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The Panther, Clark College, Atlanta, Georgia
April, 1961
Clark Acquires Land
At Fair and Law she
Clark College has acquired
title to land at the northweest
corner of Lawshe and Fair
Street, according to an official
report from the administration.
'the acquisition of this land
through purchase means that
the College now has at least a
toe-hold on additional space
neeed for expansion. No word
has been forthcoming as to the
immeiate use of this land, but
it is presumed that the college
will await further developments
in the urban renewal situation.
At the present time the in
stitution has no plans in the
making to secure other land ad
joining, but will probably avail
itseif of any opportunity to se
cure whatever is put up for sale.
City Young Women
Organize for Activities
The young ladies of Clark
College who maintain residence
in the city of Atlanta have or
ganized and formulated their
program for the school year
iSbU-61.
The officers of this group are
Andrea Jones,, president; Bar
bara Lee, vice president; Mattie
Cox, Secretary; Grace Campbell,
treasurer; Nazetta O’Neal, Busi
ness Manager; and Carolyn
D u k e s, Program Committee
Cnairman.
Our membership is approxi
mately 3o4 strong. The first pre
sentation by this group will be
a chapel program on February
24, 1901. Among the other acti
vities to be planned is a social
which will be held in the Spring
©1 the year.
We urge the full support of
each of the off-campus young
ladies in this organization
SGA Movies Into
New Headquarters
For the first time in the re
cent history of Clark College,
the Student Government As
sociation .moved into an office
which may be called the SGA
office. ' ^
The new office installment
located in the Thayer Hall
Recreation room is a result of
the pressing need of centraliz
ing Student Government Ac
tivity. After several confer
ences with the president of the
college the present administra
tion took great pride in see
ing, the structure materialize
within a three week period.
The function of the office is
primarily that of any other of
fice, inasmuch as all Student
Government business will be
carried on from the new loca
tion. In addition to the jnany
other responsibilities, the of-
five will be base of operation
for students who serve as of
ficers in the supervision of the
“Rec.” As you know Rec
hours have been extended I
from the original 10:40-1:30 to
10:40-3:30.
In an interview with SGA
Prexy, Benjamin Brown, he
stated that, the council is very
much concerned about why
the students will not make use
of the extended time that they
have fought so hard to acquire.
Nevertheless, business is
moving on just fine since mov
ing into the office. Miss Mar
jorie Wilson, our SGA Secre
tary, is the chief person in
charge of the manner in which
the foffice is being operated.
However, there is one favor
she wishes to ask, and that
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PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY members who traveled in several northern states in Feb
ruary pose following a New York City appearance with Dr. Brawley, Mrs. Gladys .1.
Weekes, president of the New York Clark Alumni Club, Mrs. Grissom and Rev. Thomas
P. Grissom.
Fraternities and Sororites
Fourteen Clarkites in
Who’s Who Under
New Criteria
The new criteria for selection
of studlents to appear in the pub
lication “Who’s Who in Ameri
can Universities and Colleges”
requires that a student have an
above average academic status
along with desirable moral traits
and participation in some extra
curricular activty.
Students chosen to appear in
the 1960-61 edition of this publi
cation met these requirements
and were reccommended by their
Department Heads. Clark has
fourteen students iisted this
year. They are juniors; Shirley
Banks, Rebecca Brown, Brenda
Howard, Gwendolyn Kornegay,
Johnnie Scott, Emma Christine
Sparkks, Mark Sullivan, Barbara
Walker, eJan Walker and Ther-
essa Ware; senior’s listed are
Freddye George, Ruby Hamilton
an Rufoie Smith.
The Forsenic Society
Thanks Panther
The Clark College Forensic
Society wishes to thank the
editorial staff of “The Panth
er” for its concern and inter
est in the debating team. We
hope that “this kind of pro
gram will raise the intellectual
awareness of the student body
and stimulate constitutive cri
tical thinking.”
