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CLARK PANTHER, MAT 21, 1952, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
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Fifth Annual Festival of
Music and Art Great Success
With well-executed programs, the Fifth Annual Festival of
Music and Arts was a great success featuring ‘the college
band, a morning musicale, a pageant of living masterpieces,
a monologists character sketches, and an opera entitled “Trial
by Jury.”
The four-day festival of Music and
Arts began auspiciously on April 17
with a concert by the versatile col
lege band under the direction of
bandmaster Wayman Carver. High
lighting the concert of classics and
semi-classics were Tchaikovsky’s
“Marche Slave”; Anderson’s “Syn
copated C^pck”; Bennet’s “Broad
cast from Brazil”, a trumpet solo,
Vidal’s “Concertino”, toy Mason
Johnson; a bass solo by Burtram
Davis; a slim trombone novelty; a
7 %
baton-twirling demonstration by
Marjorie Alexander; and an Easter
parade fashion display. Also feat
ured on the program was a male
quartette with Wallace Hartsfield,
Alvin Turner, Walter Willis, and
Charles Ross singing a group ol se
lected numbers.
Organist Laverne Gaither opened
the morning musicale on April 18,
followed by the Male Glee Club,
(under the direction of Miss Ollie B.
Brown;) Mason Johnson and Wilson
Bostic in a trumpet duio accompan
ied by Julius Wimiby; the Women’s
Ensemble directed by Miss Ollie
Brown; and the Creative Dance
Group directed by Miss Rogermae
Johnson and accompanied by Rob
ert Thmas. Highlighting the musi
cale was a solo contest featuring five
high school students—four Georgi
ans and one Floridian. The partici
pants were Franklin McCord, bass,
from Cairo, Ga.; Jimmie Brown,
tenor, from Bradenton, Fla.; Lillian
Mitchell, soprano, of Booker T.
Washington High School, Atanta;
Theodore Jones of Columbus, Ga.;
and Luther Stripling, baritone .from
Avondale Negro High School, Avon
dale Estates, Ga. All received niusi
cal scholarships to Clark and were
very cordially received by the Clark
family.
A pageant of Living Masterpieces
inspired by the paintings of Rubens,
Poussin, da Vinci, Gainsborough,
Whistler, Rembrandt and Vermeer,
and portrayed by a group of selected
students, was presented on Friday
evening.
Mr. Arthur D. Sherrod, art in
structor, directed the following por
trayals: Whistler’s “Portrait of My
Mother”; Rembrandt’s “Supper at
Emmaus”; Murillo’s “Immaculate
Conception”; Ruben’s “Lot and His
Family Leaving Sodom”; Gains
borough’s “Blue Boy”; Poussin’s
“Shepherds of Arcady”; Vermeer’s
“Young Woman With a Water-Jug”;
and; da Vinci’s “Last Supper.”
Cornelia Stabler, monologist, pre
sented a program of Original Char
acter Sketches on Saturday evening,
April 19. The noted artist, who is
the author as well as the interpreter
of her monologues of veritable pic
tures of people one meets everyday,
presented sketches of “Showing the
Home Movies”; Grandma and Sears
Roebuck”; “After the Ball”; Grace
and Poise”; and the “Gourd Enthus
iast” which were appreciatively re
ceived by the audience.
In beautiful and colorful costumes,
the Philharmonic Society climaxed
the four-day Festival of Mtusic and
Arts with a superb performance of
Gilbert and Sullivan's one-act
Opera “Trial by Jury.”
The cast of fifty or more students
delighted the audience in the 45-
minute opera about a breach of
promise suit which ends with the
judge marrying the plaintiff.
Final Exams
May 26-30
Collage Band
Presented In
Spring Concert
More than forty musicians partici
pated in the Clark College Band’s
Annual Spring Concer recently in
Davage Auditorium. Directed by
Bandmaster Wayman A. Carver, the
aggregation played a program of
classical and semi-classical selec
tions before a sapacity crowd.
