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Who’s Who Nominees are (Row 1, L-R) Reatha Clark, Mary Early, Evelyn McBryde, Laura Jenkins,
Barbara Lovinggood (Row 2, L-R) Ruth Wesley, Carolyn Hagans, Maxine Moore, Avon Kirkland (Row
3, L-R) Dan Bailey, Gerald Tate, Fred Morgan, Moses Norman, Judge Cleveland.
The Panther
Noted Clarkites Are Named To
Who’s Who In American Colleges
Fourteen Clark College students have been nominated to “Who’s
Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges,” a di-
rctory of students who have distinguished themselves in American
institutions of higher learning.
This recognition, based upon a
combination of scholarship, par
ticipation in extra-curricular ac
tivities, and promise of future use
fulness has come to Henry Dan
Bailey, Reatha Clarke, Judge
Cleveland, Mary Frances Early,
Carolyn Hagans, Laura Jenkins,
Avon Kirkland, Barbara Loving-
good, Eleanor Moore, Fred Morgan,
Evelyn McBryde, Moses Norman,
Gerald Tate, and Ruth Wesley.
Eight of these students were
high school valedictorians, and one
was salutatorian.
A breakdown of the major ac
tivities and organizations partici
pated in shows that Henry Dan
Bailey, a senior biology major from
Panama City, Florida, is an as
sistant in the Biology Department,
a member of Iota Beta Chemical
Society, an officer of the Alpha
Kappa Mu Honorary Scholastic
Society, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
and the campus German Club.
Junior, Reatha Clark, whose
major field is chemistry, is co-
chairman of the Holmes Hall Sen
ate, Secretary of the Clark Student
Government Association, and sec
retary of the Inter-collegiate
Mathematics Club, and a member
of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
Judge Cleveland, a junior from
Elberton, Georgia, is president of
the junior class, vice-president of
the Clark chapter of the Music Ed
ucators National Conference, an
assistant in the Music Department,
and a member of the collegiate
choir.
Mary Frances Early, whose ma
jor field is elementary education is
treasurer of the senior class, a
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Clark Observed 88th
Anniversary Wed.-
VOL. XIII
FEBRUARY 28, 1957
NO. 2
ClarkCoedMakes
Address to lll crs
Velma Fudge, Clark College
senior English major, was prin
cipal speaker recently when Geor
gia’s Morgan County 4-H Club
convened at Madison, Georgia, to
observe its annual 4-H Achieve
ment Program.
Seeking to stimulate and perpet
uate interest in cultural, civic, and
social affairs, many local 4-H sub
divisions annually sponsor achieve
ment programs similar to the Mor
gan County 4-H Club observance.
“Tomorrow’s Leaders Are Here
Today” was the theme for the
achievement program, and Velma
appropriately focused her atten
tion on achievement and leader
ship.
“Achievement,” the speaker
noted, “is not always synonymous
with success and can never be
based solely and absolutely on suc
cess or failure in a given experi
ence, but is relevant to one’s own
capacity, the extent to which he ex
tends himself, and the method and
direction of self-extension.” Velma
pointed out that “special skills and
problem-solving techniques may re
sult from properly channelled and
disciplined actions although the
person fails to achieve the im
mediate goal for which he sets
out.”
Developing the Socratic concept
of self-knowledge, Velma suggested
that potential leaders make use of
introspection and other valid meth
ods in order to determine their ca
pacities and to set “corresponding,
attainable goals.”
In addressing the distinguished
forum, Velma became the youngest
person to do so and the first un
dergrate to receive the honor
which was undoubtedly well-placed
in light of her meritorious work
with the 4-H movement and her
laudable scholastic record at Clark.
Velma’s conscientious service to
Georgia 4-H activities brought her
in 1952 the presidency of the State
4-H Council and subsequent 4-H
scholarship to study at Clark Col
lege. At Clark Velma has been a
consistent honor student and has
participated in dramatics, Fellow
ship of Faith in Action, and the
Intercollegiate Council of which
she has been president. She is
financial secretary of Sigma Chap
ter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority;
co-chairman of the Holmes Hall
Council; and vice-president of the
Literary Symposium.
The beauty that addresses itself
to the eyes is only the spell of the
moment; the eye of the body is not
always that of the soul.
—George Sand
PLAYERS TRIUMPH,
KIMBALL'S SUPERB
Local theater-goers are probably still smiling a week after the
Clark Playhouse's triumphant production last week of Jean Giraudoux’
rib-cracking two act comedy, “The Madwoman of Chaillot.”
with her for her mental eccentrici
ties and laugh at her for her well-
meaning invectives and innocent,
unintentional humor. Mentally er
rant but essentially good and firm
ly anchored to common sense, Ruth
sets hilarity in motion when she
becomes aware of the vicious oil
scheme. In her second role on the
Clark stage, Ruth evinced consid
erable poise and stage-familiarity,
and she sensitively interpreted the
Giraudoux madwoman by alter
nating between' the pathetically
passive philanthrope and the ac
tive philanthrope determined to
make the world safe for goodness
and virtue.
