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lhirieen Clark Students Named To ”W ho's Who” ' ' } t l 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