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Commencement Edition
The Clark panther
Val. VII MAY, 1953, ATLANTA, GEORGIA No. V
Second Largest Class In College’s History
Receives Degrees Tuesday, June 9
One- hundred and sixteen sen
iors, the second largest in the his
tory of Clark College, are slated to
receive bachelor’s degrees at the
84th commencement exercises, June
9 at 10:30 a. m.
The list of seniors who are can
didates for legrees is as follows:
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Inez Levon Aires, St. Petersburg,
Fla.; Marjorie Anita Alexander,
Tampa, Fla.; Marjorie Ann Ball,
Maultrie, Ga.; Harold Eugene Bar
rett, New Brighton, Pa.; Betty Ann
Blake, Chamblee, Ga.; Betty Ann
Bogan, Atlanta; Wilson Bostic, At
lanta; Jospeh Dwelle Brothers, At
lanta; Evelyn L. Brown, Atlanta;
Christine Delores Bussey, Atlanta;
John Henry Cannon, New Orleans,
La.; Mary Lou Carnes, Columbus,
Ga.; Betty Cash, Atlanta; Wilbert
Christian, Gadsden, Ala.; Henry
Collins, Jr., New Orleans, La.; Lu-
dora Darden, Atlanta; Etta Chris
tine Davenport, Atlanta; Johnnies
Mae Dawson, Chattanooga, Tenn.;
Willye F. Stoney-Dennis, Jackson
ville, Fla.; Wrxie Dickerson, At
lanta; Edwina Belle EUis, Atlanta;
Pauline Claudia Fields, Monte
zuma, Ga.; Juanita Ve-rnice Fowler,
Oakfield, Ga.; Marguerite Gantt,
Atlanta; Opal Gay, Atlanta; Sallie
Elaine Godfrey, Oxford, Ga.; Stan
ley L. Goseer, Fitzgerald, Ga.;
Samuella Gray, Auusta, Ga.; Ros-
lyn Grier Green, Atlanta; Erdmon
Johnetta Henderson, Chattanooga,
Tenn.; Jennie Lee Hill, Marietta,
Ga.; Joyce Butler Hudson, Atlanta;
Leila Bella Ingersoll, Phenix City,
Ala.; Jonathan Jackson, Atlanta;
Victoria James, Jacksonville, Fla.;
Arthur James Johnson, Jr., New Or
leans, La.; Gloria Johnson, Colum
bus, Ga.; Hyacinth Johnson, At
lanta; Lorene Jahnscjn, Atlanta;
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Rachel Johnson, Summerville, Ga.;
James Kay, Jr., Cartersville, Ga.;
Livingston, Miami, Fla.; Rob
ert Wilson Knox, Bronx, New
York; Carson Lee, Columbus, Miss.;
Clarence Lewis, New Orleans, La.;
Robert L. Lewis, Atlanta; Alma
Dorothy Livingston, Miami, Fla.;
Carter Lowe, Roxbury, Mass;- Ruth
Lee Martin, Atlanta; Grace Max-
•ey, Atlanta; Ottie Louise Middleton,
Walterboro, S. C.; Janet Claire Mit
chell, Atlanta; Ella Montgomery, At
lanta; Joe Henderson Morgan,
Knoxville, Tenn.; Norris Muldrow,
Cincinnati, Ohio; Mae Delores Mc
Combs, Augusta, Ga.; Rufus Mc
Gee, Fairfield, Texas; Milton Mc
Gee, Atlanta; Joan McWilliams.
New Orleans, Lai; Frank Thurman
Odom, Atlanta; Lola Esther Park.,
Atlanta; Edwin Pratt, Miami, Fla.;
Ethel Christler Pressley, Atlanta;
Annie Mae Singleton, New Orleans,
La.; Francis LaRance Smith, Dub
lin, Ga.; Gwendolyn Stephens, At
lanta; Isabel! Taylor, New Orleans,
La.; Gloria Thomas, Atlanta; Mari
lyn Tucker, Atlanta; Margaret Ca
rolyn Ware, Seneca, S. C.; Ammer
Waters, Atlanta; Myrtis Byrd Wat
kins, Atlanta; Steve White, Atlan
ta; Terah Ann Whitten. Chattel-
continued on Page Three)
DR. HENRY H. CRANE
DR. MARQUIS L. HARRIS
Outstanding Methodist
Leaders to Deliver Main
Addresses
Pharr, Johnson and Campbell to
Head ? 53-’54 Student Government
With four hundred and twenty-
three students voting out of six
hundred and forty-nine enrolled,
Ernest Marcellus Pharr was elected
to head the Clark Student Coun
cil for the forthcoming school, year,
1953-54. Voting was conducted be
tween the hours of 10:30 and 4:30 on
Tuesday, May 19.
Pharr, who qualified as a candi
date of the Union Party, edged his
only rival, Wallace Hartsfield (Li
beral Party) by a margin of 56
votes. The newly-elected head of
the STUDENT COUNCIL, a mem
ber of the junior class, is editor
of THE CLARK PANTHER, assist
ant to the Director of Publicity,
President of the Male Glee Club,
Vice-Basileus of Beta Psi Chapter,
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, a mem
ber of the Ushers’ Guild, the Y. M.
C. A., the year-book staff, the Liter
ary Symposium, and was elected
WHO’S WHO AMONG STUDENTS
IN AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES
AND COLLEGES.
