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November 1962
THE PANTHER
Page 5
Where Were You?
News From Campus Organizations
Pre-Medical Students
Form Organization
An organization of pre-medical
students has been established on
the campus.
Alpha Pi Psi Pre-Medical So
ciety came into being on October
2, 1962 through the efforts of
Joseph Evans and Ronald Myrick,
both biology majors.
Membership includes students
pursuing courses leading to ca-'
reers in medical or dental
sciences, laboratory technology,
nursing and related areas.
Organized to provide its mem
bership with an opportunity to
be more informed on current
developments in the field of
medicine, the Society will spon
sor a tutoring service and will
do research into the availability
of scholarship and fellowship aid.
Officers for the organization
are Joseph Evans, president; Wil
ma A. Barnes, vice-president;
Jean West, secretary; Barbara
Burns, assistant secretary; Ron
ald Myrick, treasurer and busi
ness manager; and Thomas Gay
and Everett Flanigan, reporters.
Advisors for the group are Dr.
Wiley S. Bolden and Mr. Irving
C. Gordon. Dr. W. D. Maison,
M.D. is an honorary advisor.
The Society will meet on the
first and third Wednesdays each
month. Meetings will be held at
6:00 p.m. in the Audio-Visual
Room, and all students inter
ested may attend.
Omega Psi Phi Lists
Chapter Officers
by Robert O .Davis
Beta Psi Chapter of the Omega
Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. has as
jts officers this year William
Appling, Bas., George Edgecomb,
vice bas., Abraham Franklin,
Dean of pledgees; Louis Nevett,
assistant dean of pledgees; Free
man Walker, keeper of records
and seals; Thomas Merritt, keep
er of finance; and Robert O.
Davis, reporter to the Oracle.
Beta Psi Chapter is very proud
of its members this year. Led by
brother Robert Tucker, the 2nd
Grand Vice Basileus, Beta Psi is
loaded with leaders, scholars and
atheletes. Some of these distin
guished members are: Thomas
Merritt, recipient of the RCA
scholarship and president of the
senior class; Abraham Franklin,
Continued on page 8.
; What Is Your ;
Organization j
; Doing This Year?;
Biology Club Reports
Plans For The Year
The members of the Biology
Club anticipate an invigorating
biological experience during the
present school year. Some of the
activities that are considered in
clude the following: Biological
Seminar, discussions of scientific
topics, and presentations of guest
lecturers.
Most of the Biological science
majors have returned to Clark
this year for undergraduate
studies. Miss Willie Moss, a for
mer member of the biology club,
a June, 1962 graduate, received
a National Science Foundation
Cooperate Graduate Fellowship
for the academic year 1962-63.
She is presently persuing her
studies in biology at the Univer
sity of Illinois.
Mr. Winfred Harris, staff mem
ber of the Department, is on
leave this year persuing further
graduate study at the University
of Virginia .
Department staff members for
1962-63 include Miss Ruth Ann
Davis, Mrs. Jacqueline Wilen,
and Mr. Solomon Sears.
Deltas Return From
“Eventful” Summer
by Annie Ruth Carter
The members of Sigma Chap
ter Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
have returned to school from an
eventful summer, and we are
now ready to begin work with
our new officers who are: Sorors
Patricia Guines, President; Bev
erly Bailey, Vice President; Jac
quelyn Greene, Recording Secre
tary; Brenda Cothran, Corres
ponding Secretary; Bobbie Ken
nedy, Treasurer; Alma Stegall,
Assistant Treasurer; Mary
Thompson, Dean of Pledgees;
Gwendolyn Mahone, Dean of
Probates; Annie Ruth Carter, Re
porter, and Soror Pearlie Dove,
Acting Advisor.
During the summer months,
Sorors Bobbie Kennedy and Shir
ley Oden attended the University
Continued on page 8.
