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CLARK PANTHER, OCTOBER 28, 1952, ATLANTA, GEORGIGA
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Miss Ruth E. Harris Succumbs
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Final rites for Miss Ruth E. Harris, for twenty-two years TVT•. I j’ I ■
a member of the staff at Clark College in Atlanta, Georgia, vv 1 1 ‘ c
yvere held in Atlanta’s Central Methodist Church—of which
she was a member—October 2. The Pastor, Rev. L. S. Allen,
officiated.
wprk, he said that her service at
Under the direction of Dr. J. de ciark was not only a long one but
Former Editor Among* ’52 Seniors
In Service
Koven Killingsworth, the Clark valuable one. He called her a
College Philharmonic Society sang person of dignity and poise whose
“To Thee O Lord,” and “Beautiful
Isle of Somewhere.” Miss La Verne
Gaither, College Organist, was at
the console.
On behalf of the student body
Miss Johnetta Henderson, ’53, de
scribed the ideals for which Miss
Harris stood and indicated the ex
tent to which the student body ap
preciated her and the contribution
she made to the College’s program.
Mrs. Pearlie C. Dove of the De
partment of Education spoke of the
deceased as “one whose smile was a
little brighter; one whose grip was
a little tighter,” and one Whose
Warm sincerity was a source of in
spiration. Mrs. Dove represented
the Faculty.
Final tribute came from President
James P. Brawley who briefly re
viewed her career from 1929—when
• she first became associated with
Clark—to the time of her untimely
death. After acknowledging the ef
ficiency which characterized her
personality was warm and radiant.
One remark the President made ap
peared to touch the audience most:
he said that Miss Harris always
made those whom she came in con
tact feel, that she was happy to see
them.
A large floral spray, indicative of
the high esteem in which the Clark
College Faculty and students held
Miss Harris covered her bier.
Miss Harris was a graduate of
Spelman College high school and
received her commercial training
from Morris Brown College. During
the early period of her employment
at Clark she continued her college
work on a part time schedule and
received the bachelor’s degree. She
did further work at Columbia Uni
versity.
At Clark Miss Harris served first
as Campaign Secretary. A year later
she became secretary to Dr. M. S.
Davage who was then President of
the College. In 1941 she became as
sistant to the business manager and
; was later made casnier. During her
tenure she served on many impor-
f tant committees. She was a mem-
| ber of Iota Sigma Chapter, Delta
I Sigma Theta Sorority and from
I1940-45 was faculty advisor for the
| campus chapter of Delta.
Surviving the deceased are her
mother, Mrs. Henrietta Cunning
ham, Atlanta; a niece, Miss Eul@
Cunningham College Park, Ga.; a
nephew, Mr. Hamilton Cunningham,
Chicago; and two cousins, Mrs.
Christine Blyheid, Erooklyn, N. Y.,
and Mrs. Elia Wilson, Atlanta.
MISS RUTH E. HARRIS
Faculty Institute
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SECOND DAY
“Toward Improving College In
struction” was the theme of the fac
ulty’s second day session, and the
subject of a talk by Dr. A. A. Me-
Pheeters, Clark Dean. Other partici
pants in this session were Mr. W. S.
Bolden of the Department of Edu
cation and Psychology who spoke on
“Mental Health of Students” and
Superintendent of Buildings and
Grounds Albert T. Wilson wno dis
cussed “College Physical Facilities
and Equipment.”
The Tuesday afternoon meeting
centered around campus life activi
ties as contributing factors to ef
fective college teaching. Dr. W. H.
Hale discussed “Educational Motives
of College Students.” “College So
cial Activities” was evaluated by
Professor Frank A. Banks, while
Personnel deans Phoebe Burney and
Charlton Hamilton explained dormi
tory life and regulations at the Col
lege.
The Institute concluded Wednes
day, September 17 with depart
mental meetings and a report on the
achievement of Clark students by
Registrar Edward T. Brantley.
Hope Vick
was recently e-
lected “Miss
Clark” for the
school year
1952-’53. Miss
Vick is a
junior born in
Waterbury, Conn.
Faculty Members
Study
Thirteen members of Clark Col
lege’s faculty matriculated at lead
ing universities during the past sum
mer. Receiving degrees at the end
of the summer session were Mr.
Wayman Carver of the Department
of Music who won the Master of
Science degree in Music Education
from Yandex cook College of Music
in Chicago; and Miss Margaret Ai
ken, Counselor to Women, who was
awarded the Master of Social Work
degree by Atlanta University. Oth
er faculty members studying at At
lanta University were Mrs. Willie C.
Davis of the Department of English
and Mrs. Eva Martin, Director of
Holmes Hall,.
Mr. Wiley S. Bolden of the De
partment of Education and Psy
chology, and Misses Ollie Brown
and La Verne Gaither of the Music
Department studied at Cplumbia
University.
