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Panther VOL. XIX, NO. 2 CLARK COLLEGE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA APRIL, 1961 FRESHMEN KE TOP HONORS IN UNCF DRIVE Guided by perennial winning- class leaders Nurse Chandler and Mr. James J. Green, the Freshman Class caught, fund raising fever in the recent camp us-wide UNCF campaign and walked off with top honors in the competitive three-w e e k drive to raise funds for Ameri ca’s pioneer cooperative educa tional fund raising venture. The three weeks of benefit hot dog sales, dances and fund raising gimmicks brought in a record-shattering $1,992.99 from students, and faculty gifts- sent the total to an all-time high of $4,000.00. Newly - appointed campaign chairman Dr. Wiley S. Bolden teamed with co-chairman W. W. Morrell and William T. Robie to direct the effort. To win top honors, the Fresh men brought in an average gift per member of $3.47 and a total of $964.79. Running a close se cond were the seniors who re ported an average of $3.39 and a total of $326.30. The Juniors followed with an average of $2.07 and a tital of $344.88, and the Sophomores reported $300.02 for a $1.48 average. One of the highlights of the concluding day was a report by Herbert Bridgewater, whose per sonal efforts- resulted In a $180. 00 boost to the Freshmen ef forts. Although no statistics were available at press time, it is probable that Bridgewater’s (Continned on page 3) Center Observes Religious Week By Fannie Bridges Sunday, February 26, 3:00 p. m. marked the beginning of the 1961 annual observance of Religious Emphasis Week in the Atlanta University Center. The speaker for the Univer sity Center this year was Rev. James H. Robinson who is pre sently pastoring at the Church of the Masters in New York City. He is a graduate of Lin coln University and Union Theological Seminary and re ceived D. D. degrees from Woo ster College and Weslyan Uni versity. He was awarded Doc tor of Human Letters by Lin coln University and the New (Continued on page 6) REPRESENTATIVES OF WINNING UNCF GROUP Playhouse Scores With "Medea" MIT Prof. Speaks Here Dr. Harold Isaac of Massachu setts Institute of Technology spoke at Clark College recently under sponsorship of the Col lege’s Forum and Forensic So ciety. Dr. Isaac talked on “The Structure of Changing Relations in a Changing World.” The newspaperman, author and world traveler, pointed out that the emergence or racial equality has been declining since 1914, but 1945 marked the real start of the change in the estab lished order of the western world. “In -America,” said Dr. Isaac, “the problem of relationship can no longer be swept under the rug.” The problem of human re lations is trying to re-shape it self in the new context which will live the rest of our lives, he said. The system of white supre- (Continued on page 3) The Clark College Playhouse presented the classic Grecian tragedy MEDEA Thursday March 16, an Fridlay March 17. The two performances were the Robinson J e f f e rs adaptation from the original tragedy by the great Greek tradedian Euripides. The two run performance opened before a well filled udi- torium and the cast won warm applause for their interpreta tions of the difficult roles. .Medea, a barbarian sorceress in Greek mythology whose fury is felt 'by all Co-inth, was play ed Bettye Pearl Williams and Eldse Hookes. Both displayed outstanding acting ability, and gave evidence of rain; which when developed, might lead to a professional career in dramatics. The very, significant role of Ja son was played by Lonie Thomas, whowbo gave a suprisingly ex ceptional performance. Making his debu-te and creditably so, he created an atmosphere of con trived dignity. They were supported by a well trained cast which included' Joyce Tutt as the nurse, Eu gene Price as the tutor, Grace Campbell, MaJble HMliary, and Theopia Johnson as the three wo men; Bay Wynne as Creon, Ted Price as Aegue, Mattie Cox. 80 Students Listed On First Semester Honor Roll Eighty Clarkites scored aver ages of 2.000 or better to win listing on the honor roll for the first semester, but of the entire number only freshman Flores R. Green reached perfection with a straight A average. Leading the four classes were Ruby Hamilton and! Harriette L. Richardson, seniors; Johnny Scott and Danny Mitchell, jun iors; Linda White and Woodrow Ross; sophomores; and Flores Green and Isdah Washington, freshman. Only thirteen of the fifty-six sophomores, juniors and seniors listed on this honor roll appear ed in listings for the preceding honor roll, and while enrollments for the first semester of this year were up by some 100 stu dents, the honor roll picked up (Continued on page 3) A SCENE from “Medea,” which scored a smashing before capacity audiences on March 16 and 17. Humbert Cites Role of Christian College In Clark's 92nd Founder's Day Speech ‘Education for Life” was the title of an address (Delivered Wednesday by Dr. Russell J. Humbert, president of DeP-auw University, who