IT COULDN’T BE
DONE
BY SHIRLEY BANKS
Somebody said 'that i t
couldn’t be done,
But he with a chuckle re
plied
That “maybe it couldn’t,
but he would be one
Who wouldn’t say so till he
tried.—Eggar A. Guest
Maybe it “couldn’t be done”
this semester because you didn’t
try hard enough. Maybe you
couldn’t make that “A” or “B”
tha you so wanted. But with
final exams over and a new sem
ester beginning you can db what
you didn’t last semester.
Tlie first factor students must
realize is that failure s not
shameful if you have aspired to
higher goals. Sure, no one can
change the past but you must
look at the present and future.
iMaybe yu didn’t receive that
"A” or “B” because of what you
consider a “minor” mistakes.
But were they really “minor”?
Most failures come from not
knowing or formulating a pro
cedure for studying. No one can
tell another person how to study
but there are a few generaliza-
tionss concerning tudying that
students have found very effec
tive.
Study daily. This eliminates
having a long review on week
ends of everything studied in
particular class. Make the re
view on weekends consist on
only a few general statements
which will cover most of what
has been studied during the pre
vious week. By studying daily
you will eliminate “burning the
after - midnight oil,’” before
exams.
When reading, most students
make the mistakke of not urtdter-
lining important points and look
ing up words they do not under
stand. The best policy is to make
a vocabulary list in the back of
your notebook and then when
reviewing yu will only have to
turn to this list.
All courses have certain basic
orinciples that students must
learn in order to understand the
course. .Byplacing these basic
principles in a special section in
your notebook, separate from
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Alpha Phi Alpha
The brothers of Alpha Phi
Chapter started the school year
1960-61 with their annual
Smoker and Rush Party in the
Rec. with their sisters, Alpha
Pappa Alpha. This event was
enjoyed by those attending.
The brothers paid homage to
their queen, Miss Anastatia
Phillips, by dining with her
in the dining hall before
Homecoming. Miss Phillips
wore “the black and gold”
Royalty. The Sphinx Club also
honored their queen Miss Lin
da White who completed the
royal Alpha Court.
A challenge for developing
the new type of leadership
that will be needed to cope
with this changing social
order was given to the Clark
College student body by Bro.
Linn el Newsome, National Ed
ucational Director for Alpha
Phi Alpha In the Annual
Founders Day program held in
Davage Auditorium on Decem
ber 6, 1960, Dr. Newsome spoke
of the new leadership qqual-
ities that the Negro college
student must have to meet the
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Alpha Kappa Alpha
. .By merit and culture we
strive and we do.. .”
In keeping with their sorority
motto, the sorors of Alpha Pi
Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority, have continuously stri
ven to do the things tnat are
worthwhile.
During the merry holiday
season, the sorors included in
their busy schedules, the decor
ating of a Christmas tree at
Grady hospital. The sorors that
were responsible for the decora
tions maintain that this experi
ence was not only “fun” for
them, but beneficial to those
away from home at this time
of the year.
Welcomed into dear Alpha
land on December 2, 190, were
twelve new sorors, namely: Ann
Foster, LaVances Freeman, Len-
eice Letman, Jarvis .Moss, Lana
Norman*' Gwendolyn Pompey,
Alyce Ringer, Luqy Stevens,
Rosalyn Stewart, Barbara West,
Linda White, and Mary Wilson.
Among the greater laurels for
this semester, was the election
of three sorors to “Who’s Who.”
They were Gwendolyn E. Kor
negay, an English major, and
Library Science and Education
minor from Hazelehurst Geor
gia; E. Christine Sparks, a Home
Economics major and Education
minor from Atlanta, and Jean
C. Walker, a mathematics ma
jor and Education minor from
Atlanta. AH three sorors are
juniors at Clark.
Delta Sigma Theta
“Two score and seven years
ago twenty-two young women
brought forth to this nation a
new sorority, conceived in the
spirit of sisterhood and dedicat
ed to the proposition that college
women should strive to main
tain the highest cultural, intel
lectual, and moral standard.”
