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CLARK PANTHER, NOVEMBER 30, 1953, ATLANTA GEORGIA
Looking at the Greek Garage
Like all other phases of Clark
activity, the Greeks have begun
another year’s work in their re
spective bonds of fraternalism and
sisterhood. Called on frequently to
take the leadership in campus
drives, etc., and to make contri
butions to said drives, the Greeks
continued their work in the recent
campus Community Chest Drive.
Responding wholeheartedly to
the call, contributing organizations
were Alpha Phi Alpha and Omega
Psi Phi Fraternities; Delta Sigma
Theta, Sigma Gamma Rho, Alpha
Kappa Alpha and Zeta Phi Beta
Sororities; and Iota Beta Chemi
cal Society and Beta Phi Zeta Bi
ological Society.
As on other college campuses
where Greek-letter organizations
are present, Clark’s “secret order
societies” have their activities reg
ulated by the Committee on Fra
ternities and Sororities of which
Mr. Waymon A. Carver is chair
man. In a short while, these so
cieties will get the “okay” to in
itiate new and old members into
their folds and freshmen will see,
for the first time, pledgees and
probates traveling through their
traditional antics seeking the goal
to which they have aspired. One
of the most-looked for “happen
ings” on a college campus, pro
bation antics usually draw the de
light of all non-Greeks.
Next in line is the Pan-Hellenic
Council, an organization to which
all Greek-letter societies are rep
resented. Norman J. Johnson, Jr.,
heads this organization in which
all the societies come together to
iron out their problems and make
recommendations for activities.
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority has
as its head, Basileus Addie Flora
Brown while Martha Sumter heads
the Deltas, Elizabeth Campbell, the
Methodist Student
Conference in Kan.
More than 2,300 college students
and adult counselors have been
•amed delegates to the fifth quad
rennial conference of the Methodist
Student Movement to open Decem
ber 28 at the University of Kan
sas, Lawrence,' and run through
January 2.
Delegates will represent every
state and include 200 foreign stu
dents.
“Christ Transforming Culture”
will be the program theme as stu
dents seek to come to grips with
problems and issues of Christian
faith and action.
Eminent platform speakers, who
will discuss theological and educa
tional aspects of modern culture,
include Dr. Ralph W. Sockman,
pastor of Christ Methodist Church,
New York City; Dr. Nels F. S.
Ferre of Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, Tenn.; Dr. Albert Out-
ler of Southern Methodist Univer
sity, Dallas, Tex.; Dr. Glenn Olds,
University of Denver; Dr. Harold
Ehrensperger, Boston University;
Dr. John O. Gross of the Meth
odist Board of Education, Nash
ville; Bishop Donald H. Tippett,
San Francisco; Bishop Newell S.
Booth, Elizabethville, Africa, and
Philippe Maury, Geneva, Switzer
land, general secretary of the
World Student Christian Federa
tion.
Between platform hours the stu
dents will have ample opportunity
to share experiences and speak
their minds in study groups, for
ums and campus-style “bull ses
sions.”
Daily Bible studies will be led
by Dr. Charles S. Laymon, Nash
ville, editor of Methodist adult
publications.
A special New Year’s eve cele
bration of Holy Communion will
be led by Bishop Matthew W. Clair,
St. Louis.
Zetas and Rosa Hart heads the
Sigma Gamma Rhos. Alpha Phi Al
pha Fraternity is under the gavel of
Walter Willis, Jr., and the Omegas
have as their Basileus, William
Murphy, Jr. Samuel B. Rosser is
the acting head of Iota Beta Chem
ical Society and Robert Lewis is
the Kappa Alpha Psi Polemarch.
Seen in chapel programs this
year were the Kappas, Ques and
Alphas. On November 10, Robert
Lewis, Polemarch of Gamma Kap
pa Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi
Fraternity, Inc., presented Mr. Wil-
liston C. Hobbs of the Morris
Brown Mathematics Department in
a piano recital which was enjoyed
by all chapel-goers who called him
back for three encores with their
uproarious applause.
