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October, 1963
THE PANTHER
Page 3
Julian Powell
Recounts His
Summer In Japan
by Johnnie Downs
Biology major Julian Powell
has returned to the campus af
ter participating in an Episcop
alian Church - sponsored work
shop in Japan.
President of his class last year
and Vice-President of the cam
pus chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity, Powell was one of
27 American college students
who went to Japan under the
Episcopal program directed at
fostering better communication
between youth of the two coun
tries.
His trip of over 5,000 miles
began in early June when he
motored cross - country from
Blacksburg, Virginia, to San
Francisco and boarded a steam
ship en route to Yokahama. His
voyage was briefly interrupted
with a visit to Hawaii.
“I found Japan to be a fascin
atingly beautiful country,” he
said, “it is extremely mountain
ous with an abundance of cul
tural landmarks, Bhuddist shrin
es, and exquisite gardens. The
Japanese have a tremendous
aesthetic appreciation,” he add
ed.
Yokahama, one of Japan’s port
cities, characterizes the dusty,
over-crowded and cluttered con
ditions of many Japanese cities;
however, the interior of living
quarters proved quite sanitary,”
“I found the people warm,
gentle and extremely manner-
able. The food, though a novel
ty to me, was quite enjoyable.”
After one month of work,
Powell enjoyed nine days of in
dependent travel visiting Kyoto
and several other cities.
Ten Receive Masters
At Atlanta University
Ten Clarkites received mas
ters degrees at the 94th Com
mencement of Atlanta’s Univer
sity.
They are James E. Ginn, ’60,
Emma Elsie Schell, ’54 and Wil
lie C. Spikes, ’60, all in mathe
matics.
Carole R. Taylor, ’58, and
Maxine W. Weston, ’59, receiv
ed degrees in library service.
Allen C. McCormick, ’61, Cla
ra Belle McCrary, ’56, and Alice
L. Wood, ’52 received degrees
in education.
Two Clarkites were awarded
masters degrees in religious ed
ucation in commencement ser
vices at th Interdenominational
Seminary. They are Lydia Ma
rie Tucker, ’61, and Robert F.
Thomas, ’61.
KNOW
Your SGA
George Smith Pres.
Jean West Fin. Sec.
Johnnie Downs Cor. Sec.
Judy Dimes Rec. Sec.
Leon Hunter Bus. Mgr.
Committee Chairman
Maxine London — Rel. Life
Elias Oye Con. Revision
William Gordon __ Cur. Prob.
Jackie Culver Rec. Hall
Sandra Bass Social
Theodis Norton Health
& Recreation
Alma Steagall Pub. Rel.
Isiah Watson Finance
Sixty-One At Retreat
For SGA Planning
Sixty-one students and fac
ulty members participated in
the annual Student Government
Association Retreat in mid-Sep
tember. The traditional week
end session was held at Lake
Allatoona.
Seven committees began work
shortly after arrival at the site
to outline the many aspects of
SGA affairs scheduled for this
year. Their attention was direct
ed at programs in health and
recrfeation, religion, social ac
tivities and public relations.
There was also a committee to
study a proposed revision of the
SGA constitution and another to
examine the matter of budget
and finances.
Student Government Presi
dent George Smith was schedul
ed to report on Retreat deliber
ations at a chapel program the
following week.
Band Readies Show
by Gwendolyn Mahone
On the afternoon of October
12, Herndon Stadium will be
filled with the golden tones of
the trumpet, the high thrills of
the clarinet, the low tones of
the trombones and bases, the
clanging cymbals, and the rhy
thmic cadence of the drum as
the 1963 edition of the Panthers
Marching Band pays its tribute
to homecoming at halftime.
The band, under the direction
of Mr. Wayman Carver and his
volunteer assistant, Mr. James
Patterson, is working very hard
to make this a very spirited
year. The band must prepare
halftime shows for a football
schedule which includes five
home games and two out of
town shows.
The sounds to be heard from
the band this year will come
largely from twenty new fresh
men whom Mr. Carver labels as
a talented group.
A. T. Wilson Resigns
Superintendent of Clark Col
lege’s Buildings and Grounds
since 1944, Mr. A. T. Wilson has
resigned from this position to
become an associate and consul
tant for this department.
He came to Clark three years
after the college moved to its
present site and developed the
campus grounds from raw clay
to its attractive appearance of
today. “When Mr. Wilson came
to Clark the grounds were noth
ing but clay,” remarks Depart
ment Secretary Mrs. Juanita
Becker, “Mr. Wilson beautified
the campus,” she added.
Few people visiting Clark fail
to comment on the beauty of the
rolling green lawns and abund
ance of thriving shrubs which
line the walks and guard build
ing entrances. Who could possi
bly fail to notice the exception
ally well-kept condition of the
campus grounds and physical
facilities.
Symposium
Announces Films
On England
Among the first of the depart
mental clubs to formally organ
ize for the year, the Literary
Symposium of the English De
partment has announced plans
for a series of films on England.
Announcements will be posted
in regard to the dates.
Leroy Martin has been elect-
SGA OFFICIALS MEET WITH PRESIDENT.
Withers Returns To
Biology Department
John D. Withers has returned
to Clark College to become
chairman of its Department of
Biology. He had been on a two-
year leave of absence to study
at West Virginia University.
