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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 (Continued on page four) 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- * 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 (Continued on page five)