The program included the follow
ing selections: “Invincible Fidelity”
by Albert Fradeneck; Orlando Pal-
andrino” by Joseph Haydn; “Fin
landia” by Jean Sibelius; a clarinet
solo—“Rhapsody in G Minor” by
Endresen, featuring Marshall Smith
as soloist; “Excerpts from Faust” by
Gounod-Hayes; Marche Slave by P.
Tschaikovsky; “Silver Jubilee” by
Albert Fradeneck; a saxophone so
lo, “Prelude to a Mood” by Paisner,
featuring Rufus Tucker as soloist;
“Zigeuner” by Noel Coward; “The
Syncopated Clock” by Leroy Ander
son, and “Brodcast from Brazil” by
David Bennet. ^
Also featured on the program was
a Male Quartette which sang two se
lections. Members of this quartette
were: Walter Willis, Wallace Harts
field, Charles Ross, and Alvin Turn
er. |
Seven of the band members: Wil
son Bostic, Avis Carver. Joseph
Chambers, Mason Johnson, Ivan
Roper, Marshall Smith, and Rufus
Tucker are candidates for gradua
tion, and appeared in their final
Spring Concert.
To augment the group, four form
er band members took part in the
concert. They were: Phonecia Mor
ris, ’50, who is now with the Eng
lish Avenue School Band; Borah
Walton, ’49, who is beginning with
the band at Turner High School;
Thomas Howard, ’50, who is direc
tor of Carver High School’s band;
and Nina Lester, ’49.
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Clark Seniors In
Joint Recital
Appearing on the final joint sen
ior recital were Alvin Turner and
Mason Johnson, who were presented
in a piano \ and trumpet recital by
the Music Department on Sunday
evening, April 6 in Davage Audi
torium.
Alvin Turner of Atlanta, played
selections by Bach, Paradies, Mo
zart, Leschetizky, Schumann and
Mowry. He is an honor student and
member of the Philharmonic So
ciety.
Mason Johnson presented selec
tions by Chopin and Debussey on
the piano, and selections by Delmas,
Fitzgerald, Saint-Saens, Bizet, and
Vidal on the trumpet, Johnson, also
of Atlanta, is a member of toe
Clark band
Both artists presented their selec
tions very well and were cordially
received by the audience. They were
accompanied at the piano by Mrs.
Marion E. Sykes.
U. N, C. F.
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Through friendly class rivalry and
generous other contributions, Clark
reached its goal of $25001' Walter
Willis is president of the sophomore
class, and Mrs. Carolyn Chandler
and, Professor J. J. Green were were
Dramatics
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Superlatives Listed
At a costume party held on April
26 in the Thayer HaU Recreational
room, toe Clark Playhouse superla
tives were chosen for the past year.
The selectees were voted upon by
students dressed in elaborate cos
tumes who were invited to the gala
affair. Those selected were: Andrea
Thompson, best female upperclass
man actress; Maurice Thompson,
best male upperclassman actor;
Claretha McAlpin, "tfest female
freshman actress; Aaron Favors,
best male freshman actor; and
Simon Edwards, best all-around for
stage management. Also cited were
Joe Morgan, Charles Teamer, and
Alfonza Goggins, for their service
as lighting technicians.
The group was entertained at in
termission by Marjorie Alexander
and Walter Cook, who performed a
•hot" dance number; Marjorie Alex
ander, who sang; Herman Wilson,
the campus clown, who presented
some timely jokes; and Miss Roger
mae Johnson with creative dancing,
accompanied on the drum by
Michael Olatunji.
The following were awarded
prizes for the best costumes: Miss
Rogermae Johnson, for the best
costume; Andrea Thompson, for toe
prettiest; Joe Morgan, for the ugli
est; and William Daniels, for the sil
liest.
Miss Esther Jackson, director of
dramatics, -is advisor of toe Dramat
ics Club,
Gibbs High Choir Presented
In Chapel Program
Band In Mother's
Day Concert
By JOSEPH P. CHAMBERS
In its final appearance of the sea
son, the Clark College Concert Band
presented a Mother’s Day program
at Gainesville, Ga. on Sunday, May
11. This was the Band’s second con
cert at Gainesville, and it is my pre
diction that it will become an an
nual affair.