Mr. Edward F. Sweat of the De
partment of Social Science, and
Mr. Eural Thorpe cf. the Biology
Department studied at Indiana Uni
versity and the University of Michi
gan respectively.
At the University of Chicago
Prof. Frank A. Banks, head of the
Biology Department continued study
for a doctorate, and at New York
University Mr. J. J. Green of the
Social Science Department was also
in the doctorate program.
Dr. John F. Summersette of the
departments of Publicity and Eng
lish attended workshops at the Uni
versity of Denver, the University
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Talent Galore! These words
could very well describe the
neophytes of our wonderful, family.
With twenty representatives of
the freshman class performing be
fore a packed auditorium on the
annual Talent Show featuring
freshman stars, Clark College can
very well be proud of the new ad
ditions.
The majority of the performers
sang. There was one dramatic
reader, one saxophone solo, one re
citation^ one demonstration of a
majorette’s echniques, two creative
dancers, and two piano soloists.
Those who sang were: Dorothy
Johnson, Valdosta, Ga.; Vissadean
Hamilton, Tampa, Fla.; Grady L
Rogers, Atlanta; Naomi Turner,
Sandersville, Ga.; Ruth Frederick,
West Palm Beach. Fla.; Loretta
Blaine, Tampa, Fla.; Charles Smith,
St. Petersburg, Fla.; William Her
ring, St. Petersburg, Fla.; Florence
Ponder, Beaver Falls, Pa.; Theodore
Jones, Columbus, Ga.; Willie Futch,
Miami, Fla., and Miss Willie Hicks,
Detroit, Mich. A medley of songs
was played on the piano by Gloria
James, Lakeland, Fla., and “pre
lude in G Minor” also on the piano
by Elonzy Ogletree, LaGrange, Ga.
The creative dances were ex
quisitely performed by Helen
Everett, Atlanta, and Martha Jo
Echols, Austin, Texas.
Jeanette Reynolds of Miami, Fla.,
gave the audience a great thrill
with her baton-twirling techniques.
She also appeared later on the
program and with excellent enuci-
ation and dramatization recited
“Let Democracy Speak.”
Alva Epps, Macon, Ga., enter
tained with a monologue entitled,
“How I Entei*tained My Sister’s
Beau. ’ (For those of you who did
not see this monologue, she really
entertained her sister’s beau).
David Hudson carried the audi
ence to the past as he reminded the
students of Marshall Smith’s (class
of ’52) finesse as a saxophone so
loist. He expertly fingered the
notes with a saxophone solo of
“Undecided.”
From the audience’s reaction,
Miss Willie Hicks and Willie Futch
captured the wonderful parade of
stars’ show with their rendition of
“My Hero.”
The Personnel Department super
vised the show, which was enthusi
astically received by the audience.
Freshmen! You have captured
the hearts of the college. The ques
tion remains, can you show as
much ingenuity in your studies?
If so, then you will go down in the
annals of Clark history as one of
the greatest freshman classes to
ever cross the portals of Clark Col
lege.
Harold A. Hamilton, former edi
tor of the PANTHER, was inter
rupted from his studies at Ohio
State University and called to serv
ice in the Armed Forces.
Pvt. Hamilton received his de
gree as an English major in June,
and immediately entered Ohio
State University, where he was
studying for a Master’s degree in
Journalism. He had completed one
quarter’s work, having three quar
ters remaining. At the end of the
quarter, his final grades were three
B’s and one A. In August he was
called to serve with Uncle Sam and
is presently stationed with Com
pany C, 13th Infantry at Fort lack-
son, S. C.
CLASSMATES AT ’FT. JACKSON
Also stationed at Fort Jackson
are four of Pvt. Hamilton’s class
mates: Patrick Robert Bell, Lar
kin Bell, Alvin Turner and Lloyd
Smith. Patrick and Larkin Bell,
arid Lloyd Smith have the same
address as Hamilton. The PAN
THER has been unable to ascertain
the exact address of Turner at this
writing. The two Bells and Hamil
ton are platoon leaders at Fort
Jackson.
Patrick and Larkin Bell, Harold
Hamilton and Lloyd Smith, on a
weekend pass recently visited
friends on our campus.
David Stanley, former editor of
the yearbook, who received his ue
gree in English is a_sc serving witr
the United States Army. Stan] >y,
who graduated in June, is static led
at Fort Riley, Kansas.
