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THE PANTHER
November, 1963
Begin At Emory
Debaters Plan Trips
by Lamond Godwin
The Clark College foresensic
society has a wide range of ac
tivities planned for the month
of November. These activities
include participation in one tour
nament and two chapel present
ations. The debators will make
their first appearance of the
year as they participate in the
6th Annual Peachtree Invita
tional Tournament at Emory
University on November 1st.
On November 12th—during re
gular chapel huor—the members
of the team will be introduced
to the student body, and two
members will debate the nation
al topic: “Resolved: The Feder
al Government Should Guaran
tee an Opportunity For Higher
Education To All Qualified High
School Graduates.”
Winter, Spring
Events Listed
On January 14 the Clark
Music Department will present a
special convocation with the Col
lege Band. It will be centered
around a lecture and touch upon
various aspects of music educa
tion.
The College Concert Band
will present its annual Vesper
Hour at 4 p.m. on January 19,
and the events of January will
close with a concert by The
Celebrated Orchestra conducted
by San Pietro of Naples Renate
Ricobbole.
Three musical events will
highlight February. They are the
Annual Student Recital at 7:30
on February 16, the Annual
Alumni Concert on February 23
TILLMAN
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On Nov. 12, a second chapel
program will presented which
will feature a debate by two
members on the humorous topic:
“Resolved: That there is some
thing Rotten in Marlboro Coun
try.”
Thus far the debators are
scheduled to participate in de
bated on the campuses of Har
vard University, John Hopkins
University, Morgan State Col
lege, City college of New York,
Hampton Institute, Brooklyn
College, The University of Buf
falo, and New York University.
at 5 p.m. and an organ recital
featuring Edward A. Hughes of
Philadelphia on February 24.
The Twenty-first Annual Band
Concert is scheduled for 7:30
p.m. on March 8, and on March
22 The Philharmonic Society of
the college will present its An
nual Passion Music Program in
Davage Auditorium. Also sche
duled for March is a presenta
tion of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,”
to be staged in Davage Audi
torium under joint sponsorship
of Clark College and Atlanta’s
Theatre Academy.
The Music Department’s
Seventeenth Annual Festival of
Music and Arts will begin at 8
p.m. with a recital by Clark
music majors. It will run
through May 3. The events will
include a program of Negro folk
music, a Hymn sing, an exhibit
of paintings by the college Art
Department, a presentation by
the Home Economics Depart
ment, several concerts by high
school bands, an Opera Work
shop on May 2, and on May 3
the Festival will close with the
Opera Duo Peter Harrower and
Irene Calloway.
sity.
More recently, he was a U. S.
Foreign Service Officer at Ja-
karota, Indonesia where his re
sponsibilities were advisory in
nature in the areas of human
relations and social change.
Since 1959, Mr. Tillman has been
Executive Director of the Great
er Minnesota Intrefaith Fair
Housing Program, a human re
lation enterprise aimed at the
elimination of religious and ra
cial discrimination in housing.
Mr. Tillman has just comple
ted a major book, Not By Prayer
Alone, which deals with origin,
function and effective treatment
of racism in the western world.
This book will be published in
January. Mr. Tillman is current
ly at work on a second book:
Racism: The Axis of American
Culture, in which he contends
that race is critical and can be
crucial to the personality inte
gration of all white Americans.
In the first of a series of lec
tures, the Clark College Seminar
in Social Relations presented Dr.
Jay Talmadge, Economist and
Social Psychologist, who spoke
on “The Revolt and the Negro
College.”
Following Mr. Tillman will be
Dr. Donald Charles Klein, pro
lific author in the field of psy
chology and mental health, and
Dr. W. Astor Kirk, director of
Public Affairs for the Division
of Human Realtions and Econo-
ic Affairs of the Methodist
Church. The former will be
presented February 13, 1964 and
the latter will be presented
March 5, 1964 in Kresge Hall,
7:30 p.m.
Third Graders
Visit Campus
by Johnny E. Spencer
The third grade class from M.
Agnes Jones Elementary School
and the kindergarten children
from Spelman College Nursery
were invited guests at a Nation
al Children’s Book Week’s pro
gram in Davage Auditorium, on
November 14, 1963. The pro
gram was sponsored by the class
in Children’s Literature under
the direction of Mrs. Fannie B.
Ross.
The program consisted of sev
eral summary narrations of fam
iliar children’s stories.
Participants were Mildred
Pagett, Patricia Alford, Verna
Everin, Dallas Turnipseed, Leon-
dria Epps, Barbara Piper and
Peggy Days.
Women’s Group
Elects Officers
The Fellowship of City Young
Women has elected its officers
for this school year.
They are Brenda Moore, presi
dent; Mary Clark, vice-presi
dent; Dallas Turnipseed, record
ing secretary; Marilyn Lewis,
corresponding secretary; Betty
Steonbridge, treasurer; Carolyn
McClain! chaplain; Sarah Pres
ley, program committee chair
man; Jean Armstrong, social
committee chairman; Pegy Wy
att, Religious Life Committee
chairman.
Marching Band
Has New Drills
by Gwendolyn Mahone
The Clark College marching
band Steps high with new
marching and drill routines.
Leading the band this year is its
champion twirler and head ma
jorette Maxey Williams. On the
march the band is under the dir
ection of the drum-major, Os-
burn Croomes, who is also a
member of the trumpet section.