With a well-organized program,
toe Band played toe following selec
tions: “Adoramus Te” by Palestr-
ino; “Excerpts from Faust” arrang
ed by A1 Hayes; “Marche Slave” by
Tchaikovsky; “Broadcast from Bra
zil” and “Syncopated Clock”, which
concluded toe program.
From the audience’s reaction, 1
think that this was one of the best
concerts ever presented by toe band.
The audience, with a terrific re
sponse, accepted us cordially. All
of the credit goes to our director,
Mr. Wayman A. Carver, who is the
one who has worked hardest to
Women's Glee Club
Appears In Recital
Under toe direction of Miss Ollie
Brown, the Women’s Glee Club ap
peared in recital on May 11 in Dav
age Auditorium at 7:45 p. m, In
this, toe final phase of the series of
musical activities on the Sunday
Evening Cultural Hour, the En
semble had as their guests toe Men's
Ensemble, also under toe direction
of Miss Brown.
More than thirty young women
sang the following- selections: “Ves
pers” by Leoni; “Peace I Leave With
You” by Roberts; “I Heard A For
est Praying” by DeRose; “Now The
Day Is Over” by Barnby; “Chinese
Lullahye” by Bowers; “When
Through The Night” by Liszt, with
Miss Theodosia Jackson as guest so
loist ; “Little Red Shoes" by Ivano-
vici; and “The New Moon” by Price.
The Male Chorus, performing in
the second group, sang “Pilgrim’s
Chorus” from Tannhauiser by Wag
ner; “My Creed” by Garrett; “Play
Gypsies-Dance Gypsies” by Kalman;
and “The Way You Look Tonight”
iby Jerome Kern.
In the third group, “Grateful O
Lord, Am I” by Roma was sung by
a duet, Carolyn Ware, and Con
stance Gay; a trio Constance Gay,
Carolyn Ware, and Glenna Flour
noy, sang “Desert Song” by Sigmund
Romberg; and a quartette, Walter
Willis, Ernest Pharr, Horace Laster
and Edwin Pratt, sang “Sylvia” by
Speaks.
The Women’s Glee Club was ac
companied by Bernice Winston and
the Men’s Ensemble was accompan
ied by Robert Thomas,
Ninety-eight
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Ala.; Dorothy Lucille Hoppins, At
lanta; Doris Johnson, Richmond,
Texas; Mason Phillip Johnson, At
lanta; Mildred Beatrice Jones, Co
lumbus, Ga.; Retice Hazel Jones,
Alapaha, Ga.; Theresa Quistnor
Jones, Suffolk, Va.; Harriett Rose
Junior, Waycross, Ga.; Beatrice Lo
retta Lee, New Rochelle, N. Y.; Ben
jamin Lloyd, Waycross, Ga.; Vera
Marie Longshore, Atlanta; Bennie
O’Neal Lowe, Thomaston, Ga.; Rosa-
lyn Mangham, Griffin, Ga.; Juanita
Marshall, Atlanta; Frances Lorraine
McGuire, Chattanooga, Term.; Har-
“There will never be another
chapel program like it!” Man! They
were good.”, “Stupendous!” Colos
sal!” t
These were the words of Clark
chapel-goers as they filed out of
chapel bn May 2 after hearing the
Se. Cecilia Choir of Gibbs High
School, St. Petersburg, Fla.
The 40-voice choir, under toe di
rection of Mr. B. A. Ponder, who is
an instructor in toe Social Science
Department at Gibbs High School,
sang “Sanctus”, “Listen to the
Lambs”, and ‘“Praise Ye the Lord”
song. A quartette under the diree-
as they opened their symphony of
tion of Mr. Ralph James, also splen
didly rendered “Pale Moon”, “All
through the Night”, “Let Us Break
Bread Together”, and a novelty,
“Tra La La La.” The choir conclud
ed the program with “I’ve Got Ry-
thmn” and “Battle Hymn of the re
public.”
Many of the students praised
Clark highly. One such student
said, ‘1 think your campus is beauti-
snd T like it very much especially
the beautiful women. Everyone has
treated us nicely.” Many of these
students have high aspirations of
coming to Clark in September. The
quartette, in which all members are
seniors, have high aspirations for
becoming Clarkites. They were im
pressed very much by our campus
and the hospitality that they receiv
ed,
During their stay in Atlanta, the
well-balanced choir made a record
ing at radio station WERD, and sang
for the employees of the Atlanta
Life Insurance Company.
