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Commencement Edition
The Clark Panther
Vol. VIII
MAY. 1954, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
No. VIII
109 Candidates To Participate In 85th Commencement
Class of ’54 Receives Degrees Tuesday, June 8
One hundred and nine seniors
are slated to receive bachelor’s de
grees at the 85th commencement
exercises, June 8, at 10:30 a. m.
The list of seniors who are can
didates for degrees is as follows:
BACHELOR OF ARTS
' Barbara Elaine Adams, Atlanta;
Emily E. Adams, Atlanta; Jessie
LaVerne Barnes, Atlanta; Ida
Baugh, Atlanta; Alberta Blanton,
Griffin, Ga.; Roy Lee Bolton, At
lanta; Ruby Harrell Bostic, Atlan
ta; Marilyn Lynette Brooks, Ma
con, Ga.; Mary Jean Brothers, At
lanta:; George Washington Davis,
Gadsden, Ala.; Barbara Jean Ed
wards, Albany, Ga.; Edwine Belle
Ellis, Atlanta; Edgar Edward Ev
ans, Atlanta; Fannie Ruth Felts,
Repton, Ala.; Charlie James
Franklin, Pocahontas, Va.; Bertha
Louise Gholston, Atlanta; Gwendo
lyn Glover, Cordele, Ga.; Juanita
Augusta Gideons, Atlanta; Bettye
Joyce Green, Gadsden, Ala.; Reba
Sara Gripper, High Point, N. C.;
Wallace S. Hartsfield, Jacksonville,
Fla.; Evelyn Delores Hodges, Wil
mington, N. C.; Annie Carolyn
Horton, Centre, Ala.; Dorothy Ma
in own'd Benjamin Lumpkin, High
Point, N. C.; Willie McLendon, At
lanta; Helena Hiller, Augusta, Ga.;
Frank Montgomery, Atlanta; Con
stance Moss, Miami, Fla.; Brand-
hilda McKenzie, Miami, Fla.; El-
ridge Webster McMillan, McDon
ough, Ga.; Randolph McMillan, At
lanta; Mary Lou McNear, Way-
cross, Ga.; Verna Mae Ogletree,
Atlanta; Vera O’Neal, Atlanta;
Doris Pace, Atlanta; Theresa
Parks, Westport, Conn.; Ernest
Marcellus Pharr, Gastonia, N. C.;
Dorcus Rose Phoenix, Augusta,
Ga.; Joseph T. Reddick, Tifton,
DR. WILLIAM E. CLARK
REV. THEODORE C. MAYER
lanta; Juanita Gwendolyn Bryant,
Atlanta; Mary Edith Burke, Atlan
ta; Constance A. Callaway, Atlan
ta; Elizabeth Campbell, Atlanta;
Mattie B. Catoe, Westville, S. C.;
Offie Elliot Clark, Wilson, N. C.;
Harold A. Cost, Atlanta; Willine
Cox, Atlanta; Naomi Daniels, At-
rie Hunter, Rocky Mount, N. C.;
Doris Lee Jackson, Atlanta; Willye
Frances Kelsey, Atlanta; Randolph
Cooper Kendall, Jr., Atlanta; Ethel
Finley Knox, Summerville, Ga.;
Alice Rosetta Leigh, Grantville,
Ga.; Willie Lee Levett, West Point,
Ga.; Vera Longshore, Atlanta;
Ga.; Peggy Joyce Reese, Colum
bus, Ga.; Nimrod Q. Reynolds,
Five Points, Ala.; Yvonne Rich
ardson, Jacksonville, Fla.; Walter
Mae Robinson, Atlanta; Emma
Louise Schell, Atlanta; Evelyn Vic
toria Shye, Lexington, Ky.; Janell
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Literary Symposium Observes
Dr. Brookes’ 30th Anniversary
Members of the Literary Symposium at Clark College,
students whose field of concentration is English, observed the
thirtieth anniversary of Dr. Stella Brewer Brookes, Chair
man of the Department of English, recently. In describing
the observance, Atlanta Daily World Managing Editor, Wil
liam Gordon, said that it was a “special tribute paid to a
faculty member in a fashion seldom known to academic
circles.”
"Miss ClarlG
Elected
Ann Wilson, junior of Atlanta,
was elected May 24 to reign as
“Miss Clark” for the year 1954-55.
With 408 students voting, Ann
polled 105 while Mary Cowser,
isophomore of Centre, Alabama re
ceived 99 of the ballots. Mary will,
by virtue of her being second,
serve as Ann’s elected attend
ant.
Dr. Brookes, who came to Clark
in 1924, is a graduate of Wiley
College, a Master of Arts of the
University of Michigan and a Doc
tor of Philosophy of Cornell Uni
versity. She is a member of Phi
Delta Gamma and Pi Lambda The
ta, national honorary societies, and
an honorary member of the Inter
national Mark Twain Society. She
is a contributor to “Encyclopedia
Brittanica”, and author of the
book, “Joel Chandler Harris: Folk
lorist”, which is being extensively
used in the fields of American
folklore and American literature.
Her late husband, Professor E.
Luther Brookes, prominent in edu
cational, civic and religious circles
in Atlanta, was a member of the
Clark faculty for twenty-one years.