The students in the band are
taking an active interest in ar
ranging popular music and plan
ning half time shows. The band’s
president, Vanable Moody, and
other interested members have
worked out mathematical drills
for half time. These drills were
seen during the half time of the
Morehouse game when the band
entered the field with a “Burst
of the Trumpets.”
Other officers elected by the
band this year are Booker
Scruggs, vice-president; Addie
Shropshire, secretary; Robert
Edwards, treasurer; James
Lewis, Junior class representa
tive; and Gwendolyn Mahone,
reporter.
1958 CLARK GRAD IS CHEMISTRY Ph.D.
Reatha Clarke King ecame the college’s first woman grad to earn
the doctorate in physical chemistry within four years after gradua
tion. She is a chemist with the Heat Division of the U. S. Bureau
of Standards in Washington.
News From The Greeks
Campus Omegas Sigmas Hosted
Helps Church
Name Edgecomb
nett Cain is vice basileus and
of Beta Psi Chapter of Omega
Psi Phi Fraternity at Clark. Len-
nett Cain is vice asileus and
Louis Nevett is dean of pledges.
Other officers of the chapter
are Gilbert Petty ( assistant dean
of pledges; Ronald Myrick, keep
er of records and seal; Johnny
Bryson, keeper of finance;
Thomas Gay, chaplain; Robert
Davis, reporter; and Lamond
Godwin, keeper of peace. Biology
Department Chairman John
Withers is advisor.
Clark Kappas
List Programs
Gamma Kappa Chapter of
Kappa Psi Fraternity will high
light its year with a series of
social, civic and educational
activities.
They will begin with the an
nual Christmas Party given by
the chapter at the Carrie Steele
Pitts Children’s Home. This will
be followed by our New March
of Dimes Benefit Dance and
Guide Right Week.
Chapter officers for the year
are Reginald Williams, pole-
march; George Isom, vice pole-
march; Alfred Trimble, keeper
of exchequer; Leon Hunter,
keeper of records; and Richard
Walker, dean of pledges. Our
chapter sweetheart this year Ann
L. Williams is from Mobile. Her
attendant is Margaret Self, a
sophomore from Salisbury,
Maryland.
In the area of campus leader
ship, David Palmer is president
of the “C” Club and George Isom
is president of the Brawley Hall
Senate. Leon Hunter is Student
Government Association Busi
ness Manager.
Six chapter members and one
scroller are members of the foot
ball team. They are Captain
Lowell Dickerson, Frank Cum
mings, Marvin Arrington, David
Palmer, Earl Roberts, Reggie
Williams and Samuel Hamilton.
Visiting Brouthers
Clark Sigmas entertained two
distinguished brothers during the
recent homecoming weekend.
They were Warner Hudson, a
research chemist at McCrone In
stitute in Chicago, and Virgil M.
Scott, Fulton County mathema
tics teacher and recent returnee
from an American Exchange
Teachership in Managua, Nicara
gua.
James Graham is president of
the Clark chapter, and Wilson
Smith is vice president. Sharon
Watson was elected Queen of the
chapter for the year.
Barbara Burns
Council President
Barbara Burns has been elect
ed president of the campus Pan-
Hellenic Council. Other officers
are Frank Cummings, vice-presi
dent; Dorothy Lett, secretary;
Bettye Marable, assistant secre
tary; and Isiah Washington,
treasurer. Faculty member Win
fred Stone is advisor.
The Pan-Hellenic Council is
composed of members of all
campus fraternities and sorori
ties.
Among its immediate plans is
the re-establishment of Sigma
Gamma Rho and Zeta Phi Beta
Sorority chapters.
Alphas Honor
Frat. Founders
Alphi Phi Chapter of Alpha
Phi Alpha Fraternity will hold
its annual Founder’s Day pro
gram on December 5.
Chapter officers are Leroy
Greenwood, president; Julian
Powell, vice president; Booker
T. Scruggs, secretary; Carl Vin
cent, corresponding secretary;
Steve Cantrell, financial secre
tary; William Rantin, treasurer;
Isiah Washington, dean of pled
ges; George Smith, editor; Ham
ilton Bohannan, chaplain.
Deltas Drive
Sigma Chapter of Delta Sigma
Theta spearheaded a campus
wide drive to raise funds in sup
port of the rebuilding of the
bombed 16th Avenue Baptist
Church in Birmingham. The
racist’s bomb killed four chil
dren.
Reconstruction of the church is
held to be symbolic of the Ne
gro’s ultimate victory in the pur
suit of civil rights.
A K A’s Outline
Their Program
by Barbara Burns
A Thanksgiving chapel prog
ram, the distribution of food
baskets to needy families, a rush
party and presentation of the Ivy
Leaf Club to the college family
highlight the fall activities of Al
phi Pi Chapter of the Alpha
Kappa Alpha Soroirty.
Senior Johnnie Downs is basi
leus of the chapter.
The Chapter took a lead in
homecoming activities by pres
enting an elaborate reception for
“Miss Clark” and her court. This
is an annual affair for the Chap
ter.
Soror Gracie Moore was a
member of the homecoming
court as “Miss Alpha Phi Alpha.”
Soror Mary Sims was “Miss
AKA.”
Math Tutoring
Offered Here
Students desiring mathematics
tutoring may contact members of
the Pythagorean Society for ses
sions held on Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday. The service was
established this year as a major
project of the Departmental club
of the Mathematics Department.
President of the organization
is Robert Marcus. Sylvia Grant
is vice president, Lawson is
secretary and Jacquelyn Stocks
is treasurer.