Kappas Tell Campus
Of Years Plans
by Robert Glover
With the coming of graduation
last June, Gamma Kappa suf
fered the loss of outgoing Pole-
march Joseph 1 Mullins, who is
now stationed in Iran with the
Peace Corps, Brother Charles
Hood, who is stationed at Fort
Jackson with the U. S. Army,
and Brother Ernest Moore, who is
working in Washington, D. C.
The closing of school last June
also brought about the election
of officers for the school year
1962-63. Elected were Polemarch,
Reginald Williams, chemistry ma
jor hailing from St. Louis, Mo.;
Vice Polemarch, Robert Glover,
native of Philadelphia, Pa.; Keep
er of Records, William F. Cum
mings of Gaklapd, California;
Keeper of the Exchequer, Leon
Hunter of Winter Haven, Florida,
and Strategus, Harry Rouse of
Atlanta, Georgia. Elected as our
sweetheart for the ensuing year
is the very beautiful, gracious,
and charming Miss Lelia Thomas
of Opa-Locka, Florida. Miss
Thomas, a Secretarial Science
major, is a former attendant to
Miss Clark College and inherits
the throne of “Miss Kappa” from
the equally as beautiful Miss
Mildred Kennedy.
“Courageous”
Seniors Still
“Enduring It”
by Rosalyn Law
Returning for the fourth year
are the seniors of this learning
institution. These have been the
people who have been courag
eous, enduring, conscientious, and
most of all unwilling to ack
nowledge defeat.
In the first class meeting, Sep
tember 25, 1962, officers were
elected as follows: President,
Thomas Merritt; Vice President,
Ray Wynne; Secretary, Lelia
Thomas; Assistant Secretary, Je-
nell Mills; Treasurer, Willie
Easley; Business Manager, John
Heath; and Representative to the
S G A, Linda White and Abra
ham Franklin. Nominee for “Miss
Loyalty” was Peggye Kirby.
Reigning in the queen’s court
from the senior class are Dorothy
Jackson, attendant to Miss Clark;
Jocelyn Scott, “Miss Omega” and
Continued On page 8.
Holmes Hall News
With the coming of a new
year we were greeted quite
pleasantly by our new assistant
house directress, Mrs. Marcelitte
Linton. Mrs. Linton is a native
of Forth Worth, Texas and a
graduate of Miner Normal
School, Washington, D. C. She
has had advance study at New
York University. She served for
nine years as teacher in the Book
er T. Washington High School,
Wichita Falls, Texas.
Mrs. Linton has devoted much
time and effort to volunteer ser
vices. She served as principal
hostess at Ft. Hood during World
War II. She chartered the first
group of Camp Fire Girls in Ft.
Worth, Texas. She is also chair
man of the Administrative Com
mittee of the Y. W. C. A. of that
same city. She is a very active
church member, who served as
Superintendent of the Adult De
partment in the Sunday School
of her church. Last but not least,
she is the mother of two sons
who are students at North Texas
State College, Denton, Texas.
On Thursday, September 20,
Mrs. Linton was introduced to
the resident students of Holmes
Hall and was presented a beau
tiful corsage as a welcome gift.
She stated, “I am very happy to
be a part of the Clark College
community and a member of the
Holmes Hall Family. “I have al
ways wanted to be a mother of
a girl and I suddenly became
the foster mother of 93 girls,
whom I love and am willing to
give genuine motherly advice
and help steer in the right di
rection.”
We feel that with one who
possesses such qualities and such
a dynamic personality that our
year in Holmes Hall can not
help but be pleasant as well as
beneficial.
We also have several transfer
students with us this year. They
are Vicki Smith, Philander Smith
College; Gwendolyn Davis, Dil-
land University; Marie Hawkins,
Maryland State College; Ann L.
Williams; Alabama State Branch,
Mobile; Lindell Vernon, Hamp
ton Jr. College, Florida.
Artyce Hegwood a junior is
now head majorette of the Clark
College Marching Band.
