running from them to
the , male population of my own
school and other schools.
I would neither be prudish nor
antiquarian, nor midvictorian. I
would know that naturalness and
discretion were always proper. I
would neither be bitter nor antago
nistic, unnaturally vigilant nor un
necessarily biased. I would strive
for the objective approach, always
trying to be rational 'and just—
protagonizing but not antagonizing.
I would learn to sound the Clark
rallying cry—to love, honor, and
serve. To be ready with diatribe
and reason to defend, to come like
April babbling and strewing flowers
with eulogy.
I would enjoy myself, kick up
my heels, join the clubs and fra
ternities—ingratiate myself with the
sororities, have a frollicking good
time, if you please, but I would
neither abandon nor immunize my
self against that God-giving sanc
tion that is the main purpose of the
college—quest for training.
I would declare that I was to con
tribute in dollars and cents to per
petuate this institution that is too
often forgotten, too often lambasted,
too often not given credit for the
contribution it is making to society.
—An Alumnus
and the spirit of humanity. These
points led to a dynamic portrayal
of the theme of his message.
Discussion groups immediately
followed Dr. Creager’s message.
Dr. Creager headed the first group.
The subject for discussion was
“The Church and Politics.” ffhe
second group was headed by Dr. D.
Jackson, Chandler School of The
ology, and his subject for discus
sion was, “The Church and Educa
tion.” The third group was headed
by Rev. Melvin Watson, whose sub
ject was, “The Church and World
Order.” Dr. G. Murray Branch, of
the Morehouse School of Religion,
headed the fourth group. His sub
ject was “The Church and Race.”
Dr. S. B. Williams headed the fifth
group. His subject was “The
Church and Economics.”
At 6 p. m. dinner was served in
Clark’s dining hall. At 7:30 p. m.,
the principal address was delivered
by Dr. H. V. Richardson, President
of Gammon Theological Seminary,
in Sale Hall Chapel, Morehouse
College. Discussion groups followed
at 8:30 p. m. And recreation and
refreshments were served after
ward.
Breakfast was served Saturday
morning at 7:30 a. m. At 8:30 Dr.
D. Jackson, of Emory University,
delivered the address of the day.
Discussion groups followed in as-,
signed class rooms. The Regional
Council meeting and report of nom
inating and resolution committees
followed at 11:30.
The Rev. L. M. Tobin, pastor of
Providence Baptist Church, Atlan
ta, delivered the closing sermon.
Dinner in the Crogman dining
hall after adjournment of the Con
ference marked the closing of the
Conference.
Student representatives from
Duke, Columbia, Hood, Morehouse,
Clark, Emory, Gammon, and Dick
enson were present.
ALUMNI NOTES
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public school system of Atlanta.
1945
Thelma Lucile Barnhart is secre
tary to the president of N. C. Col
lege at Durham, N. C.
1943
Elizabeth “Ida” Comeaux Ash
ford, now of Compton, California,
is a housewife and mother of a fine
daughter.
Joe Swiggins, a former student
of Clark and graduate of W. Va.
State, is working for the govern
ment in Youngstown, Ohio.
1938
Lloyd W. Wolf recently received
the B. S. degree in electrical engi
neering from Denver University of
Denver, Colorado.
1936
Albert I. Brooks is a postal clerk
at the U. S. Post Office of Atlanta,
Ga.
1935
Irby Daniel Dorsey is a minister
and is now pastoring at the Cam
phor Methodist Church of St. Paul,
Minn.
1931
Geneva Nelson Harris is libra
rian at Philander Smith College,
Little Rock, Ark.
1930
Flora Marable Brooks is a visit
ing teacher and beautician in Quit-
man, Ga.
1929
Carlos Earl Haile is principal of
the Colored High School of East
Bradenton, Florida. He received the
N. Ed., Atlanta University.
1925
Grace Benson Albert is principal
of Phyllis Wheatley Elementary
School of Miami, Florida. Mrs. Al
bert since receiving her Normal Di
ploma from Clark has received the
B. S. from Hampton in 1938, and
Courses Set Outlook For
Up For
Teachers
Laramie, Wyo. (I.P.)—A course
training graduate students in col
lege and university teaching is be
ing given for the first time this
year at the University of Wyoming
on an experimental basis. Other
courses, designed to meet the prob
lem of training college level teach
ers, are being tried out in other uni
versities.
