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The
Commencement
Tuesday, May 31
10:30 a. m.
Davage Auditorium
VOL. XVIII, NO. 2 CLARK COLLEGE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA MAY 20, 1960
THE CLASS OF 1960
Dr. Perry Delivers
Crogman Lecture
The annual Observance of
William iH. Crogman Day was
held at Clark ‘College on May 5,
with Clark alumna Dr. Lucille
Stone Perry of Texas Southern
University delivering the 1960
Crogman Lecture.
Speaking on the importance
of a sense of values, Dr. Perry
urged students to seek “that
truth of education which is the
identification of the self.” She
told them to decide what they
want from life, then pay the
price that must be exacted' to
reach this goal.
Of great importance, said Dr.
Perry, is the question, of wheth
er the things one asks of life are
really worthy,JStje told .students
that' they should not settle for
Gavins And Banks
Are '60 Val, Sal
Mary Alice Gavins, English
major and Woodrow Wilson Fel
lowship winner, has won the
distinction of being Valedictor
ian of the class of 1960. Lois
Elizabeth Banks, social science
major, has been named Saluta-
torian.
The two top students were
named on the basis of academic
averages compiled at the end of
the first semester this year.
Miss Gavins won the top hon
or with a 2.769 average (117
hours and 324 points) and Miss
Banks became Salutatorian with
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TO GRADUATE
Graduation Speakers
Are Haynes and Ward
Rev. L. L. Haynes of Fort
Worth, Texas, will be Bacca
laureate speaker here on May
29, and Rev. A. Dudley Ward,
general secretary of the Board
of Social and Eeconomic Rela
tions of The Methodist Church,
will be the speaker at. Com
mencement on May 31.
Wins Presidency
Unopposed Brown
More than 500 voters turned
out last month to elect Benjam
in Brown president of the Stu
dent Government Association. It
was just a matter of endorse
ment, however, since Bro-yvn was
unopposed in the election.
Other winners in the unprece
dented no-opposition voting
were Daniel Mitchell, vice presi
dent; Marjorie Wilson, secre
tary; Mattie Jo Arnold, corres
ponding secretary; Frank Gorse,
business manager; Randall Pon
der, treasurer; and Raymond
Ragsdale, parliamentarian.
SGA advisers are M. Carl
Holman, W. V. Harper II, Dean
Grace W. Phillips and Miss Vir
ginia Orr.
Raymond Williams
To Address Clark
Athletes Tomorrow
Raymond Williams, head foot
ball coach at Atlanta’s Henry
McNeil Turner High School, will
be the speaker at Clark’s annual
Athletic Banquet, in Crogman
Dining Hall tomorrow.
Coach Williams is a 1949 grad
uate. of Clark who was active
in football, basketball and track
during his collegiate days at
Clark. He is vice-president of
the Atlanta Clark Alumni Club
and has been active with the or
ganization for several years.
Dr. Brawley At Moth.
Conf. In Triple Role
IDr. James P. Brawley, presi
dent of Clark College, was ac
tive in a triple role at the Gen
eral Conference of the Meth
odist Church, now in session at
Denver, Colorado.
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ATTENTION SENIORS
If you have not already done
so, please go to the Alumni
Office and leave your name
and adduess so that you will
receive monthly copies of the
alumni publications.
EIGHTY-SEVEN
Eighty-seven Clarkites are scheduled to receive de
grees at commencement exercises on May 31 in Davage
Auditorium, according to an unofficial list of candi
dates for graduation.
The list of candidates,, by
departments, includes Elemen
tary Education majors Annie O.
Adkins, Juliette T. Amey, Edith
E. Berryhill, Mary A. Blalock,
Alfreda D. Bradley, Anne W.
Bryson, Rachel L. Burress,
Brenda Cox, Doris J. Days, Jos
eph Ellington, Doris V. George,
Ethel J. Hart, Audrey M. John
son, Carol A. McLemore, Ray
R. Prince, Joyce E. Rankin, Al-
lean D. Schley, Betty L. Strick
land and Ella J. Thomas.
Secretarial Science,majors are
Virginia Alexander, Carlene A.
Alford, Virginia W. Clemons,
Geraldine Ellis, Ellen L. Magtby,
Johnnie M. Upshaw, Juanita D.
W'iliiams and Helen Y. Wilson.
Social Science majors are
Kate E- Autrey, Lois E. Banks,
Rachel V. Collins, James M.
Crawford, Arthur J. Culpepper,
Fannie E. Curry, Becton C.
'Donaldson, Gloria, F. Gowdy,
Annette Harris; Carter, Daisy j
M. Harris, Regina Jenkins, Ber
nice N. Johnson, Charlie J. Mc-
Camey, Rosalind! R. Parker,
Barbara Joyce Ross, Thomas
Sullivan, Charles S. Thomas,
Florine Gail Washington and
Lydia E. Wilson.
English majors are Annie L.
Barnes, Mattie M. Brown, John
nie M. Dave, Rebecca Florence,
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Frosh Is Winner
Of Essay Contest
Freshman Robert E. Glover,
from Philadelphia, Pa., was
judged winner recently in an
Essay Contest sponsored jointly
by the Panther and Clank’s
Alumni Association, which
donated a prize of $10 for the
winning entry. Glover donated
the prize to the Student De-
j fense Fund.
Glover’s entry, printed in its
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MOTHERS OF CLARK STUDENTS WHO VISITED ON MOTHERS DAY continued on i*#e s