From Clark, the students traveled
to Valdosta, Ga-; Jacksonville, Fla.;
St. Augustine, Fla.; Daytona Beach,
Fla.; and back home to St. Peters
burg for final examinations.
They were very cordially^eceived
by the members of toe Clark family
in what was, perhaps, toe best chap
el program of the year.
The group was accompanied fay
Mrs. Edwia Graham, Supervisor of
Music at St. Petersburg, and Mrs.
Leggett who acted as chaperone!
during their extensive tour of Geor
gia and Florida. »
ville, Ala.; and Edna Ruth Wright,
Marietta, Ga.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
make our band second to none.
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This was toe last concert in which
other seniors and I will take part as
members of the Clark College Band.
It is sincerely hoped that the band
will continue to do superb work as
has been done during our sojourn
here. We senior members of the
band have truly enjoyed working
with Mr, Carver and the other mem
bers,
Freshman Week
Sept. 16-21
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their hard-working sponsors.
The U. N. C. F. is an organization
which helps support thirty-three
privately-owned Negro colleges.
The national goal was set at $1,500,-
000. The Central Student Commit
tee members of this driv were Ed
win Pratt, Martha Lee, Walter Wil
lis, Clifford Ferguson, Willie Maude
Knowles, Robert Knox and Nathan
iel Thomas,
Morris Ogletree, Glassboro, N. J.;
Barbara Joan Oliver, Ben Hill, Ga.;
Eva Elise Palmer, Atlanta; Forrest
Bernard Patterson, Pittsburgh, Pa.;
Edna Harvenia Price, Fayetteville,
Ga.; Bertha Lee Quarterman, At
lanta; William t Reese, Atlanta;
Reuben McKennely Simmons, Ft
Lauderdale, \ Fla.; Marshall Joe
Smith, Gastonia, N. C.; Sylvia Smith,
Monroe, Ga.; Mary Elois Staley, O-
cala, Fla.; David Luther Stanley,
Athens, Ala.; Doris Christine Stroz-
ier, Greenville, Ga.; Nathaniel
Thomas, Jacksonville, Fla.; Vienna
Lula Thorn, Atlanta; Ruth Rosalind
Thornton, Atlanta; Rufus Felton
Tucker, Atlanta; Alvin Turner, At
lanta; Eleanor Sylvia Turner, Atlan
ta; Rose Ophelia Ward, Atlanta;
Richard Washington, Atlanta; Fan
nie Mae Watson, Carteret, N. J.;
Herbert Wellons, Tampa, Fla.; Will
iam Reid Wilkes, Atlanta; Clarence
Williams, SL Petersburg, Fla.;
Earthem Herman Wilson, St, Peters
burg, Fla,; Alice Louisa Wood, New-
Thirkield Ellis Cravens, Chatta
nooga, Tenn.; Simon Austin Ed
wards, Hawkins, Texas; Dorothy
Palestine Garrison, Athens, Ga.;
Ruth Hastings, Griffin, Ga.; Warner
Hudson, Atlanta; Charles Ellis Jack-
son, Tampa, Fla.; Bobby Alexander
Kirby, Atlanta; Willie Theo Neal,
Altamonte Springs, Fla.; Arthur
Perry, Columbus, Ga.; Ivan Joseph
Roper, New York, N. Y.; Lloyd
Clover Smith, Atlanta; Eunice
Rufus Wilson, II, Atlanta.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE
IN HOME ECONOMICS
Arica Arnold, Newnan, Ga.; Eve
lyn Rosalia Burns, Atlanta; Adiel
Cantrell, Atlanta; Ella Derricotte,
Atlanta; Helen Odessa Dixon, Jones-
Euzera Thorne, Sanford, Fla,; and
boro, Ga.; Constance Marie Fields,
Montezuma, Ga.; Mary Lynne Gay,
Dalton, Ga.; Willie Maude Knowles,
Atlanta; and Mary Ann Wilder, At
lanta.