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Basketball:
Clark vs.
Morris Brown
Jan. 14; 8:00 p. m.
Debating:
Clark Debators
Enter Morgan State
Open Tourney
January 7
VOL. XIX, NO. 1
CLARK COLLEGE, ATLANTA; GEORGIA
JANUARY, 1961
During half-time activities at the homecoming game,
Neletta O’neal, Miss Clark for 1960-61, along with
her attendants, Tehopia Johnson (I) and Louria
Bailey (r) pose briefly for the photographer.
Clark Biology Major Among Seven
Winners In Nationwide Examinations
She junior Mrs. Willje Mien
Moss, a biology major and che
mistry minor, and resident of
Atlanta. She is one of two oo-eds
among the seven winners.
Mrs. Moss won top honors in
the nation-wide chemistry ex
amination (although he is a bio
logy major, in competition with
students from 2,000 participating
colleges. She was the highest
scorer from the Southwest Re
gion.
As a resuiit of her winning first
place, she will receive a Special
Old Enrollment Record
Tumbles; Stood 12 Yrs.
An enrollment mark which
fctoood since 1948 was re-made
by the end of registration in
September when 854 students
had put their napnes on the
books in the Registrar’s Of
fice.
Pending review by the Reg
istrar there are 335 freshmen;
(new and advanced), 236 soph
omores, 160 juniors and 114
seniors.
Unofficially, the enrollment;
iby sex is 310 men and 544
women.
Records show that the 1948
enrollment figure of 849 stu
dents was the all-time record
high until this year.
Until this year, enrollment
had been running on an even
line since 1955, with 1958’s 822
studnts being the greatest-de
viation from the 811 students
of 1955.
Registrar Brantiey points out
that while freshman enroll
ments are about where they
were last year, the increase in
enrollment now is largely at
tributed to a decrease in the
number of withdrawals.
j Certificate of Recognition by the
Chemical Rubber Company, and
Clarkk College will receive from
the Company $100 worth of sci
entific books to foe donated in
her name. Mrs. Moss also receiv
ed the “Handbook of Chemistry
and Physics” from the Chemical
Ruhber Company.
Mns. Moss was selected to par
ticipate in the contest by the
Chemistry Department Chair
man, Dr. Alfred S. Spriggs, who
will be given the privilege of
selecting the books which will be
awarded to the college. Mrs.
Moss served as a research par
ticipant in a National Science
Foundation research program at
Tuskegee during the summer.
Other winners oame from
Wesleyan University, Swarth-
more College, New Mexico High-
1 lands University, Notre Dame
College, Vanderbilt and Brig
ham Young Universities.
Detroit Alumni Club
Awards Scholarship
Clark College sophomore edu
cation major Cora Jean Zach
ary, from Anniston, Alabama,
has been awarded the Detroit
Clark Club’s Scholarship of
$75.00 for the fall semester.
The award was made on a
competitive basis, with the club
itself deciding the recipient on
the basis of comprehensve appli
cation forms. Detroit Club Pre
sident, William Stevenson has in
dicated that annual scholarships
in increasing amounts will be of
fered by the Club in the future.
Debating Team Victorious At
A&T College Open Tournament
The, Clark College debating team won second place at the , tive half,
fourth annual Debate Tournament sponsored by Kappa Phi
Kappa Debating Society at A.&'T. College, Greensboro, North
Carolina, on November 19, 1960.
Two negative and two affirm
ative teams represented Clark
in the four-round tournament
that was eventually extended to
five rounds for two of Clark’s
teams due to an error in the
first round. Naomi Smith and
Daniel Mitchell represented tire
negative faction of, Clark’s “A”
team and Haskell Ward and
Robert Glover made up the af
firmative half. On the “B” team
Elise Hooks and James Felder
represented the afffahnative half
and Robert Tucker and James
Shropshire comprised the nega-
In the first round Clark’s af
firmative “B” team was march
ed against Clark’s negative
“B” team. The negative won 34-
31. Also, in this round Clank's
affirmative “A” team defeated
the negative team of A.&T. Col
lege 29-23, and the negative “A”
team of Clark took a 43-37 vic
tory from South Carolina. State
College.
Continued on page 8
The Cast From “Harvey”: (1-r, standing) Florence Miller, Richard Albert, Carl
Ajroold, Mattie Cox, Eugene Price, and Roy Wynn. Seated are Joyce Tuft, and
Ralph Reeves.
Alumnus H. W. White Wills Clark $4,000
A bequest of $4,000.00 has
come to Clark College from the
estate of the late Rev. Henry W.
White, Clark alumnus for whom
White’s Chapel Methodist Church
here is mamed.
Acdbrding to the terms of the
late Rev. Whit’s will, the be
quest will be invested by the
College and the income used to
grant scholarships not exceed
ing $100 to worthy students. Dr.
James P. Brawley has indicated
that the fund established through
the bequest will -be called “The
Henry W. White Memorial Scho
larship."
A Life-long resident of Atlanta,
Rev. White finished studies at
Clark in 1887, married the late
Forum Sponsors
Cahill In Lecture
The Reverend Edwin Cahill,
minister of the North Avenue
Unitarian Church, led a dis
cussion on “Religion and Pol-
tics” at Kresge Hall on No
vember 7. His points of dis
cussion were the background
of the church and state, na
ture and effect on Catholicism
and Kennedy, Kennedy’s posi
tion and the church’s position.
The speaker emphasized the
fact that our country upholds
the “Doctrine of separation of
church and state.” He referred
Emma Nelson the following year
and soon after entered Gammon
Theological Seminary. His firsrt
pastorship was at Vine Street
Methodist Church, here in At
lanta. Subsequently, he pastured
in the then existing Savannah
Conference of the Methodist
Church, later the Georgia Con
ference. At the time of his re
tirement in 1920 he had-return
ed to Vine Street Church.
to the colonies unsuccess
ful attempts made to de
velop theocratic forms of gov
ernment.
“American Catholicism and
European Catholicism differ
because of church-state rela
tions in the two countries,”
Rev. Cahill stated, “And it is
because of this fact that Ken
nedy’s religion will not con
flict with his position as Pres
ident, . should he be elected.”
Referring to Kennedy's posi
tion, Cahill explained that,
“When all the questions and
answers have been given, then
it is time to drag the issue.
This has been done by Ken
nedy on many’occasions.”
The speaker expressed a
Jim view on the main anti-
sematie attacks which h a d
been used against Kennedy.
He observed that most of these
attacks were spearheaded by
Protestant groups with the
Clark Opens
New Labs
New laboratories In art, bio-
, iogy and chemistry have been
opened at Clark doubling car trip
ling the space formerly avail
able in these areas.
Most extenstlve construction
i and renovations are in the Bio
logy Department, where all new
desks and seating equipment has
aeon installed 1 .
The new biology laboratories
occupy the completely renovated
structure on the east side of the
campus behind Pfeiffer HalL
Gaining the space formerly oc
cupied by biology, the Chemis
try Department now has two
major laboratories, with a separ
ate room for measuring equip
ment
The construction and renova
tions also provided considerably
greater space for art. instruction
on the upper level of the Bio-
.ogy Building.
The college spent over $3.00,
000.00 in these developments.
tacks had been geared to
Nixon, a Quaker, which show
ed inconsistency on the part
o fthe American people.
After the speech there was
an open discussion which
gave the people present an op
portunity to have some oi
their individual questions
about religion and politics ans-
Baptiat leading the, way. Rev.
Cahill cited that no such at- wered.