Wallace Hartsfield, who provided
very strong competition for the
new head of the Student Council,
is also a member of the junior
class. He was also elected to mem-
btrship in Who’s Who Among Stu
dents in American Univrsities and
Colleges and is one of the outstand
ing Clark athletes, a member of the
Y. M. C. A., of Alpha Phi Chapter,
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Presi
dent of the junior class and a mem
ber of the Philoi Club. Hartsfield
was sponsored by the Liberal Party.
Norman Johnson (Liberal Party),
president of the sophomore class,
won the vice-presidential office by
70 point margin over Theodore Mat
thews (Union Party), vice-presi
dent of the sophomore class.
Elizabeth Campbell (Liberal Par
ty) is the new secretary, for the
coming school year as she was
elected over Betty Snype (Union
Party) by a 62 ballot margin.
Campbell is a junior, while Snype
is a sophomore.
Of the 423 ballots received, 17
were discarded. The juniors led all,
classes in voting with a percentage
of 76.6 while the freshmen followed
with a voting percentage of 64.5.
The sophomores were third in vot
ing with 63.8 per cent while the
number of seniors who went to the
polls represented 50.4 per cent of
their class enrollment.
An increase in the number of
studetns voting this year over last
year was seen as 65.1 per cent of
students voting this year over last
ond semestr cast their ballots in
comparison with a 59.7 percentage
over last year.
STUDENT GOVERNMENT OFFICERS—Elected to head Student Government for the forthcoming school
year are the students pictured above. Left to right, Norman J. Johnson, vice-president from Chattanooga,
Tenni; Elizabeth Campbell, secretary, Atlanta; and Ernest M. Pharr, president, Gastonia, N. C.—
(Sykes Photo).
Heading the list of speakers for
the events of commencement are*
Dr. Henry Hitt Crane, pastor of
Central Methodist Church, Detroit,
Mich.; and Dr. Marquis Lafayette
Harris, president of Philander Smith
College, Little Rock, Ark. Dr.
Crane will deliver the commence
ment address on Tuesday, June 9,
while the baccalaureate sermon will
be preached by Dr. Harris on Sun
day, June 7.
Dr. Harris received his B, S. de
gree from Clark College in 1928;
the B. D. degree from Gammon
Theological Seminary; the S. T.
M. degree from Boston University;
the Ph. D. degree from Ohio State
University and the D. D. degree
from Gammon Theological Semi
nary. He has also done special work
in the Philosophy of Religion at
Harvard University, and in the
fields of Psychology and Econom
ics at Western Reserve University,
Cleveland, Ohio.
Born in Macon County near Tus-
kegee, Ala., Rev. Mr. Harris was
teacher of Physics and Mathematics
at Clark College 1927-29; instruc
tor of Physics and Chemistry, Di
rector of Athletics and Dean of
Men, Claflin College, 1930-31; and
Dean and Professor of Sociology at
Samuel Huston College, Austin,
Texas in 1933,
He became president and pro
fessor of Philosophy at Philander
Smith College. He is a mem
ber cf the Advisory Board on
Teacher Education of the State of
Arkansas, the Little Rock Metho
dist Council, the Camp Committee
of Aldersgate Camp, and president
of the South Central Intercollegi
ate Conference. He is a member of
Who's Who in America, Who's Who
in Methodism, Who’s Who in the
Clergy, Whos Who in American Ed
ucation, Who’s Who in the Western
Hemisphere and Who’s Who in
World Biography.
Born in Danville, Illinois, Dr.
Crane is a graduate of the Boston
Latin School (the oldest educa
tional institution in America). He
took undergraduate work at Wes
leyan University, Middletown, Con
necticut; his seminary work at the
Boston University School of The
ology and his graduate work at
Harvard. The Degree of Doctor of
Divinity was conferred upon him
by Depauw University and likewise
by his Alma Mater, Wesleyan Uni
versity. Florida Southern College
conferred upon him the degree of
Doctor of Laws.
In June, 1938, he was appointed
to the pastorate of Central Metho
dist Church, Detroit, and since his
appointment has identified himself
with many of the most important
liberal community enterprises there.
He averages better than one ad
dress a day, not only locally but
throughout the world. He is proba
bly best known for his work a-
mong the colleges of the country,
having lectured in over two hun
dred different academic institutions
across the county.
Having participated in World
War I as a YMCA Secretary, he
was one of the first Americans to
go overseas where he remained the
major part of a year, gaining all
too-intimate knowledge of the fury
and the futility of war, early devel
oping a terrific passion for the
cause of Peace, which has contin
ued and deepened during recent
years until he is now one of the
best-known pacifist on the conti
nent.
His father was the late Dr.
Charles A. Crane, pastor of the
People’s Temple, Boston. On hia
father’s side of the family, he
comes of five generations of Meth
odist ministers, and his son, Frank
Crane II. is likewise a Methodist
minister.
During their college days, these
outstanding Methodist leaders were
renown as athletes. Dr. Crane was
manager of the football team; mem
ber of the tennis team; and All-
American basketball guard. In ad-:
dition to being,named All-American-'
basketball guard, and tackle in foot
ball, Rev. Harris has played pro
fessional basketball and football for
a short period of time after gradu
ation from college. He has sei 1 ed
on the coaching staff of his Alma
Mater and at Claftin College.