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( I ARK PANiHER, OCTOBER 13,1951, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
RELIGIOUS
ACTIVITIES
LISTED
The Office of Religious Life and
Activities opened the year’s Sun
day religious services with an ad
dress by President James P. Braw-
ley on September 23. Rev. S. Marion
Weeks, Director of Religious Life
spoke on September 30.
For October, the office has an
nounced the following vesper speak
ers: October 7—Dr. Charles B.
Copher, Chairman, Old Testament
Department, Gammon Theological
Seminary; October 14—Rev. Thom
as G. Blue, Pastor, Providence Bap
tist Church, Atlanta; October 21—
Rev. Sam Laird, Director of Relig
ious Life, Emory University, Atl
anta; and October 28—Rev. E. W.
McMillan, Pastor Warren Metho
dist Church, Atlanta.
NEW FACULTY MEMBERS
SINCLAIR V. JETER
Sinclair Jeter, New York, City
succeeds P. G. King as Business
Manager at Clark College,
Atlanta, Georgia
JOHN W. HARRIS
John W. Harris, Petersburg, Va.;
Assistant to the Business Manager,
who will also instruct Typing and
Shorthand
MISS ANNE MERRITT
Miss Anne Merritt, Lynch Station,
Va., will teach in the Home
Economics Department.
Religious Life
Authors Text
A panel discussion on the signi
ficance of “The Student Views Re
ligion”, recently released publica
tion by Rev. S. Marion Weeks, Di
rector of Religious Life at Clark Col
lege, formally' introduced the emi
nently readable volume to the
Clark faculty and students and to
the University Center.
The panel was sponsored by the
Philoi Club—a group of Student'S
majoring in Religious Education,
and for whom Professor Weeks
serves as adviser.
Philoi President Jonathan Jack-
son, who moderated the program,
described the book as clear in style,
consistent in approach, and intelli
gently written. “It establishes it
self,” Jackson commented, “as solid
and valuable and rarely loses its
target—to make students aware of
the relationship of religion to mod
ern life.”
Carter Lowe named the audience
to which the book was addressed:
college students and general read-
Director
ers—and described how units of
the text could help students solve
some of the problems which college
life inevitably brings, and at the
same time help them develop a
philosophy of life.
Pre-marital sex relations, a unit
of the edition, was explored fully
and frankly by Walter Willis. Mr.
Weeks’ treatment of the Christian
Church and segregation was ampli
fied by Clifford Ferguson who
pointed out that the Christian
church had not only practiced segre
gation, but cont ibuted to its per
petuation.
Following the panel, the club en
tertained the author at a tea in
Pfeiffer Hall lounge where he auto
graphed copies of the book for stu
dents and faculty.
Author Weeks, Clark, Gammon
and Boston University educated, has
been in his present position since
1949. This volume, his first, reflects
his experiences as a minister and
teacher.
JAPANESE PEACE TREATY
AIRED . . .
HISTORY STUDENTS ON PANEL •
Students at Clark College in Atlanta, Georgia had the sig
nificance of the Japanese Peace Treaty explained to them by a
panel of social science students moderated by Mr. Edward F.
Sweat, Professor of American History and Government.
Juanita Marshall gave a brief sketch of early Japanese his
tory, especially emphasizing Japan’s theory and system of
government, and the prevailing Shinto religion.
JStSfli
The history of Japanese-American relations, and Japan’s
alliance with the Axis during World War II were traced by
Professor Sweat.
Events leading to the inception of the treaty, its provisions
and its scope, as well as its objectionable features to coopera
ting allied nations were explained by Harriet Junior.
m
Cross panel and audience participation revealed some of the
salient points of the treaty about which students held ques
tions, and at the same time increased their knowledge of and
respect for it.
STUDENT COUNCIL, Continued from Page One
Following the address by the of a lofty character as over and
Student Council President, Dr. J. above other goals which he listed
J. Dennis introduced Mr. Ralph C. as, health, education, pleasure,
Robinson, an alumnus of the college, wealth, and home. As a closing
who spoke concerning the qualities thought Mr. Robinson stated that
which he considered essential to “The dominating factors of a man’s
successful living. Mr. Robinsoi life should be the eternal principles
stressed the need for the formation of God.”
DR. BROOKES
Honored By
M. Twain Society
Dr. Stella B. Brookes, Professor
of English at Clark College, At
lanta, Georgia, has been elected to
honorary membership in the Inter
national Mark Twain Society and
has received the Society’s merit of
award. This honor, conferred in
recognition of outstanding literary
contributions, has come to Dr.
Brookes in recognition of the worth
of her year old book, “Joel Chandler
Harris, Folklorist”, released by the
University of Georgia Press.
The Society’s honorary member
ship includes such distinguished
writers as Eugene O’Neill, T. S.
Eliot, Robert Frost and Edna Fer-
ber, and is headed by Cyril Clemens,
relative of Mark Twain.
Dr. Brookes book has been the
subject of much favorable comment.