Moses Norman and Edgar Bolds
as the prospector and president re
spectively, added considerable
breadth to the production. Bolds
and Norman were actively humor
ous and their actions and gestures,
often exaggerated, produce some
masterful moments of low comedy
bordering on the slapstick type.
Bolds is a veteran of many sea
sons, while Norman made his de
but . . . and creditably so. Nor
man’s ease of action and unre
strained self extension made him
delightful to watch and difficult
to forget.
As the Ragpicker, Jesse Mc-
Dade, gave an exceptionally poig
nant performance. Cast in the role
of humanitarian, McDade allies
himself with the madwoman in
the interest of poetic justice and
evokes laughter with his peculiar
vernacular and deflated manners.
As the chiropodist specializing
in the extraction of ticks, Charles
Diggs creates character by becom-
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Eighty-eight years of progress were marked in Davage Audi
torium Wednesday morning when the College celebrated its 88th
birthday in an epoch-making ceremony.
RUTH KIMBALL
Although “The Madwoman . . .”
derives its comic effects principal
ly from poetic subtlety and humor-
producing pathos, it is so well in
terspersed with such comic ele
ments as slapstick-like clumsiness
and exaggerated diction verging
on bombast that it runs the gamut
of humor and sends the audience
away thinking of “side” stitches.
As the Madwoman, Ruth Kimball,
elementary education major of
Valdosta, Georgia, was superb.
A rather toned - down mad
woman whose humor springs from
pathos-producing goodness in the
midst of vice and corruption, Ruth
makes the audience admire her
from her lofty ideals, sympathize
DR. E. R. GARRISON
Dr. Edwin R. Garrison, adminis
trative assistant to Bishop R. C.
Raines of Indiana Conference of
the Methodist Church brought the
principal address for the occasion.
The speaker reviewed, in passing,
Clark’s illustrous history and en
visioned even greater educational
attainments for the college. Dr.
Garrison paid tribute to the col
lege’s administrators, faculty and
students and asserted that Clark
was making an unmistakably vital
contribution to the educational life
of the nation.
Dean A. A. McPheeters of the
Department of Education
extended greetings from the fac
ulty, while Preston Mobley, senior
English major, represented the
Class of 1957. Rev. H. L. Burney
delivered the invocation and Presi
dent James P. Brawley presided
over ceremonies.
Avon Kirkland brought greet
ings from the Student Govern
ment Association, while Mrs. An
na Scott represented the Alumni
Association. This edition of the
Panther carries a special feature
depicting the past and present of
the college. See P. 3.
“Quo Vadis”
Clark College?
By RUFUS POWELL
Thy heritage bespeaks abound
ing progress . . . But whither
goes thou from here? To that end,
what will be thy pace, and who
thy god-parent?
Clark College’s president, Dr
James P. Brawley, qualified
prudent, furnishes a panoramj
glimpse into the future of the -
stitution, a glimpse that ofll
conservative answers to tht]
questions.
“In the area of physical devl
opment,” the president is ctl
vlnced, “lie press!
needs, with a men’s dormit*
coming first, followed by a phi
sical education 1 and health builj
ing.” He explains that an adcl^
tional men’s dormitory would all
low for a more favorable balance
in enrollment . . . favorable ini
the sense that social activity will
be somewhat enhanced, and with
more male alumni, graduate in
fluence on the college’s continuity
will be more marked. This accom
plishment, the dormitory, he fore
sees as coming within the next
two years. How soon the physical
education and health building will
be available depends upon the ac
quisition of more land. “This is
hoped for,” the president says,
“and the nearness of it is encour
aging. At that time, the physical
education structure will be plan
ned, facilitated with instructional
provisions, a set-up for medical
examinations, et cetera. And it is
hoped that there will be sufficient
land area for a baseball diamond,
a practice field for football, and
a cinder track.”
On the other hand, the institu
tion’s endowment is undergoing a
sporadic growth. Through admini
strative knowledge and maturity
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Three-Point Students
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ALL “A” STUDENTS. Seven students compiled three-point or all “A” averages for the fall semester of 1956-’57. The
three pointers are (1-r) seniors Dorothy Howard, English major of Columbus, Ga.; Laura Jenkins, English major of Jef
fersonville, Ind.; Maxine Moore, religious education major from Greenville, N. C.; Fred Morgan, English major of Cleve
land, Ohio; Ruth Wesley, English major of Atlanta; freshmen, Dewitt Dykes, English major of Knoxville, Tenn.; and
Bobby McClain, religious education major of Gadsden, Ala.