cited the role of the church supported college in the training of minds as he spoke to the audience a t Ciark College’s Founder’s Day observ ance. The campus of the Christian college,” said Dr. Humbert, “pro vides a meeting place for all the various factors which make for the development of the whole person. This is the purpose of the Christian college, where we push Church - organized Chris tianity to the center of life where it belongs.” All things must speak of God, he said!, and “we need no new techniques, no new source of knowledge, we have all that is necessary to bring the King dom of God on earth, all that is necessary is the willing open mind of man to be taught by -God.” Quoting Ward Madden, the speaker told Clark students i “The best way to prepare for j future life is not to prepare at ; all, but to concentrate on being ! the most effective person in ! meeting the inherent challenges | of present existence.” “Today a rich heritage is ours because of the foundation laid by the Christian colleges of our land, but we tend to count our superficial blessings which we see arid forget the contributions made by those who have preced ed us. Here in America we are prone to count the firsts, seeing ourselves as having the great est number of telephones, bath tubs, automobile and countless other important gadgets. This is good,” he continued, “but it is not most important and is not primary as we consider educa tion in life. We must consider also the -passage of St. Paul, St. Augustine, Marthin Luther, John Calvin and the Wesleys and the DR, HUMBERT | importance of the Church in the j field of mental and spiritual training.” The Christian college is at present producing the leader ship for major fields of living, he asserted. “The small Chris tian colleges of this nation are producing more of the leader ship for this century than the larger state supported schools. This is true,” he said, “because the Christian college provides the atmosphere of freedom with in which research in all fields can be carried forward with out liminations.” The Christian college must lead the way to world under standing, he continued. The world must move from force, through freedom to faith if we are to have a world at all, and the ch-ureh has a responsibility of leadership in this direction through its role in education. Dr. Humbert told Clark stu dents they must find a real significance for their lives and shake off the “deep - seated doubt” that the mbdtem imper sonal and insecure world fos ters. He told them that “your education in life must help you find this significance for your life. You cannot be neutral, you are either for or against the eternal principles. Philharmonic Group In Two-Week Tour un vvednesuay, February 1, twenty selected singers tram me tamed, PiaLlhaamornc soci ety ot mark College, under the tuj.eenon oi Di. J. deKoven jmmngsworui, assisted by Mrs. u. it. Grissom, iteit Atlanta for a two-week tour at seven nortneastern cities; Washing ton, D. c., Philadelphia, Bronx, N. i.; Shrub Oak, N. Y.; Buck Hill Fails, Pennsylvania, Wap- pingers Falls, N. Y., and Mid dletown, N. Y. The singers spent the first night of the tour at North Ca rolina College in Durham. On February 2, they arrived in Washington, where they ap peared at tihe Ebenezer Meth odist Church, under the aus pices of the Washington Clark Club. February 3, 1961, they ar rived in Philadelphia, appeared at the Zoar Methodist Church, under the auspices of the Phil adelphia Clark Club. The singers left Philadelphia emoute to Kingston, N. Y., but had to return to Philadelphia because of heavy snow. Even tually, they were able to leave Philadelphia for New York, and -the concerts continued as follows; February 5, Bronx, N. Y., St. Stephens Church; Shrub Oak, N. Y., Shrub Oak- Peeksill Churches; February 8, Buck Hill Falls, Pennsylvania, tit. Mark’s Methodist Church; February 11, Wappingers Falls, The Methodist Church; February 12, Middletown, N. Y., Sti Paul’s Methodist Church (Continued on page 6) Forensic Society Presents Pettigrew By Louria Bailey The Forensic Society recent ly presented Dr. Sam Pedigrew oi Harvard University in a lec ture “A Social Science Answer to the Philosophy of Segrega tion.” “I believe,’ began Dr. Petti grew, “that the segregation ideology put forth by the Ku Klux Klan is not the principle ideology in the desegregation policy. What then, is effec tive?” He began discussing the Myth of Moderation by de fining the Moderate as a bet ter educated segregationist. He stated that their solution is time. They argue that tradi tions cannot be changed over night. They long for the good relations of the past and they claim that there is a break down in the racial communi cation. “Time is a pitiful answer,” said Dr. Pettigrew. “It is what is done with time.” He stated that the theory “hearts and minds of men are not changed by law sounds reasonable but is next altogether true. Laws change behavior and once be havior changes, attitudes fol ic on turned and page 6)