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Volume XXVII, No. 3
CLARK COLLEGE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
December, 1963
HOLIDAYS BEGIN TOMORROW
Clark College opens the gates tomorrow and some 780
vacation-hungry students will take to the roads that lead
them home or off to spend the 16-day holiday with cam
pus friends.
Virtually all of them agree on
one point: “the vacation is well-
earned!” Since September when
Clark opened its doors for the
95th year, the campus has been
humming with activities beamed
at students from every corner.
Interesting cultural activities,
visiting lecturers, a highly suc
cessful football season and in
troduction of what is predicted
to be an equally successful bas
ketball season, fraternity and so
rority probation, and countless
other odds and ends made it the
busiest three months most Clark-
ites have known.
While most students put “a
good time” high on the priority
list for how they’ll spend their
vacations, many indicated that
books have been packed with
clothes and plans have been
made to get set for the finals
which are as sure as Christmas
to come.
“Get your rest while you can,”
is good advice for the departing
vacationeers. The busy schedule
will provide little time for rest
after the holidays. Clark plays
Morehouse on the day students
return. Then, there’ll be more
campus activities serving as pre
lude to mid-January finals. We
leave you with that pleasant
thought.
Rights Lawyer
Visits Campus
Attorney Matthew Perry of
Columbia, South Carolina vis
ited our campus Wednesday,
December 4. Attorney Perry is
on the Advisory Committee of
the NAACP Legal Defense and
Education Fund. He has distin
guished himself on many occa
sions through his effective han
dling of Civil Rights cases.
According to Attorney Perry,
there are many opportunities for
Southern Negroes in the field of
law, not only in the area of
Civil Rights, but in all areas of
law. He pointed out that these
new opportunities are partially
due to the South’s efforts to
catch up with the rest of the
nation. Negroes are improving
their economic conditions and
they are venturing into many
new business areas. Negro law
yers are needed in the South to
help advance their people in
these new enterprises.
Attorney Perry predicts that
in 1964 there will be a substan
tial increase in the Negro enroll
ment at the University of South
Carolina, which is noted for its
school of law.
PALMER ABOUT TO CROSS MBC GOAL
Score tied game at 6-6
Events For January
Three musical events are
scheduled for January by the
Clark College Department of
Music.
They are a special band con
vocation on January 14, the an
nual Concert Band Vesper pro
gram on January 12 and a con
cert by The Celebrated Orches
tra later next month.
PANTHERS TAKE
G.I.T. THIRD
Nearly-Perfect
Season Ends For
Clark Gridders
Stories on Page 4
MEMBER OF PRESIDENT’S HONOR GUARD SHOWN ON RECENT CAMPUS VISIT
Miss Bobbie Kennedy, James Felder, Dr. E. F. Sweat
guished, but sad, honor of lead
ing President Kennedy’s casket.
He may be identified on many
pictures of the funeral proces
sion as the soldier on the left
front. As a member of the Honor
Guard, he was appointed this
duty by the head of the Army
Department. Before this occasion
Mr. Felder had often served the
President as a personal aid at
the White House.
While a student at Clark, Mr.
Felder made the following con
tributions: President of S.G.A.,
member of Omega Psi Phi Fra
ternity, quarterback on the Pan
ther football team and a mem
ber of Who’s Who Among Stu
dents in American Colleges and
Universities.
After graduating from Clark
College in 1961, Mr. Felder was
drafted by the United States
Army. He has been a member
of the Honor Guard for eighteen
months. After his discharge in
49 days, he plans to attend
George Washington University
or American University as a stu
dent of law.
Davis At Meeting
“Re-renewing” was the theme
of the 53rd Annual Convention
of the National Council of Teach
ers of English meeting in San
Francisco, Calif., during the
Thanksgiving week. Mrs. W. C.
Davis of the English Department
attended the Convention and one
of ten three-day pre-convention
workshops on “Sequences in
Composition.”
The annual convention brings
together the English professional
Continued on Page 4
Rogers Speaks
Dr. Herbert F. Rogers, chair
man of the Department of Re
ligion and Philosophy, partici
pated as a faculty member in
the Christian Workers’ School
this fall.
He appeared at the Monroe,
Ga., School at the First Method
ist where he taught the course,
“Paul—The Man and His World.”
He made a second appearance
in Rome, Ga., at Trinity Meth
odist Church, where he taught
“The Use of the Bible in the
Dove At Ft. Valley
Doctor Pearlie C. Dove, chair
man of the Department of Edu
cation and Psychology, was the
keynote speaker for an annual
Pre-Student Teaching Confer
ence at Fort Valley State College
on Saturday, December 14, 1963.
“Creating a Climate for a Better
Student Teaching Program,” was
the subject for her discourse..
Participating in this conference
were student teachers, supervis
ing college teachers, and coop
erating teachers and principals
of the public schools in the Fort
Valley State community. “Or
ganizing for a Better Student
Teaching Program” was the
theme for the conference.
Teaching of Youth.”
At Atlanta’s Grace Methodist
Church, he participated in a con
ference and taught the course,
“The Use of the Bible in Teach
ing Adults.”
Clark ’61 Graduate Was In
President Kennedy’s Funeral
“I almost knew him personally.”
Clark College graduate James Felder revealed this con
cerning his relationship with the late President John F.
Kennedy in an interview with this writer. He added,
“However I never had the opportunity to sit with him
and exchange opinions on world problems.”