“A student, trained to teach at
the college level, will be able to
handle his classes far more compe
tently when he takes his first posi
tion,” declared Dr. Robert H. Bruce,
head of the Graduate School. At
the University of Wyoming, the
student signs up for the course in
the department in which he wishes
to teach.
FORTY-SECOND
(Continued from Page 3)
of Clark University. This is a proud
heritage for you students, some
thing that I believe should be an
encouragement to go on to greater
heights to know that you are in a
select group, and to know that this
was your parents’ school.
The purpose of Clark College is
to promote broad and accurate
scholarship and a high type of char
acter. The aim of the College is to
provide a learning situation which
offers to its students through vari
ous types of activities, both general
and specific, an opportunity to de
velop well-balanced integrated per
sonalities.
Clark College provides a learning
situation that is second to none, en
courages natural gifts, and is a
guiding light for the student to
ward an increasing maturity of
outlook and emotional control.
From what I can see and hear
there seems to be evidence to prove
that most students are taking ad
vantage of every opportunity open
and available to them. For exam
ple the Second Generation Clark-
ites, better known as the C. A. K.’s,
have organized themselves into a
group composed of students
whose parents attended Clark. The
organization boasts approximate
ly forty members. The club was or
ganized by Miss Avis Carver and
has set forth many plans for the
coming year. The C. A. K.’s aspire
to be one of the leading canjpus or
ganizations. I
Below you will find a list of the
city students whose parents at
tended Clark: Biss Edward Bell,
Jeanie Gartrell, Bernice Gartrell,
Loawese Jinks, Ethel Marie Jinks,
Ethyl Lee McCree, Janet Mitchell,
Sarah Allen, Avis Carver, Juanita
Coffee, Minnie Dozier, Mary R.
Gray, Ruth Poole, June Gideon,
Clara Howell, Dorothy Wright, and
Andrew J. Allison, Jr. Following
are resident student whose par
ents attended Clark: Thirkeld Cra
vens, Moses Barrett, Harold Bar
rett, Martin Edwards, Simon Ed
wards, Alfred Knox, Deloys Brooks,
Carolyn Godfrey, Sallie Godfrey,
Carolyn Heath, Johnetta Hender
son, Willa Rose Henderson, Ruth
Ann Sims, Isabella Taylor, Hattie
Benton, Theria Felder, Dorothy
Garrison, Carolyn Keller, Bessie
Marchman, Doris Seals, and Alice
La Rose Easley.
the M. A. from Hampton in 1947.
1921
Juanita Bowen is a dressmaker in
Chicago, Illinois.
1910
Alexander Joseph Allen is one of
Clark’s most ardent sons, who is
now a Bishop in the A. M. E.
Church. Since his departure from
Clark he has had a rich religious
life, he has studied at the Yale Uni
versity School of Religion and re
ceived the D. D. degree from Paul
Quin and Wilberforce Colleges and
the LL. B. from Morris Brown Col
lege and Wilberforce University.
’50 Grads Dim
Evanston, Ill. (I.P.) -— Business
and educational leaders believe in
dustry must use more inexperienced
college and university graduates in
lower level jobs to counter the
prospect of a 25 percent decline in
employment possibiilties for June 5.
graduates. Further complicating
the employment picture, industrial
personnel officers say, is the fact
that “too many college graduates
are looking for executive positions,”
which, because of the completion of
postwar expansion programs, are
now filled.
Frank S. Endicott, director of
Northwestern University’s bureau
of placement, said here recently
that a nation-wide survey of 169
large corporations reveals that em
ployment officials are acutely aware
of problems posed by ever-increas
ing college enrollments and a re
duction in job openings. He report
ed that 132 industrial concerns,
which hired 8,321 college men and
women in 1949, expect to take on
only 6,270 graduates in 1950, a de
crease of approximately 25 percent.
