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April, 1961
The Panther, Clark College, Atlanta, Georgia
Page 5
Panther Staffer Interviews Winters
LYDIA M. TUCKER
Lawrence Winters a most dis
tinguished Negro baritone gave
a magnifiicicent performance at
Clark College on Sunday even
ing, January 15, y961. Some of
the songs included in his pro
gram were the aria, ‘Where’er
You Wal,” by Handel, “Der Hi
dalgo” by Schumann, and “Who
is Sylvia," by Schubert.
Immediately following the
concert, Mr. Winters and Miss
Margaret Bond, the accompanist
for the artist, were ushered over
to the lounge of Kresge Hall for
a reception. Following the re
ception, the noted baritone took
time out of has busy schedule to
talk with me.
Mr. Cinters graduated from a
little high school in Nrth Caro
lina. Upon graduation he at
tempted to enroll at Howard
University but he had not taken
enough math, science and his
tory courses in high school,
therefore, he could not enter Ho
ward University until the neces
sary courses had been taken and
all deficiencies made up.
During his college years, was
the time the artist actually
startefd his training. He studied
under such great teachers as
Todd Duncan. Coleman, Grant,
Coin, and Cecil Harrison. A wo
man by the name of Miss Mary
Europe was a great inspiration
to him during this time.
Upon completing his college
education at Howard University,
Mr. Winters studied under sev
eral private teachers. The high
ly rated singer made this com
ment about education and train
ing, ‘It is good to have a good
education and excellent train
ing, but the best teacher is ex
perience.”
I asked Mr. Winters what had
•been his most memorable per-
Piayers Score Hit
With “Merchant”
By Ray Wynne
As part of Clark’s All-Star
Concert Series, Players Incorp
orated on February 24 staged
Shakespeare’s “Merchant of
Venice” in Davage Auditorium
before an enthusiastic audience
which braved torrential rain
to witness the performance.
Tihe cast of fifteen players
gave a sensitive rendition to
the Shakespearean masterpiece
and won warm applause from
the theater-goers.
The Theater Guild and Lit
erary Symposium combined ef
forts to provide a pleasant in
termission with refreshments.
Literary Club Holds
Book Review Contest
By Jenell Mills
During Religious Emphasis
Week, February 26-March 1,
1961, the Clark College Virgin
ia Lacy Jones Library Club
sponsored a book review con
test at which time any stu
dent entering the contest had
to read one religious book and
pass in a written review of
that book on March 4, 1961.
A prize will be awarded the
winner during [National Li
brary Week on April 18, 196y,
at the chapel hour.
The library club began
its celebration of National Li-
barary Week with a book re
view tea in the lower lounge
of Kresge Hall on Sunday aft
ernoon, April 16, 1961, at 5:00
p. m, At that time, Dr. C. Eric
Lincoln’s book, The Black
Muslims in America, was
reviewed by Librarian Fannie
whipple.
The final feature in the
formance. He told me that his
very first performance given in
Berlin, Germany, in 1949 was
his most memorable program:
“I was to sing a song by Robert
Shubert, the intro had been
played and everyone was wait
ing for me to start singing. At
this very moment, I forgot the
words to the song. The pianist
played the intro a second) time
and again I could not begin. The
eight bars were played a third
time, and again I could not
start. At that time 1 apologized
to the audience—in English be
cause I could not speak Ger
man— and went over to the
piano. I looked at the score to
get a cue, then sang the piece-
following which I received a
standing ovation.”
“Be sincere about your work
and have a goal in mind. Have
ambition, but don’t let it out
grow the potential. Retain hu
mility with one hand and a ten
acity of a fierce animal in the
other hand. Be aggresive, but
smile.” This was the reply that
the artist gave when I asked
him what advice would he give to
students who aspire to become
concert artists.
'Mr. Winters is not only a very
fine person. He has a persona
lity which captivates his auri-
ence and one does not want to
move until the last note has
been sung.
It might foe interesting to
know that the artist changed
his last name, which was a Ger
man name, to what it is now.
‘Mr. Winters is married but
has no chEdren. He and his wife
live in Germany.
In February, the artist will re
turn to the Hamburg State
Opera in Europe where he has
sung for the past five years.
Miss Adele Addison, who ap
peared: here at Clark CoUege
about a year ago, and Mr. Win
ters have been rated as the two
top Negro artists.
Phi Beta Sigma
( Continued from page 4)
Misses Mattie Cox, Eva Kend
ricks, Carolyn Long, Wykna
Long, Christine Sparks; and
Messrs. Louis Flanigan, Wil-
ford Hebum, Soloman Taylor
and Bro. Benjamin D. Brown.
