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The Clark Panther VOL. VII CLARK PANTHERS, MARCH 19, 1951, ATLANTA, GEORGIA No. IV Students Replace Faculty on Senior Day Administrators, teachers, and ntaff members at Clark College made way for an enthusiastic and carefully-selected corps of substi tutes on Friday, February 23, as the Senior Class of the college took over classrooms and offices in cele bration of Senior Day. Inaugu rating what they hope to see estab lished as a tradition at the college, “Miss U. N. C. F. w By John L. White In a recent interview with Miss Emma Johnson, she had the fol lowing statement to make concern ing her selection as “Miss United Negro College Fund” for the year 1950-51. “I consider it a real honor to reign as Miss U.N.C.F. for the school year 1950-51. I am very humble and greatly appreciative to the senior class and its sponsors for the wholehearted support in the competitive campus campaign.” The U.N.C.F. is an organization which helps support thirty-three privately owned Negro Colleges. Miss Johnson is a native of West Point, Georgia, a senior with a ma jor in Home Economics and a min or in Secondary Education. She is a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Alpha Kap pa Mu Honor Society, Y.W.C.A., N.A.A.C.P., President of the Home Economics Club and an active mem ber of the church school. During the first semester she was chosen as one of the ten top rank ing Clark young ladies,—“Miss Personality”—student with best personality. the Class of 1951 planned and ex ecuted activities which embraced every phase of the school day. Senior Day activities began at 7:30 a. m. when the seniors had breakfast in the college dining hall. After breakfast the newly-created faculty and staff took their places behind the desks in buildings all over the campus to begin their 24- hour stint of teaching and counsel ling their fellow-seniors and the lower classmen. The morning as sembly featured a skit called “The Best Years of Our Lives,” a comic review of the four years the class has spent at the college, written by Senior Lillian Graves of New Ro chelle, New York. The program concluded with the singing of the Class Song, lyrics by Miss Graves, music by Gerald Johnson, Pulaski, Virginia, and Rodney Reed, New Orleans, Louisiana. President of the college for Senior Day was William Breeding of Birmingham, Alabama, who re linquished his post as Student Council head for the day; Dean of the college for the day for Horace Scott, of Atlanta; Registrar was John L. White, of Philadelphia, Pa.; Dean of Women was Malinda McDonald, Pickens, S. C. Dean of Men was Reverend Edward Hinton of Villa Rica, Georgia. Clark’s first new-style Senior Day was planned by a committee headed by Senior Myrtha Williams of Atlanta. Other members of the committee were Alma Bryant, Philadelp’ma; Marian Brown, Bev erly Hills, California, Alfonza Gog- gins, Gadsden, Alabama, Gerald Johnson, and Lillian Graves. Fac ulty advisors were Mrs. Phoebe F. Burney, Dean of Women, and Class Sponsor Edward F. Sweat, Profes sor of History. DID YOU KNOW . . . Clark Col lege is rated by the Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools of the Southern States as a standard four-year college, Class A. The rec ognition given Clark by the State Departments of Education of Geor gia, Texas, North Carolina, Flor ida, other Southern states, and the American Medical Association, en titles Clark graduates to Profes sional Teachers certificates and the right to teach in the public schools of those states without examina tions. President Brawley addresses the student body at Founder’s Day program. Dr. Alva I. Cox seated, principal speaker is flanked on his right by Dean Phoebe Burney, Rev. L. Scott Allen, and Dr. D. H. Stanton of the Clark Board of Trustees. On his left by Dean A. A. Mc- Pheeters and Dr. H. V. Richardson. 82nd FOUNDERS DAY OBSERVED AT CLARK Dr. Alvin I. Cox At Chapel Exercises President James P. Brawley was featured on a broadcast over Sta tion WERD on Wednesday morn ing, February 28th, as the begin ning of the eighty-second observ ance of Clark Colege’s Founder’s Day. After tracing the history of Clark since its Methodist-supported in ception in 1869, the president re lated briefly the progress of the Clark Endowment and Expansion Campaign begun in 1948 and dis cussed the future program of the college. A concert group drawn from the Philharmonic Society under the di rection of Dr. J. De Koven Kilings- worth rendered several selections on the broadcast. At 11 a. m. highlighting the Founder’s Day Program in Davage Auditorium, an address was deliv ered by Dr. Alva I. Cox, Executive Secretary of the Board of Educa tion, Northeast Ohio Conference of the Methodist Church, Akron, Ohio. Dr. Cox stated that it is a para doxical