“The Yale Review” listed it as one
of the notable books of 1950. “The
Saturday Review of Literature”,
“Journal of American Folklore”,
“American Literature”, “The New
York Folklore Quarterly”, “Eng
lish Journal”, and “North Carolina
Historical Review” are among the
scholarly journals which commented
upon its worth. Newspaper reviews
have appeared in “The New York
Times”, “The St. Louis Post-Dis
patch”, “The New York Herald-
Tribune”, “The Los Angeles Times”,
“The Washington Post”, “The At
lanta Journal-Constitution”, “The
Houston Post”, “The New Or
leans Times-Picayune”, “The Austin
American-Statesman”, and other
prominent newspapers.
Back the Panthers
PUBLIC
RELATIONS
DEFINED
A succinct definitioh of public re
lations and publicity was given stu
dents in assembly at Clark College
recently by Dr. J. F. Summersette,
Director of Publicity at the College.
On the same program appeared
Harold Hamilton, ’52, editor of “The
Clark Panther”, student campus
newspaper.
Dr. Summersette’ defined educa
tional public relatiShs as “any act,
word, or situation that influences
people.” Publicity, he called “plac
ing before the various publics a bal
anced presentation of a college’s of
ferings and activities.”
While he indicated that, under
this broad definition of public re
lations, all people connected with
an educational institution are in
cluded in public relations, he named
the most important publics of a col
lege (including students, faculty,
alumni, cooperating colleges, do
nors, and employers of graduates).
Suggestions for more active parti
cipation in the total public relations
program, and a description of the
operation of the College Depart
ment of Publicity concluded the
Publicity Director’s remarks.
The policy and organization of
“The Panther” wtere explained by
Harold Hamilton who, at the same
time, requested cooperation from
the student body in making the
school newspaper a successful one.
BUTLER
SPEAKS
By Washington Butler
A major problem facing the
Clark student body since my arrival
as a freshman two years ago is the
publishing of a regular monthly
student newspaper. This problem
has been resolved with little suc
cess, though it has been the subject
of discussion many times.
We have seen student council
remedies fail to arouse interest in
publishing THE PANTHER, though
its eiforts have been rather con
stant. There have been certain in
terested students who have devoted,
without obligation, their time in the
interest of the Panther; still there
is very slight improvement. Still
others have contributed essays as
material for the paper. Yet, we
cannot see any great improvement.
The question that would logically
follow would be: Why then, with
student contributions, has THE
PANTHER failed to improve? Be
fore answering the question let us
first define the issues. What, speci
fically, is the problem? First, stu
dents have not contributed enough
material; second, a functioning
staff has not been organized in the
PAGE THREE
Home Economics
Department
Entertains
Mary Smith, of Rome, Ga., Son-
dra Shepherd and Mrs. Rosa Smith
of Atlanta, poured hot chocolate for
more than one hundred and fifty
guests who attended the annual
open house of the Home Economics
Department at Clark College Sun
day evening, September 30, at 6:30,
Held in Thayer Hall, the “Choco
late Sip” has become one of the
most anticipated programs of the
Home Economics Department of
which Mrs. Flora G. Davis is Chair
man, assisted by Miss Ann Merritt
who recently joined the staff.
This informal “get-together”, the
result of much planning and atten
tion, is staged to emphasize the de
partment’s interest in the social and
cultural welfare of the College’s
students.
The service was prepared by An
na Butler, Ethel McCree, Nina Mor
row and Evelyn Bums. Guests were
shown displays of food and cloth
ing and introduced to the functions
of the department by hostesses Ella
Derricotte, Martha Lee, Virginia
Tucker, Dorothy Holcombe, Willie
M. Knowles, and Ruby Davis. Mary
Wilder and Delores Arnold were in
charge of the guest book.
past. The result of a lack of contri
butions by students and malfunc
tioning on the part of PANTHER
staffs of the past has been irregu
lar publication of the PANTHER
and an insufficient number of
articles of interest. Now that the
issues have been defined we can
propose a solution—if that is nec
essary.
Students should think seriously
about contributing articles to the
Panther and of the perfection of
our student newspaper.
It is not necessary to be inter
ested in journalism to work on a
student newspaper staff; it is the
initiative and the cooperation
which counts.
If this article has aroused your
interest, contact the editor of THE
PANTHER and make him aware
that you are interested. Work hard
to make THE PANTHER an ideal
student publication.
PARTY ORGANIZATIONS
The Liberal Party, whose pres-
identical nominee won the last Stu
dent Council election, has new plans
in the making. The new plans call
for activitiy throughout the year. In
the past it has been the custom of
both parties to function only at elec
tion time and remain dormant until
the next election time. This “year-
round” activity is intended to stim
ulate so that more interest wil be
taken in the affairs of the college.
There has been no report of the
plans of the defeated People’s
Party—the only opposition to Lib
eral Party in the last election.
Welcome
From Alphas
Welcome Freshmen!
We of Alpha Phi Alpha wish for
you a most pleasant stay With us
here at Clark.
It is our sincere hope that you
shall not become lax, once you have
become familiar with college life,
and succumb to the temptations of
students who waste time and have
no destiny other than failure and
frustration.
You have come here in awe and
innocence. This is proper, for therq
are those personalities here at Clark
who wish to give you the tools and
basic material, for you to develop
under their guidance into men and
women who are good citizens in
the community.