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The Clark Panther
VOL. XI
NOVEMBER, 1954
No. 1
“MISS CLARK COLLEGE.” A charming and scintillating smile that
envelops all who come in contact with her is the property of lovely
ANN WILSON, who reign as “Miss Clark” during the Homecoming
festivities. A native Atlantan, Miss Wilson is also a Delta Sigma
Theta Soror.
FACULTY, STAFF
ADDITIONS ANNOUNCED
Dr. John H. Morrow of Hack
ensack, N. J. is among those on
the Clark College faculty receiv
ing appointments for the 1954-55
academic year according to Presi
dent James P. Brawley. Dr. Mor
row, who will head the Department
of Modem Foreign Languages, is
a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Rut
gers University in New Jersey and
the University of Pennsylvania
from which he received the M. A.
and Ph.D. degrees. He holds an
advanced certificate from the Sor-
bonne in Paris, France and for
nine years was head of the Modern
Foreign Languages Department of
Talladega College, Talladega, Ala
bama.
Miss Rebecca E. Turner of New
Orleans, Louisiana, has been ap
pointed to the Department of Mu
sic. A graduate of Bennett Col
lege, Greensboro, N. C. and North
western University where she
earned the master’s degree, Miss
Turner will serve as instructor in
piano and will be the College ac
companist. At Northwestern her
master’s thesis was written on
“Teaching Ethical And Spiritual
Values in Music Education.” She
has been active in Methodist stu
dent movements and while at Ben
nett participated in work camps
and attended several national stu
dent conferences.
Announcement
CHRISTMAS SEASON
TO FEATURE ARTS,
MUSIC PROGRAM
The Department of Music and
the Department of Fine Arts have
announced the presentation of two
outstanding Christmas programs.
On December 5 from 5:00 - 7:30
P. M. “Les Madones du Monde”
will in the Heaven-Warren Art
Gallery. This will be a one-man
exhibition by Mr. Chestyn Everett.
The annual Christmas musicale,
“The Christmas Oratorio” by Saint-
Saens, will be presented in Davage
Auditorium Sunday afternoon, De
cember 12. The oratorio will be
directed by Dr. J. deKoven Kil-
lingsworth and will be held at four
o’clock.
The new librarian is Mrs. Fan
nie Burrell Whipple of New Or
leans, Louisiana, who was formerly
librarian at Claflin College,
Orangeburg, S. C. Mrs. Whipple
received the A. B. degree from Dil
lard University and the M. S. de
gree in library service from At
lanta University.
Serving as Assistant to Dean of
Men Charlton Hamilton and in
structor in the Department of Re
ligion and Philosophy is Mr. C.
Eric Lincoln of Memphis, Tennes
see. Mr. Lincoln, whose bachelor’s
degree was awarded by LeMoyne
College and whose master’s was
earned at Fisk University, has also
done additional study in the Divin
ity School of the University of Chi
cago. At Fisk University he served
as Assistant to the Dean of Men.
Miss Barbara Dean Williams of
Tuskegee, Alabama, has been ap
pointed to the Department of Home
Economics as instructor in cloth
ing and supervisor of the Home
Management House. As valedicto
rian of her class, she received the
B. S. degree from Tuskegee Insti
tute, and New York University con
ferred her M. A. which was earned
on a scholarship awarded by the
James Foundation, Incorporated, of
New York.
Appointed Assistant Dietitian
and instructor in foods and nutri
tion in the home Economics De
partment is Miss Fannie Frances
Neely of Athens, Georgia. Miss
Neeley, a Clark College honor
graduate, comes after teaching in
the Athens, Georgia, public schools
for a year.
Mrs. Mary Haynes Burnside,
A. B., Talladega College, who for
the past few years has been asso
ciated with the public schools of
Paducah, Kentucky, is secretary to
Mrs. Phoebe F. Burney, Dean of
W omen.
New professors in the Depart
ment of Chemistry are Mr. Booker
T. Simpson, B.S., Clafin University;
M.S., University of Iowa, who was
a member of the faculty at A. & T.
College, Greensboro, N. C., from
1948-54. Assisting him is Mr. Ed
die Page, Jr., a graduate of Morris
Brown College. Mr. Page has also
studied in the graduate school of
Atlanta and Boston Universities.
Color and excitement featured
the long anticipated week of Home
coming when a wild scramble of
activity captured the daily routine
of events in the haj$iest-go-luck-
iest week of the school year as the
College welcomed home its alumni
who were caught in the web of
pomp and gaiety spun by the fac
ulty and students.
Reigning over the festivities of
the miniature Mardi Gras was the
lovely and charming Ann Wilson,
“Miss Clark College,” and her
court, who reveled in the scenes on
the battlefield along with President
James P. Brawley as an inspired
and victory-thirsted Cardinal and
Black squad came from behind to
edge Alabama State College 12-7
for a completely successful and ex
citing week.
