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lhirieen Clark Students
Named To ”W ho's Who”
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Thirteen Clark College Students, eleven seniors and two juniors,
have been named to “WHO'S WHO IN AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES
AND COLLEGES,” a directory of distinguished students enrolled in A-
meriean Institutions of higher education, according to an announcement
from the Office of Public Relations. [j;
Recognition based upon a combination of scholarship, participation
in extra-curricular activities and promise of future usefulness has come
to Washington Butler, Samuclla Gray, Wallace Hartsfield, Johnetta
Henderson, Jonathan Jackson, Martha Lee, Fannie Neely, Lola Parks,
Ernest Pharr, Edwin Pratt, Odom, Walter Sullivan and Martha Sumter.
A breakdown of the major offices and activities of these students
shows that Washington Butler is the present head of the Student Coun
cil and basiieus of Beta Psi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity; Samu-
ella Gray serves as Secretary to the Dean of the College and President
of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority; Wallace Hartsfield, President of the
Junior Class; Johnetta Henderson, past basiieus of Alpha Kappa So
rority; Martha Lee, present basiieus of Alpha Kappa Alpha and “Miss
Clark” of 1951-52; Fannie Neely, a member of Alpha Kappa Mu Honor
Society; Frank Odom, captain of the 1952-53 football team; Jonathan
Jackson, past Vice-President of the Junior Class and a member of the
Student Chapel Council; Walter Sullivan, a member of Beta Phi Zeta
Biological Society and Iota Beta Chemical Society, and Vice-President
of the Men’s Senate; Ernest M. Pharr, editor of “The Clark Panther”;
Edwin Pratt, past president of the Student Council, president of the
Senior Class and President of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity; Lois Parks,
vice-president of the Pan-Hellenic Council and student assistant in the
Department of Business Administration, and Martha Sumter, a member
of the Student Chapel Council, Secretary of the Philoi Club and a mem
ber of the Y. W. C. A.
Of the thirteen selected to “WHO’S WHO", six are members of Alpha
Kappa Mu Honor Society: Samuella Gray, Johnetta Henderson, Fannie
Neely, Martha Lee, Walter Sullivan and Lola Parks.
Philharmonic Society In
Annual Christmas Carol Vesper
The Clark College Philharmonic Society, under the direc
tion of Professor J. de Koven Killingsworth, was presented
in a Christmas Carol Vesper on Sunday, December 14 at 4:00
p. m., in Davage Auditorium.
The service, composed of scripture
readings with carols of many na
tions, was one of the features of
the Clark College Cultural Activi
ties. Reverend S. Marion Weeks,
Director of Religious Life, present
ed the Scripture Readings.
The 50 voice Society sang “Hark
the Herald Angels Sing” for the
processional,. The Moravian carol
was first to be sung by the chorus
When they harmonized “Lightly,
Lightly, Bells Are Pealing.” Then
followed “O, Have Ye Heard the*
Tidings?” German; “In the Silence
of the Night”, Norwegian; “O Beth
lehem”, Spanish; “The Angels Were
Singing”, German; “Shepherds
Now Go We”, Austrian; “Is This
The Road to Bethlehem?” Italian;
“Good Neighbor, Tell Me”, Flem
ish; “Sleep My Jesus, Sleep”, Dutch;
and “Noel”. American.
The Philharmonic Society is com
posed of Marjorie Alexander, Es-
tella Burch, Claudia Garrett, Vissa-
dean Hamilton, Barbara Hawkins,
Johnetta Henderson. Willie Hicks,
(Continued on Page Four)
Music Seniors
In Recital
Julius Wir.-iby and Stanley Go-
seer. Senior Music students at Clark
were presented in a recital on the
Sunday Evening Cultura Hour at
7:30 in Davage Auditorium on De
cember 7, by the Clark College Mu
sic Department.
Mr. Wimby, Atlanta, presented
on the piano “Prelude and Fugue
in C Major” by Bach; Sonata Op.
10, No. 1,” by Beethoven; Cherry
Ripe,” by Cyril Scott; Gershwin’s
•‘Two Preludes” and Schubert’s
“Impromptu in E Flat Op. 90, No.
2.”
Mr. Goseer, Fitzgerald, Ga., play
ed the alto saxophone “Arioso” by
Bach; “Melody” by Dawes; Hughes
and Pelz’s “Moods and Contrasts”;
“Fantasia Variee” by Brunlau;
“Capriccioso” by Jean Jean; and
Faisner’s “Prelude to a Mood.”
They were accompanied by Miss
La verne Gaither and were enthusi
astically received by the audience.
"Hark, The Herald Angels Sing!"
To Be Listed In “Who’s Who.” Ten seniors and three juniors were recently selelcted to be listed in the forth
coming edition of “WHO’S WHO IN AMERICAN UNI VERSITIES AND COLLEGES.” Left to right, front
row, Fannie Neely, Erdmon Johnetta Henderson, Martha Lee, Samuella Gray, and Lola Parks. Left to right,
back row, Frank Odom, Ernest M. Pharr, Walter Sulli van, Wallace Hartsfield, Edwin Pratt, Washington
Butler, and Jonathan Jackson: (Photo by Charles Lowe)
The Clark Panther
VOL. IX
DECEMBER 18, 1952, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
NO. Ill
“Robert Phillips Day” Inaugurated On
Opening Day of Basketball Season
Rogermae Johnson
And Troupe Thrill
Audience
A full-house was in attendance
on Friday evening, December 5, to
witness a superb .dance recital in
Davage Auditorium, starring Miss
Rogermae Johnson and her troupe
of interpretative dancers.