Men Of Brawley
And Pfeiffer Plan
Year’s Activities
In the midst of some one hun
dred and thirty-eight men who
reside in Clark’s Residence Halls,
there is a definite program in
the making. A program of ini-
titative and interest on behalf
of the dormitories as a whole.
Slightly tentative, however, the
program is set to cover the fol
lowing areas: education, talent
and recreation, and religion.
The educational area of the
program consist of book reviews
and student tours. First, approxi
mately twenty books will be re
viewed by students in each dor
mitory, Brawley and Pfieffer
Halls. It is my quest that the
books will be best sellers. Sec
ondly, the student tours will be
held in series. Mr. Haskell Ward,
a senior, will relate to us the
experiences of his African tour
and Mr. Robert Glover, also a
senior, will relate the experiences
of his South American tour.
The next major items on the
agenda are talent and recreation.
A talent show for Pfeiffer Hall
will be held in the latter part
of the year. In recreation, or
ganizations of teams of bowling
and basketball will be assembled.
Then in November, touch foot
ball teams will be organized for
the annual Blood Bowl Classic
between Brawley and Pfeiffer
Halls.
Continued on page 8.
Upperclassmen Happy
To Welcome Frosh
We, the upperclassmen, are
happy to receive and welcome
such an illustrious group of
young freshmen to the Clark
College Family. We realize that
some of you are probably at
this time suffering from nostal
gia; yet, these feelings are to
be expected and realized when
considering the transition made
from high school to College.
Therefore, we, the upperclass
men, expect the freshmen to
reminiscene about the past, but
not to be preoccupied by it. You
are to be concerned with only
the present and your future.
At Clark, the freshmen are ex
pected to exemplify those ideals
for which the institution stands.
We expect, in essence a loyal
Clarkite; a Clarkite who will
continue to show and manifest
the spirit that was instilled in
you during orientation week.
Therefore, we believe that the
legacy which is yours by right
is revered by you. We hope and
pray that you will, at all times,
continue to include and promote
nobel ideals in your everyday
confrontation with life, for they
reveal our tradition, our- pride,
and our loyalty to Clark. Being
truthful, and that is exactly
what we are trying to do. We
are trying to bestow upon you
those characteristiccs that dis
tinguishes us (Clark) from other
institutions.
Since Clark offers a wide range
of extra curricular activities, we
urge you to acquaint yourself
with those organizaztions which
will be beneficial to you.
In conclusion, we are asking
you to feel free to discuss with us
any problem that may confront
you during the school year. For
it is our job to help you in any
way possible. May you have a
successful and rewarding year at
Clark.
“Great Things”
Await Sophomores
by Virginia Stanley
Great things are in store for
the Sophisticated Sophomore
class of 1962-63. They began this
term with election of new officers
to guide this class.
The officers are Thomas Gay,
President; Jean West, Vice-Pres
ident; Mary Howell, Secretary;
Glenda Stein, Assistant Secre
tary; Sylvia Grant, Treasurer;
and Mark Scruggs, Business Man
ager..
Miss Marshall Ann Jones of
Summerville, Georgia, was cho
sen as “Miss Sophomore.”
The president said, “My class
is working toward unity among
the class members, and they are
ready and willing to aid in carry
ing out the functions of our
school and campus life.”
Men Of Pfeiffer Hall
Elect Officers
We, the men of Pfeiffer Hall,
are looking forward for a very
successful year here at Clark Col
lege. For a good beginning we
have elected the following of
ficers: President, Mr. Leroy Bo
wen; Vice-President, Mr. Robert
Edwards; Secretary, Mr. John
Cherry; Asst. Secretary, Mr.
James Bottom; Treasurer, Mr.
William Metcalf; Asst, Treasurer,
Mr. William Tardon; Business
Manager, Mr. Freddie Dixon.
We have pledged ourselves to
uphold the standards of this in
stitution and to attain our goals
over the period of four years. We
cannot describe collectively what
we are up against now, but we
do think that the words of Na
thaniel Hawthorne does.