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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; (Continued on Page Four) 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