In the course of study toward
the doctorate degree in zoology,
Mr. Withers taught in the West
Virginia University Department
of Zoology and served as a re
search associate in parasitology
during the past year.
Scheduled to receive his doc
torate this year, Mr. Withers is
listed as the first candidate for
this degree in zoology at West
Virginia University snce 1936.
He is married to the former
Margaret Robinson, and both
are natives of West Virginia.
They have three daughters.
Chapel Committee
One of the chief objectives of
the Clark College Assembly
Committee for this school year
is to bring about a general im
provement in the daily assem
blies.
The Committee plans to con
tinue the policy of encouraging
the presentation of intellectual
ly stimulating programs and is
quite concerned that the atmos
phere of the morning assemblies
does not conflict with the aced-
emic and cultural objectives of
the college. The Committee so
licits the cooperation of the en
tire Clark family in keeping our
morning assembly hour at the
level of dignity and decorum
expected of a college commun
ity.
The Committee, with the ap
proval of the faculty and staff,
requests that fuller use be made
of the bulletin boards and oth
er approved media of commun
ication for the making of an
nouncements; and that pep ral
lies be scheduled after regular
class hours.
Requests for chapel dates for
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fri
days will be granted in the or
der in which they are made un
less they conflict with tradition
al college-sponsored programs.
The Monday hour is reserved
for use by the Administration,
while a formal worship service
under the direction of the Com
mittee on Religious Life is held
each Wednesday morning.
ed President of the organization.
Betty Marable is vice president,
Flora Wilks is secretary and Al
ma Steagall is reporter. Dr. Stel
la B. Brookes is advisor for the
group.
Alumni Performing
Major Recruiting
Job For Clark
Some two-thirds of the stu
dents attending chapel on Sep
tember 27 were influenced to
come to Clark College by alum
ni of the institution.
This information was reveal
ed when Alumni Secretary Har
old Hamilton made an informal
survey during the annual alum
ni chapel program. Attendance
that day was estimated to be
500 students, of whom some 375
indicated that alumni had di
rected them to Clark.
Figures subsequently obtain
ed from registration cards show
French Major
Studies At Laval
In Canada
“There is remarkably little
difference in American and Ca
nadian customs,” indicated Ann
Alston, French major, following
her return from a summer of
study at Laval University in
Quebec.
Miss Alston studied in Cana
da under a scholarship provided
by the Universsity. Newly ap
pointed faculty member Bob
bie Kennedy also enrolled there.
It was the second consecutive
year that Clark French majors
had spent the summer at Laval.
Enrolled in four courses, Ann
studied French conversation,
grammar, phonetics and “expli
cation de text.” Classes were
taught in French.
In Canada she was the house
guest of the Pigeon family, a
household of six members who
live “as do most middle class
Canadians” in a seven - room
three story apartment.
Clark Grad Leads
Medics In Bolivia
A Clark College graduate, it
was recently learned, played a
major role in U. S. Aid sent to
Bolivia this year to combat an
peidemic of hemorragic fever in
that country.
He is Captain Martin L. Ed
wards, Jr., who was sent from
his Panama Canal Zone army
assignment to command a team
of medics at San Joquin, Bo
livia.
A 1953 Clark graduate, Ed
wards is a second generation
Clarkite. His father, Dr. Mar
tin L. Edwards, Sr., ’26, operates
a clinic at Hawkins, Texas. Ed
wards formerly taught chemis
try and physics at Jarvis Chris
tian College.
that 82 members of the fresh
men class—26 per cent—are rel
atives of Clarkites. Seventeen
among these are sons and daugh
ters of Clark alumni. Nineteen
more are sisters or brothers of
Clarkites and the remaining 46
are cousins, nieces or nephews
of people who attended Clark.
Homecoming
Record
Yr.
Clark
Opponent
’62
61
0
Alabama State
’61
12
12
Tuskegee
’60
14
12
Alabama State
’59
28
12
Savannah S.
’58
8
12
Alabama State
’57
25
19
S. C. State
’56
13
6
Alabama State
’55
21
21
Benedict
’54
12
7
Alabama State
’53
20
9
S. C. State
’52
7
22
Xavier
’51
7
19
Fisk
’50
6
20
Xavier
’49
26
7
Fisk
’48
19
12
Xavier
’47
12
0
Morehouse
’46
Morehouse
’45
20
0
Morehouse
’44
13
0
Morehouse
’43
6
0
Morehouse
Sum: Won
13;
Lost 4; Tied 2.
Moody Is MENC Pres.
Venable Moody has been el
ected President of the Music
Educators National Conference
at Clark. The organization has
a national membership and is
devoted to the interests of mu
sic teachers.
Mrs. Juanita Parsons Vincent
is Vice President of the campus
chapter, and Dr J.. deKoven
Killingsworth is advisor.
Almnus Mitchell Wins
Whitney Fellowship
Clark College alumnus Daniel
Mitchell has been awarded a
John Hay Whitney Opportunity
Fellowship.
Mitchell is a 1962 graduate of
the college where he was a so
cial science major.
He is currently enrolled at
Syracuse University and is spe
cializing in political scence.
Mitchell distinguished hmself
at Clark as President of the Stu
dent Government Association,
and as an active member of nu
merous campus organizations.
His study at Clark was done
on a scholarship provided in his
home town of Walterboro, S. C.
by a former resident of that city
Albert Love, president of At
lanta’s Foote and Davies Pub
lishing Company.