The Omegas were seen in their
annual Achievement Week Pro
gram, November 17, when Dr. E.
B. Williams, chairman of the De
partment of Economics at More
house College, delivered an enlight
ening address centered around the
Ques’ 1953 theme, “Opportunities
and Responsibilities of Integrated
Citizenship In Our Democracy.”
Achievement Week awards were
presented to Dr. Albert E. Manley,
president of Spelman College,
“Omega Man of The Year” and
Dr. William H. Hale, chairman of
the Clark Social Science Depart
ment, “Citizen of the Year.”
With Walter Willis, Jr., presi
dent, the Alphas observed their
Founder’s Day in a chapel pro
gram, December 3rd. Bom, Decem
ber 4th, 1906, Alphas around the
United States observed the 47th
year of their founding. Mr. Jacob
R. Henderson, former Southeastern
vice-president of the Fraternity,
delivered an enlightening address
for the members of Alpha Phi
Chapter’s observance.
Criticizes System
Of U.S. Education
Grinnell, la. — (I.P.) — Under
graduate students should have an
education which would make them
able to contribute to the under
standing of human affairs, Prof.
James H. Stauss, head of the De
partment of Economics at Grinnell
College declared here recently. He
criticized our educational system,
saying that “higher education in
the United States is shamefully
neglected."
Students should have large doses
of language and literature, train-
. ing in history, and social affairs,
recommended Stauss. “They must
be able to understand the prob
lems which arise in our society.”
He also recommended that econom
ics courses and the entire curric
ulum in our present colleges should
be revised. “People must have a
regard for the implications of so
ciety,” Stauss added.
Stauss stated that the study of
philosophy of education is neces
sary for better citizenship and
democratic leadership. Education
for leadership has a historical set
ting, he continued, and has been
noticed since the time of the an
cient Greek culture. At that time
it was the core of ethics and the
Greeks recognized it as a basic
part of learning. Philosophy was
considered a liberal arts course,
but, in some instances, it was con
sidered a higher learning, Stauss
pointed out. Opportunity for learn
ing has been haphazard and edu
cation for citizenship survives only
as a recorded memory, he added.
Stauss declared that there were
three major developments affecting
education: the founding of univer
sities, the rise of humanistic edu
cation, and expansion of scientific
knowledge. The subject matter, he
explained, came to be stated in ab
stractions.
“With the developments came a
remodeling of education for citi
zenship. Also, a loose branching
of political and social sciences was
begun,” he stated.
Annual Blood
Bowl Battle Ends
In 27-27 Tie
Playing just for “kicks” and dis
playing sore backs, and tightened
leg and arm muscles the next morn
ing, two “get-together” squads of
non-Panther football players bat
tled to a 27-27 tie in their annual
Thanksgiving morning “Blood
Bowl” battle on the lawn of CC.
In a hard fought tussle, with pro
tective clothing nowhere in sight,
Charles Teamer tallied two touch
downs and one extra point to lead
the “X” team in scoring. Other
scorers were Leroy Banks, six
points and William Richardson,
seven points.
For the “Y” team, George Davis
topped the scorers with 13 points
while Douglas Fairbanks Rowland,
Jr., contributed eight and Emerson
Packer, six points.
Captaining the “X” team were
Billy Richardson and Leroy Banks.
Players were Fred Burney, Warren
Rouse, Edsel Carson, Ralph Bal
lard, Walter Sullivan, Robert Lew
is, Leonard King, Rudolph Cohen,
Charles Teamer and the captains.
On the “Y" team were Douglas
Rowland and George Davis, cap
tains, Arlen Crawford, Emersorv
Packer, Joe Daniels, Leon Alexan
der, Alfred Dockett, John Dudley,
Walter Dudley and William Her
ring.
