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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.