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The Panther, Clark College, Atlanta, Ga.
February, 1960
HIGHLIGHTS OF FIRST
Enrollment Up, Panthers, Too. SGA
SEMESTER
Starts "Snowflake
Synopsis of Freshmen Orientation
By BOB TUCKER
Hooray! No more “crabs”! We’re now Freshmen. This
was the general concensus, though not expressed quite as
veribally as it was mutually felt, by some 318 Freshmen as
they were officially inducted into the Clark Family as Fresh
men of the 1959-60 session. This group by now, very weary
from having performed the numerous tasks along with the
many other conjured figments of initiation thought of and
presented by the “most noble” upperclassmen (and now having
undergone the rigors of first semester exams), represented a
very wholesome array of young people eagr to taste of college
life, but more expressly, eager to become dauntless Clarkites
and live up to the oath and challenges placed before them
in this service of induction.
The week of orientation leading up to this service was
truly a most memorable and opulent week. Almost every
hour during the seven-day period was designated for some
aspect of getting acquained with Clark through this period
for orientation, and that time which may have appeared as
being free was very graciously attended to by the, again, most
noble” upperclassmen who began to arrive on the campus near
the end of the week. This orientation period, in the main,
was designed primarily not only to get the Freshmen acquaint
ed with Clark, but also to 'become acquainted with the other
members of his class, and above all to become acquainted with
himself through self evaluation and initial personal adjust
ments.
The many varied activities and functions, such as the
reception, the huddle groups, visual aids, the sight-seeing tour,
the picnic, parties, the talent show, along with the many other
well-planned and splendidly coordinated affairs all contributed
to the making of a very sound foundation which we as
Freshmen can begin building upon.
In speaking more personally I should like to say that, as
a Freshman, and I think that what I am about to say does
voice the sentiments of all Freshmen, I was particularly im
pressed and immensely gratified to learn, by way of Freshmen
Orientation Week, of at least three (3) main facets of Clark
College: (1) The family-like relationship which exists between
the faculty and students; (2) The cordiality and all-around
helpfulness exhibited by the young people selected to serve
as Freshmen guides and advisors, and (3) The very fine
administration and faculty existing under the motivating
leadership of Dr. James P. Brawley.
In conclusion, I should like to pay tribute to two of the
unsung heroes here at Clark College—Dean Hamilton and
Dean Phillips, who untiringly helped us Freshmen through
the “breaking-in” period, and say for all of the Freshmen:
“Thanks a million” to all concerned, and to assure you that
we shall endeavor to the uttermos of our abilities to make
this the most dynamic Freshman class in he history of Clark
College.
FRESHMAN GUIDES. Shown above are upperclassmen who helped to coordinate the
activities of Freshman Orientation Week. Frist row, seated (l.-r.), Harriet Bryan, Nancy
Banks, Frank Edwards, William Bivens, Glenn Coleman, Benjamin Brown, Daniel
Mitchell, Ivan Hakeem, Mark Snllivan, Willie Lynch, Thomas Hines. Second row, seat,
ed (L-r.), Carolyn Long, Mary Hills, Rebecca Brown, Barbara Collie, Theresa Ware,
Jackie Brown. Standing (L-r.), Shirley Robinson, Loretta Fowlkes, Mary Stephens, Bar
bara Walker, Gloria Gowdy, Bessie Hicks, Ozzie Jackson, Mattie Jo Arnold, Theophla
Johnson, Christine Sparks and Brenda Howard.
Spikes Wiriner Of
RCA Scholarship
Willie C. Spikes, senior math
ematics major at Clark College,
has been awarded a Radio Cor
poration of America Science and
Mathematics Scholarship.
As recipient of the award,
which is granted annually to a
Clark student for one or more
years, Spikes became the second
Clark student to win the RCA
Scholarship.
Designed to encourage future
teachers of science and math
ematics, the RCA scholarship
program annually awards simi
lar grants to some 63 students
in colleges throughout the na
tion which participate in the
RCA program.
Spikes’ scholarship provides
$800 for tuition and other ex
penses and carries an unres
tricted gift of $500 per year to
the College, which RCA grants
“to help defray the actual cost
of educating a student for one
year.
Win $10 In Essay Contest
Art Department Head
l^flns Schaeffer Award
Clark Art Department Chair
man W. V. Harper II was
awarded the Schaeffer Award
for “Best Apparel Design” by
the National Association of
Fashion and Accessory Design
ers at their annual meeting in
June held at New York’s Wal
dorf-Astoria Hotel.
The creation, called. “Neopol-.
] itan,” a glen plaid town ensem-
! ble, was modeled by the design-
i er’s wife, nese.
A Scene From SGA’s “Snowflake Debut” Held in Honor of Clark’s Freshmen Women
SGA Presents 1st Annual “Snowflake Ball” Debut
Methodist Awards
To Four Clarkites
Four Clark College students
have been awarded National
Methodist Scholarships! toy the
Board of Education of the Meth
odist Church.
They are Nancy June Banks,
sophomore from Beloit, Wiscon
sin; Eleanor Ruth Brayboy,
sophomore of Atlanta, Georgia;
Andrew Jackson Lloyd, sopho
more from Gadsden, Alabama;
and Linda (Marie White, fresh
man from Chicago, Jllnois.
National Methodist Scholar
ship Awards cover tuition and
fees up to $500 and are granted
on the basis of superior acade
mic standing, leadership ability,
active churchmanship, character,
personality, and need.
About 500 such, awards are
given annually by the Method
ist Board of Education in its
nationwide scholarship program.
More than 5,000 of the awards
have been granted since the pro
gram was stated in 1945.
Funds for the support of Na
tional Methodist Scholarships
are received from local Method
ist churches on the basis of a
church-wide offering on Meth
odist Student Day, the second
Sunday in June
Tbe Student Government
Association took a giant step
forward in sponsoring the ex
travaganza” of the 1959-60
school year, “The Snowflake
Debut” ball, a formal affair
which took place on Friday, De
cember 12.
hTe dance, which was held
from 8-12, took place in the
Crogam Dining Hall of the col
lege.
Thirty-four freshmen young
ladies and their escorts took
part in the presentation phase
of the ball. This was the first
affair of this type to be given
toy the Clark S.G.A.
Music for the affair was fur
nished by our own Lloyd Terry,
popular conductor - trumpeteer.
Terry is a graduate of Clark and
is presently band director at the
city.
The initial plans fr this dance
were drawn up at the Student
Government’s retreat at Camp
Alatoona in the beginning of the
school year. Its entire planning
was under the direction of the
Social Committee of the SGA,
whose head is Nancy Banks.
Decorations for the dance were
done by Mr. William V. Harper
Dr. Herbert Rogers, Chair
man, Department Religion and
Philosophy, participated in the
recent Methodist Total Enlist
ment program at Clifton Meth
odist Church in Atlanta and re-
Rev. Roland E. Haynes, ’49,
Assistant Professor of. Religion
and Philosophy, attend the
Christian Education Conference
sponsored toy the -Methodist.
Church Agencies in Cincinnati.
! Ohio, November 5-7, 1959.
Archer High School here in the IIJ