FOUR NEW MEMBERS
Psi chapter received a tre
mendous boast when four new
brothers were inducted into
the fold of Sigma on December
3, 1960. The neophyte brothers
are Jimmy Harris, Melvin
Jackson, Raymond Ragsdale
and Russell Willingham.
Bro.. Benjafin D. Brown at
tended the 46tih Anniversary
Conclave held December 2730,
Park Sheration Hotel, New
York City. Bro. Brown reports
that the affair was a most won
derful experience and one
quite beneficial for the mighty
“Psi.” While contributing
much to the conclave, Bro.
toBrown also was presented in
two radio interviews and one
newspaper interview. Of
course, the topic of discussion
was “The Sitin Movement in
Atlantta and the South.”
clulb’s celebration of National
Library Week was the pre
sentation of Dr. Virginia Lacy
Jones Director of the Atlanta
University’s School of Library
Science, who spoke on the
theme for National Library
Week.
YWCA Executive Here
LYDIA M. TUCKER
“Student YWCA As A Part
ner in The University Enter
prise” was the subject of a
speech given by Mrs. Rosetta
Gardner, National Secretary of
the Southern Regional YWCA,
at a recent Clark College chap
el program.
This event was the first of a
series of programs presented by
the campus chapter of the
YWCA.
Mrs. Gardner spoke of a study
that she made last year concern
ing college students and their
reasins for attedinng college.
Some of the reasons given, she
said, were “I came because this
college had a good football
team”; “I came because my mo
ther and father attended this
school.” Then another student
gave this reason, “I came to col
lege in order to search for the
truth.” “This reason,” the speak
er said, “was the one that I
wanted to receive from each stu
dent that was interviewed.”
Mrs. Gardner placed emphasis
on the following two points:
1) “What the YWCA should be
on a campus” and 21 “Oppor
tunities that are available to
students beyond college as a re
sult of the YWCA’s program.”
Under point number one, the
speaker said that acarapus
YWCA should have an “inclusive
membership.” One that cuts
(Continued ond page 6)
Truth
REBECCA BROWN
The bright red hue of a rose
in full bloom,
The serene black of a rare or
chid;
The cheerful song of the Ro
bin in spring,
The croak of a vulture after
its prey;
The love of a mother for her
new born babe,
Blackkk and white men fight
ing for brotherhood;
'Socnates drinking hemlock,
Christ crucified: on the cross;
This is truth, unadulterated
truth
Which all men see, but few
appreciate.
Snowflake Debat Was
Very Enjoyable Affair
The second annual Snowflake
Debut was held on December 9,
1960, in the Morehouse Physi-
j cal Education and Health Build
ing. The students danced to the
music of Lloytd! Terry, and lis
tened enthusiastically to his vo
calist as she sang their favorite
tunes. The members of the So
cial Committee, Carolyn Long,
Nezetta O’Neal, Nancy Banks
Mattie JJo Arnold, Wilbert Dix
on, Mac Arthur Florence, Clar
ence Ford, and Jacqueline
Brown, chairman, were full on
anticipation and worked dili
gently in order that every stu
dent of Clark College, and the
invited guests of the Univer
sity Center, would enjoy them
selves to the fullest.
The idea of a “Snowflake De
but,” or Presentation Ball, was
inaugurated last September.
1959, at the SGA retreat. The
motives behind it were three,
| mainly to initiate an affair for
the entire stUdient body, center
ed around the Freshman, to
raise, to some degree, the pres
tige of Clark College, by invit
ing the institutions within the
University Center to the “Snow
flake”; and most important of
all, to give an affair that would
be remembered long after the
last dance was over.
The Social Committee wishes
to thank all those participating
Freshmen, and all the upper
classmen who attended the af
fair, because it was you who
made the “Snowflake” the suc
cess that it . was,
Dr. Lincoln Writes
For The Reporter
Dr. C. Eric Lincoln is the
author of a recent article,
TThe Strategy of a Sit-In” in
The Reporter. Dr. Lincoln has
written a vivid and enlighten
ing account, describing the
strategy of the movement and
pointing out some of the en
counters of pranks, and en
couragements as well as the
interest of the people in it.
He wrote “Both the Atlanta
police and the merchants have
been baffled by the students’
apparent ability to appear out
of nowhere armed with pick
et signs, and by the high de
gree of coordination with
which simulataneous attacks
were mounted against several
stores at once. Even members
of the Ku Klux Klan, dress
ed in full regalia and prepared
to counter demonstrate against
tire students, frequently found
themselves wandering, the
downtown streets bemused —
always a jump or two behind
the sit-in students. The secret
of their easy mobility lay in
the organization the students
had perfected in anticipation
of an extended siege.
