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cTltF panther 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.”