age in which we live; science has lengthened the average life span to seventy years, yet more people have died in the last thirty years through wars than in the preceding 800 years. America, Dr. Cox continued, has produced enough food to feed almost the en tire population of the world, yet more people are starving than in any other time in the history of the world. He summed up the paradox by asserting that the last seventy- five years have featured more progress and more destruction than any other period in the world’s his tory. Equally disturbing, declared Dr. Cox, are the weaknesses which may be discerned in education in Amer ica. “We cannot believe that educa tion is foremost in America when we see the deplorable conditions existing in the various educational systems in this country. Religion and science also are failing to fos ter the cause of ideal relations among men." Dr. Cox concluded by challenging students everywhere to prove them selves the salvation of humanity by becoming liberal minded thinkers and doing their utmost to “bind up the wounds of the world.” Greetings from the students, faculty, alumni, supporting Metho dist Conferences, and Board of Trustees were accepted by Dr. James P. Brawley during the Dav age Auditorium program. The Philharmonic Society ren dered “A Mighty Fortress is Our God,” “Lest We Forget,” and “Wade in the Water.” March 26-28 Mid-Semester Exams During the second semester of her Junior year she was chosen by the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority as —“Coed of the Year in Citizenship.” Also in her Junior year in the April edition of the “Panther” she was chosen “Student of the Month.” At the end of the first semester of her junior year she was the only Clarkite that maintained a straight A average. She has maintained a little more than a B (2.5) average during her entire stay here at Clark. For her junior and senior years she has had a National Methodist Scholarship which pays all her tuition and fees. She wps chosen recently by the senior class as one of the ten top ranking seniors. Around the campus, the students are greeted with her captivating smile and dynamic personality. We, of the senior class, are proud to have such a distinguished person among o.ur fold; our hats are off to you, Miss U.N.C.F. Rev. Earnest Smith Here For Religious Emphasis Week The Reverend Ernest A. Smith, of Austin, Texas, came to Atlanta on March 6 to lead what resulted in an exceptionally rewarding Re ligious Emphasis Week program at Clark College. Assisting Reverend Smith in this program was a group of ministers and laymen from the Atlanta community, as well as Clark faculty members and stu dents who shared in the four-day series and participated as resource persons and discussants. Reverend Smith, a graduate of Rush College, and of Oberlin, where he received the M.A. degree, is Executive Sec retary of the West Texas Confer ence Board of Education. Among the local representatives who assisted him were the Rever end M. L. King, pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, Mrs. Eva Parks, and the Reverend M. J. Jones, Ex ecutive Secretary, Boards of Edu cation, the Central Alabama and Atlanta Conferences. Dr. C. B. Copher, Professor of Old Testament History and Literature at Gammon Theological Seminary, and Rever end S. Marion Weeks, Director of Religious Life, served as resource persons. The schedule for the series in cluded group meetings, lectures and conferences on Tuesday, Wednes day, and Thursday, a recreation period on Thursday and daily medi tation periods with the college or ganist, Miss LaVeme Gaither, at the console, and general assembly Friday night, March 9, at which time problems submitted through the special question boxes were discussed. The theme of the 1951 Religious Emphasis Week was, “Living These Days with God.” N. Y. Alumni Gives $500.00 To Campaign First of the Clark College Alumni clubs to make a sub stantial contribution to the $25,000 pledge made by the Na tional Alumni group is the New York Clark Club which has presented President James P. Brawley with a check for $500. Mrs. Anna White Robinson of Atlanta, National President of the Clark College Alumni Association who made the an nouncement also stated that other Clark clubs throughout the country are moving ahead with plans to meet their pledges by March 15th, deadline set to designate the end of the cur rent expansion drive. The New York Club, which is headed by Mr. Marvin N. Riley, director of the Harlem Boy’s Club, is one of the oldest and strongest of the Clark alumni groups. Along with At lanta, Chattanooga, Chicago, and Detroit clubs, the New York Club annually has given scholarships and awards to promising students in addition to contributions such as those represented by the $500 gift.