The recital, one of the best e-
vents of Clark College’s All Star
Concert Series, was a collaboration
by Miss Johnson, Mrs. Marjorie
Johnson, Mis:, Ethel Werfel, and
Clarence Hubbard. Mrs. Johnson
was choreographer; Miss Werfel,
accompanist, and Mr. Hubbard, the
dancer’s partner.
The former Katherine Dunham
trouper, presented in the first group
‘down to earth” things. This group
included “Merry Autumn,” “An
Easy Going’ Feller,” and a comic
waltz. In this section Pianist Ethel
Werfel played variations from
‘Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”, by
Bela Bartok.
The second group opened with
light and enjoyable dances, but
soon entered a serious vein when
Clarence Hubbard performed “Cab
in Boy”, and when Miss Johnson
danced “Arabesque”, a mood dance.
Wallace Hartsfield, baritone, pro
vided the vocal section to Miss
Johnson’s portrayal of “Old Man
River.”
Two spiritual numbers; “I’m a
Rollin’ ” and “I Can Tell The
World” highlighted the third group.
Six students from Atlana Universi
ty’s School of Social Work provided
the background effects for these se
lections.
Michael B. Olatunji and Akin
Akiwowo brought the audience in
to the concert with the singing of
•Everybody Loves Saturday Night”
while they expertly beat the rhy
thm out on the drums.
The final group featured all drum
rhythm and drum folk songs where
the dancer received fire from the
drummers. Especially interesting
was “Primitive Fire”, a dance in
which the dancers are driven to
frenzy by the drums of Micahel
Olatunji, and Akin Akiwowo. The
feature dance of “Kori Dance”, a
story written by Akin Akiwowo,
concluded the well-organized and
well-interpreted program of dences.
(See Address, Page 4)
To commemorate Robert Phillips, captain of Clark’s 1951
basketball squad who was killed in Korea in October, “Robert
Phillips Day” was inaugurated in Davage Auditorium on
Tuesday morning, December S.
“Robert Phillips Day” gave special significance to the first
basketball game of the 1952-’53 season when the Clark Col
lege Panthers met Savannah State College in Joe Louis Gym
nasium.
Ernest M. Pharr, Editor of the
“Clark Panther” inaugurated the
day under the auspices of the Stu
dent Council. Editor Pharr cited
Phillips as one whose leadership
ability, his desire to be “second to
none” and his fighting spirit was
ever present in our hearts. He
pointed cut that, in this respect,
Phillips was alive and was the in
visible captain when Coach Epps
and his crew initiated the 1952-’53
basketball season.
Student Council President Wash
ington Butler explained the pur
pose of the day and established it
as tradition at Clark.
Averett Burress, ’52, teammate
and close friend of Phillips, pre
sented to Clark, “Bob’s jersey
which he wore as captain of the
1951 Panthers. Burress is now
studying at the Atlanta University
School of Social Work and is a na
tive cf Lockland, Ohio.
Phillips entered the service at,
Fort Breckenridge, Kentucky and
was sent subsequently to the Army
Language School at Monterey, Cali
fornia.
While at Clark, he was a mem
ber of the Social Science Club, a
member of the campus chapter of
the NAACP, and a member of Al
pha Phi Chapter, Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity. He attained the rank of
Corporal in 1952 before going to
Korea.
PhiDips, Social Science major,
was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Phillips of 82 Chestnut Street
Wyoming, Ohio.
A male quartette, appearing un
der the auspices of Dr. J. de Koven
Killingsworth and Miss Ollie Brown
of the Music Department, featured
appropriate music. At the console
was Miss Laverne Gaither, CqJLege
organist.
Austrian Novelist
Speaks Here
“There is now a crisis of culture
in the whole world and a special
one in our country,” declared Mrs.
Friderike-Maria Zweig-Winternitz,
internationally known novelist and
the wife of the eminent Austrian
writer, Stefan Zweig, to a sizeable
audience in Clark College’s Dav
age Auditorium.
The seventy-year old speaker,
said that emphasizing practicality
not only in learning but in the
whole way of our actual living is
one of the symptoms and conse
quences of the crisis of our “cul
ture.” She admonished the audience
to be parishioners of group culture
and personal culture. “Products of
enduring and real culture will al
ways be the expression of some
thing unique, hte identity of one
individual artist. Having to submit
to political orders and topics strict
ly demanded by fascist or commu
nistic ideology must lead to sterili
ty. Culture means freedom of ex
pression,” she said.
Speed is another danger to loose
depths ... to remain on the sur
face of things . . . and to culture,
Mrs. Zweig felt. “Speed has changed
the wlcrld. Let us try to counter
act the end effect in making our
leisure more contemplative and
plentiful,” she said.
Art, music, poetry, in terms of
great works of free culture were
' discussed at length by the speaker.
She felt that much art of today
■ was not original, but copied. Art
. should be copied “only for the sake
of acquiring technique.” When this
is not the case “freedom of develop
ment is in danger” because one ac
cepts only because there was ac
ceptance.
The speaker was introduced to-
the Clark audience by Dr. Robert
Rie, Professor of Modem Langu
ages.
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS,
DEC. 20—JAN. 5
Dear Students:
Here is wishing you a Mer
ry Xmas and much success
in your studies with the
coming of the New Year. i
Faculty and Staff