The annual celebration was ini
tiated when President Brawley
brought to light “The Meaning and
Significance of Homecoming,”
Tuesday morning, October 19, at
the College Hour in Davage Audi
torium. The following morning
came the much-looked-for, tradi
tional “Speech of Spizzirinctum,”
which permeated the audience and
housed the proponents of “Clark-
ism” to a healthy and platonic
state of heavenly enthusiasm. Avis
Carver, a graduate of the class of
’52 who is now teaching at John
Hope School, Atlanta, followed the
“Spizzirinctum” address Wednes
day morning—bringing a meaning
ful message to the celebrants from
the alumni.
The year’s most coveted beauty
title, “Miss Clark College,” was
formally received by Queen Ann
from Dr. Brawley Friday evening
at the Coronation ceremonies which
also featured the Queen’s royal
court composed of her attendants,
“Miss Loyalty,” “Miss UNCF,“ and
the fraternity queens.
Clashing symbols, tooting horns,
cheering students, victory-minded
football players and alumni re-liv
ing their days at Clark, set the
pace for the big day as the multi
tude of feminine pulchritude riding
aloft gaily decorated automobiles
paraded to Herndon Stadium. Mill
ing students and a hug crowd of
on-lookers lined Greensferry, Ash
by, Fair and Hunter streets to
watch the royal float and the
Homecoming assemblage led by the
versatile College band under the di
rection of Mr. Wayman Carver.
Drum Major Perry Anderson per
formed some special stunts and
turned in a king-sized performance
supported by majorettes, Ivy Perry,
Virginia Prather, Carolyn Taylor,
Mamie Toland, Barbara Lovingood,
Evelyn Mitchell, Shirley Mundy
and Ann Shumate. The high-
spirited cheerleaders, Irma Willis,
Willie Taylor, Henrietta Phillips,
Grady Rogers, Seth Aaron and
Rajah Weaver followed—carrying
their enthusiasm and iron threats
which later moved the stands to
action and figured in the victorious
outcome.
(Continued on Page Four)
ENROLLMENT
PASSES
700 MARK
Seven hundred and twelve stu
dents are enrolled during the Col
lege’s first semester. These stu
dents come from twenty-three
states—with the largest number
coming from Georgia. North Caro
lina, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Alabama and Florida account for
a large percentage of the enroll
ment.
The freshman class boasts 373
students, of which 261 are first
time students, while there are 161
sophomores, 99 juniors and 69
seniors. Ten special students round
out the number to make it 712.
This year’s students come from
as far west as California, as far
north as Connecticut, and as far
south as Florida. Three students
from Liberia and one from South
America are registered.
Registrar E. J. Brantley predicts
that the enrollment will be con
stant for the first semester, with
few drop-outs.
Thirteen Veteran Faculty Members
Study During Summer
Thirteen members of Clark Col
lege’s faculty matriculated at lead
ing American universities during
the summer. Receiving degrees at
the end of the summer session were
Miss LaVeme Gaither of the De
partment of Music, who won the
Master of Arts degree from Co
lumbia University; and Mrs. Willie
C. Davis, instructor in English,
who was awarded an Atlanta Uni
versity master’s degree.
Mrs. Sara Harris Cureton, Di
rector of the Modem Language
Laboratory and Professor of Span
ish and French, studied with the
workshop in audio-visual aids and
techniques in the teaching of mod
ern languages at Purdue Univer
sity, Lafayette, Indiana; while
Professor Edward F. Sweat of the
Social Science Department and
Coach Leonidas Epps studied at In
diana University where Mr. Sweat
was employed in the University
library.
At the University of Chicago
Professor Frank A. Banks, head
of the Department of Biology, con
tinued study toward a doctorate,
and Mr. George A. Tate, Director
of Religious Life, studied in the
University’s Divinity School.
Other faculty members who stud
ied were Mrs. Pearlie C. Dove of
the Department of Education, at
the University of Colorado; Mrs.
Flora G. Davis, Head of the Home
Economics Department, at Colum
bia University; Mrs. Marie W. Co-
pher, Department of Education,
Boston University; Mrs. Mamie S.
Ware of the Mathematics Depart
ment, Northwestern University;
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RUDIE OPENS
CONCERT
SERIES „
Robert Rudie, performing with a
Stradivarius, a Guamerius, and a
Modem violin, opened the All Star
Concert of the Sunday Evening
Cultural Hour at Clark College
Sunday, October 17, and reached
the rarified stratum of true virtu
oso greatness.
Mr. Rudie’s performance began
auspiciously with the Kreisler
waltzes, “Liebesfreud” and “Shon
Rosmardin,” in which he disclosed
a rich, fine, full-bodied tone. Fol
lowing, he played the Bach-Kreisler
“Prelude in E major,” and “Ro
mance in F major, Opus 50” by
Beethoven.
In the Mendelssohn concerto,
which came next, he performed flu
ently the flying roulades that some
times are glossed over his playing
was in time—his tone of rare ex
pressiveness. The second movement
showed that the "singing tone” ap
plied to the violin is no mere figure
of speech.
The College’s new multifunctional building will be the hub of campus activity. The building contains
facilities for instruction in large quantity cookery and institutional management, a home management
section for home economics students, suites for women faculty members, guest suites, and a student
lounge.
HOMECOMING MARKED BY VICTORY
AND WILDEST ENTHUSIASM YET