Dr. Lincoln further stated
that the origin of “the sitin
movement in Atlanta was born
in a comer drugstore apposite
the Atlanta University Center,
when a handful of students
from several Negro colleges
found themselves discussing
tihe sit-ins already in progress
in North Carolina and else
where.”
The places which were the
objects of the sit-ins are
“Rich's, Daxison-Paxon, Lane-
Rexali, Walgreen, Woolworth,
Kress, W. T. Grant, McCrary,
Newberry and H. L. Green.
SGA Moves
(Continued on page 4)
is that persons coming to the
office, greet and move on, for
congestion makes it hard for
one to do his work. ,
Games may be checked out.
An SGA official will be on
duty to check all games out.
With our SGA functioning
so well, we as loyal Clarkites
cannot help but to give our
support and cooperation to
help our SGA perform.
Omega Psi Phi
(Continued from page 4)
Twyman who retires as captain
of the 1960 edition of the
Clark College “Panthers.” Bro.
Twyman is also an active mem
ber of the SGA.
The chapter feels proud of
brother, Johnnie Scott who is
the recipient of the R. C. A.
Scholarship. Bro. Scott is a five
time honor roll man. Brother
Scott is also a half-iback on the
football team.
The mnth of December, 1960.
has a special meaning attached)
to it. For it was in this month
that eleven stout-hearted men
"crossed the burning sands into
the sacred folds of Omega.”
They are Brothers William Appl
ing, oJhn Bryant, Willie Easley,
Abraham Franklin, J. Franklin
Jones, III, Theodore Price, Carl
Reeves, Norris Tomlinson, Alvin
Trotter, Robert Tucker, and Ro
bert Williams.
Chapter activities for the se
cond semester include: (1) the
third annual Red Cross Blood
Project, (2) Neighborhood Clean-
Home Ec Students
In Experiment
It was recently revealed that
two Clark College home econo
mics students conducted an ex
periment to determine the a-
mount of sitrontuim 90 in food
consumed by residents in this
area. Names of the students were
not given.
Clark College was one of
twenty-five colleges and univer
sities selected; 'by the Consumer’s
Union of New York to work on
this experiment. Itl was con
ducted under the supervision of
Mrs. Flora Davis, Chairman of
'the Home Economics Depart
ment, and involved a controlled
program of food preparation.
Among the projects conduct
ed by the department for this
semester were various practical
experiments with scientific prin
ciples used in food preparation.
Some of these experimental
projects involved the determina
tion of the effects of various
added ingreidenits on the forma
tion of crystal during freeziing;
of concentration of solute on the
techniques on characteristics of
cream soups.
Preparation of foams from hy
drated protiens; observation of
the effect of heat and acid on
a starch suspension; problems
effecting pastry quality; dilution
‘effects on coagulation tempera
ture of eggs, and cooking quali
ties of different varities of pota
toes were also included among
the projects of investigation.
“Doc” Xurmou, ’54,
Sets Scoring Record
Former Clark College bask
etball star and protege of
Coach L. S. Epps, Roman
“Doc” Turmon set a new scor
ing .mark in the Eastern Bask
etball League in March when
he pushed through. 68 points
in an effort which gave his
team, the Allentown (Pa.)
Jets, a 158-139 win over Eas
ton.
Turmon picked of.f 37 re
bounds while shattering the
old Eastern League scoring
record. His performance on 24
field goals and 20 successful
free throws in 27 attempts
ecilpsed the old individual
mark of 65 points established
by Larry Hennessy for Wiike-
Barre in 1956.
Setting hign scoring records
is not new to Turmon. He
once set a new S1AC basket
ball high-scoring mark with
42 points against Morehouse in
1951 when local teams were
playing at the Magnolia.
Clark Singers
( Continued from page 1)
and Willis Avenue Methodist
Church in Bronx, N. Y.
On February 13, the twenty
selected singers of the Philhar
monic Society left New York,
motored back to North Caro
lina College in Durham for an
overnight stay, before retum-
ingn to Atlanta on February
14.
During the tour the singers
had the pleasure of visiting
Radio City Music Hall, Rock
efeller Center, and other sites
of interest. They re also en
tertained during their over
night stay in Durham by the
North Carolina CoUege choir.
Jenell Mills
up Day, (3) NAAOP member
ship drive, (4) One “Piricet
Day," (5) ' “Qu e Week," (6)
Delta-Que Ball.