Dr. Brookes was introduced bj
one. of her former students, At-
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torney Julius C. Daugherty. Ernest
M. Pharr, senior English major
presented the purpose for the oc
casion. At the special program, the
honoree was presented a bouquet
of roses, a bound volume of let
ters from former English majors
and minors; and a Certificate of
Appreciation from the Student
Government Association.
Ann is a home economics major
and a member of Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority. She succeeds Jac
queline Lauglilin (“Miss Clark,”
1953-54) to whom she served as
personal attendant. Other candi
dates for the title were Helen Ev
erett, Sylvia Lee, Rosa Orsbon,
Barbara Snype and Marjorie Well-
mon.
Through a recent amendment to
the SGA constitution, “Miss Clark”
is to be elected by the student
body in the Spring of the year
with the nominating convention
consisting of the members of the
football team.
Outstanding Methodist Leaders
To Deliver Main Addresses
Heading the list of speakers for
the events of commencement are
Reverend Theodore C. Mayer, su
perintendent of Steubenville Dis
trict, Methodist Church, Steuben
ville, Ohio and Dr. William E.
Clark, pastor of the First Meth
odist Church, South Bend, Indiana.
Reverend Mayer will deliver the
baccalaureate sermon on Sunday,
June 6, and Dr. Clark will con
clude the exercises of commence
ment with his address June 8.
Born in Orville, Ohio, Reverend
Mayer was united in marriage to
Martha Hazzard of Peoria, Illinois
in 1934 and from this union came
two daughters. He received his
A. D. degree from Ohio Wesleyan
University in 1928 and his B. D.
degree from Garrett Biblical Insti
tute, Evanston, Illinois in 1931.
During the summer of 1932 he
was a member of the Sherwood
Eddy American Seminar studying
in England, Germany, Russia, Po
land, Switzerland, Italy and
France. This was a two months
study tour, hearing of the political,
economic, and religious conditions
from the leaders of the various
countries. Mr. Mayer has spent
several summers at Union The
ological Seminary in New York
City and Chicago Theological Sem
inary in Chicago.
An extensive traveler, Rev.
Mayer began his ministry as As
sociate Pastor of the Broad Street)
Methodist Church in Columbus,
Ohio. In 1932 he became pastor
of the Strongville North Royalton
Churches on the Cleveland District.
He was appointed superintendent
of the Steubenville District in
July 1, 1952, the position which he
now holds. He is vice-president of
the Wooster Kiwanis; has served
as Fund Campaign Chairman,
Wayne County Red Cross; chair
man, Wayne County Salvation
Army; a member of the Rent Con
trol Board and religious broadcast
er over station WWST.
Dr. William E. Clark who will
deliver the commencement address,
was born at Dundee, Scotland and
his present position is that of Min
ister in charge of the First Meth
odist Church, South Bend, Indiana.
He has served the Methodist
Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota;
Duluth, Minn.; Fort Wayne, Indi
ana; Gary, Indiana; and South
Bend, Indiana. He is married and
has three children and he is a thir
ty-second degree Rotarian.
He is a graduate of North Side
High School, Minneapolis, Minne
sota and Macalester College, St.
Paul, Minnesota. His graduate
work was done in Theology, Philos
ophy and Economics and Psychol
ogy at the University of Edin
burgh, Scotland; the University of
London, England and the Univer
sity of Chicago, respectively.
He received the A. B. degree
from Macalester College; the D. D.
from Philander Smith and the
D. D. from the University ol
Depauw.
Lewis, Dudley, Reynolds Elected
To Head Student Govm’t Assru
Robert Lewis, John Dudley and
Jeannette Reynolds were elected
May 17 to head the Student Gov
ernment Association for the next
school year. Uncontested by no
other party, the trio presented
their platform and aspirations for
student body approval. They com
prised the Progressive Party which
was approved by the students.
Simultaneously, three amendments
were made to the SGA Constitu
tion.
Robert Lewis, the new president,
is majoring in biology and minor-
ing in chemistry. A native of Chat
tanooga, Tenn., he is a member of
the Atlanta Chapter of the Amer
monic Society and is polemarch of
Gamma Kappa Chapter, Kappa Al
pha I’si Fraternity.
John F. Dudley, the new vice-
president, hails from Kinston,
North Carolina, and hag. served as
vice-president of the . sophomore
class for the past year. He is also
a member of the Philharmonic So
ciety, Beta Psi Chapter, Omega
Psi Phi Fraternity, the Social So
cial Science Club, the Pfeiffer Sen
ate, the YMCA, the Dramatics
Club and has served as sophomore
representative to the Student Gov
ernment Association.
A BIT OF FRIENDLY ADVICE is given to four members of the eighty-fifth graduation class by Pres
ident James P. Brawley. Typical of this year’s graduates are (seated) Evelyn V. Shye, left and Juanita
Gideons, right. (Standiing) Leonard Lumpkin, left and Samuel Rosser, right. President Brawley stands
in front of them and renders a point that brings a smile from each.— (Sykes Photo.)
ican Council on Human Rights, the
Pfeiffer Senate, the NAACP, the
YMCA, Iota Beta Chemical Society,
the Pfeiffer Senate, the Philhar-
Hailing from sunny Miami, Flor
ida, Jeannette Reynolds will fill
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