Sixty college presidents, deans,
and faculty members from 23
states, who also were queried,
agreed that in the future colleges
must prepare graduates to accept
more of the routine and non-glam-
orous jobs, and work hard for long-
run promotion. They pointed out
that many “blue collar jobs” pay
more than office positions. Both
business and educational leaders
declared that colleges must ac
quaint students with the fact that
there are not enough high-salaried
executive jobs to go around, and
that graduates must be prepared to
accept jobs in lower classifications
at least at the start.
“Business and industry should
make a greater effort to place those
graduates with low ability in rou
tine jobs and provide training for
those of high ability so that they
can progress fairly rapidly,” one
Midwestern college president said.
PHILOSOPHY
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battle for equality seems to be tak
ing a stride to the right, it is more
than important for you to form a
philosophy of life; it is paramount.
Have you a philosophy of life, a
policy of living, a definite way of
looking at issues? If so, are the
issues clearly defined? It may be
necessary for you to decide what,
to you, the issues of life are., This
is one of the chief problems of
life—a problem which is vastly
more important than any, or all
others. What will you do about it?
The hour of your action may be the
crisis of your destiny.
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with
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UNIVERSITY
GRILLE
See “LESTER’
P. s. s.
It’s spring and there is a tend
ency for people, and particularly
students, to be more friendly than
m winter. But there is a small
group of female students who inter
pret this friendliness as a sign of
“freshness” or assume that the
young men who speak to them are
trying to make advances. They
cannot believe that a person is
friendly because simply being
friendly is a good way to have
friends.
These are the members of the “P.
S. S.” They come to college from
the backwoods on Route Zero, and
in an effort to be sophisticated, they
join the best organizations on the
campus. They never forget to re
mind one of their alleged high
status and will always refer to their
“rich uncle” (but not to the alco
holic aunt); or to the “doctor” dad
dy (not to the brother who can’t
sta yout of jail).
And if one of them talks to you
long enough to tell you what she
wants out of life, she always says
that she wants children and the
very best for them. But in order to
get children she must resort to the
same means of propagation as the
“common” people. So in order to
offset this horrible mistake of na
ture in not providing a special
means for the “high class,” she
must find the right kind of man,
that is, one who can give her chil
dren beauty through inheritance,
security through his family’s finan
cial status, and dignity through his
family’s professional position.
The “P. S. S.” can be divided into
two sections or wings: Right wing
—those who grabbed men whom
they thought were good finds at the
beginning of the school year and
have not let go—as yet; Left wing
—those who intended to look the
field over first but now find that all
of the “good” men have been taken
so they ignore the rest.
But being a member of the “P.
S. S.” each will get a man, no weap
ons barred.
So with this “proper” philosophy,
she will become a member of the
“P. S. S.” with as much power as
an older member—say, a senior.
What is ... it? It’s the Pseudo
Sophisticate Society—sisters to the
“Mister Cools.”
Their motto is: “Never smile un
less it is absolutely necessary be
cause it tends to reveal the common
person’s tendency to be friendly be
fore one is aware of another’s
status.”
“P. S. S.” on this campus is quite
small, and that is the way we would
like to keep it. If we ignore women
like them, they will come down to
earth or go where they can find
stronger mutual bonds.
—J. N. Eberhardt.
Chapel Is
Voluntary
ADELPHI COLLEGE
Garden City, N. Y. (I.P.)—The
Faculty and Student Association at
Adelphi College have announced
their approval of the Chapel Com
mittee’s recommendation that chap
el attendance be declared voluntary
on this campus. The recommenda
tion will take effect immediately.
Only six annual assemblies will
remain compulsory. These half-
dozen compulsory chapels are Fall
Convocation, Fall Student Associa
tion Assembly, Spring Convocation,
Student Association Installation,
Alumni Chapel, Senior Chapel. The
senior class and the faculty will be
expected to attend in cap and gown
only at Fall Convocation and Senior
Chapel. Baccalaureate and Com
mencement will also be occasions
for the wearing of academic robes.
Who would you like for the presi
dent of your student government?