OTHERS TO LEAVE
Bennie Lowe, former Clai k
basketball star; Booby Kirby and
William Ogletree are waitin; or
ders to depart for training as-Avi
ation Cadets. Th.y have been on
a 90 day leave peacing the lesui.s
of their physical and mental ex
aminations for the Aviation C-d ts
All three were mar,-.bees of tV
graduating class, nd . ..
to leave early in hiovm
Would Defer All Harold Barreti
Coll
ege Men
By DR. J. T. RETTALIATA
SUPPORT THE PANTHERS
With Tke Seniors
By W. F. STONEY
During the regular class organiza
tion period the seniors elected past
Student Council President Edwin
Pratt as their leader. Others elected
to serve with Mr. Pratt include
Robert Lewis, vice-president; Opal
Gay, secretary; Arthur Johnson,
treasurer; Alfred Knox, business
manager; Marjorie Alexander, pro
gram committee chairman; Cnarlie
Mae Willman, social committee,
chairman, and W. F. Stoney, repor
ter.
With such personalities as leaders,
the senior class feels confident that
many objectives will be reached if
cooperation is forthcoming.
The seniors were indeed proud of
outgoing President Robert Knox
when he extended a cordial welcome
to freshmen and transfer students
during a chapel program.
The entire class is looking for
ward to a successful year under the
supervision of Pratt and his corp of
officers.
CHICAGO, ILL.—(I. P.)—In order
to complete defense orders industry
needs large numbers of engineers,
more than it would receive if it
were assigned all of the engineers
graduating from college, according
to Dr. John T. Rettaliata, President
of Illinois Institute of Technology.
He adds that concurrently selective
service is taking some of these grad
uates. Many of them were deferred
to complete their education, and rt
is only right that they should serve
their country in some capacity, Dr.
Rettaliata notes.
“Some people originally objected
to deferring college students for
purposes of completing their educa
tion. Such objections were probably
based on the assumption that the
emergency would be of short dura
tion and would be ever by the time
these students graduated. This
would have removed the necessity
for their serving and would have
been unfair to those not attending
college who were drafted. As we
have seen, the emergency is not o-
ver and college graduates are sub
ject to call.”
“From an objective point of view
it would appear to be a sensible
procedure to defer college stu
dents until their education is com
pleted. Midshipmen at Annapoiis
and cadets at West Point are de
ferred until graduation because, it
is obvious that they will be of
more use to their country if their
training is not interrupted and
they achieve their educational ob
jectives. For the same reason, in
their ultimate contribution to the
national security program, college
graduates will be mare affective
than students with a partial
education.”
President, Pfeiiic.
Senate
In an election on October 11, Har
old Eugene Barrettt was elected •
President of the Pferffer Hall Sen-,
ate for the year ’52-53.
Barrett takes ihe position va
cated by Marshall J. Smitn, who
graduated last June. The new Presi
dent is a senior and makes his
home in New Brighton, Pa. He is a
member of Omega Psr Phi Fraterni
ty, a member of the football squad,,
captain of this year s track squad.
Personnel Aid and a member of the
Y. M. C. A. He is majoring in Socral
Science and minoring in Secondary
Education.
Other officers elected were Waller
Sullivan, First Vice-President; Wal
ter Willis, Second Vice-President;
Aaron Favors, Third Vice-President;
Rufus McGhee, Business Manager,
and Elridge McMillan, Secretary.
BLAMED FOR
EVERYTHING
1st Baseball Player: “Darn
Truman.”
2nd Baseball Player: “Why?”
1st Baseball Player: “I’ve
had a bad season.”
2nd Baseball Player: “Why
blame him?”
1st Baseball Player: “He
started it, did n’t he?”
2nd Baseball Player: (After
a monment’s pause) “Yes, 1
guess he did.”
ED. NOTE: In the event that
you don’t get the point, just
remember that President Tru
man officially opened the
baseball season when h e
threw out the first ball.
Freshmen
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from fifteen to twenty students to
explain the College’s program and
answer questions posed by the new
comers.
Another feature was the discus
sion of selected topics related to
life at Clark College and included
‘State Clubs and Fraternal Organ!
zetions cn the campus” by Dr. a. J
Dennis; “Budgeting Time and Fi
nance” by Prof. A. B. Wright, 'The
Meaning of Religion on a College
Campus” by Rev. S. Marion Weeks;
“Chapel Placement and Music” by
Dr. J. de Koven Killingsworth,
“Paying College Expenses” by Busi
ness Manager S. V. Jeter; anj 'Stu
dent Social, Activities by Prof F A
Banks.
A party for freshmen by Presi-
-ent and Mrs. James P. Brawley
September 19 preceded freshman
registration September 20. The
Freshman Induction Service Sunday
September 21 concluded the events
jf orientation.
In charge of ,the orientation uro
gram were the Personnel Depart
ment’s Dean of Women Phoebe Bur
ney; Dean of Men Charlton Hamil
ton; Miss Margaret Aiken, Counse
lor to Women, and Mrs. Eva S. Mar
tin, Directress of Holmes Hall. "
HOMECOMING BALL,
November 8
Thayer Hail, 8:30