“MISS BLOOD BOWL” for this
year’s squards was Reba Gripper,
senior Elected attendant was Vir
ginia Prather and personal attend
ant, Evelyn Hodges. All wereappro-
priately dressed—as if they were
starting on the “rag” end of “rags
to riches”
This year’s All-“Blood Bowl”
squad consists of Warren House,
left end; Leon Alexander, left tac
kle; Walter Sullivan, left guard;
William Herring, center; Robert
Lewis, right guard; Emerson Pack
er, right end; Douglas Rowland,
quarterback; George Davis, left
half; Billy Richardson, right half;
and Charles Teamier, fullback. Hon
orable mention —Walter Dudley,
fullback; John Dudley, left half;
Rudoolph Cohen, left end and Le
roy Banks, quarterback.
Looking For Last Year’s Male Grads?
Twenty-Seven Are With Uncle Sam
“I’m telling you! All the men
you have missed around here, I
have with me in the service of the
United States” were the words of
one of our most recent graduates
who returned to Clark for a visit
dressed in the familiar brown uni
form of Uncle Sam. Out of thirty-
seven men who were graduated
with the Class of 1953, twenty-one
received their “greetings” from
their dear ole Uncle while getting
their “goodbyes” (in the form of
degrees) from CC. This is believed
to be the largest number of men
inducted into the service after un
dergrad days were terminated.
As the male member's of the
class of ’54 returned to what is,
supposedly, their last year’s work
at Clark, a degree of apprehension
towards their educational desires
came over them when discussion
of what happened to last year’s
graduates entered those famous
bull-sessions.
A breakdown shows that Fort
Jackson, S. C. has received the
major portion of Clark College’s
losses. At the South Carolina camp
are Curtis Ash, James Crute, Joe
Morgan, Frank Odom, Ernest El
lis, Harold Stovall, Julius Wimby
and Alfred Knox. In addition,
there are others who were grad
uated in previous years (Marshall
Smith and Joseph Chambers) and
those who were yanked out of
school namely, Darius Hairston,
Spurgeon Sayles, James Sanders,
Houston Ford, Louis Roberts,
Franklin McCord, Lawrence Rizor
and Elijah Jones. (Hmmm. They
have enough to form a CC club).
Others yanked out were Thomas
Mann, Fort Dix, N. J., and Ray
mond Anderson, Camp Gordon.
Continuing with the seniors,
Clarence Lewis, Arthur Johnson,
John Cannon and Washington But
ler are at Fort Bliss, Texas while
Harold Barrett is stationed at Ab
erdeen Proving Grounds, Md., and
Henry Collins at Fort Ord, Cali
fornia. All of these, with the ex
ception of Butler, were members
of last year’s gridiron squad.
Also, in the service at other
camps are Arthur J. Coleman,
Robert Knox, Albert Stephenson,
Harold Stovall, Maurice Thompson
and Wilbert Christian. Staying out
of the clutches of Uncle Sam and
teaching or furthering their educa
tion or just around are Carson
Lee, Robert Lewis, Rufus McGee,
Stanley Goseer, Perry Mitchell,
Edwin Pratt, Solomon Sears, Wal
ter Sullivan, Ammer Waters, Wil
son Bostic, Robert Wynn, Norris
Muldrow, and Milton McGhee.
Many of these are expecting to go
soon, a few have been, while others
may be in the service of whom we
are unaware.
Walter Sullivan is associated
with our chemistry department
while Edwin Pratt is furthering his
education at Atlanta University.
Goseer is teaching in Florida,
Sears in Georgia and McGee in
Texas.
“The Man Who Came To Dinner”
Successfully Opens Drama Season
“The Man Who Came to Dinner,” a popular three-act comedy by Moss
Hart, opened the college’s 1953-54 playhouse before a highly appre
ciative audience, November 6 and 7, in Davage Auditorium. With the
selection of a very able cast, including many veterans, nearly every-
once who saw the production agreed that it was a performance offtret
order.
SGA Outlines
Years Objectives
In two regular meetings and two
called meetings, the Clark College
Student Government Association
has outlined its objectives for this
college year. At the same time, it
has taken through the proper chan
nels items which have been
brought to its attention by the stu
dents—items of which some have
been fulfilled while others are
pending.
