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THE PANTHER
November, 1962
TWA Executive
Visits The Campus
Among Clark College’s visitors
recently was James O. Plinton,
executive of Trans World Air
lines. Mr. Plinton is former di
rector and industrial relations for
TWA and assistant to the Presi
dent of that airline. He is now
a member of the executive sales
staff.
Speaking to Clark students in
a Davage Auditorium assembly,
Mr. Plinton addressed himself to
a discussion of opportunities in
the aviation industry. He spoke
to students in several classes and
was a luncheon guest of the
Clark Advisor yCouncil.
With a long and colorful back
ground in aviation, the TWA
executive was an instructor dur
ing World War II at the Tuske-
gee Army Primary Flight School.
He was the first Negro Service
Pilot and Army Flight Instructor.
Continued on page 6
College’s Alumni
Rank High Among
Best Contributors
Clark College alumni rank 21st
percentage-wise among 77 pri
vate, co-educational colleges and
universities with similar alumni
populations listed in the current
American Alumni Council “Re
port on “Annual Giving and
Almuni Support.”
Included in the report were
such institutions as Drew, Ogle
thorpe, St. John’s, Lincoln Uni
versity and Huntington Colleges.
The percentage response in fund
raising campaigns from alumni
of these institutions ranged from
a low of 30. percent to a high
of 61.8 percent. Clark’s response
was 26.9 percent and the greatest
of any college serving Negro stu
dents primarily.
Concerts Open With
Organists Recital
Clark Music Department fac
ulty member Bernard Hunter
opened Clark College’s 1962-1963
concert series on Sunday, October
14 with an organ concert in
Davage Auditorium.
Formerly associated with Flor
ida A & M University, Jackson
State College and St. Augustine’s
College, Mr. Hunter is an ex
tremely talented young musician
who has been a recipient of a
John Hay Whitney Opportunity
Fellowship and the Civic Morn
ing Musicale Award for perfor
mance.
A member of the American
Guild of Organists, Mr. Hunter
is a candidate for the doctorate
degree in Performance and Liter
ature at Indiana University. He
received the Bachelor of Music
degree from Oberlin Conserva
tory and the Masters degree from
Syracuse University.
He has studied under Colonius
Davis, Leo Holden, Oswald
Ragatz and Arthur Poister.
Miss Washington In
Voice Recital Here
Miss Barbara Washington was
presented in recital by the Music
Department of Clark College in
Davage Auditoricm on Sunday,
November 4.
A member of the Music De
partment faculty at Clark Col
lege, Miss Washington is a so
prano who holds bachelors and
masters degrees from Juillard
School of Music. She has studied
at the Aspen School of Music in
Colorado with Adele Addison as
one of her teachers. She studied
also under Madame Lotte Leo
nard, the distinguished voice
teacher at Juilliard.
TRANS-WORLD AIRLINE OFFICIAL HERE
Clark College Grad
Is Univ. of Georgia
First Negro Alumna
Mary Frances Early, a Clark
graduate of the class of 1957
became the first Negro to receive
a degree from The University of
Georgia in August when she was
awarded the Master of Music Ed
ucation degree from that insti
tution.
Currently a teacher in the At
lanta Public School System, Miss
Early was valedictorian of her
class at Clark. A music major,
she was a clarinetist with the
marching and concert bands,
vice-basileus of the campus chap
ter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, stu
dent director of the college band,
a member of Alpha Kappa Mu
Honor Society and was listed in
WHO’S WHO AMONG STU
DENTS IN AMERICAN UNI
VERSITIES AND COLLEGES.
Lincoln Speaks Before
I). of Cal. Conference
Shown receiving autographed copy of book by_Dr. Lincoln. (1-r) Mr. Tyus, Dr. Brawley, Mr.
James Plinton of TWA and Dr. Lincoln.
Dean Hamilton Returns For Homecoming
Is Greatly Missed By Clark Students
A most familiar, amiable, and understanding coun-
He is no longer checking filled and unfilled chapel seats
he is no longer checking filled and unfilled chapel seats
and he is no longer at his first floor desk hailing students
as they walk by and giving invaluable advice not only
to the men but to all students of Clark College. Yes,
Dean of Men C. R. Hamilton has retired from our midst
but his service to Clark College has been in the highest
tradition of loyalty and devotion to any institution.
For sixteen years he had been
serving Clark College. He has
worked tirelessly in the develop
ment of a sound Student Person
nel Services Department push
ing us to do our best work, help
ing us to find summer work, and
helping us to adjust socially to
college life.
Dean Hamilton was also direc
tor of the college’s student re
cruitment program and he has
been highly successful in attract
ing bright young high school stu
dents to the college, travelling
thousands of miles each year to
publicize the institution. Among
his achievements in this area was
his pioneer use of a movie film,
which he produced, for showing
at high schools, a tool now widely
employed by other colleges.
