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VOL. VII NOVEMBER, 1950, ATLANTA, GEORGIA No. n We Launch Endowment - Expansion Drive Miss Harriet Junior about to sever the ribbon across the door leading to the new Holmes Hall Dormitory Library on November 12, 1950. Looking on are: Miss Ethel Wat kins, left, Miss Charlemae Rollins, and Dean A. A. McPheeters. PANTHER FROLIC TO December first marked the be ginning of the 1950 Clark College Endowment - Expansion Campaign, with Dr. William H. Hale as chair man of the Expansion-Endowment Committee. The 1950 effort is part of a ten year project to raise $2,500,000. This money is to be used in making Clark College bigger and beter. In an interview with Dr. Hale it was learned that the planned uses of the money raised in the campaign are: (1) Student Schol arships, (2) Endowment to guar antee a more assured income for the College, (3) Construction of a new Health and Physical Educa tion Building, (4) Construction of a new Home Economics Practice Cottage with guest apartments, (5) More adequate housing facili ties for students and faculty. The 1950 goal is $150,000, of which $20,000 is to be raised through the joint efforts of the staff and students. In the 1950 campaign the joint effort of the students and staff produced $15,000. Toward the BE FIRST PROGRAM 1950 student-staff effort, the stu dents are asked to contribute five dollars. In connection with the Endow ment-Expansion Campaign the col lege is presenting on December 14, “The Panther Frolic,” a musical show written and directed by M. Carl Holman and Wayman Carver, both are instructors at Clark. The “Panther Frolic” will be presented in the Atlanta Municipal Auditor ium. For their efforts in the campaign, students are to be awarded the fol lowing prizes: $25.00 to the student raising the largest amount, $15.00 to the student raising the second largest amount, $5.00 to the stu dent raising the third largest amount. The class raising the largest amount, per capita, will be pre sented a trophy, a dinner-dance, and the honor of selecting “Miss United Negro College Fund” of 1950. The commitee on Special Projects estab lished these awards. 32nd Annual Book Week Observed; Holmes Hall Library Opened By Harold Hamilton The 32nd Annual Book Week was observed at Clark College by the opening of a new library in the Merrill J. Holmes Hall on November 12, 1950. Another feature of the Clark observance of the nationally-celebrated week was a Book Fair, also presented in Holmes Hall, on November 11, 1950. These two events were jointly sponsored by the Library Department, under the direction of Mrs. Margaret Hunton, Clark College Librarian; the English Department, under the direction of Dr. Stella Brewer Brookes and an Educa tion Class under Mrs. Pearlie C. Dove. specialty books as yet in the new library. The library 'was dedicated by Harriett Junior and Moses Faison both Clark students. Prior to the opening, Miss Juanita Traylor re lated the story of Book Week. Mrs. Charlemae Rollins, the guest Continued on Page 6, Col. 2 Historians Meet In Atlanta ! For Annual Conference; Woodson Honored Dr. W. S Savage Speaks At Chapel Hour Dr. W. S. Savage of Lincoln University (Mo.) visited the Clark College morning assembly on Oc tober 25th. Dr. Savage commented The new library, in the reading Athens, Georgia, there are 130 briefly on “The Negro in the West- room of Holmes Hall, the ultra- books in the new library. Atlanta ern Movement.” Dr. Savage is an modern women’s library, is the first d^hy newspapers and periodicals authority on that subject and he dormitory library on the campus. be supplied through the Li- interestingly enlightened the stu- Its use is not restricted to Holmes brary Department of the College, dents on the Negro’s part in ject, “Carter G. Woodson Among s *' a *- e< ^ that “We are living in The annual convention of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History met in Atlanta recently for the purpose of revealing the facts it had brought to light con cerning Negro progress and achievement. Mayor William B. Hartsfield welcomed the delegates at the first session of the conference held in Sisters Chapel, Spelman College, on Friday morning, October 27, 1950. The Mayor expressed his hope that the Association would con tinue to carry out its objective of searching for and exposing the truth of Negro life and history. Said he, “It is unwise for the United States to cry out for democracy in Asia and lose it in Georgia.” Dr. Charles Wesley, President of ment He was discoverer, organ- Wilberforce State College, ad- ln Dava S e Auditorium, Clark Col- dressed the first session on the sub- e ^ e * *his session Dr. Bethune Hall residents, but it is for all fe- At present most of the books are frontier life. Scholars,” honoring the associa- new with new opportunities male students, however, plans are novels. Other than a collection of Dr. Savage was here attending tion’s founder. Dr. Wesley ap- lz ® r ’ an< * fighter for truth. He was under way for the installation of the works of Frank Yerby and a the recent Historians convention praised Woodson by stating that a distinguished scholar in his gen- libraries in Merner, Pfeiffer, and set of encyclopedias, there are no held in this city. “He was a builder of his own move- eratl0n - Beckwith Street residences. In charge of the library will be representatives from the sororities, one representative taking charge each month. There will be no set hours for the library to be open and the “open shelf” system whereby a student may withdraw books by signing a withdrawal slip posted in the library for this purpose. Including a donation of thirty books by Mrs. Mayme Rayburne, Alumni Pledges $25,000 In cooperation with the expan sion and endowment campaign of 1950-51, the Clark College Alumni officers, at a recent luncheon, pledged $25,000. This campaign is being sponsored to enlarge our endowment, im prove facilities and faculty, and to meet current obligations. The challenge to support this campaign, to the more than 2,500 p ro j egsor j Sweat, instructor of History at Clark College, addressing the afternoon session of the graduates, former students and annua ] convention of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History held in Davage Audi- friends must be met in order for torium on Monday, October 30th, 1950. Professor Sweat is shown delivering a critique of an address by Clark to remain a leader among General Alvin C. Gillem (Army, retired) made earlier at another session. General Gillem is seated at the our higher institutions of learning. far right. In the absence of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, who arrived later, her speech, “The Torch Is Ours,” was read by Dr. Rayford W. Logan. Dr. Bethune is president of the Association. The afternoon session was held and advantages, and we must bring ourselves to realize our individual responsibilities to help make this a world full of peace, prosperity, brotherhood, fellowship, economic security, and freedom—real free dom, going down to the grass roots and giving the most humble to us the things that bring security in years to come.” This speech by Dr. Bethune was the impetus for the series of discussions which fol lowed. At the session held at Clark College Professor E. J. Sweat de livered a critique of a speech made earlier by General Alvin C. Gillem (Army, retired). Other speakers were: Dr. W. Sherman Savage, Lincoln University; Dr. Bell I. Wiley, Emory University, and Dr. Charles H. Wesley, president of Wilberforce State College. Miss Gwendolyn Brooks, first Negro woman to win the Pulitzer Prize, was honored at a luncheon held in the Atlanta University Dining Hall on Friday, October 27. Miss Brooks commented on and Continued on Page 6, Col. 5