We welcome into our glorious
sisterhood, thirteen charming
young ladies who had dedicated
themselves along with Deltas
the world over to the purpose
for which the Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority was first con
ceived. The neophytes are De-
lores Aldridge, Audry Brown,
WilMe Catherine Brown, Clara
Chapman, Bobbie Dudley, Pat
ricia Guines, Jacqueline Green,
Madeline Haddocks, Rutha Jon
es, Bobby Kennedy, Jocelyn
Scott, Leila Thomas, and Cora
Zackery. After their induction,
the neophytes were honored at I
a banquet at Paschal’s
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Omega Psi Phi
During the convention of the
47th Grand Conclave which was
held in San Antonio, Tvxas .De
cember 27-30, a loyal son of
this chapter was re-elected to
the only undergraduate office in
the national organization. Bro.
James L. Felder again holds the
position of Second Vice-Grand
Basileus.
Bro Daniel Micthell also play
ed' a prominent role in the De
cember conclave. As undergra
duate speaker Mitchell talked on
the national theme: “Youth of
the World, Accelerators of Pro
gress and Change.” He warned
against complacency and urged
undaunted support of the “quest
for human dignity and first
class citizenship.”
Hats off to brother Lovell
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The sorority celebrated its an
nual Founder’s Day, on Friday,
January 20, 1961 with an inspir
ing chapel program. The pro
gram was centered around the
theme, “The Alpha Kappa Alpha
Woman Strives to Be a Hhelp
to Man and a Wreath for Thee,”
and was highlighted by the pre
sentations of the “American
Shholar” magazine to the col
lege library, and the annual
3100.00 scholarship that went to
Miss Earline Styles, a sopho
more.
Future tasks to be undertak
en by the sorority include the
annual aEster Egg Hunt for the
children of the faculty and com
munity projects.
Soror Loretta Fowlkes will
make a tour with the Philhar
monic to New York, Philadel
phia, and Washington, D. C.
Soror Jacqueline Brown has
been elected correpsonding se
cretary of the Pan-Hellenic
Council.
Kappa Alpha Psi
Inspired by the excellent Aad-
(dership of Polemarch Mullins,
and the faculty brothers, one Of
who is returning after an ab
sence of several years, brothers
of Gamma Kappa have dedicat
ed themselves to the fulfillment
of the great purpose of Kappa
Alpha Psi ACHIEVEMENT”
and have chosen this purpose as
our theme for the year.
Inspired by a challenging ad
dress given by brother Thomas
during a chapel program held
on the first of December, bro
thers Charles Hood, and Marvin
Arringtn crossed thos burning
sands with all ease, boosting the
chapter to a six brother enroll
ment.
We are indeed! fortunate to
have among us such talent as
brother Clifford Watkins who
has under his control a host of
musical instruments including;
'the piano, organ, clarinet, and
drums. In addition to these he
is currently stuying the string
bass, and tuba. Brother Watkins
is scheduled to give his senior
recital in the near future which
should prove to be one of the
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Phi Beta Sigma
In these days of tumuluous-
ness and emotional unrest,
there always prevails, minute
ly, the great brotherhood of
mankind, possibly found exist
ing in various degrees through
out the world — and so it is
with Psi chapter, Phi Beta Sig
ma, which has sought to jneet
the social and fraternal needs
of not only its members but
many other Clark College men
as they attempt to adjust to
the complexities of college life.
Psi chapter takes pride in
its accomplishifents for this
semester. Our Third Annual
Human Relation Day program
which featured the Rev. Otis
Moss, was a most memorable
occasion— one that captivated
the interest of the entire stu
dent body. Rev. Moss spoke on
the ccurrent issues of the Sit-
ins, Kneei-ins and the power
of the Negro economic with
drawal campaign. At the con
clusion of the program, Bro.
Eugene Strozier persented to
Lonnie King and the Commit
tee on Appeal for Human
Rights the Psi chapter Third
Annual Human Relations
Award. Certificates of Achieve
ment were presented to nine
Clarkites for the bravery and
dedication displayed by sub
jecting themselves to arrest
for the cause of Human Dig
nity. The recipients were
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