Dean Hamilton is a native of
Talladega, Alabama, where he is
a graduate of Talladega College
and holds the masters degree in
guidance and counseling from
New York University. He is mar
ried to the former Marie Hum
phrey of Dallas, North Carolina.
Yes, Dean Hamilton, your ser
vices to Clark College can never
be surpassed, your home has
been a home away from home
to many students and your
understanding of students and
their problems has made you an
“away from home parent.” We
miss you but your memory still
lives and will live forever within
our hearts and the walls of Clark
College. May God bless you.
Dr. J. T. Wright
Opened Forum
Speaker Series
A clinical psychologist from
Pittsburgh outlined two major
emphases which he said small,
private colleges must maintain
as he talked on the role of these
institutions in contemporary times
for Clark College students re
cently. He was Dr. J. T. Wright,
former dean of the faculty at
LeMoyne College, who spoke at
the initial presentation of Clark’s
Forum and Frensic Society.
Dr. Wright maintained that
small, private colleges, especially
the small, Negro college of the
South must continue to be or
Continued on page 6
Clark Offers
I New Drama,
Speech Minor!
Students may now study to
ward a minor field in Speech and
Drama in a new department
created by the college this year
and headed by Dr. Esther Merle
Jackson.
Created as part of plans for
the eventual development of a
fine arts center at Clark, the new
department is headed by Dr.
Esther Merle Jackson.
Students studying toward mi
nors in the field will take such
courses as Speech, technical pro
duction, advanced public speak
ing, theatre history, techniques
of acting, fundamentals of direct
ing and other advanced courses.
Dr. C. Eric Lincoln was among
speakers from throughout the
country who participated in The
University of California’s confer
ence on Law Enforcement and
Racial and Cultural Tensions
held at Berkeley in late Sep
tember.
Dr. Lincoln, who is admini
strative assistant to the President
at Clark, spoke on “The Black
Muslims as a Protest Movement.”
His book on The Black Muslims
received wide acclaim following
its publication in 1961.
He told his audience of jurists,
law officers, educators the Black
Black Muslims represent “a point
at the extreme edge of a spec
trum of protest organizations and
movements, which involves
directly or indirectly every Negro
in America.” He called the Mus
lims “the best organized and
most articulate of the protest
movements.”
The Black Muslims, he con
tinued, “are symbols of our fail
ure to meet effectively the mini-
Continued on page 4.
Faculty Member
Away On Government
Post
M. Carl Holman, a member of
the Clark faculty since 1948, has
been granted a leave of absence
from the college to serve as
Public Information Officer for
the United States Civil Rights
Commission.
A member of the college’s De
partment of English, Mr. Holman
visited Atlanta recently from his
Washington headquarters. The
length of time he will be on
leave is not known.
T. V. Actor O’Neal
Listed To Appear At
Clark College
Actor Frederick O’Neal, who
appears weekly on the NBC-TV
“Car 54” Series as ‘Patrolman
Wallace’, will visit Clark College
as actor-in-residence in March
and April. He will appear with
the Clark College Playhouse in
four performances of Death of a
Salesman.
The distinquished actor, who
is vice-president of Actors’ Eq
uity, will also appear in two
public lectures and conduct a
seminar on American Theatre at
Clark.
Dr. Esther Merle Jackson,
chairman of the college’s Depart
ment of Speech and Drama, has
indicated that a limited number
of roles in the Clark Playhouse
production of Death of a Sales
man will be open to members of
the college community and com
munity theatre groups in the At
lanta area. Auditions may be
arranged by writing to the Clark
College Department of Speech
and Drama. The play will run
from April 16 through 19.
AFTER 23 YEARS
Dean A. A. McPheeters Resigns
Post and Joins College Ed. Dept.
By Johnny Robert Johnson
In 1930 a new member was appointed to the Clark
College, this appointee was Dr. Alphonso Alonzo Me
Pheeters.
During his first eleven years here, Dr. Me Pheeters
became known to be an outstanding instructor in the
Department of Education. To our advantage and his
credit, Dr. Me Pheeters was appointed Dean of Clark
College in 1941. He served in this position until September
1962. Dean Me Pheeters is again in the Department of
Education. He has and will continue to serve well.
Many are pondering the ques
tion, “Why has Dr. Me Pheeters
relinguished his position as Dean
of the College.” In an interview
with Dr. McPheeters, it was
discovered that due to an opera
tion he had this summer, he feels
that it would be too demanding
for him to remain in the position
as Dean of College. This is why
Dean Me Pheeters stepped down
from the office.
If you had never known Dr.
Me Pheeters before and you sit
down and talk with him, when
you had finished, it would be as
if you had known him all your
life. This is the kind of man one
finds in Dr. Me Pheeters.
He also expressed that the
faculty, students and the Admin
istration Department have been
more than kind in helping him
to project a well rounded pro
gram for the students of Clark
College.
In a note to the Freshmen, Dr.
Me Peeters predicted that this
will be a better year than any
other year. I know, we as the
Freshmen Class of 1962 will not
let him down.
Continued on page 8.
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