Returning to collegiate activities
from the summer vacation, the As
sociation first welcomed in a let
ter all the new faculty appointees,
and then settled down to the elec
tion of “Miss Clark.” Appointment
of students to the various faculty
committees was also completed.
In the recent successful cam
pus Community Chest Drive, the
Association played its role in con
tacting campus organizations for
contributions in which full coopera
tion was given. An event which
brought some interest to the work
of the SGA was the chapel pro
gram in which a theme was worked
out on the Clark-Morehouse game
with the theme adapted from the
popular radio and TV program,
“Dragnet.” Other minor incidents
brought to the Association’s at
tention have been considered care
fully.
Next on the agenda is the ob
servance of “Robert Phillip’s Day”
in honor of the Clark captain who
Director Esther M. Jackson stag
ed a perfect cast and affable per
formance that let the sarcastic hu
mor of this well known play shift
through with continuous effort
The play, a comedy of both atmos
phere and character, is all about
Broadway and theatrical people in
Neiw York.
To begin witn, the setting made
tthe world of the play very real to
the audience. But the delightfulness
of it went beyond that. The acting
was superb witn Mr. Chestyn Ever
ett, newly appointed art instructor,
and Misses Elizabeth Campbell, Glo
ria Matthews and Sandra Shepherd,
in the leading roles. Protagonist
Chestyn Everett as Sheridan
Whiteside was pleasantly sarcastic.
He spoke with a British aecent and
handled the mirth-provoking dia
logue with ease and credit, and his
experience in the Florida A. and
M. Theatre and with drama at How
ard University, greatly enhanced
the role which set the tone through
out the umorous production.
As “Mr. and Mrs. Stanley,” Eliz
abeth Campbell and William Mur
phy gave a brilliant performance.
Miss Campbell revealed a great
deal of simple sincerity and sub
stantial goodness, while Mr. Mur
phy performed with ease of ac
tion.
Sandra Shepherd as Lorraine
Lorraine Sheldon (the actress) was
a memorable character—vivacious
and energetic in stlye, but coldly
calculated. And the object of her
affections, Pearson Parker, por
traying actor Beverly Carlton, was
relaxed, and conveyed the Illusion
of complete spontaneity.
Gloria Matthews as Whiteside’s
secretary, Maggie Cutler; and
Charles Teamer as Bert Jefferson,
the reporter with whom she falls
in love, were well drawn charac
ters that lent color and dimension
to the play.
Others in the cast: Ermalene
Cooper, Robert Daniels, Hetty
Snype, Juanita Gideons, Rufus Pow
ell, Fred Burney, Benjamin Ware,
Gloria Daniels, Jesse Jennings, Ruth
Kimball, Dorothy Peterson, Shellie
Truss, Roland Perrin, Samuel Usher,
William Herring, John Dudley, The
odore Matthews, Wallace Mapp, Al
fred Dockett and Charles Diggs,
played their parts creditably and
helped to make “The Man Who
Came to Dinner” one of the Col
lege's most enjoyable productions.
was killed in the Korean police
action. Initiated last December, the
observance is set for the first day
of basketball season.
The headache lies in revision of
the Association’s constitution in
order that the constitution will be
strengthened where needed. The
major point of interest is the pos
sible changing of the “Miss Clark”
election from the Fall of the year
to Spring in order to elleviate the
problem of a green freshman class
voting for persons whom they
know nothing of. Subsequent ac
tivities include possible affiliation
with the National Student Govern
ment Association, a possible night
talent show, election of new offi
cers, swearing-in ceremony and
other items which come to our at
tention.
Students who have suggestions
for activities, etc., should consult
their class representatives or write
a letter to the SGA President. Of
ficers are Ernest M. Pharr, presi
dent; Norman J. Johnson, Jr., vice-
president and Elizabeth Campbell,
secretary. The Class representa
tives are Bertha L. Gholston, sen
ior; Clifford Ferguson, junior;
Clarence S. Ford and John W. Dud
ley, sophomores and John W.
O’Neal and James Kofa, freshmen.